Moto GP Mugello Spoiler Thread....

[TLR67]

Got to watch Practice this AM.... Stoner had a Fubar in the gravel trap early... Tippie toed it then saw the Airfence coming then down he went... Capirossi had a nesty spill with 1 min. left ... Qualifying should be spectacular tommorw...

46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 322.4 1'49.751
2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 322.4 1'50.120 0.369 / 0.369
3 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 322.8 1'50.359 0.608 / 0.239
4 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 330.2 1'50.772 1.021 / 0.413
5 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 322.8 1'50.773 1.022 / 0.001
6 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 322.3 1'51.004 1.253 / 0.231
7 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 332.0 1'51.128 1.377 / 0.124
8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team Honda 325.8 1'51.255 1.504 / 0.127
9 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 336.7 1'51.387 1.636 / 0.132
10 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar Ducati 339.6 1'51.582 1.831 / 0.195
11 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 320.5 1'51.605 1.854 / 0.023
12 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 320.4 1'51.717 1.966 / 0.112
13 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 324.2 1'51.782 2.031 / 0.065
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 334.5 1'52.202 2.451 / 0.420
15 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP Honda 322.6 1'52.399 2.648 / 0.197
16 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team Ducati 335.1 1'52.418 2.667 / 0.019
17 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 319.2 1'55.257 5.506 / 2.839

[motodog650]

Looking like Team Texas Tech 3 will hopefully have a better weekend than last time out in France. Correct me if I'm wrong and I know it might not carry over to the race but isn't this Speez first time at Mugello ? Amazing !!

[jkhonea]

C'mon Spies, get on up there!

[TarzanMan]

Dude. Stoner is self destructing this year. WTF happened? Its like Bizarro-world

[wallypiper]

Ohh noooo. Rossi done for the weekend.


Reigning title holder Valentino Rossi experienced a highside crash with 15 minutes to go and has been ruled out of Sunday’s race with a fractured right shin bone.

Maybe longer.

[TLR67]

He will be out for at least a Month....

[TLR67]

Qualifying on now... Hell yeah...

[THE MUFFIN MAN]

Rossi has a broken and exposed fibia and tibia. he is possibly done for the season.

[TLR67]

Great Front Row.... The Americans are representing well.... Go Nicky!!

[wallypiper]

Great QP. Good stuff from Hayden, Stoner, Edwards, even Spies did good. And of course, Lorenzo. He could walk away in the race without Rossi there to bug him. If he gets away first at the start, that could be it.
Very bad news for Rossi. Bad time to have it happen as because the schedule gets pretty tight now. He'll miss at least 4 races. Done for the season? We'll see. A few pins. A few screws. It was a massive highside by modern standards.
See it here:
http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2010/FREE+EXCLUSIVE+VIDEO+Rossi+crash+in+Mugello+FP2

[jkhonea]

Man, look at the top speed on those Duc's compared to the rest of the field. Wow.

[wallypiper]

Great ride by Spies. He's not threatening the podium yet, but he's clear of the crowd and right there with the second group. He got schooled by some people with more laps at Mugello early on but then rode smart and watched the battle for 4-6 from 7th.

Pedrosa. He may not be much fun to listen to but he sure can turn the fast laps. Something had to be wrong with Lorenzo's Yammie. His lap times were a second slower than his practice times.

[patri0t]

the race for 4th was pretty fun to watch at the end. looked like a lot of squirrly bikes out there today.

[TLR67]

And Moto 2 Seems to be the race of choice IMO.... Pretty Boring when Pedrobot leads Flag to Flag.... Sucks for Hayden... That killed his points...

[0hi0]

Now is the time to watch Monkey Boy. I'll have much more respect for him if he gets back on and starts chasing podiums instantly.

[Barton72]

Now is the time to watch Monkey Boy. I'll have much more respect for him if he gets back on and starts chasing podiums instantly.
Looks like he did just that. Kind of a dumb comment. How could any true motorcycle enthusiast who knew even a tiny bit about the sport not have the utmost respect for Rossi?