News On F1 Forums - Talk Formula 1

jacfan wrote:

<T-K> wrote:

jacfan wrote:No need to worry about my post... I like the bikes but don't know much about them.

No no...I welcome your posts, I realize this isnt the busiest corner of the forums....

Even if I probably pick all the wrong guys.

yeah...even then....

The second MotoGP test of 2007 will start at Australia's Phillip Island circuit on Tuesday...

Honda, Suzuki and Ducati teams will be back in action - but without rivals Yamaha and Kawasaki......

Source

The Ilmor MotoGP team, which raced under the 'Ilmor SRT' banner at the end of 2006 but which is now calling itself simply 'Ilmor GP', completed its first test of 2007 at Almeria in Spain last weekend.

The new team elected to miss the first two MotoGP tests of the year, in Sepang and Philip Island, to focus on getting its bikes ready for a quick European test before heading out to join the rest of the MotoGP fraternity in Sepang for next week's final Malaysian test.

Andrew Pitt:

It was an unusual test for me, it was snowing as I was out on track. It was very cold and too dangerous to really push things but we made some good progress on the engine side of things. I felt more in control of the bike which given the delicate conditions says a lot. I'm looking forward to getting out to Sepang and seeing what we can do in much more favourable circumstances.

Mike Janes(Team Manager):

It was without doubt a worthwhile exercise. The workload we have had since Jerez has been enormous and we have had to really focus on getting the new team ready for this season. It was unfortunate that we couldn't make it to Sepang earlier this month or Philip Island but it was great to see everyone working together despite the awful weather conditions. After some extensive dyno work back at Ilmor, I feel that we have made a big step forward in terms of the engine calibration - the difference between the bike in Jerez and the bike we have out here in Almeria is very significant. The overall engine response is more predictable and controllable.

Returning MotoGP veteran Alex Barros turned heads by outpacing factory riders from Honda, Ducati and Suzuki during the opening day of testing at Phillip Island.

Despite crippling droughts throughout much of Australia, rain showers at 4pm curtailed testing and left the Brazilian at the top of the timesheets with a best lap of 1min 30.60secs.

Having been just tenth fastest at last week's Sepang test, Marco Melandri bounced back with the joint second fastest lap time during day one at Phillip Island....He shares the second spot with Loris Capirossi...


Times; Phillip Island; Day one:

1 - Alex Barros ~ 1'30.60
=2 - Marco Melandri ~ 1'30.70
=2 - Loris Capirossi ~ 1'30.70
4 - Nicky Hayden ~ 1'31.18
5 - Dani Pedrosa ~ 1'31.29
6 - Casey Stoner ~ 1'31.40
7 - Alex Hofmann ~ 1'31.50
=8 - Carlos Checa ~ 1'31.80
=8 - John Hopkins ~ 1'31.80
10 - Kenny Roberts ~ 1'31.90
=11 - Toni Elias ~ 1'32.00
=11 - Chris Vermeulen ~ 1'32.00
13 - Shinya Nakano ~ 1'32.23

Alex Barros underlined his 2007 potential by leading the Phillip Island timesheets for the second day in succession ...

The experienced Pramac d'Antin star, returning to continue his mammoth MotoGP career after one season in WSBK, lowered his best lap time by 0.59secs on day two - putting him on the brink of the first sub-1min 30secs 800cc lap and keeping nearest rival Loris Capirossi at bay by 0.33secs. However, Barros used a qualifying tyre, while the factory Ducati riders set their best on race rubber....

Times, Day two, Phillip Island:

1 - Alex Barros ~ 1'30.01
2 - Loris Capirossi ~ 1'30.34
3 - Casey Stoner ~ 1'30.39
4 - Dani Pedrosa ~ 1'30.45
5 - Alex Hofmann ~ 1'30.60
6 - Nicky Hayden ~ 1'30.61
7 - Marco Melandri ~ 1'30.74
8 - Carlos Checa ~ 1'30.84
9 - Chris Vermeulen ~ 1'31.18
10 - Shinya Nakano ~ 1'31.35
11 - Toni Elias ~ 1'31.51
12 - Kenny Roberts ~ 1'31.55
13 - John Hopkins ~ 1'31.63

Barros has always been quick over a few laps, he just has a tendency to chuck it at the gravel mid race.
That is a pretty Kart

Julian Mayo wrote:Barros has always been quick over a few laps, he just has a tendency to chuck it at the gravel mid race.
That is a pretty Kart

I did wonder if that was a picture of T-K.

Nicky Hayden turned his unspectacular pre-season around by finishing the third and final day of testing at the Phillip Island circuit fastest of all...

Alex Barros had led the first two days of action, with race tyres on Tuesday and then a qualifying tyre on Wednesday, but the Brazilian lapped nearly 0.4secs slower on Thursday to slip to sixth overall

Capirossi's new team-mate, Casey Stoner once again effectively matched the multiple MotoGP race winner to conclude a promising test fourth overall.....

1 - Nicky Hayden ~ 1'29.52
2 - Dani Pedrosa ~ 1'29.72
3 - Loris Capirossi ~ 1'30.15
4 - Casey Stoner ~ 1'30.21
5 - Alex Hofmann ~ 1'30.21
6 - Alex Barros ~ 1'30.43
7 - Carlos Checa ~ 1'30.46
8 - Toni Elias ~ 1'30.50
9 - Chris Vermeulen ~ 1'30.72
10 - Marco Melandri ~ 1'30.80
11 - John Hopkins ~ 1'30.80
12 - Shinya Nakano ~ 1'30.97
13 - Kenny Roberts ~ 1'31.10


Fastest day two time:
Alex Barros ~ 1'30.01

Fastest day one time:
Alex Barros ~ 1'30.60

Julian Mayo wrote:Barros has always been quick over a few laps, he just has a tendency to chuck it at the gravel mid race.

I personally wouldnt read too much into these test times...

Julian Mayo wrote:That is a pretty Kart

Thanks...I shall be racing it at the A1GP here next month...we are doing one of the support races

So that is you and your cart.

jacfan wrote:So that is you and your cart.

Affirmative

That is cool.

I will be expecting that you will invite all your friends from here to watch you in your first Aussie GP

jacfan wrote:I will be expecting that you will invite all your friends from here to watch you in your first Aussie GP

VIP passes....