Silverstone MotoGP: Qualifying SPOILERS

[Kazza]

Cal is out - broken his left collarbone, and an absolute shocker by my man :shakehead:

AIRASIA BRITISH GRAND PRIX
MotoGP Qualifying Practice Classification 2011


Silverstone, Saturday, June 11, 2011

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.

1 27 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 308.9 2'02.020
2 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 306.6 2'02.208 0.188 / 0.188
3 1 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 305.3 2'02.237 0.217 / 0.029
4 11 Ben SPIES USA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 304.1 2'02.677 0.657 / 0.440
5 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 309.4 2'03.212 1.192 / 0.535
6 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 303.2 2'04.151 2.131 / 0.939
7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 302.7 2'04.304 2.284 / 0.153
8 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 300.6 2'04.508 2.488 / 0.204
9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 304.0 2'04.520 2.500 / 0.012
10 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 302.2 2'04.589 2.569 / 0.069
11 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 306.7 2'04.919 2.899 / 0.330
12 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP Ducati 305.8 2'05.164 3.144 / 0.245
13 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 302.3 2'05.781 3.761 / 0.617
14 24 Toni ELIAS SPA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 304.5 2'05.862 3.842 / 0.081
15 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 304.2 2'06.256 4.236 / 0.394
16 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 297.1 2'07.911 5.891 / 1.655

 

[Kazza]

AIRASIA BRITISH GRAND PRIX
125cc Qualifying Practice Classification 2011


Silverstone, Saturday, June 11, 2011

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.

1 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing Aprilia 219.3 2'14.684
2 18 Nicolas TEROL SPA Bankia Aspar Team 125cc Aprilia 224.7 2'14.720 0.036 / 0.036
3 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Avant-AirAsia-Ajo Derbi 215.5 2'15.266 0.582 / 0.546
4 7 Efren VAZQUEZ SPA Avant-AirAsia-Ajo Derbi 219.5 2'15.284 0.600 / 0.018
5 11 Sandro CORTESE GER Intact-Racing Team Germany Aprilia 215.4 2'15.589 0.905 / 0.305
6 39 Luis SALOM SPA RW Racing GP Aprilia 218.0 2'15.713 1.029 / 0.124
7 55 Hector FAUBEL SPA Bankia Aspar Team 125cc Aprilia 222.5 2'15.747 1.063 / 0.034
8 94 Jonas FOLGER GER Red Bull Ajo MotorSport Aprilia 221.0 2'16.073 1.389 / 0.326
9 23 Alberto MONCAYO SPA Andalucia Banca Civica Aprilia 217.7 2'16.250 1.566 / 0.177
10 33 Sergio GADEA SPA Blusens by Paris Hilton Racing Aprilia 217.5 2'16.274 1.590 / 0.024
11 26 Adrian MARTIN SPA Bankia Aspar Team 125cc Aprilia 221.8 2'16.743 2.059 / 0.469
12 52 Danny KENT GBR Red Bull Ajo MotorSport Aprilia 214.5 2'17.038 2.354 / 0.295
13 15 Simone GROTZKYJ ITA Phonica Racing Aprilia 217.5 2'17.298 2.614 / 0.260
14 63 Zulfahmi KHAIRUDDIN MAL Airasia-Sic-Ajo Derbi 215.3 2'17.468 2.784 / 0.170
15 99 Danny WEBB GBR Mahindra Racing Mahindra 216.1 2'17.677 2.993 / 0.209
16 84 Jakub KORNFEIL CZE Ongetta-Centro Seta Aprilia 212.2 2'17.751 3.067 / 0.074
17 50 Sturla FAGERHAUG NOR WTR-Ten10 Racing Aprilia 215.1 2'17.766 3.082 / 0.015
18 53 Jasper IWEMA NED Ongetta-Abbink Metaal Aprilia 222.5 2'17.784 3.100 / 0.018
19 96 Louis ROSSI FRA Matteoni Racing Aprilia 214.6 2'18.001 3.317 / 0.217
20 10 Alexis MASBOU FRA Caretta Technology KTM 214.1 2'18.076 3.392 / 0.075
21 31 Niklas AJO FIN TT Motion Events Racing Aprilia 216.3 2'18.259 3.575 / 0.183
22 77 Marcel SCHROTTER GER Mahindra Racing Mahindra 211.0 2'18.674 3.990 / 0.415
23 21 Harry STAFFORD GBR Ongetta-Centro Seta Aprilia 213.4 2'18.906 4.222 / 0.232
24 30 Giulian PEDONE SWI Phonica Racing Aprilia 216.3 2'19.421 4.737 / 0.515
25 56 Peter SEBESTYEN HUN Caretta Technology KTM 214.1 2'19.539 4.855 / 0.118
26 17 Taylor MACKENZIE GBR Phonica Racing Aprilia 213.3 2'19.619 4.935 / 0.080
27 19 Alessandro TONUCCI ITA Team Italia FMI Aprilia 211.8 2'19.875 5.191 / 0.256
28 3 Luigi MORCIANO ITA Team Italia FMI Aprilia 213.5 2'20.308 5.624 / 0.433
29 36 Joan PERELLO SPA Matteoni Racing Aprilia 207.9 2'20.879 6.195 / 0.571
30 71 John McPHEE GBR Racing Steps Foundation KRP Aprilia 216.4 2'21.235 6.551 / 0.356
31 43 Francesco MAURIELLO ITA WTR-Ten10 Racing Aprilia 212.0 2'22.012 7.328 / 0.777

 

[Disco]

Its amazing how fast both Casey & Simo can go on the hard tyre. If its dry, those 2 mite just bugger off up the road.

