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Oh, there is a separate Spanish national championship? I thought the Moto GP was it.

Rumours Ducati might switch to the Open Class. One of the reasons being that their bike won't be able to get to the end of the race with the amount of fuel, and they don't want to tune down their engine any more.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112086

They need to join the Speed Class

MOTOGP just posted this epic classic.

[youtubeidiot]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4X4yvTHaRM[/youtubeidiot]

LOL

MotoGP reminding Ducati of their former glory after yesterday's announcement.

Besides, the 2009 race was far better.

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Onda Cero: 'Lorenzo to Ducati for 2015'

Is he just looking for a raise from Yamaha or genuinely thinking about leaving for Ducati?

Lorenzo to Ducati would be pretty big.

With Rossi approaching the inevitable conclusion, would make an interesting Yamaha lineup if they lose both of them.

Brazil is likely dropped for this season. Rumor has it the track works haven't even started yet

Cool. Surely one of the Japanese tracks.

Hopefully Suzuki can be competitive.

The last 56 MotoGP races have been won by Honda or Yamaha. Someone else needs to challenge.

Someone else needs to get their act together. It's not Honda or Yamaha's fault if no-one else can win.

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Was it at that wet race at Le Mans that Suzuki won the race?

Yes, Vermeulen.

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And the first test at Sepang is underway.

Besides the usual suspects I have to say both the Espargaró brothers have made an impressive start. Pol is (close to) matching Smith already on the Tech 3 and Aleix is flying on that NGM Yamaha open class bike.

Interesting to see that the Pramac Ducati was a full second faster than the factory machinery.

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Tuesday's Final Times:

Pos Rider               Bike                 Time       Gap     Laps
01. Marc Marquez        Honda                2m00.286s           62
02. Valentino Rossi     Yamaha               2m00.804s  +0.518s  61
03. Dani Pedrosa        Honda                2m00.906s  +0.620s  75
04. Jorge Lorenzo       Yamaha               2m01.082s  +0.796s  47
05. Alvaro Bautista     Gresini Honda        2m01.240s  +0.954s  52
06. Stefan Bradl        LCR Honda            2m01.320s  +1.034s  61
07. Aleix Espargaro     Forward FTR-Yamaha   2m01.419s  +1.133s  26
08. Andrea Iannone      Pramac Ducati        2m01.538s  +1.252s  44
09. Pol Espargaro       Tech 3 Yamaha        2m01.634s  +1.348s  48
10. Bradley Smith       Tech 3 Yamaha        2m01.876s  +1.590s  55
11. Colin Edwards       Forward FTR-Yamaha   2m02.483s  +2.197s  26
12. Andrea Dovizioso    Ducati               2m02.497s  +2.211s  27
13. Michele Pirro       Ducati               2m02.552s  +2.266s  48
14. Cal Crutchlow       Ducati               2m02.860s  +2.574s  38
15. Yonny Hernandez     Pramac Ducati        2m02.891s  +2.605s  49
16. Katsuyuki Nakasuga  Yamaha               2m03.126s  +2.840s  35
17. Nicky Hayden        Aspar Honda          2m03.319s  +3.033s  56
18. Hiroshi Aoyama      Aspar Honda          2m03.328s  +3.042s  51
19. Randy de Puniet     Suzuki               2m03.893s  +3.607s  75
20. Kosuke Akiyoshi     Honda                2m04.267s  +3.981s  64
21. Scott Redding       Gresini Honda        2m04.431s  +4.145s  48
22. Hector Barbera      Avintia-FTR Kawasaki 2m04.922s  +4.636s  44
23. Mike di Meglio      Avintia-FTR Kawasaki 2m05.825s  +5.539s  51
24. Broc Parkes         PBM Aprilia          2m05.889s  +5.603s  40
25. Michael Laverty     PBM Aprilia          2m06.070s  +5.784s  14
26. Karel Abraham       Cardion Honda        2m06.755s  +6.469s  41

Wednesday:

Pos Rider               Bike                 Time       Gap     Laps
01. Marc Marquez        Honda                1m59.926s           65
02. Dani Pedrosa        Honda                2m00.336s  +0.410s  62
03. Stefan Bradl        LCR Honda            2m00.339s  +0.413s  52
04. Valentino Rossi     Yamaha               2m00.464s  +0.538s  61
05. Aleix Espargaro     Forward FTR-Yamaha   2m00.547s  +0.621s  42
06. Jorge Lorenzo       Yamaha               2m00.573s  +0.647s  49
07. Bradley Smith       Tech 3 Yamaha        2m00.603s  +0.677s  66
08. Andrea Iannone      Pramac Ducati        2m00.855s  +0.929s  49
09. Alvaro Bautista     Gresini Honda        2m00.897s  +0.971s  55
10. Pol Espargaro       Tech 3 Yamaha        2m01.061s  +1.135s  49
11. Andrea Dovizioso    Ducati               2m01.146s  +1.220s  45
12. Cal Crutchlow       Ducati               2m01.396s  +1.470s  48
13. Michele Pirro       Ducati               2m02.177s  +2.251s  56
14. Nicky Hayden        Aspar Honda          2m02.287s  +2.361s  58
15. Colin Edwards       Forward FTR-Yamaha   2m02.545s  +2.619s  35
16. Yonny Hernandez     Pramac Ducati        2m02.675s  +2.749s  45
17. Kosuke Akiyoshi     Honda                2m02.692s  +2.766s  68
18. Hiroshi Aoyama      Aspar Honda          2m02.825s  +2.899s  66
19. Katsuyuki Nakasuga  Yamaha               2m02.970s  +3.044s  56
20. Randy de Puniet     Suzuki               2m03.064s  +3.138s  96
21. Scott Redding       Gresini Honda        2m03.117s  +3.191s  53
22. Michael Laverty     PBM Aprilia          2m03.528s  +3.602s  41
23. Hector Barbera      Avintia-FTR Kawasaki 2m04.551s  +4.625s  37
24. Broc Parkes         PBM Aprilia          2m04.619s  +4.693s  43
25. Karel Abraham       Cardion Honda        2m05.261s  +5.335s  32
26. Mike di Meglio      Avintia-FTR Kawasaki 2m05.355s  +5.429s  34

Márquez, unsurprisingly, is in a class of his own. Around half a second on his nearest competitor on both days. The changes in fuel limits and tires seem to favor the (factory spec) Hondas for now. Rossi seems to be getting along well with the new electronics, fastest Yamaha on both days. Espargaró is staying very close to the front on the open class Yamaha too. And Iannone remains fastest of the Ducatis on his (factory spec) Pramac. The open class Hondas seem to be in a bit of trouble right now, Hayden being the fastest, but still more than two seconds off the pace after two days of testing.

The Ducatis are pathetic as always. RIP Crutchlow's career.

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