I sada pitanje za 2 bambija - Di je zavrsio Rolfo ? On bejase perspektivan vozac u 250 ako me secanje dobro sluzi, mada moram da priznam da ga nesto nisam zapazio u WSBK i da nisam pratio njegove rezultate.

Sto se tice WSS, tu je Ten Kate neprikosnoven poslednjih 10 godina (ili su tako bar rekli komentatori prilikom poslednje trke).

Ne prave ni jedan komad godisnje jer je to samo model za 08. I dozvoli da ponovim, taj motor nikad nece ici u SBK, mislim i da po drugim standardima nikad nece imati homologaciju. Pa sto bi onda ostali bili glupi i ne naprave replike svojih Gp motora koje bi posle furnuli u SBK ? Nemojmo se zaludjivati takvim stvarima. Ducatijev motor je bio i bice 1198 u svakom slucaju.

A kako se postize taj perla efekat ? Poseban lak ili farba ?

MV je trebalo Kenny Roberts senior da plasira kroz svoj tim ali nije sklopio finansijsku konstrukciju. KTM debelo kasni u svemu, sa ovim RC8 nema čemu da se nada ni u Superstock-u. Ducati bar može za sledeću godinu da gurne ulični Desmo 16 RR ukoliko se pokaže da 1198 nema više mesta za razvoj. D16 RR nikad nece imati homologaciju za SBK. Nisi ti prvi od koga cujem to ;D U svakom sliucaju D16 se vise ne proizvodi pa samim tim nece moci da ima homologaciju, a ni Ducatijeva namera nikad nije bila da to bude motor za SBK vec replika Gp motora.

Kolega, sta mislis koliko ce vremena trebati gore pomenutom gospodinu da pocne da pljuje motor, gume, ekipu, marku ? Ili se mozda dozvao pameti ;D LJudi zamislite sta bi jos bilo kad bi se pojavio KTM i MV... Makar da budu konkurenti koliko je Aprilia u ovom trenutnku... E to bi bile trke za uzivanje.

Bas se pitam sta im se to desava. Ove godine sam ocekivao od Cheke mnogo jace rezultate, cak sam u neku ruku ocekivao kandidaturu za titulu pogotovo zato sto je sredinom prosle sezone i te kako umeo Baylissu da zakomplikuje zivot. Steta, nadam se da ce se popraviti malo narednog vikenda.

Ceo text je na naslovnoj strani, a ovde mozemo nastaviti sa diskusijom.

Mislim da se te godine nece ponavljati. Sete je valjda svoju poislednju sezonu vozio na fabrickom Ducatiju i nije se bas proslavio cak... Ive godine Sete ce biti u novom timu sa 5im Ducatijem, ne verujem da ce se pokazati, ali bih iskreno voleo.

