MotoGP Qatar Night Race----Podium Predictions??

paddy147

MotoGP and the Qatar Night Race is nearly upon us again.

Time to predict the podium places.

Im going for the following......


1st-Lorenzo
2nd-Marquez
3rd-Rossi.


And for Pedrosa to be either 4th or else crash out while trying to keep with Lorenzo,Marquez and Rossi.:pac::pac::D


Cal Crutchlow to be 4th or 5th (depending on Pedrosa) and Bradley Smith to crash out on his MotoGP debut.


Dovi on the Ducati to be an "also ran" and maybe finish 8th.

honeybadger

what time and channell is it on

paddy147

honeybadger wrote: »

what time and channell is it on

Live on BBC2 on Sunday night from 7:30pm.

MotoGP Race starts at 8pm.:D

serious3

lorenzo
marquez
rossi!
dovvi
bradders in 5th or 6th

jameshayes

Lorenzo
Cruthclow (not that I particularly want him there)
Dovi
Rossi

serious3

jameshayes wrote: »

Lorenzo
Cruthclow (not that I particularly want him there)
Dovi
Rossi

whats wrong with crutchlow?

KamiKazi

serious3 wrote: »

whats wrong with crutchlow?

+1

Crutchlow is fvckin gas

jameshayes

serious3 wrote: »

whats wrong with crutchlow?

just not a fan, some you like, others you don't... not a fan of dovi or lorenzo, or pedrosa actually, boring bastárd... actually, I think I only watch the GP for edwards, marquez(think he'll bin it this race) rossi and hayden

Qatar is a notoriously boring race, so I'll probably record it and watch it in fast forward to make it more interesting!

paddy147

jameshayes wrote: »

just not a fan, some you like, others you don't... not a fan of dovi or lorenzo, or pedrosa actually, boring bastárd... actually, I think I only watch the GP for edwards, marquez(think he'll bin it this race) rossi and hayden

Qatar is a notoriously boring race, so I'll probably record it and watch it in fast forward to make it more interesting!

Should Bradley Smith be there in Tech 3 aswell then????:pac::pac::pac:

paddy147

Top 12 grid places for tomorrows race....grid is now formed by overall timming from all the practice sessions

Dovi ahead of Rossi too.......Yikes.:eek::pac:

Top 12

1-Lorenzo
2-Cal
3-Pedrosa
4-Dovi
5-Bradl
6-Marquez
7-Rossi
8-Bautista
9-Smith
10-Iannone
11-Hayden
12-Espeagaro

kaimera

dani
jorge
cal

can't wait for the season to start

paddy147

3 minutes to race start....here we go.:D

paddy147

Told you Bradley Smith would crash out.:D

kaimera

any non flash streams for smartphones? poxy voice is on

paddy147

Carol Abraham on the Ducati is the 1st man to crash out of a race in 2013...so at least Bradley can be thankfull of that much.


Stefan Bradhl also just crashed.

paddy147

Go on Rossi...hes on a massive charge now.

paddy147

THE DOCTOR IS BACK.:D:D:D


Take that Ducati.:P:D



Lorenzo 1st

Rossi 2nd

Marquez 3rd

Pedrosa 4th.


Pedrossa must be gutted that he was hammered by his Rookie team mate Marquez.

daenerysstormborn3

That was some battle between Marquez and Rossi, so entertaining!

I thought they made carrying another rider a fine worthy offence after Doohan or Schwantz did it years ago?

Fiskar

paddy147 wrote: »

MotoGP and the Qatar Night Race is nearly upon us again.

Time to predict the podium places.

Im going for the following......


1st-Lorenzo
2nd-Marquez
3rd-Rossi.


And for Pedrosa to be either 4th or else crash out while trying to keep with Lorenzo,Marquez and Rossi.:pac::pac::D


Cal Crutchlow to be 4th or 5th (depending on Pedrosa) and Bradley Smith to crash out on his MotoGP debut.


Dovi on the Ducati to be an "also ran" and maybe finish 8th.