Can't believe Casey's line through the final turn, straight over the kerbing mid apex

 

[jjjjime]

Yeah, really unfortunate for Crutchlow, he has been in incredible form this season so far.
As for The Doctor...he's in a lot of trouble this week. Just gotta hope that it's a wet race, otherwise he has little chance of finishing even in the top 10

 

[jjjjime]

Its amazing how fast both Casey & Simo can go on the hard tyre. If its dry, those 2 mite just bugger off up the road.

Can't believe Casey's line through the final turn, straight over the kerbing mid apex

That was incredible. Wouldnt be surprised if more and more riders take that line tomorrow come race time, you KNOW that the majority of the riders will be watching film of it

 

[Andz]

I was at the track today and the disadvantage of being there is you don't have the immediacy of knowing everything second by second that you have on TV. They ALL look very fast and the noise is incredible, something you don't get on TV.

I gained a new respect for motorsport photographers, I took 257 pictures today and the majority are crap either slightly out of focus or the damned fence is a feature. I fiddled with the settings but I guess I need to be a lot closer to the fence to eliminate it from the photos.

I have a Canon 350D and Sigma 170-500 zoom if anyone has tips before tomorrow.

And those of you wishing for a wet race.... SHADDAP!!! :spank:

The weather was livable today, it got to about 18C which was enough for some of the locals to get their shirts off but by the end of MotoGP qualifying the clouds were building and I had my windbreaker on. 5 minute from the track we hit rain so that might have affected the Red Bull Rookie Cup race.

Fingers crossed for a dry Sunday but the weather forecast is calling for rain for most of England

 

[Stumbles06]

Great job by Casey again.At least Jorge and Simo are a bit closer this week. What's with Dovi, over 1 second behind on the same bike as Stoner???
Stoners 2:03.0 on a hard tyre (after doing race distance on them too) is pretty good, Stoner and Sideshow should put on a good show.

Crutchlow was doing so well too, shame to see him out. Edwards not doing a bad job either with a broken collarbone. A round of applause for Karel Abraham too, 6th on the grid - first time at the track and first year in MotoGP... Best placed Ducati on the grid... Awesome stuff.

As for the final turn, wonder how many will try it in morning warm-up after viewing the line Stoner takes... And how many will pull it off. Sideshow was cutting it a bit in those last Qualifying laps too. If you don't get it right, you'll get chucked off the bike... We don't need any more broken collar-bones... There will be no-one left to race...lol

Andz... You need to bribe a flag marshal to let you go down with them... Would get some awesome shots then

:rockon:

 

[Humperdinkel]

Stoooooooner !!!! What more can I say

Well done Karel aswell :thumbup: Awesome job for 6th...

 

[Humperdinkel]

I gained a new respect for motorsport photographers, I took 257 pictures today and the majority are crap either slightly out of focus or the damned fence is a feature. I fiddled with the settings but I guess I need to be a lot closer to the fence to eliminate it from the photos.

I have a Canon 350D and Sigma 170-500 zoom if anyone has tips before tomorrow.

Not familiar with that lens Andrew , is it a HSM model ??

Best advice I can give you is to pan (follow) with the bikes mate & keep firing off pics :thumbup:

A shutter speed of 1/500th will give you some nice motion blur but if you want to freeze the action get it up around 1/800

Us an ISO of 400 or lower , any higher & the pics suffer from to much noise :thumbup:

 

[Andz]

Marshals.... yesterday on the one turn we were walking past and there is a space about 2 metres wide where there is no fence. During the Moto2 FP3 I stopped to take a pic and immediately a woman moved in front of me. I asked her if she was going to stand in front of me while I took a pic and she said "this is not a spectator area, keep moving." Biatch!

Hump I tried the panning thing but hell I got more pics of empty track than anything else! Not sure about HSM or what that is, I borrowed it from a friend. I'm sure if I get close enough to the fence and get the right F stop I can eliminate the fence from the pictures, if not I will tell people it is a special effect

 

[Humperdinkel]

Hump I tried the panning thing but hell I got more pics of empty track than anything else! Not sure about HSM or what that is, I borrowed it from a friend. I'm sure if I get close enough to the fence and get the right F stop I can eliminate the fence from the pictures, if not I will tell people it is a special effect

:rof: Follow the bike from further away when you start panning & it easy :thumbup: And HSM stands for Hyper Sonic Motor , i'll go google the lens specs now

Stupid question but I have seen people try it before & fail but , You are using the viewfinder when panning & not the LCD screen right ??

Ok , I just checked it out & it does not have a HSM so you may be better off pre focusing on the area you wish to shoot :thumbup:

 

[Andz]

This is an SLR, you can't use the display. I tried the prefocusing and it was a bust. If the weather is crap today I am leaving the camera in the car anyway.

Thanks anyway!

 

[Humperdinkel]

This is an SLR, you can't use the display. I tried the prefocusing and it was a bust. If the weather is crap today I am leaving the camera in the car anyway.

Thanks anyway!

Yeah I knew it was an SLR , just thought use could use the display on live view on the 350d the same as you can on my 500d :thumbup:

I just had a look at the 350d & it doesnt have the option like mine...

 

[Kazza]

Marshals.... yesterday on the one turn we were walking past and there is a space about 2 metres wide where there is no fence. During the Moto2 FP3 I stopped to take a pic and immediately a woman moved in front of me. I asked her if she was going to stand in front of me while I took a pic and she said "this is not a spectator area, keep moving." Biatch!

Hump I tried the panning thing but hell I got more pics of empty track than anything else! Not sure about HSM or what that is, I borrowed it from a friend. I'm sure if I get close enough to the fence and get the right F stop I can eliminate the fence from the pictures, if not I will tell people it is a special effect

Practice with the panning Andz. It does pay off in the end

Also, don't forget your bolly :rof: