Moto GP Qualifier thread (Spoiler)

[akira700]

So the Qualifying times are in and Hayden gets 16th.
He's 3 tenths behind Giberneau in 15th and almost 3 seconds down from
Stoner.
WTF.

So the question is... is he toast?
Does he go the way of Melandri?


1 C. STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 1'55.286
2 V. ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team + 0.473
3 J. LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team + 0.497
4 A. DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team + 0.691
5 L. CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP + 0.863
6 C. EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 + 0.908
7 R. DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP + 1.072
8 C. VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP + 1.207
9 A. DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini + 1.504
10 M. KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing + 1.566
11 M. MELANDRI ITA Hayate Racing Team + 1.676
12 T. ELIAS SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini + 1.939
13 J. TOSELAND GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 + 2.224
14 D. PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team + 2.443
15 S. GIBERNAU SPA Grupo Francisco Hernando + 2.613
16 N. HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team + 2.929
17 Y. TAKAHASHI JPN Scot Racing Team MotoGP + 3.498
18 N. CANEPA ITA Pramac Racing + 3.713

[markbvt]

Hayden may be missing the race. He had a massive highside partway through qualifying and got carted off the track, which is one of the reasons he didn't get a chance to improve on his time.

--mark

[Nate Dawg]

At least Pedrosa didn't make it in the top 10 for qualifying

[apollomx681]

raining right now.. 125's were red flagged.. its stopped for now bt i wonder if its gonna continue.. who would of thought rain in the desert.. only when motorcycles are involved...

[union]

Well the 250 was a good race but now the moto GP is delayed due to rain and its not looking good

[FirstDuc-1098]

is it running?

[union]

is it running?

No official announcement but its raining pretty hard right now. Apparently running at night in the rain doesnt work because of the lights. When they announce something Ill let you know

[union]

Cancelled as of now and are considering running it tomorrow.

[Pittenger5]

It rains in Qatar?

[Kitt]

WTFFFFF

[apollomx681]

It rains in Qatar?

apparently 6 days a year...

[union]

Ya they were laughing about it. It was raining so hard at one point I think they would have called it even if it were held during the day. Looked worse then indy last year. Hopefully they get it off tomorrow. The other option being discussed was in sept the week the hungarian gp was to be held.

[kermita]

According to motogp.com they are running it tomorrow. Maybe Hayden will be able to run after all.

http://www.motogp.com/en/home

[apollomx681]

looks like i know what ill be doing instead of working around mid day tomorrow haha

[union]

According to motogp.com they are running it tomorrow. Maybe Hayden will be able to run after all.

http://www.motogp.com/en/home

He was on the grid and ready to run today One more day will help him for sure.

[apollomx681]

He was on the grid and ready to run today One more day will help him for sure.

+1 but i still dont think hes comfortable on the duc yet.. running out of time

comon nicky prove me wrong!!

[markbvt]

I read somewhere that Hayden's not happy with the amount of practice time he's had on the Duc. Very limited, apparently.

My guess is that he won't do too well for the first part of the season, but will begin to improve as he learns the bike and finds a setup he's comfortable with.

The good news (from what I've been able to read between the lines) is that Ducati management realises it'll take him some time to adapt and is willing to make the investment in him, and also apparently Hayden and Stoner get along well.

--mark