MOTOGP » Assen - Free practice times (1)

Go Casey go!

Kick Rossi's *****

C'mon!

Top Ducati by 2 seconds and 0.6 clear of the field.............so there is no doubt who is the fastest and best rider out there.

Hope Stoner stuffs Valentino all weekend and for the rest of the season and then we can continue to read all the miserable, bad loser Rossi fans comments again.....

Everyone has TC..Rossi also no longer has access to special tyres flown in overnight just for him.Unlike all those years where he did.See how the gap has closed,many fast Yamaha's now.One fast Ducati?

DanisMom..Any idea how much the Repsol sponsorship is worth each year? $100M US to run the team and pay all including riders?? I wonder.

@CA, Qatar race is very similar to Catalunya race for Stoner. There still some minor setting not properly align for his bike. And Rossi & Burgess has not yet found the wheelbase length secret which is could save his BS for the race like now. Otherwise, Rossi might repeat 2007 challenge in that race similar to Barcelona.

Wow another thread that was good turned to a bag of **** by a few pond life... everyone who has commented slagging off Rossi/Stoner/any other rider are NOT true fans regardless of what you consider yourself. I have opinions on Stoner and all the other riders, some you just prefer to others, but i dont believe the bike is 100% behind them winning. It just gives them more, or less, opportunites to use their ability that they all have loads of otherwise they wouldnt be there!

They are riding the best bikes in the world, with the best teams behind them against the best of the best! the guy/team at the top of the championship at the end of the year deserve to be there, full stop!

Some of you guys couldn't be more wrong. The closeness is because everybody is opening the throttle full, on full power almost at the same time and the electronics do the rest.There is not a lot a rider can add to this other than more power and electronics.. In the 990 era this would send you straight to hospital without passing go. In the 990s' it meant that a rider with the most skill could use more of the power available becuase they were only close to the maximum on the straights. On a lot of tracks the 990 power had to be turned down because it couldn't be handled.
Those who've only watched 800s don't know what they have missed...

@Ducati patati, When the 4T technology utilize the pull potential of it's HP, it could reduce the cost down similar to 2T and privateer would be able to invest and participate in MotoGP like the old days.

TC just to slow down the brutal power during corner exits, whatever or how you tailor it, it's up to you as a rider. You even can set it for you to get favorite sideways but more calm and safer compare with 2T without TC. The problem is to find safety limits which require rider risks to get injury severe than 2T such as McWilliam, Pedrosa, Lorenzo and Stoners during the practice and test. So, in the race they don't have risk that much.

Stoner in FP1 had 8 x laps faster than the next fastest lap by another rider (Hayden).
That's impressive.

Well I been watching since the days of Lawson on 500 2 strokes etc.Give me faster bikes anyday,these bikes are lapping over 6 seconds per lap! quicker!!!
The closer racing will come in time.

5 mins to 2nd practice.