Kao sto sam obecao... NORIYUKI HAGA (DUCATI XEROX) AND HIS 1198 BACK ON THE PODIUM TWICE TODAY IN QATAR Losail (Qatar), Saturday 14th March: in the second round of the 2009 World Superbike Championship, taking place today at the International Circuit of Losail in Qatar, Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox) returned to the podium after powering his 1198 to a second place finish in both of this afternoon’s races. In Race 1 Noriyuki made a great start and was up in second place behind Aprilia’s Max Biaggi for the first twelve laps before both riders were passed by American Ben Spies on the Yamaha who held the lead to take the win. Noriyuki and Max spent the last few laps battling for second and it was the Ducati Xerox rider who kept the pace to ride his 1198 to a second place finish, taking important championship points in the process. Unfortunately Michel Fabrizio had less success and after making up several places, from fourteenth to seventh, in the first seven laps, a technical problem meant that he had to deactivate the bike’s anti-spin, without which he suffered a fall. In Race 2 it was once again Noriyuki, Max and Ben who fought for the lead, with Ben ultimately winning and proving that he had the stronger package on track today. Noriyuki was determined to repeat his first race performance and finished once again ahead of Biaggi, replicating the podium of Race 1. Michel did not make the best start and was down in seventeenth place in the first lap. He tried to catch up as he did in the first race but the lack of rear grip forced him to stop in the garage where the rear tyre was changed. Michel exited once again and registered his fastest lap of the race but concluded his race early due to the two lap gap that had built up during his pit-stop. Noriyuki Haga (Race 1 – 2nd; Race 2 – 2nd) “I am very happy with today’s results because we maintain the championship lead. Race 1 was a hard race for me, and I had to really fight hard with Ben (Spies) and Max (Biaggi). In the first laps I was holding the pace with Max no problem but then I started to have rear tyre problems and it became harder to keep up. Ben passed us both and there was no way either of use could catch him; I enjoyed racing with Max but the closing laps were hard. Race 2 was almost the same, another race against Max. I held the lead for the first five laps with Max behind but then, as before, Ben took control and got away from us both. Anyway, good results and good points for us and thanks to my team for putting together a great bike after some initial difficulties on Thursday.” Michel Fabrizio (Race 1 – DNF; Race 2 - DNF) “Today is a day to forget; we must move on. In Race 1 I had a technical problem with the anti-spin so I deactivated it but riding without that electronic support was hard and caused me to fall. In the second race I decided to come into the box after eight laps to change the rear tyre that had caused me problems from the first lap. The tyre was changed and I went back out but the gap that had opened up prevented me from fighting for points and so I concluded my race early.” RACE 1: 1. Spies (Yamaha); 2. Haga (Ducati Xerox) 3. Biaggi (Aprilia); 4. Nakano (Aprilia), 5. Checa (Honda); 6. Byrne (Ducati); 7. Sykes (Yamaha); 8. Kiyonari (Honda) RACE 2: 1. Spies (Yamaha); 2. Haga (Ducati Xerox) 3. Biaggi (Aprilia); 4. Kiyonari (Honda); 5. Sykes (Yamaha); 6. Neukirchner (Suzuki); 7. Nakano (Aprilia) 8. Rea (Honda) POINTS (after 2 of 14 rounds): Riders – 1. Haga (Ducati Xerox) 85; 2. Spies (Yamaha) 75; 3. Neukirchner (Suzuki) 40; 4. Biaggi (Aprilia) 38; 5. Haslam (Honda) 36; 6. Sykes (Yamaha) 32…. 11. Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) 24. Manufacturers - Ducati 85; Yamaha 81; Honda 51; Aprilia 41; Suzuki 40; BWM 27; Kawasaki 2

