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2008 Pre-Season Testing
This thread will serve as the basis for any and all comments regarding pre-season testing for the 2008 season. Riders have been on the track today at Valencia with several riders making their debut on 800cc machinery. This is also the first chance for many of those making the switch between teams to ride their new bikes.
Loris Capirossi (making his Suzuki debut). John Hopkins (making his Kawasaki debut). Jorge Lorenzo (making his Yamaha & 800cc debut). Marco Melandri (making his factory Ducati debut). Sylvain Guintoli (making his d'Antin Ducati debut). Andrea Dovizioso (making his JiR Team Scot debut). Alex de Angelis (making his MotoGP debut for Honda Gresini). Shinya Nakano (making his Honda Gresini debut). Randy de Puniet (making his Honda LCR debut). Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa (riding the 2008 RC212V). Per motogp.com Casey Stoner currently leads the way with a 1:32.348 followed by Hayden who was second quick with a lap in the low 33's. Have not seen a complete list of times yet. Jorge Lorenzo: http://www.crash.net/motorsport/moto...ks_motogp.html Some not so great pics: http://www.crash.net/gallery~cid~6~c...st_6112007.htm Last edited by jhansen; 6 Nov 2007 at 17:01. |
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A small pic of the new Honda RC212V. I see an undertail exhaust and it supposedly has pneumatic valves.
http://www.crash.net/motorsport/moto...da_rc212v.html |
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Indeed. Fairing seems a bit different as well.
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Tuesday times per motogp.com
Casey Stoner - Ducati - 1:32.348 - 26 laps Nicky Hayden - Repsol Honda - 1:33.176 - 26 laps Chris Vermeulen - Rizla Suzuki - 1:33.186 - 49 laps Loris Capirossi - Rizla Suzuki - 1:33.266 - 34 laps Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda - 1:33.387 - 35 laps Toni Elias - d'Antin Ducati - 1:33.508 - 42 laps Randy de Puniet - LCR Honda - 1:33.563 - 59 laps Shinya Nakano - Gresini Honda - 1:33.901 - 46 laps John Hopkins - Kawasaki - 1:34.277 - 43 laps Jorge Lorenzo - Fiat Yamaha - 1:34.330 - 50 laps Sylvain Guintoli - d'Antin Ducati - 1:34.367 - 45 laps Marco Mlandri - Ducati - 1:34.433 - 44 laps Alex de Angelis - Gresni Honda - 1:34.471 - 47 laps Andrea Dovizioso - JiR Team Scot - 1:34.760 - 48 laps Nobu Aoki - Rizla Suzuki - 1:35.564 - 48 laps Olivier Jacque - Kawasaki - 1:35.727 - 50 laps Vittoriano Guareschi - Ducati - 1:36.115 - 29 laps Last edited by jhansen; 6 Nov 2007 at 17:56. |
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A better pic of the 2008 spec RC212V. This bike does nothing for me. The RC211V was a much nicer looking machine. This one is hideous.
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Regarding the fairing, they can't fit any more fairing bits as the bike is so small and the rider wouldn't fit on it anymore. It doesn't look nice, but it's very clever engineering (unless your name is Nicky Hayden, than you have to ask for a different fairing all year). |
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Andrea Dovizioso's reaction after having his first ride on the Honda RCV212V: "The electronics make a big difference. On every corner I can fully open the throttle and the traction control handles it – even on a bike with more than 100bhp more than my 250! If I did that on a 250 I would go flying in the air and it would hurt!"
