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Casey Stoner continues to be the man to beat in Qatar this weekend, but the rest of the MotoGP field is getting wise, and starting to encrouch on the Australian’s lap times in Free Practice 2.
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Despite the fact that Stoner has improved his laptime by 0.7 seconds, Valentino Rossi has closed the gap significantly, and is now only a tenth of a second behind the Ducati. Stoner, Rossi, Caprirossi, and Lorenzo make up a quartet of riders who are in the :56’s going into the qualifying session. Other notable mentions are: Marco Melandri, who is the 5th fastest man on the grid with the Hayate motorcycle, which beat out all of the Hondas, a factory Suzuki and a factory Ducati to finish just 0.8 off of Stoner, and Colin Ewards who seems to stuck in quicksand, and unable to improve on yesterday’s times.
Unlike Edwards though, Dani Pedrosa seems to be finding riding a little easier today as he improved his times to become twelfth fastest in the practice, up from dead last yesterday. Meanwhile, Nicky Hayden’s struggle with the Ducati has gotten worse, finishing the day in the 15th position. His only consolation will be that he has two Ducati’s behind him, one being that of Sete Gibernau’s.
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Results from Free Practice 2 at the Qatar MotoGP:
PosNo.RiderBikeTimeDiff.Diff. Previous127Casey STONERDUCATI1′56.310**246Valentino ROSSIYAMAHA1′56.4060.0960.096365Loris CAPIROSSISUZUKI1′56.5980.2880.192499Jorge LORENZOYAMAHA1′56.6490.3390.051533Marco MELANDRIKAWASAKI1′57.1350.8250.48664Andrea DOVIZIOSOHONDA1′57.2900.9800.15577Chris VERMEULENSUZUKI1′57.5761.2660.28685Colin EDWARDSYAMAHA1′57.7141.4040.138914Randy DE PUNIETHONDA1′57.9711.6610.2571052James TOSELANDYAMAHA1′58.1251.8150.1541115Alex DE ANGELISHONDA1′58.1521.8420.027123Dani PEDROSAHONDA1′58.3492.0390.1971336Mika KALLIODUCATI1′58.3612.0510.0121424Toni ELIASHONDA1′58.6182.3080.2571569Nicky HAYDENDUCATI1′59.2262.9160.6081672Yuki TAKAHASHIHONDA1′59.3403.0300.1141788Niccolo CANEPADUCATI1′59.5643.2540.2241859Sete GIBERNAUDUCATI2′00.2563.9460.692*
Source: MotoGP Matters
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This article comes from AsphaltandRubber.com
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Casey Stoner continues to be the man to beat in Qatar this weekend, but the rest of the MotoGP field is getting wise, and starting to encrouch on the Australian’s lap times in Free Practice 2.
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Despite the fact that Stoner has improved his laptime by 0.7 seconds, Valentino Rossi has closed the gap significantly, and is now only a tenth of a second behind the Ducati. Stoner, Rossi, Caprirossi, and Lorenzo make up a quartet of riders who are in the :56’s going into the qualifying session. Other notable mentions are: Marco Melandri, who is the 5th fastest man on the grid with the Hayate motorcycle, which beat out all of the Hondas, a factory Suzuki and a factory Ducati to finish just 0.8 off of Stoner, and Colin Ewards who seems to stuck in quicksand, and unable to improve on yesterday’s times.
Unlike Edwards though, Dani Pedrosa seems to be finding riding a little easier today as he improved his times to become twelfth fastest in the practice, up from dead last yesterday. Meanwhile, Nicky Hayden’s struggle with the Ducati has gotten worse, finishing the day in the 15th position. His only consolation will be that he has two Ducati’s behind him, one being that of Sete Gibernau’s.
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Results from Free Practice 2 at the Qatar MotoGP:
PosNo.RiderBikeTimeDiff.Diff. Previous127Casey STONERDUCATI1′56.310**246Valentino ROSSIYAMAHA1′56.4060.0960.096365Loris CAPIROSSISUZUKI1′56.5980.2880.192499Jorge LORENZOYAMAHA1′56.6490.3390.051533Marco MELANDRIKAWASAKI1′57.1350.8250.48664Andrea DOVIZIOSOHONDA1′57.2900.9800.15577Chris VERMEULENSUZUKI1′57.5761.2660.28685Colin EDWARDSYAMAHA1′57.7141.4040.138914Randy DE PUNIETHONDA1′57.9711.6610.2571052James TOSELANDYAMAHA1′58.1251.8150.1541115Alex DE ANGELISHONDA1′58.1521.8420.027123Dani PEDROSAHONDA1′58.3492.0390.1971336Mika KALLIODUCATI1′58.3612.0510.0121424Toni ELIASHONDA1′58.6182.3080.2571569Nicky HAYDENDUCATI1′59.2262.9160.6081672Yuki TAKAHASHIHONDA1′59.3403.0300.1141788Niccolo CANEPADUCATI1′59.5643.2540.2241859Sete GIBERNAUDUCATI2′00.2563.9460.692*
Source: MotoGP Matters
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