I tako nam dodje i prodje ovaj trkacki vikend. Ceo izlet u Kataru je obelezila nova nada Americkog motociklizma - Ben Spies. Decko (24 god) je oduvao konkurenciju postavivsi pol poziciju, najbrzi krug i naravno duplu pobedu. Moram da priznam da sam prvu trku uhvatio samo u Highlight formi ali sam i tako zakljucio o cemu se radi. Drugu sam gledao uzivo preko neta i vec tada sam mogao da provalim da kod komentatora polako pocinje da se javlja neka Spies-o-mania. Posle 5 (od 18) krugova vec su poceli da pricaju o pobedi, a na 3 kruga pre kraja su poceli da pricaju o tituli. Covek je stvarno pokazao talenat, nema sta, ali na 2. od 14 trkackih vikenda pricati o tituli je po meni malo smesno. Da ne tupim vise, krenimo od rezultata prve trke: 1 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 36'06.304 (160,93 kph) 2 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1.893 3 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 2.168 4 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 12.061 5 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 12.597 6 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 12.971 7 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 13.570 8 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 19.306 9 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 19.388 10 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 20.981 11 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 21.164 12 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 21.994 13 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 22.917 14 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 27.218 15 33 Hill T. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 31.602 16 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 33.934 17 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 47.496 18 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 47.505 19 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 59.278 20 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 59.295 21 24 Roberts B. (AUS) Ducati 1098R 59.338 22 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1'04.008 RET 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R RET 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R RET 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R RET 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 RET 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR Na pocetku trke, Spies je nesto zaostao u startu, a ekipa predvodjena Biagijem i Hagom je preuzela vodjstvo. Nakon par krugova, Spies ih stize i prestize pa njih dvojca i dalje ostaju da se kolju samo sto sada vise ne za 1. nego za 2. mesto. Par krugova pre kraja (mozda i poslednji krug, nisam bas siguran) Haga obilazi Biagija i uspeva da ga zadrzi do kraja. Nakon pauze je usledila druga trka, a na njoj je "skor" bio sledeci: 1 19 Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 36'02.126 (161,241 kph) 2 41 Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1.274 3 3 Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 1.622 4 9 Kiyonari R. (JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1.845 5 66 Sykes T. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 5.117 6 76 Neukirchner M. (GER) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 9.512 7 56 Nakano S. (JPN) Aprilia RSV4 9.514 8 65 Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 12.621 9 11 Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 13.842 10 111 Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 13.884 11 91 Haslam L. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 13.888 12 67 Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 14.913 13 7 Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 15.762 14 55 Laconi R. (FRA) Ducati 1098R 15.920 15 71 Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 19.565 16 23 Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 21.759 17 96 Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 28.523 18 31 Muggeridge K. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 40.499 19 24 Roberts B. (AUS) Ducati 1098R 43.761 20 99 Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 44.669 21 77 Iannuzzo V. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 48.955 22 15 Baiocco M. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R RET 44 Rolfo R. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR RET 84 Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R RET 25 Salom D. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R RET 33 Hill T. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR RET 86 Badovini A. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R Trka skoro ista kao i prva, s' tim sto je sada Spies malo bolje startovao pa je posle prve krivine bio 3. iza Biagija i Hage. Ubrzo Haga preuzima vodjstvo i pokusava da se odlepi dok Spies malo zaostaje dok gubi vreme u pokusajima da obidje Biagija. Mislim da je to konacno uspeo u 3. krugu, a u 5. preskace i Hagu. Tada covek udara svoj ritam i vrlo brzo se odlepljuje na 2.5 sekundi, a do kraja trke je u jednom momentu bilo i 4 (krajnje vreme ne prikazuje pravu sliku jer je u poslednja 2 kruga otpustio gas pa su ga ovi stigli). Posle toga jedino zanimljivo je bilo to jurcanje za 2. mesto kome se prikljucio i Kionari, ali sem tog prikljucka nista vise nije uspeo da uradi. U pretposlednjem krugu Biagi obilazi Hagu ali mu ovaj vraca u poslednjem (na istom mestu gde ga je obisao i u prvoj trci) i ponovo trojka zavrsava u istom poretku. Ruku na srce bilo je zanimljivo u momentima gledati jurcanje izmedju Neurkirhnera i Nakana koji su na kraju zavrsili u 0.002 sekunde. Pored dobr og rezultata Aprilie (3. i 7. mesto) BMW je uspeo da zauzame 9. i 10. zahvaljujuci foto finisu u kome su Korser i Xaus bili bolji od Haslama. Veliko razocarenje po meni su Byrne, koji je dosao kao apsolutni sampion BSBK na Sterilgarda Ducati i pored 4. mesta na pocetku trke nije uspeo nista da uradi, pa je na kraju zavrsio kao 12. i Checa kojeg ni u jednom momentu nisam video u kadru sto je i razumljivo jer je na kraju bio 13. Kawasaki je vec klasicno los, a cudan mi je i relativno lose rezultat Suzukija jer sam iskreno od Neurkirhnera ocekivao da bude medju trojkom koja se bori za mesta na podijumu. Na kraju sampionat izgeda ovako: 1 N. Haga JPN 85 2 B. Spies USA 75 3 M. Neukirchner GER 40 4 M. Biaggi ITA 38 5 L. Haslam GBR 36 6 T. Sykes GBR 32 7 R. Laconi FRA 30 8 J. Rea GBR 30 9 S. Nakano JPN 27 10 Y. Kagayama JPN 25 11 M. Fabrizio ITA 24 12 T. Corser AUS 22 13 R. Kiyonari JPN 21 14 C. Checa ESP 21 15 J. Smrz CZE 16 16 S. Byrne GBR 14 17 R. Xaus ESP 14 18 T. Hill GBR 5 19 R. Rolfo ITA 3 20 B. Parkes AUS 2 Zbog loseg rezultata na prvoj trci kada nije uzeo ni jedan bod, Spies je na 2. mestu iako ima 3 pobede i kaska za Hagom 10 poena. Sledece vidjenje je najavljeno za 3 nedelje i Valensiju, pa cekamo da vidimo da li ce Spies opet napraviti iznenadjenje ili ce Haga konacno naci resenje i uspeti da ga pobedi na stazi za koju je rekao da je gotivi. U okiviru ove serije vozi se sampionat WSS, sampionat koji redovno pruza najuzbudljivije trke, ne znam koliko je bitno da trosim reci kad je dovoljno pogledati i videti da su prva 4 vozaca uspela da se stisnu u 1 sekundu. 1 50 Laverty E. (IRL) Honda CBR600RR 37'06.285 (156,595 kph) 2 1 Pitt A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 0.063 3 35 Crutchlow C. (GBR) Yamaha YZF R6 0.625 4 54 Sofuoglu K. (TUR) Honda CBR600RR 0.711 5 127 Harms R. (DEN) Honda CBR600RR 5.200 6 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Honda CBR600RR 5.233 7 24 McCoy G. (AUS) Triumph Daytona 675 9.538 8 55 Roccoli M. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 9.551 9 13 West A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 9.616 10 77 Veneman B. (NED) Suzuki GSX-R600 12.159 11 51 Pirro M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF R6 15.044 12 117 Praia M. (POR) Honda CBR600RR 17.611 13 26 Lascorz J. (ESP) Kawasaki ZX-6R 17.701 14 105 Vizziello G. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 19.897 15 8 Aitchison M. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 35.382 16 9 Dell'Omo D. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 35.701 17 28 Vos A. (NED) Honda CBR600RR 36.239 18 83 Holland R. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 36.406 19 69 Nannelli G. (ITA) Triumph Daytona 675 40.548 20 5 Pradita T. (INA) Yamaha YZF R6 58.948 21 88 Guerra Y. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R6 1'01.386 22 32 Lai F. (ITA) Honda CBR600RR 1'18.036 23 78 Geronimi S. (AUS) Suzuki GSX-R600 1'22.281 RET 21 Fujiwara K. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX-6R RET 30 Günther J. (GER) Honda CBR600RR RET 99 Foret F. (FRA) Yamaha YZF R6 RET 19 Szkopek P. (POL) Triumph Daytona 675 RET 7 Vostárek P. (CZE) Honda CBR600RR RET 96 Smrz M. (CZE) Triumph Daytona 675 RET 71 Morillas J. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R6 Moj savet je da pogledate celu trku jer sam je ja pogledao samo u skracenoj verziji i cini mi se da je bila bas xtra. WSS sampionat izgleda ovako: 1 A. Pitt AUS 40 2 K. Sofuoglu TUR 38 3 E. Laverty IRL 36 4 C. Crutchlow GBR 29 5 A. West AUS 23 6 M. Lagrive FRA 15 7 M. Roccoli ITA 15 8 R. Harms DEN 12 9 J. Lascorz ESP 11 10 G. McCoy AUS 11 11 M. Aitchison AUS 11 12 F. Foret FRA 9 13 B. Veneman NED 9 14 M. Pirro ITA 9 15 G. Nannelli ITA 6 16 M. Praia POR 4 17 G. Vizziello ITA 2 Toliko od mene za sad. Nadam se da cu uvece dobiti i izjave Hage i Fabrizia (koji nije uspeo da zavrsi ni jednu trku) pa cu time upotpuniti ovaj pregled.

