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Randy

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Stoner fastest on day 1 of practice...Nicky 5 hundreths of a second behind. Melandri crashes on out lap...unsure of condition.

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Interesting. Since these times don't include the launch from stand-still, we may not know if HRC has figured out Nicky's clutch situation. Anyone have info. on that? I'm stoked about this race... the points being so close. :yahoo:

 
Interesting. Since these times don't include the launch from stand-still, we may not know if HRC has figured out Nicky's clutch situation. Anyone have info. on that? I'm stoked about this race... the points being so close. :yahoo:
I've read conflicting reports on the clutch situation regarding improvements, but, none come right out and say the problem has been fixed.

 
Interesting, but we all know what practice laps mean on race day. I'm surprised Rossi was down on the list of times at 8th. I think I'm in the minority on this forum, and am a Rossi fan. Hope Melandri is ok.........

Stoked for this race!

 
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Rossi led the first free practice session. Maybe they were working on something else. From the comments of the commentators lately, a lot of time is being spent on qualifying setup these days, running practice laps with qualifying tires etc. They have so many tire choices both for qualifying and racing and so many setup options, its hard to make anything out of practice times. Its going to be a great race just for the drama regardless of how it comes out.

Sunday morning. Live on MotoGP.com. Be there.

 
Interesting, but we all know what practice laps mean on race day. I'm surprised Rossi was down on the list of times at 8th. I think I'm in the minority on this forum, and am a Rossi fan. Hope Melandri is ok.........
Stoked for this race!
Me, Rossi fan? No....... :lol:

I'm thinking that super-long strait isn't doing the Yamaha any favors... :eek: :unsure:

 
From Eurosport

"It's been a remarkable week for candor by the normally double top secret at the minimum HRC. With Nick Hayden rolling into the final two rounds of the championship most enthusiasts are wondering two things regarding the American's current situation. Has his mysterious clutch problem been fixed so that his bike launches as well as the, um, other Hondas? And what sort of team orders scenario is HRC working out for these two rounds? Quick answers: reportedly HRC can't fix his clutch and there will be no team orders.

No, really.

HRC exec Satoru Horiike told Eurosport this week that there will be no team orders to help Hayden win the title. None. In fact they say that there have never been any team orders at HRC because doing so wouldn't be good for a variety of people, including fans and mechanics.

Despite the massive engineering power of Honda, a company that brought the world a six-cylinder 250, the RVF750 endurance racer—which weighed an incredible three hundred pounds with lights in 1991—and the awe-inspiring five-cylinder RC211V MotoGP bike, Horiike infers HRC has been brought to its knees by the clutch problem on Hayden's bike. He says it can't be fixed."
 
motogp server overloaded got only to the 9th lap before I couldn't get back on to see the rest. too bad Pedrosa wasen't a team player.

 
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