Laguna MotoGP

[Randy]

Interesting results from the first practice session.

Porkchop is less than a tenth of a second behind his big bro and faster than the midget

Miguel, on a bike he has never thrown a leg over and riding on tires he has never ridden on, is 1 sec behind Nicky

Stoner showing that he doesn't need to rely on long straights to put up a quick time

Melandri is the fastest Honda rider

https://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=29679

 

[GunMD]

Sunday is going to kick all kinds of ass!

I'm stoked.

Can't wait.

 

[fhaze]

Thanks to DVR I can go for a 6 hour ride on Sun, and still record all this FINE RACING ACTION!

6:00A-7:30 SPEED GP2 Championship Series, Nürburgring, Germany, July 21-22/07, N

7:30A-10:00 SPEED Formula One World Championship, Grand Prix of Europe, Nürburgring, Germany, L

11:00A-11:30 espn2 NHRA Race Day, Pacific Raceways, Seattle, WA, L

12:00P-1:00 espn2 World of Outlaws sprint cars, Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup, Lernerville, Speedway, Sarver, PA, July 17/07

12:30P-3:00 SPEED Formula One World Championship, Grand Prix of Europe, Nürburgring, Germany, SDD, R

1:30P-4:00 ABC/TSN IRL IndyCar Series The Honda 200, Mid-Ohio course, Lexington, OH, L

1:30P-2:30 VS Lucas Oil Motorsports Hour: NASCAR ACDelco Super Late Models from the Irwindale Speedway in Irwindale, California

2:00P-4:00 CBS American Le Mans Series Acura Sportscar Challenge, Mid-Ohio, Lexington, OH, July 21/07

3:00P-5:00 ESPN Champ Car World Series Rexall Grand Prix of Edmonton, City Centre Airport, Edmonton, AB, L

3:00P-6:00 SPEED Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, Daytona Prototype Series, Barber Motorsports Park. Birmingham, AL, L

5:00P-6:00 FOX FIM MotoGP World Championship Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, Laguna Seca, CA, L

6:00P-7:00 SPEED AMA Supersport, Laguna Seca, CA, L

7:00P-10:00 espn2 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series ELIMINATIONS Schuck’s Auto Supply Nationals, Kent (Seattle), WA, HD, SDD

 

[Randy]

At 9:00 PM Eastern on Saturday, Speed will also be doing same day delayed coverage of MotoGP qualifying.

 

[Randy]

Stoner fastest in the 2nd session.

The midget picked up the pace a bit, but, Melandri is still the fastest Honda rider (and not a factory effort)

Porkchop picked up a few tenths

The champ picked up 8 tenths...needs to find 8 more

Miguel went backwards

 

[GunMD]

Miguel went backwards

Maybe that "bone" that Nicky accused Honda of throwing Miguel is weighing him down.

 

[drew231506]

Network tv this weekend...sweet!

I wonder if theyll bradcast in HD!?

 

[Randy]

Miguel went backwards

Maybe that "bone" that Nicky accused Honda of throwing Miguel is weighing him down.

You can't take today's results too seriously. Consider it a learning session for everyone. With the new tire rule, they are truly rolling the dice with the tire compound to use (what will be good for practice and qualifying and what will be good for a long race pace). Additionally, none of the teams have practiced on this surface, so, they can toss their historical set up information out the window.

 

[ELP_JC]

Does anybody know if the Laguna race will be televised again? My f***ing POS Dish had a f***ing movie that required punching a code to unblock it (I only have 'porn' blocked, go figure), and went into 'tutorial' mode and that was all it recorded. Geez. Thx.

JC