Пошто нам се Eurosport нешто прави паметан ових дана и не пушта нам WSBK (и WSS) у директном преносу ево једног од начина како да им доскочите, наравно ако имате солидно брз интернет (ја имам ADSL са протоком од 1024 и мени ради скоро савршено). Пре него што почнем са објашњењем, морам прво да се захвалим колеги Микси на упуту. Човек је специјализован за Moto Gp, а ипак зна како да ме информише у вези са WSBK. Микс хвала још једном ;D. Е овако, прво што треба да уредите је да отворите http://www.worldsbk.com/ сајт и тада ћете добити страницу која отприлике изгледа овако: Није толико битан изглед саме странице, јер се редовно ажурира, колико је битна прва линија у којој можете наћи опцију SBK TV (5. опција). Кад кликнете на то "дугменце" долазите до странице која ће мање више личити на ову: Овде горе сам подвукао све класе које се возе у овиру ове серије и кликом на неку од њих долазите до опције гледања трка. Пошто је тренутно SBK најпопуларнији он се отвара по "defaultu". Након тога бирате шта желите да гледате: прву трку, другу трку (у оквиру којих можете гледати целу трку, скраћену верзију (Highlights) или најбржи круг (Best lap)) или Super pole у Срба познатији као квалификације. Да не би било забуне, кликћете на онај број (код мене се појављивао као 550 К) испод оне варијације коју желите да гледате. На истом сајту можете наћи и масу резултата, актуелне табеле у свим шампионатима (наравно у оквиру ове серије) како у конкуренцији конструктора тако и у конкуренцији возача, као и табеле и резлтате из претходних сезона. Толико о томе, а сад сви у обнављање градива ;D

