MotoGP 2007 Round 4: Shanghai

[william_liu]

Combined results from FP1 and FP2:

 

1. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 2min 1.204 secs

2. Marco Melandri ITA Gresini Honda (B) 2min 1.303 secs

3. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 2min 1.333 secs

4. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 2min 1.346 secs

5. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 2min 1.365 secs

6. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 2min 1.390 secs

7. Colin Edwards USA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 2min 1.409 secs

8. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 2min 1.460 secs

9. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 2min 1.771 secs

10. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR (M) 2min 1.881 secs

11. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 2min 1.896 secs

12. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 2min 1.991 secs

13. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 2min 2.051 secs

14. Toni Elias SPA Gresini Honda (B) 2min 2.114 secs

15. Makoto Tamada JPN Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 2min 2.242 secs

16. Kenny Roberts USA Team Roberts (M) 2min 2.564 secs

17. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 2min 2.768 secs

18. Olivier Jacque FRA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 2min 2.818 secs

19. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda (M) 2min 2.977 secs

[william_liu]

Race will be shown 'live' on StarSports Chl 24 on Sunday, 6th May 07.

 

12.00pm - 4.00pm

[-tRuSt-]

whats the time for motogp...?

[R.C.]

MotoGP World Championship 2007 (On The Grid)

Grand Prix Of China (Live)

12:00 PM - 04:00 PM

 

Same channel.

[ambasnakeman]

rossi should definetly win this one.....he has been too patient with the riders....think his aggressive nature is gonna be back this weekend.

[Luciferwayne]

Originally posted by ambasnakeman@May 05, 2007 05:54 am

rossi should definetly win this one.....he has been too patient with the riders....think his aggressive nature is gonna be back this weekend.

no i think amba will take home shanghai's trophy... haha~~!

[fruitcakepablohoney]

Event : MOTOGP SHANGHAI GRID

 

Pos. Num. Driver Team Time Gap

 

01 46 ROSSI YAMAHA FIAT 1'58"424

02 21 HOPKINS SUZUKI 1'59"315 + 0'00"891

03 5 EDWARDS YAMAHA FIAT 1'59"406 + 0'00"982

04 27 STONER DUCATI 1'59"516 + 0'01"092

05 26 PEDROSA HONDA REPSOL 1'59"602 + 0'01"178

06 33 MELANDRI HONDA GRESINI 1'59"863 + 0'01"439

07 14 DE PUNIET KAWASAKI 1'59"985 + 0'01"561

08 4 BARROS DUCATI PRMAC D'ANTIN 2'00"052 + 0'01"628

09 1 HAYDEN HONDA REPSOL 2'00"087 + 0'01"663

10 56 NAKANO HONDA KONICA MINOLTA 2'00"157 + 0'01"733

11 66 HOFMANN DUCATI PRMAC D'ANTIN 2'00"175 + 0'01"751

12 24 ELIAS HONDA GRESINI 2'00"205 + 0'01"781

13 7 CHECA HONDA LCR 2'00"319 + 0'01"895

14 65 CAPIROSSI DUCATI 2'00"369 + 0'01"945

15 71 VERMEULEN SUZUKI 2'00"680 + 0'02"256

16 10 ROBERTS KR TEAM ROBERTS 2'00"763 + 0'02"339

17 50 GUINTOLI YAMAHA TECH 3 2'01"157 + 0'02"733

18 6 TAMADA YAMAHA TECH 3 2'01"178 + 0'02"754

[fruitcakepablohoney]

Fiat Yamaha's Valentino Rossi registered a scorching hot 1'58.424 qualifying time today in China to break the Shanghai International Circuit lap record and take pole for the fourth Grand Prix of the 2007 season.

 

‘The Doctor' made good use of his Michelin qualifying tyres at the Sinopec Great Wall Lubricants Grand Prix of China on the 20th of 24 laps, to knock more than two seconds off any previous time he had recorded this weekend and break Dani Pedrosa's circuit best lap set on 990cc machinery last year by 0.585s.

 

It was astonishing performance especially given that Rossi's nearest challenger in the session, Rizla Suzuki's John Hopkins, could only get within 0.891s of him after a series of incredibly tight MotoGP qualifying contests previously in 2007.