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Wednesday Test Times:
Casey Stoner - Ducati Marlboro - 1:32.095 - 55 laps (B) Nicky Hayden - Repsol Honda - 1min 32.434 - 92 laps (M) Randy de Puniet - Honda LCR - 1:32.625 - 83 laps (M) Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda - 1:32.718 - 88 laps (M) Chris Vermeulen - Rizla Suzuki - 1:32.979 - 88 laps (B) John Hopkins - Kawasaki - 1:33.058 - 59 laps (B) Loris Capirossi - Rizla Suzuki - 1:33.163 - 64 laps (B) Toni Elias - d'Antin Ducati - 1:33.294 - 74 laps (B) Shinya Nakano - Honda Gresini - 1:33.465 - 92 laps (B) Sylvain Guintoli - d'Antin Ducati - 1:33.571 - 80 laps (B) Jorge Lorenzo - Fiat Yamaha - 1:33.588 - 69 laps (M) Anthony West - Kawasaki - 1:33.695 - 99 laps (B) Marco Melandri - Ducati Marlboro - 1:33.835 - 87 laps (B) Andrea Dovizioso - JiR Team Scot - 1:33.991 - 82 laps (M) Alex de Angelis - Honda Gresini - 1:34.060 - 84 laps (B) Nobu Aoki - Suzuki - 1:35.043 -61 laps (B) Vittoriano Guareschi - Ducati - 1:35.840 - 59 laps (B) Last edited by jhansen; 7 Nov 2007 at 18:33. |
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Quotes from Day 2:
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2007/Nov/071107a.htm Of note: Hayden quicker on the old bike. Dani says bike is a bigger, but ok for me. |
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Only one surprise so far, Melandri struggling to adapt to the Ducati. Seems like he had to make some radical changes, like changing the wheel base.
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Founds some movies on YouTube:
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Day 1 times from Sepang:
1. Randy de Puniet (M) 2min 3.033 secs 2. Chris Vermeulen (B) 2min 3.357 secs 3. Colin Edwards (M) 2min 3.406 secs 4. Andrea Dovizioso (M) 2min 3.607 secs 5. Loris Capirossi (B) 2min 3.748 secs 6. Anthony West (B) 2min 4.068 secs 7. Nicky Hayden (M) 2min 4.164 secs 8. John Hopkins (B) 2min 4.316 secs 9. Jorge Lorenzo (M) 2min 4.433 secs 10. James Toseland (M) 2min 5.438 secs |
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Day 2 times from Sepang:
1. John Hopkins (B) 2min 2.200 secs 2. Chris Vermeulen oGP (B) 2min 2.344 secs 3. Randy de Puniet (M) 2min 2.550 secs 4. Andrea Dovizioso ot (M) 2min 2.591 secs 5. Loris Capirossi (B) 2min 2.698 secs 6. Nicky Hayden (M) 2min 2.800 secs 7. Colin Edwards (M) 2min 2.831 secs 8. Anthony West (B) 2min 3.093 secs 9. Jorge Lorenzo (M) 2min 4.021 secs 10. James Toseland (M) 2min 4.278 secs Fastest lap by manufacturer from 2007 Malaysian GP: Ducati: Casey Stoner (B) 2min 2.108secs Yamaha: Valentino Rossi (M) 2min 2.303secs Honda: Marco Melandri (B) 2min 2.330secs Kawasaki: Randy de Puniet (B) 2min 2.503secs Suzuki: Chris Vermeulen (B) 2min 3.023secs Hayden: "I smoked my first snake, the poor thing," confirmed Nicky. "I was just heading through turn 11 when the snake sat up and I saw it but I was committed on the apex of the corner. I picked the machine up and tried to avoid him but caught him with my knee. I'm pretty sure it was a cobra and I'm sorry for it." Last edited by jhansen; 16 Nov 2007 at 15:33. |
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Day 3 times from Sepang:
1. Nicky Hayden (M) 2min 0.592 secs 2. Colin Edwards (M) 2min 1.811 secs 3. John Hopkins (B) 2min 2.047 secs 4. Andrea Dovizioso (M) 2min 2.128 secs 5. Chris Vermeulen (B) 2min 2.447 secs 6. Loris Capirossi (B) 2min 2.587 secs 7. Jorge Lorenzo (M) 2min 2.643 secs 8. Anthony West (B) 2min 2.659 secs 9. Randy de Puniet (M) 2min 2.700 secs 10. James Toseland (M) 2min 3.550 secs Hayden used a qualy today, but did manage to shatter Pedrosa's qualifying lap record of 2min 1.877 secs from the Malaysian GP. |
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Nice to see the Honda's back up at the front even if it is just in testing.
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Apparently HRC are very impressed with Dovizioso's testing and application. Perhaps he'll get better parts sooner if he keeps that up next year...
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What is with Edwards being so quick, goshdarnit?
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Colin is always really quick in testing,
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