Kako postizes takve detalje kao sto su na ovom blatobranu. Vidim tkaninu, mada mi je malo nejasno... A kako si uspeo slova ?

Zato sto je napravljena u limitiranoj seriji od mozda 10ak ili 20 komada, napakovana sa pitaj boga sta od opreme i napravljen u ime Claudia Castoglonia (vlasnika MVa). A sad nastavite temu u MV Brutale, koja nije taj motor za koji se vecina uhvatila.

To je bio WSBK tj svetski sampionat. U jednom danu voze se 2 trke SBK i 1 SS. To sto je bilo na MotorsTv je bio snimak trke iz Australije proteklog vikenda. Inace nije vozac na Suzukiju napravio gresku nego je izjeo gumu pa je poceo da kliza na sve strane, a malo mu je falilo na kraju da ipak pobedi (ide K9 ko nezdrav na pravcu).

Na stranu sto je tehnologija jaca u MotoGp, mislim da je WSBK daleko zanimljiviji za gledanje. Steta samo sto nije toliko medijski propracen.

Ako smem da doprinesem sa malim info from da house ;D Textovi su na engleskom doduse ali verujem da cete se snaci Qatar Test Sunday Mar 01 2009Qatar Test Day 1 DESERT STORM AS RAIN HITS QATAR: NICKY HAYDEN QUICKEST AS STONER SITS IT OUT The first day of a three-day test for the Ducati Marlboro Team got underway after a minor setback in Losail, where the desert landscape was hit by rain! With a scheduled start of 6pm local time, the session was interrupted almost immediately by a red flag after a light downpour, which lasted barely ten minutes. Several riders, Nicky Hayden included, got a handful of laps in before returning to join the rest of the riders watching the weather from pit-lane. At around 9pm a group of rider representatives, including Stoner and Rossi, convened with the circuit officials to discuss the state of the track not only because of the rain but also because of the sand that had blown onto the surface beforehand. With the section between turns 11 and 12 still damp, the riders continued to wait and at around 10:30pm track action resumed, although Rossi, Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Capirossi and Stoner decided to wait for better conditions tomorrow. Nicky Hayden completed a total of 31 laps, including the fastest of the day. As usual the American was prepared to make the best of the conditions, testing some electronic updates and a new fork. Nicky Hayden (Ducati Marlboro Team), fastest lap: 2’02.717 (on lap 29 of 31) “I haven’t seen rain in Qatar in all my life and I never thought I would! But today we’d barely got the bike on track and it started to come down. We had to spend a long time in the garage because even though a part of the track had dried out there was a section that stayed damp for a while. The track conditions were tricky and there wasn’t much feedback, which meant we couldn’t do the work we had planned. We’ve got a few different things to try so hopefully the weather is better tomorrow so we can get some work done.” Losail Circuit Circuit Record: Casey Stoner (Ducati – 2008) 1’55.153 Best pole: Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha – 2008) 1’53.927 Unofficial lap times 01/03/2009 1. Nicky Hayden (Ducati) 2’00.717 (31 laps) 2. Marco Melandri (Kawasaki) 2’00.867 (35) 3. Mika Kallio (Ducati) 2’01.020 (29) 4. Alex De Angelis (Honda) 2’01.074 (15) 5. Niccolò Canepa (Ducati) 2’01.328 (26) 6. Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) 2’01.843 (6) 7. Yuki Takahashi (Honda) 2’03.221 (18) 8. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 2’03.233 (15) 9. James Toseland (Yamaha) 2’03.417 (7) 10. Randy De Puniet (Honda) 2’03.580 (18) 11. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) 2’03.652 (5) 12. Toni Elias (Honda) 2’08.637 (3) 13. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 2’24.832 (1) Qatar Test Tuesday Mar 03 2009Qatar Test Day 2 GOOD NIGHT IN QATAR FOR DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM It looked like it was set to be another difficult night in the desert after a blustery day in Doha but last night’s fortunes were reversed as the strong winds dropped at the Losail circuit just as the riders went to work on the second day of a three-day test in the capital of Qatar. It was a welcome turn of fate for the MotoGP riders and in particular the Ducati Marlboro Team, who had work to do not only on the new swingarm and electronics for the Desmosedici GP9 but also on checking the physical condition of former World Champion Casey Stoner, who is recovering from a wrist operation. Stoner set the fastest lap of the day and was satisfied not only with his pace but also with his recovery. The Australian only tried the new swingarm at the very end of the session and will wait until tomorrow before making a full evaluation. Hayden, who had to start virtually from scratch with set-up after a rain-hit first day, took a step forward in comparison to Malaysia but admits there is still work to be done. Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team), fastest time: 1’57.139 (on lap 23) “We have worked well and we’ve made progress with the set-up of the GP9 so it has been a positive day despite the difficult track conditions. Pretty much the same goes for the wrist – it’s obviously still not 100% yet but it is better than Malaysia and better than I was expecting for this test, so it’s looking hopeful from that point of view too. In general I am satisfied.” Nicky Hayden (Ducati Marlboro Team), fastest time: 1’58.577 (on lap 52) “The way the day started out I didn’t even expect to be riding tonight. The wind was so strong but luckily it turned and we were able to start working seriously on the set-up, adapting the bike to this circuit because the conditions were so strange yesterday that we didn’t gather any useful data. Things are going better than Malaysia, my feeling is improved but there is obviously still a lot of work to do.” Losail Circuit Circuit Record: Casey Stoner (Ducati – 2008) 1’55.153 Best pole: Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha – 2008) 1’53.927 Unofficial lap times: Monday 02/03/2009 1. Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 1:57.139 (37 giri) 2. Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 1:57.747 (51) 3. Colin Edwards Tech3 Yamaha 1:57.817 (41) 4. Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda 1:57.879 (60) 5. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki MotoGP 1:58.018 (24) 6. Loris Capirossi Suzuki MotoGP 1:58.264 (42) 7. Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 1:58.400 (63) 8. Alex De Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:58.441 (53) 9. Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 1:58.577 (54) 10. Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda 1:58.619 (28) 11. Randy De Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP 1:58.936 (55) 12. Toni Elias San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:59.036 (56) 13. Yuki Takahashi Scot Racing Team 2:00.153 (65) 14. Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team 1:59.195 (63) 15. Niccolo Canepa Pramac Racing 1:59.266 (36) 16. Mika Kallio Pramac Racing 1:59.764 (48) 17. James Toseland Tech3 Yamaha 2:00.234 (51) Qatar Test Tuesday Mar 03 2009Qatar Test Day 3 STONER SUPER FAST IN QATAR AS HAYDEN TAKES IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD The deserts of Qatar are the last place you would expect to find an English climate but that is exactly what has greeted the MotoGP riders over a three-day test that ended today with low temperatures making for tricky track conditions after Sunday’s rain and yesterday’s high winds. Three riders were caught out by the conditions - Loris Capirossi, Niccolò Canepa and Casey Stoner all crashing but fortunately escaping without injury. The Ducati Marlboro Team’s Australian rider was able to return to the track immediately, shaking off any after effects with a series of hot laps including two efforts inside the 1’56 mark. His quickest time of 1’55.744 would prove to be the fastest overall, even though he stayed in his garage for the final available hour as track conditions got even more difficult and dangerous. Nicky Hayden can also look back on a positive test, the American finishing up in the top five of the unofficial standings, just a few tenths of a second off the second placed rider. The next appointment for the Ducati Marlboro Team is the final test session of the 2009 preseason at Jerez de la Frontera, in the south of Spain on the 28th and 29th March. Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro Team), fastest lap: 1’55.744 (on lap 22 of 31) “I’m obviously very happy with the lap time and the rhythm we put together today although I would have liked to have been able to get a few more laps in and test some more stuff. We knew the track conditions would get worse at around ten o’clock and that proved to be the case. The crash was on the way into turn 2 and it was very similar to the one here last year – practically from an upright position. I got straight back on the other bike but with such an unpredictable track we decided to finish an hour early because the conditions were only getting worse. We still managed to try a few things with the electronics – some of them good and some not so good and we confirmed the good feeling I had yesterday with the new swingarm, although we still need more time to work on it and that’s what we’ll be doing at Jerez. The wrist has responded quite well – it’s not as painful as it was at Sepang even though the mobility still hasn’t improved much. We’ll have to see how at feels at circuits with harder braking and more left-hand corners, which is where I struggle the most.” Nicky Hayden (Ducati Marlboro Team), fastest lap: 1’57.225 (on lap 35 of 53) “That was definitely a good day and we’ve made plenty of progress so I’m really pleased. I was thinking this morning that this would be the right time to take a step forward because we’ve only got two more days of testing before the season started so it’s obviously very satisfying to have done that. There is still plenty to do but my team has worked well and now we have a lot of information to work on. I got a good feel for the new swingarm straight away but we still have work to do and we need to make more comparisons with the previous version before drawing definite conclusions. I would have liked to have done more laps but after ten o’clock the conditions were on the limit, to the point that there were a few guys crashing and running straight, so we decided not to take any risks. I also did a practice start today and a test at switching bikes quickly in case of a race interrupted by rain.” Losail Circuit Circuit Record: Casey Stoner (Ducati – 2008) 1’55.153 Best pole: Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha – 2008) 1’53.927 Unofficial lap times Tuesday 03/03/2009 1. Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 1:55.744 2. Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 1:56.733 3. Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 1:56.972 4. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki MotoGP 1:57.224 5. Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 1:57.225 6. Loris Capirossi Suzuki MotoGP 1:57.253 7. Randy De Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP 1:57.401 8. Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda 1:57.449 9. Colin Edwards Tech3 Yamaha 1:57.515 10. Alex De Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:57.591 11. Toni Elias San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:57.804 12. Mika Kallio Pramac Racing 1:57.938 13. Niccolo Canepa Pramac Racing 1:57.946 14. Yuki Takahashi Scot Racing Team 1:58.412 15. James Toseland Tech3 Yamaha 1:58.786 16. Marco Melandri Hayate Racing Team 1:58.851