 

But after taking pole ahead of team-mate Colin Edwards by just 0.149s in the last round of the World Championship in Turkey only to fall away dramatically and eventually finish 10th due to tyre deterioration Rossi will be counting on a better set-up from Michelin for tomorrow's Grand Prix. The five-time former World Champion will be looking to repeat his 2005 Chinese triumph as he looks to regain his title.

 

Meanwhile Suzuki rider Hopkins has looked good on race tyres all weekend and proved that it is possible to qualify well on Bridgestones without riding a Ducati by lapping in a highly respectable 1'59.315 to put him second on the grid and in with a good chance of achieving his first ever podium finish.

 

Also hoping to bounce back from a Turkish disappointment, Rossi's Yamaha colleague Edwards will start in third after qualifying 0.982s off the pace.

 

He will be joined on the second row by current World Championship leader Casey Stoner (Ducati Marlboro) who was 1.092s slower than Rossi despite a 13 km/h top speed advantage over the Italian.

 

On the third row of the grid will be the Repsol Honda's ever steady Dani Pedrosa and Honda Gresini's Marco Melandri, who in qualifying sixth has by far his best starting position so far this year - after improving in Turkey following a frustrating start to the season.

 

Kawasaki's Randy de Puniet was at the top of the timesheets for a significant period but ended up finishing seventh, just ahead of Pramac D'Antin's Alex Barros was eighth despite recording a notable top speed of 332.5 km/h.

 

World Champion Nicky Hayden will have to battle through the traffic again if he is to record the first podium appearance of his title defence having managed only ninth on the grid, while the top ten was completed by Konica Minolta's Shinya Nakano.

[wacko]

come on hopkins...

:cheer:

[eFzek17]

yeah go hopkins go.

go suzuki go.

[william_liu]

Should be another good race tomorrow!

[ambasnakeman]

i dun mind if rossi doesnt win...but a good winner will be hopkins.....

 

stoner....good rider.....but he's just lucky.....has no clue what is battle with rossi

stoner - 7/10

ducati - 9/10

 

get what i mean

[BlackHonda]

hopefully rossi tyre wont be like last year in china

[LouisB]

wish lack problem given to rossi...

[PUNK]

Originally posted by ambasnakeman@May 05, 2007 11:57 pm

i dun mind if rossi doesnt win...but a good winner will be hopkins.....

 

stoner....good rider.....but he's just lucky.....has no clue what is battle with rossi

stoner - 7/10

ducati - 9/10

 

get what i mean

agreed wif u... stoner lucky dat he had a gd bike & rossi having problem wif his tyre rossi will bounce back today hope everything is smooth for him

[5thRider]

Go get 'em Hoppers!!!

[PUNK]

stoner manage to pull away in the straights again... gd ride frm rossi & hopkin rossi really works hard & commit a few mistake..... rossi & yamaha will go to nxt race wif alot of confident

[spy622]

damm being taken so easily on the straights drives rossi crazy...if not the mistake nearing the end of the race Rossi might still stand a chance...

 

Bridgestone leads the charts again..top 2 Michelin only Rossi n Pedrosa. Edwards looks damm sad

[PUNK]

Originally posted by spy622@May 06, 2007 03:51 pm

damm being taken so easily on the straights drives rossi crazy...if not the mistake nearing the end of the race Rossi might still stand a chance...

hahahaha.... rossi mus be frustrated being overtaken on the straights .... suzuki really meant business dis year... their bike has shown tremendous improvement... bt poor hopkin he keeps doing mistake through his career... bt gd riding frm hopkins too

[Wayang]

beri impressive casey stoner.. truly 'rock solid'..

[spiderman]

look at what good top speed can bring ya?

haha... added advantage.

[spy622]

anyone hav Ducati wif bridgestone tyres for sale?

[PUNK]

Originally posted by spiderman@May 06, 2007 04:02 pm

look at what good top speed can bring ya?

haha... added advantage.

ya lor ... wahahahahahaha

[myxilplix]

Hopper Hopper Hopper!!!

[william_liu]

Another solid ride from Stoner... at least if he wins the championship this year, it'll be quite a few race wins... compared to last year.....