MotoGP - Winter Tests

[zixx6r]

http://www.motorcycleracingnews.net/

Melandri and Elias on the newly painted Fortuna Honda, looks sweet. Lots of new blood...Vermuelen, Pedrosa, Stoner. 2006 MotoGP will be the deepest field yet.

Definitely going to Laguna Seca in July :happy3:

[ufo34]

Everyone is testing while the world champion is on vacation :keke:

[SBK Pilot]

Everyone is testing while the world champion is on vacation :keke:
ha!...

rossi = :dance:

everybody else = :BangHead: :BangHead: :BangHead: :BangHead: :BangHead:

[Steve O Chap]

I think Elias is really going to turn heads next year... he came on real strong at the end of this season on the M1.

I have to admit... I'm a bit confused with the choice of Kawi to pick up DePuniet. I'd have figured maybe Jorge Lorenzo or Andrea Dovisioso. They both seemed to show more talent IMO.

[Steve O Chap]

Check out the times from this afternoons testing... look at Stoner!!

1 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V 1:34.40
2 Marco Melandri Fortuna Honda Team Honda RC211V 1:34.8
3 John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R 1:34.9
4 Casey Stoner Pons Honda Honda RC211V 1:35.0
5 Carlos Checa Pons Honda Honda RC211V 1:35.1
6 Sete Gibernau Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici 1:35.2
7 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Honda RC211V 1:35.50
8 Toni Elias Fortuna Honda Team Honda RC211V 1:35.7
9 James Ellison Ducati D'antin Ducati Desmosedici 1:35.7
10 Roberto Rolfo Ducati D'antin Ducati Desmosedici 1:35.7
11 Nobuatsu Aoki Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R 1:35.8
12 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR 1:35.9
13 Chris Vermeulen Team Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R 1:36.3
14 Randy DePuniet Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR 1:36.5
15 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici 1:36.8
16 Max Neukirchner Honda Racing Honda RC211V 1:37.49
17 Andrea Dovizioso Honda Racing Honda RC211V 1:39.50
18 Thomas Luthi Honda Racing Honda RC211V 1:44.29

I think the funny part is Luthi in last place... he just won the 125GP title, but you can tell he was a bit tentative on the throttle. Gotta be a HUGE jump from the 125 to the MotoGP bikes.

[ufo34]

I think the funny part is Luthi in last place... he just won the 125GP title, but you can tell he was a bit tentative on the throttle. Gotta be a HUGE jump from the 125 to the MotoGP bikes.


He's not going to gp next year, he's just testing the rc211v.

[Steve O Chap]

He's not going to gp next year, he's just testing the rc211v.

Yeah, a couple of 250 guys got to test out the MotGP bikes... I later read that he was riding when the conditions were getting bad, so that explains the big discrepancy in lap times.

[ufo34]

Poor Vermeulen is going to be tough.

[hfa3g11]

1 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda RC211V 1:34.40 <~~~~ gangsta!!!

[Capafool]

while all these guys are testing the bikes Rossi was out doing testing on the Ferrari F1. Yamaha testing begins towards the end of the month in Sepang, Malaysia.