Jel ste provalili zvuk R1 ? Cak ima i slican zvuk kao V2 u nekim obrtajima Inace xtra zanimljiv vikend

OK, a da li to znaci da ce ici samo na engleskom Eurosportu ili ce biti i na ovom nasem internacionalnom ?

Nece biti uzivo ? Mozda ce Motors raditi uzivo... Neka vrsta tradicije mi je da gledam otvaranje sezone kad se vratim iz grada ;D

Mene vise interesuje sta ne valja na onoj Aprilii sto je na 11 mestu ;D

Pazi sto se tice samog broja kamera na stazi nisam siguran ali cu ostaviti u rezervi da si u pravu, a sto se ostalog tice... Do sada MotoGp prenosi su radjeni na Eurosportu a radila ih je kombinacija Moody / Rider / Mamola koji su po meni vrh. Ljudi potkovani znanjem, upuceni u tematiku, redovno pored vozaca... Ma nema sta vise da se pozeli, ali Eurosport vise nece prenositi Gp i iskreno se nadam da ce gore navedena trojka preci da radi prenose WSBK e to bi bila poslastica. Nadajmo se zajedno.

Meni je vec par godina generalno zanimljiviji SBK za gledanje, a ponekad kad u kombinaciju uleti WSS onda obicno zabavi nema kraja. MotoGp je vrhunac tehnologije, to stoji, ali mislim da zbog savrsenstva koje su ti motori postigli samo trkanje postaje dosadno kao sto je i u F1. MIslim da su brzine postale toliko sulude da je obilazenje sve redje, mada jedva cekam trku koja mi dokazuje da nisam u pravu ali i dalje mi se cini da je svake godine sve dosadnije i dosadnije.

Mislim da se vozaci na trbinama ne racunaju, zar ne ? Sto se mene tice, cini mi se da ce ova sezaona bti jedna od najuzbudljivijih i najneizvesnijih pa ne mogu da odaberem svog favorita medju vozacima, a sto se tice motora...

Otkud ti znas sta sve izlazi iz njegove tastature ;D ;D ;D