Valencia MotoGP Test - Spies Means Business!

Session 1:
1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 1:32.660
2 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 1:32.685
3 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 1:32.826
4 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 1:33.088
5 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 1:33.358
6 Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:33.496
7 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 1:33.675
8 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing 1:33.726
9 Randy De Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP 1:33.775
10 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:33.839
11 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing 1:33.878
12 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:33.929
13 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:34.144
14 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:35.229
15 Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:35.772
16 Hector Barbera Aspar Team 1:36.204
17 Hiroshi Aoyama Scot Racing Team 1:37.964
18 Kenny Noyes Promoracing 1:38.654
19 Ratthapark Wilairot Stop and Go 1:39.815
20 Joan Olive Promoracing 1:41.989

Session 2:
1 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 1:31.939
2 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 1:32.195
3 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 1:32.528
4 Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:32.942
5 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 1:32.981
6 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 1:33.025
7 Randy De Puniet Lcr Honda MotoGP 1:33.111
8 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing 1:33.125
9 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:33.211
10 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:33.326
11 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing 1:33.345
12 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 1:33.546
13 Hector Barbera Aspar Team 1:34.206
14 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:34.230
15 Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:34.540
16 Hiroshi Aoyama Scot Racing Team 1:35.261
17 Xavier Simeon Gresini Moto 2 Team 1:37.279
18 Joan Olive Promoracing 1:37.881

Session 3, Wednesday

1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 1:31.900
2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 1:31.944
3 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 1:32.805
4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 1:32.825
5 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:32.936
6 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing 1:32.988
7 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing 1:33.275
8 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:33.464
9 Hector Barbera Aspar Team 1:33.787
10 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:33.856
11 Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:34.163
12 Hiroshi Aoyama Scot Racing Team 1:34.821
13 Joan Olive Promoracing 1:38.718
14 Xavier Simeon Gresini Moto 2 Team 1:39.151
15 Kenny Noyes Promoracing 1:45.427

Not all teams took part today.

Looks like it will be the "Aliens" (Rossi, Stoner, Lorenzo, Pedrosa) +1 next year! I really hope Ben Spies matches it with these four next season...i think we might be on the edge of a new "Golden Era" in Moto GP.....Ya know...just like the days when we had Lawson, Rainey, Schwantz, Gardner, Doohan...and to a lesser extent, Beatty, Koscinski, Magee, and Mamola....

Criville dont count, cause he was only as good as Doohan's data!!!!

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Hayden is back :rockon:

Spies wil only get better, I hope he can give the top players a run for there money.

Great to see Spies doing well - nice guy.

Don't like Stoner - (yes, I know he's an Aussie.......) but all he does is moan when something goes wrong, and he's quite rude when you meet him....

Pedrosa doesn't smile.

Hayden had a raw deal and bad luck.

Lorenzo will take the title in 2012, not before.

Rossi - legend and, possibly, the greatest ever. It is hard to compare him with the likes of Ago, Hailwood etc, but he is a freak. He will take the title next year, and possibly 2011. Then, unfortunately, he will retire from motorbikes and head to rally.

Then I will become a rally fanatic... LOL

It's going to be a great season! I'm going to try and make it to Laguna Seca next year to see it in person.

Kazza said:

Great to see Spies doing well - nice guy.

Don't like Stoner - (yes, I know he's an Aussie.......) but all he does is moan when something goes wrong, and he's quite rude when you meet him....

Pedrosa doesn't smile.

Hayden had a raw deal and bad luck.

Lorenzo will take the title in 2012, not before.

Rossi - legend and, possibly, the greatest ever. It is hard to compare him with the likes of Ago, Hailwood etc, but he is a freak. He will take the title next year, and possibly 2011. Then, unfortunately, he will retire from motorbikes and head to rally.

Then I will become a rally fanatic... LOL

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Yes i agree, met Ben Spies at PI earlier this year....seemed ever so relaxed, pleasant, and well mannered....

Would love to see Nicky get on top of that Duc next year, and get back up the pointey end of the grid...

Casey is a bit of a tool. but you cannot deny his talent....

Pedrosa is just a midget that can ride! no personality!

Rossi is an awesome rider, but as a person......dont get me started!!!

Would rather see Spies win a Championship on a Yamaha, more tham anything though....

But Casey will win the Championship next year, Lorenzo will be second, Spies 3rd, and Rossi...well, he will quit mid season, and go Rallying!!!! Well, that's my fantasy anyway.

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[/QUOTE]Rossi is an awesome rider, but as a person......dont get me started!!!

But Casey will win the Championship next year, Lorenzo will be second, Spies 3rd, and Rossi...well, he will quit mid season, and go Rallying!!!! Well, that's my fantasy anyway.

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I've been lucky enough to meet Vale 3 times at the Island - and he has always been gracious and willing to pose for photos and sign things for me. Maybe you were wearing a Biaggi cap!!! LOL

Thank God. Nothing worse than meeting your Idol and he's an a*****e!

What has he done to you?....

Massive time difference between the top n bottom guys isnt there , I also see yet again Casey continues to be the only person who can get the best out of the Ducati It cant be that fickle , can it ???

Rossi is an awesome rider, but as a person......dont get me started!!!

But Casey will win the Championship next year, Lorenzo will be second, Spies 3rd, and Rossi...well, he will quit mid season, and go Rallying!!!! Well, that's my fantasy anyway.

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I've been lucky enough to meet Vale 3 times at the Island - and he has always been gracious and willing to pose for photos and sign things for me. Maybe you were wearing a Biaggi cap!!! LOL

Thank God. Nothing worse than meeting your Idol and he's an a*****e!

What has he done to you?....

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Lol! Valentino aint done a thing to me.....i just dont like him at all, never have...I think he is awesome for the sport, and undeniably one of the greats of the sport....but he aint all "roses" IMHO, i reckon he has a tendancy to be less than graceful in defeat (on the odd occasion it happens), and has a tendency to use his position in the scheme of things to get his way....etc, etc...

My Idol, is Troy Bayliss, absolute gentleman, awesome racer, gracious winner & loser, and as about as down to earth as they come....cant ever remember Troy blaming anything for losing, and he always seems to be the first to congratulate the winner in defeat...

The humble champion of the people...

:thumbup:

Wolfman said:

and has a tendency to use his position in the scheme of things to get his way....etc, etc...

My Idol, is Troy Bayliss, absolute gentleman, awesome racer, gracious winner & loser, and as about as down to earth as they come....cant ever remember Troy blaming anything for losing, and he always seems to be the first to congratulate the winner in defeat...

The humble champion of the people...

:thumbup:

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True that , need we mention Rossi's hissy fit over tyres ......He is undoutably an incredible rider , better than Ago or Mr Doohan :don'tknow: not IMHO anyways.... Long live king Mr Doohan :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

And couldnt agree more about Mr Bayliss , truely the peoples champion :thumbup:

Fair call on Bayliss, Wolfman. I've met him too and he is a gentleman.

But I am SOOOOO Rossi biased, it's not funny........

Kazza said:

Fair call on Bayliss, Wolfman. I've met him too and he is a gentleman.

But I am SOOOOO Rossi biased, it's not funny........

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Got a tattoo like this?

Andz said:

Got a tattoo like this?

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Is that for real, and is it you?

It is for real and no it's not me, it's a young guy who comes to our local pub.

How about this?

WOW. That's devotion. Happens to have 3 of my 4 motorbike heroes (Barry Sheene being my 4th) on his back.

Very impressed. Pity Rossi is on a Honda....

I took that at Donington Park at the 2006 MotoGP.

The blue Rossi shirt in the bottom left of the picture is my wife, who is the biggest Rossi fan in this country

Excellent. Bet it was great to go there. We usually go to Phillip Island to watch the SBK and MotoGP.

I happen to be the biggest Rossi fan in Oz. I've followed him since he first started. I have every minichamps 1:12, signed helmets, signed photos and have been lucky enough to meet him and have my photo taken with him a few times.

I am obsessed.....

That's cool, the closest we have come is posing with a life size cardboard cut out in an accessories shop in Germany!