Yeah, Kent defo a contender and McPhee will improve. Shame about Lowes but he'll bounce back. Still not sure if Marquez would have beat Rossi today though, he pulled back to fifth but it was not his day. Gonna be a great season aye !!
OK, so if Pedrosa feels that he isn't up to racing in the US, or for the rest of the championship... http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/21...tm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss Who are Honda going to ask to take his seat .... I bet Stoner is on their list of choices...that would put the cat amongst the pigeons..
no need to apologise - I should of just posted here! lol.... funny though - it's what crossed my mind when I saw the news.
Topspeeds Grand Prix Qatar: Topspeed KMH Marc Marquez Honda 350.5 Dani Pedrosa Honda 348.6 Cal Crutchlow Honda 346.5 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 346.2 Yonny Hernandez Ducati 345.9 Pol Espargaro Yamaha 345.0 Andrea Iannone Ducati 344.7 Bradley Smith Yamaha 344.4 Jack Miller Open-Honda 343.9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 343.1 Hector Barbera Open-Ducati 342.7 Mike di Meglio Open-Ducati 342.5 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 341.7 Scott Redding Honda 341.2 Karel Abraham Open-Honda 340.8 Stefan Bradl Open-Yamaha 340.6 Eugene Laverty Open-Honda 339.0 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 338.6 Maverick Vinales Suzuki 337.2 Nicky Hayden Open-Honda 336.9 Marco Melandri Aprilia 336.8 Loris Baz Open-Yamaha 336.2 Aleix Espargaro Suzuki 335.2 Alex de Angelis ART 329.4 Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 214.4
Now that Pedrosa is out for 4 to 6 weeks if the reports are correct, Stoner will already have been asked to fill in. Will he do it ? I doubt it but would love to see it.
Stoner has already said no according to a few reports. I dont think he will ever come back now, this was his best chance for a comeback
It's test rider Hiroshi Aoyama that's filling the spot,would be great to see him on the podium next race
That's his name! I couldnt think of it earlier. Hasn't he had a few races over the years for Repsol? Dont think he was ever near the podium though
Free Practise 2 on BT Sport tonight. Programme starts at 7pm, hopefully it may have dried up a bit as FP1 was in the wet.
Stoner asked HRC to come back , they knocked him back. Find this hard to fathom out as according to Stoner HRC ask him every year to come back and he refuses.If he had come back to fill in for Pedrosa he may just have got his appetite back for it. Ah well it's done now.
People on BT Sport coverage of MotoGp qualifier were talking about Crutchlow getting Pedrosa's bike but staying in LCR team.
They did say Cal has same bike as Marquez for this round. Such a shame Stoner didn't come back. He does whinge but I'd love to see rubbing elbows with Marquez. And how long before Rossi would wind him up again.
