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Posted by Andrew on June 21, 2008, 1:52 am
> Champ wrote:
>> Mark N wrote:
>>>>> 5th quick and 0.6 faster than Pedrosa in the first session at
>>>>> Donington...
>>> 2nd quick in session two...
>>
>> Just looked at the 'analysis' PDFs for the two sessions. Looks like
>> Stoner is comfortably faster than everyone else at the moment.
>
> Yeah, he's got a pretty good margin on the others, doing a number of
> mid-28s and a total of ten 28s in the 2nd session, which he did all on the
> same tires, while Hayden, Rossi , Edwards and de Angelis each only got one
> high 28. If you look at those guys closer, Hayden only did seven 29s, and
> Rossi had only one lap below 29.7 before he did his two quick ones very
> late. Edwards definitely had more consistent pace, doing ten laps below
> 29.5, but that leaves him a solid half second off Casey.
>
> De Angelis actually had more consistent speed than Rossi, doing six
> mid-low 29s. Pedrosa started well, but slipped a bit then did his get-off,
> and the rest of his session looks like a waste. Nakano was steady high 29s
> and low 30s. Toseland got to a solid 29.4 pace the second half of the
> session.
>
> Anyway, I though it all seemed encouraging, it appears Casey is back on
> track and Rossi isn't just going to run away and hide, as it was starting
> to look a couple races ago. Nick's first day on the pneumi motor was good
> stuff, and at least I like seeing him looking like getting into it now. If
> he does get a result you can bet Dani will want one too, but I'm not sure
> it'll be to his taste. It was funny to hear Casey and Nicky talking about
> things at the end of the day, with Casey saying the problem they'd had was
> the way the thing was hitting and destabilizing the bike, while Nick was
> saying that's just the price you pay for getting something to do what he
> wants. Not sure that Dani will want to pay that price; Melandri doesn't
> seem to be enjoying it so far.
>
> Now all we need is for the Rat to get healthy and get his confidence back.
> Well, that and better Kawis. Too bad Toseland wasn't a bit quicker, I'd
> like to see him in a podium fight come Sunday. And it was good to watch
> Spies progress today, although he's at a point where it gets tougher,
> every tenth will be more work now. He needs a full second or more tomorrow
> to really move up, and it would be a very good day if he could get up with
> West, Dovizioso and Melandri. I hope it stays dry, because it would be
> good to see if sleeping on the day provides him with some ideas.
>
> Anyway, not yet convinced Casey will just run away with this one, and I
> think it might end up pretty good. My sentimental choice is finally Colin,
> of course, on one of his best tracks.
I am rooting for Colin too! This is his part of the season.
--
Andrew
00 Daytona
00 Speed Triple
71 Kawi H1
05 Squiddo
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