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10 agree. 4 disagree.

Casey is a great rider and fair play to him, he has an awesome machine with the best TC set up bar none (Ducati only team with no fish-tailing exiting corners apparently). BUT...unless Rossi & Lorenzo with the works Yamaha M1 have a secret weapon with their engine - we''re all screwed. Pedrosa won''t beat Hayden in my view. Hayden is on it 110% and will use this time to develop the bike his way. So it''s up to Hayden, Rossi and new boy Lorenzo to claw back up to the TC genius that are Ducati and Casey.

I for one don''t want to watch a machine that dominates the competition a second a lap faster than anyone else?

Shades of Ferrari in F1. Wonderful for Ferrari fans but boring for others.

Posted by Grumpy_Doctor - Unregistered (666 days ago)

The second MotoGP winter test of 2008 concluded on Friday, with the third and final day of track action at Phillip Island in Australia.

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Blimey, Stoner just gets faster and faster. It must be bad for Rossi and Pedrosa just watching from afar, especially with JT going sooo well on that Yamaha. These guy should not be underestimated (casey and JT).

I think West peaked two thirds of the way through last year. He was brilliant on the supersport Yamaha and this is why he got the gig with Kawasaki but it looks like Motogp is a step too far for him. Melandri, oh dear. That Ducati is no pussy cat.

Posted by j h (666 days ago)

1 agrees.

I don't think anyone is underestimating Casey.

Posted by Kowalski - Unregistered (666 days ago)

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1:28.777 is very impressive! being almost a second faster than Hayden today shows how strong Casey is on the Ducati.

Casey is really flying at the moment, but I'm not too concerned (yet....) as I believe the pack can be a lot closer on him, considering Hayden's 2007 pole time of 1:29.0

Good job for Toseland! very impressive rides.

Also Dovizioso en De Angelis are looking good!

And happily the Alice Team riders seem to get the grips with their Ducati's. It would be a shame to see Toni at the back of the field :rolleyes:

Posted by Plaggie - Unregistered (666 days ago)

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JT is amazing on that bike and yes he would deserve a full spec ride, (maybe next year) but
Philip Island is a track he knows well, thereare many new ones he'll have to learn and that is where a bloke like Lorenzo has the advantage. How's James in the rain?

Posted by The Morgue (666 days ago)

2 agree.

Must say I'm not at all surprised by a few things here:
1. Stoner fastest. The guy's got more talent and ability than the Rossi lovers give him credit for.
2. Hayden 2nd fastest. See above.
3. West 14th fastest. The guy's awesome in the wet, but I never believed he was anything special in the dry - midfield at best.Is going to be shown the way home by Hopkins all year long.

But I am surprised by some things....
1. Speed of the rookies :-o

If the bikes are so easy to ride, how come rookies are beating veterans

2. Melandri's speed compared to Stoner :rolleyes:

Have always found Melandri to be fast and when he signed for Ducati, I expected him to be up there with Stoner.

Posted by ramjam 69 (666 days ago)

1 disagrees.

JT is Steady in the rain. Certainly not a genius. In WSBK he fell at silverstone, in the rain, remounted and finished 8th with coolant spewing all over the place.

Posted by j h (666 days ago)

2 agree. 1 disagrees.

Ram, cos the rookies are coming from harder bikes to ride - 250cc ... trickier on the setup as well .. at least that may be part of it.

Anyway, this is testing ... Dani was much faster than Nicky until he crashed ... so i think he d be faster than Nicky too in PI ... Anyway Hionda need to get their sh1t together

Posted by chu chu (666 days ago)

1 agrees. 1 disagrees.

2 people really impressed me at this test (from what I've read, I've not seen any footage) Casey Stoner and James Toseland. Stoner's time is just simply stunning, you have to say that. 1 second faster than 2nd is a tremendous gap, regardless of TC or any other nonsense, you have to twist that throttle hard and ride it and he is.
James Toseland continues to impress me with his steady progress on the Yamaha, I always
wished he would go there and impress but you have this doubt at the back of your mind.
Well, I think he's proving himself to be an excellent choice for MotoGP!

Go JT!

Posted by Buelliful . (666 days ago)

2 agree. 1 disagrees.

Yesterday JT said he will be working on electronics for today test. Next, you know he was 3rd fastest rider in the test. I don't see the electronics parts only for 250cc riders or hard to deal with.

From the test result, there ex-250cc, ex-wsbk and senior rider was faster except the rest of Ducati riders. So much for advance TC on Ducati.

Someone must be lying about the TC...

JT in the other hand, if he keep his momentum like this, he would be one of the front runner very soon. The way he beats Biaggi in WSBK, I'm not suprise when he does beat Pedrosa regularly.

Posted by zydon - Unregistered (666 days ago)

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Zydon, remember where Biagi was on his last year in mgp - Nowhere

Posted by chu chu (666 days ago)

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