Vintertester 2007/08.

[R2]

Sitter en skopa under toppkåpan och över kylaren inunder där.

jupp, en liten rackarns snorkel hittar man där inne ja

 

[Jönsson1]

När är Pedrosa tillbaka ?
Typiskt ..

 

[Axxexs]

Några som skämtat till det med bilderna från Rossis krasch.

 

[Gustav O]

Colin Edwards - Position: 7th Time: 2:02.549 Laps: 29
“We are not quite on the new stuff yet but we are slowly morphing into the next version; we will have a new chassis for tomorrow,” commented Edwards who rounded the fast layout for 29 laps and is currently preparing for his fourth season with Yamaha in MotoGP. “We started out getting the setting right and backing up what we found out from the last November test. Everything went well in the morning. We did not test anything special from Michelin but more the good tyres we had selected from the last outing.”

Edwards was third quickest early on but relentless sunshine baked the asphalt in the afternoon and caused some problems, even prompting a slow-speed spill for the Texan. “After lunch the temperature on the ground went up to sixty degrees or something crazy like that and then things became difficult,” he recounted. “It was hard to stop the bike and I had perhaps the most stupid crash I’ve ever done. I was braking for the hair-pin and the bike stepped sideways. I tried to manage it straight, but it flicked back again and high-sided me in a straight-line. I was fine and the bike was the one we were going to change the chassis on anyway. We still have some work ahead.”

James Toseland - Position: 13th Time: 2:03.264 Laps: 45
“Today was pretty good even if it did take me a bit of time to get back into things after the break. My quickest time here in November was 2:03.5 and then I was mostly in the 04s and 05s. On my last run today, when the track was at its hottest, I was constantly in the low 03s, so we have made progress and I am pretty pleased with that,” he said. “We have got some new forks which are quite stable under braking,” he added. “Along with an increase in engine performance this is the main thing that I noticed compared to the old bike. The new rear swinging arm was working well and I did not feel as much chatter around this track as I did before. The bike is not hugely different so far but the subtle changes are a step in the right direction.”

 

[Axxexs]

Ett Italienskt tv-inslag om dagens test.
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En i publiken som filmat Rossi.
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[Macke]

Hopper!!!

Se till att få fart på det gröna pisset nu!!!

 

[Gustav O]

Hopper!!!

Se till att få fart på det gröna pisset nu!!!

Vad ful den nya lacken var.

 

[gthyni]

Se till att få fart på det gröna pisset nu!!!

Kawasaki verkar ha tagit rätt beslut:

1. De Puniet Honda LCR 2:01.377 68
.
.
11. Hopkins Kawasaki Racing 2:02.628 62

eller inte

 

[Gustav O]

Kawasaki verkar ha tagit rätt beslut:

1. De Puniet Honda LCR 2:01.377 68
.
.
11. Hopkins Kawasaki Racing 2:02.628 62

eller inte

Eller byggt en sämre hoj?

 

[Don Quixote]

Eller byggt en sämre hoj?

De Puniet verkar ha hamnat lika mycket rätt som Melandri hamnat fel. Svårt att avgöra vad som beror på vad när förare byter märke. Nakano gjorde ju ordentligt mycket sämre ifrån sig när han gick från kawa till honda. Vissa händer det ingenting med och andra som De Puniet hittar helt rätt.

 

[Gustav O]

Eller så kör de kvaldäck.
Sedan verkar det som om de som kör Honda 07r får dem ganska rejält uppdaterade. De har tex. ett annat chassie än de hade förra säsongen etc. tror ju att Nakano kommer göra bättre ifrån sig i år tex.

Aprilia har tydligen varit på Jerez och kört fler tester med den nya V4:an.

 

[Gustav O]

 

[Axxexs]

Pedrosas hoj exploderade pga att hojen slog runt och då gick pro-link länkaget på fjädringen bak sönder. Med resultat att dämparen gick rakt upp under kutsen där man har satt tanken. Så det var ett stort hål i tanken efter den dämparen. Sen brann det bra..

 

[Macke]

Kawasaki verkar ha tagit rätt beslut:

1. De Puniet Honda LCR 2:01.377 68
.
.
11. Hopkins Kawasaki Racing 2:02.628 62

eller inte

Hade Randy suttit på en Kawwa kanske han varit elva han också... Vem vet..

Vad ful den nya lacken var.

Mjaaaa.. Den var inte så lyckad....

 

[sandstream]

Klockan 14 lokal tid var De Puniet snabbast, före Edwards, Lorenzo, Stoner och Rossi.
Melandri har 16:e tid, precis för OJ, och verkar fortsatt ha det jobbigt med Ducatin.

 

[sandstream]

Imorn börjar träningarna för MotoGP på Sepang. Idag var det 36 grader varmt. Roger Lee Hayden var en av dom icke MotoGP-förare som är där som körde idag på sin Kawasaki AMA-SBK hoj.

2 bilder på RL Hayden.

 

[Bennybåge]

5:00 PM lokal tid

top 5

1: De Puniet 2:01,1
2: Edwards 2:01,3
3: Rossi 2:01,4
4: Lorenzo 2:01,5
5: Stoner 2:01,6

 

[bikestreet]

Hur stod sig RL Hayden på sin ZX-10R gentemot MotoGp-killarna? Alltid kul med jämförelser

 

[sandstream]

Suzuki-förarna om dag 2:

Loris Capirossi:
“The more I work with the bike and my crew the more I understand the GSV-R and what will be best for me in the future. I did a lot more laps today and every time we change parts or settings I feel my knowledge of the bike increases and I’m feeling more and more at home. I am confident that with combination of the best parts and settings that I have tested I can go quite a bit quicker than I have done so far, and most importantly the more I understand the GSV-R the more we can make it a better race bike.”

Chris Vermeulen:
“We had a couple of problems with my first bike this morning that needed sorting out, but that is the kind of thing to be expected when you are testing a new bike with so many new parts. After we had ironed them out we got through a lot of detailed set-up testing which took up a large portion of the day. Obviously testing development tyres and brakes is a major thing to do and takes a lot of time, but it was something we needed to do and made good progress. We have gathered a lot of information over the last two days and we certainly know the priorities for the next improvements.”

 

[Macke]

16" fram och 17" bak eller?

Ser ju jättekonstigt ut..