You had that almost bang on, fair play !

paddy147

pixiebean22 wrote: »

That was some battle between Marquez and Rossi, so entertaining!

I thought they made carrying another rider a fine worthy offence after Doohan or Schwantz did it years ago?

Imagine if Rossi hadnt have got crossed up earlier in the race and dropped down to 7th..he and Lorenzo would have been battling for the win.:D

Lorenzos parc ferme/pit lane interview to BBC2 was eh "diplomatic" shall we say.;)

paddy147

Fiskar wrote: »

You had that almost bang on, fair play !

Im actually scared by my own thoughts and mental ability now.:D

Fiskar

When is the next race?

daenerysstormborn3

Have to say, it's brilliant seeing Rossi back there. So happy and messing around etc. Delighted for him.

And yeah, fingers crossed we'll see some battling between Rossi and Lorenzo from now on.

Next race is in the US on 21st April.

nerrad1983

Great race and brilliant to see Rossi back in the mix:D

paddy147

Have we ever had a MotoGP world champ over the age of 30??

Would Rossi be the 1st then...if he were to do it this year?

Wonda-Boy

Absolutely gutted for Bradl I really was....cant believe it. You would have got no money in the bookies on Smith crashing out....that was always on the cards, he was a bundle of nerves chatting to the BBC just before the race, like a rabbit in the headlights. As for spies over the entire weekend he is a disaster ffs.

Great race and delighted someone new is in the mix up at the top but still not as exciting as WSB/BSB....Pedrosa was well off tonite all the same. He is alot better then that....

Great to see the season on again all the same.

paddy147

Hats off to Rossi for going so wide and off line down the start/finish straight to pass Cal.

The amount of sand and dust that Rossi threw up was unreal.

I actually thought that Rossis bike would slide out from under him at turn 1,due to all the dust he was kicking up and getting on his tyres.

He still has massive mental ability and race craft and he also showed Marquez that on the final lap too.


Hats off to Rossi and also hats off to Marquez for sticking it to Pedrosa too.

kaimera

jeez, did not expect that from Rossi or Marquez but props for the racing.

poor from Dani.

and Jorge? ffs, easy

one down, roll on Texas!

paddy147

Qatar Race Results.......


1. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 42m 39.802s
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Factory Racing (YZR-M1) 42m 45.792s
3. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 42m 46.003s
4. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 42m 49.275s
5. Cal Crutchlow GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 42m 58.566s
6. Alvaro Bautista ESP Go&Fun Honda Gresini (RC213V) 43m 1.950s
7. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP13) 43m 4.157s
8. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP13) 43m 4.722s
9. Andrea Iannone ITA Energy T.I. Pramac Racing (GP13) 43m 16.926s
10. Ben Spies USA Ignite Pramac Racing (GP13) 43m 24.710s
11. Aleix Espargaro ESP Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 43m 29.611s
12. Randy De Puniet FRA Power Electronics Aspar (ART CRT) 43m 36.297s
13. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT) 43m 49.401s
14. Yonny Hernandez COL Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT) 43m 50.544s
15. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Avintia Blusens (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 43m 53.402s
16. Claudio Corti ITA NGM Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 44m 9.246s
17. Michael Laverty GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (PBM CRT)* 44m 14.143s
18. Lukas Pesek CZE Came IodaRacing Project (Suter-BMW CRT)* 44m 14.485s
Colin Edwards USA NGM Forward Racing (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* DNF
Danilo Petrucci ITA Came IodaRacing Project (Suter-BMW CRT)* DNF
Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V) DNF
Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) DNF
Bryan Staring AUS Go&Fun Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT)* DNF
Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB Motoracing (ART CRT) DNF
* Standard ECU.

Blondie919

Wow! Just finished watching the race, what an outstanding race by Rossi! I never thought I'd see him on a yamaha again but was I very happy to see him back where he belongs! That Marquez lad is damn good!!

KamiKazi

Well that race will shut all the nay sayers up

Rossi finished a mere 6 seconds behind Lorenzo, imagine if he had qualified higher and not went wide at turn 1 that time?

This is gonna be a great season