Starting Grid MOTOGP * Catalunya ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Event : MOTOGP Pos. Num. Driver Team Time Gap 01 15 S.Gibernau Honda 1'42"596 02 46 V.Rossi Yamaha 1'42"959 + 0'00"363 03 69 N.Hayden Honda 1'43"124 + 0'00"528 04 3 M.Biaggi Honda 1'43"563 + 0'00"967 05 33 M.Melandri Yamaha 1'43"601 + 0'01"005 06 4 A.Barros Honda 1'43"647 + 0'01"051 07 11 R.Xaus Ducati 1'43"680 + 0'01"084 08 21 J.Hopkins Suzuki 1'43"693 + 0'01"097 09 6 M.Tamada Honda 1'43"708 + 0'01"112 10 12 T.Bayliss Ducati 1'43"793 + 0'01"197 11 45 C.Edwards Honda 1'43"832 + 0'01"236 12 7 C.Checa Yamaha 1'43"860 + 0'01"264 13 56 S.Nakano Kawasaki 1'43"948 + 0'01"352 14 66 A.Hofmann Kawasaki 1'44"126 + 0'01"530 15 65 L.Capirossi Ducati 1'44"131 + 0'01"535 16 10 Ke.Roberts Suzuki 1'44"175 + 0'01"579 17 50 N.Hodgson Ducati 1'44"761 + 0'02"165 18 17 N.Abe Yamaha 1'44"988 + 0'02"392 19 99 J.McWilliams Aprilia 1'45"108 + 0'02"512 20 67 S.Byrne Aprilia 1'45"200 + 0'02"604 21 32 G.Lavilla Suzuki 1'46"142 + 0'03"546 22 88 A.Pitt Moriwaki 1'46"327 + 0'03"731 23 80 Ku.Roberts Proton KR 1'46"399 + 0'03"803 24 9 N.Aoki Proton KR 1'46"957 + 0'04"361 25 84 M.Fabrizio WCM 1'47"503 + 0'04"907 26 35 C.Burns WCM 1'48"684 + 0'06"088
just like last week, Sete's slower Q time would still have him in pole position, and again the top gang are all within a whisker, so hopefully this will just continue the great show from last week. bruce
I think if Sete slips away, which "IS" possible. It'll be a fight between Rossi, Nicky, Alex, Edwards and Marco.(Barros, maybe) And the longer they fight the farther Sete gets away. Which I am sure Vale will come out on top or at least third. My picks are: Sete, Rossi & Nicky (wag for fourth & fifth- Edwards, simply because he really needs it most, fifth to Barros, he needs it too!) We'll see but lets hope for a safe race most of all... T3
These picks were based on perceived Qualifying but don't change to much from my original predictions made prior to the first practice. Which were : " Vale, Nicky & Troy(less than a second between them all)... (odds on that are about 1000 to 1 in Vegas) We'll see........Having said all that, I put up a buck!!!(who knows, I could get lucky. It would be the first time!!)" But with Sete Vale and Nicky, I might hit the trifecta or maybe not............. T3
I think Biaggi will be the fly in the ointment but you haven't mentioned him, I don't think Edwards will do anything this round he's not even on the pace really. Paul
Come on, Edwards is less than a second off of Nicky, and to mention, things change a whole hell of a lot during the race from qualifying, qualifying has proven to mean crap when we are talking about the top 8 guys.......
