The MotoGP is Saturday night

[mfzx6r]

Just a reminder its on Saturday [tomorrow] night not Sunday.


mario

[Smitty]

I know........Assen is always SATURDAY!!!
but
a good reminder to all ..mario



cheers

[greenmeanie]

Full MotoGP final qualifying times from the Dutch TT at Assen, the sixth round of the 2004 world championship.


1. Valentino Rossi ITA Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha 1min 58.758 secs
2. Carlos Checa SPA Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha 1min 59.44 secs
3. Sete Gibernau SPA Telefonica Movistar Honda 1min 59.903 secs
4. Marco Melandri ITA Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 2min 0.724 secs
5. Shinya Nakano JPN Fuchs Kawasaki 2min 0.755 secs
6. Alex Barros BRA Repsol Honda 2min 0.977 secs
7. Kenny Roberts USA Team Suzuki 2min 1.182 secs
8. Makoto Tamada JPN Camel Honda 2min 1.212 secs
9. Ruben Xaus SPA d'Antin Ducati 2min 1.312 secs
10. John Hopkins USA Team Suzuki 2min 1.593 secs
11. Alex Hofmann GER Fuchs Kawasaki 2min 1.617 secs
12. Max Biaggi ITA Camel Honda 2min 1.635 secs
13. Colin Edwards USA Telefonica Movistar Honda 2min 1.642 secs
14. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Marlboro 2min 1.707 secs
15. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro 2min 2.029 secs
16. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda 2min 2.062 secs
17. Norick Abe JPN Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 2min 2.427 secs
18. Shane Byrne GBR MS Aprilia 2min 2.58 secs
19. Jeremy McWilliams GBR MS Aprilia 2min 2.613 secs
20. Neil Hodgson GBR d'Antin Ducati 2min 2.896 secs
21. Michel Fabrizio ITA Harris WCM 2min 3.832 secs
22. Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Proton Team KR 2min 3.912 secs
23. Kurtis Roberts USA Proton Team KR 2min 5.311 secs
24. Chris Burns GBR Harris WCM 2min 6.137 secs

Great to see Nakano qualifying 5th fastest(best result yet for kawasaki) and Hoffman showing promising signs(11th). The kawasaki's are improving all the time. Its a shame Pitt & McCoy didn't get a crack on these versions of the ZX-RR.


Foxsports from 7:30pm tonight(sat).


Regards
Glenn(zx7r).

[aardvark]

Yeah... all we need now is a podium finish, and then a race win, and everyone else will be asking: "Where the hell did these guys come from??"

[icebreaker]

Wow.. 5th.. That was totally unexpected.. And after the times in the wet, I think the 11th was too..


But I'm sure after doing testing, etc in the wet and searching for grip, and control, It would surely assit our boys no end, when they run on the dry...

I'll have to check out what time she's on.. Def gunna have to buy another six pack on the way home from work tonight.. *grins*

*prays the boys do well*

[icebreaker]

For those wanting to know when the race is on..

8pm Fox Sports 2
1:30am Sunday Ch 10

[mfzx6r]

Wooo Hoooo cant wait......



mario

[omen_child]

Assen's one of those tracks where big balls and good setup reap rewards...since Nakano sits a foot higher than any of the other riders (with the possible exception of Valentino), we might be in for a podium finish here....

[aardvark]

Assen's one of those tracks where big balls and good setup reap rewards...since Nakano sits a foot higher than any of the other riders (with the possible exception of Valentino), we might be in for a podium finish here....

Or, Nakano might just dissapear with no comment from the commentators about what the hell happened to him, and Hoffman might just drag his arse over the line about 2/3 of the way back, as per normal.

[omen_child]

Yeah good call by me. Shiya certainly isn't having much luck, if it's not sudden tyre failure, it's alien abduction.

[mfzx6r]

What the hell did happen the Nakano ??

Sort of just disappeared ..


mario

[mfzx6r]

Well He got some type of engine problems and rear wheel locked up...

end of race


mario

sunshining out side so I'm off for a quick blat

[omen_child]

Pretty disappointing for the Kawasaki...with the laps he was doing in QP, i thought he was going to be a real force in traffic. Pity about the poor start and then engine troubles.

[mrmina]

For those wanting to know when the race is on..

8pm Fox Sports 2
1:30am Sunday Ch 10

its on saturday night at 1.20am

Anyway i taped it so lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala

I dont wanna know who won (its not a hard guess but still)

[ty]

If you set the recorder for ch10 you would've missed some.
The bastards delayed it by another hour due to the earlier football mix-up - didn't start till 2:20.
I almost missed the end of the race - woke up for the 2nd last lap.
ty