Donington Park Race weekend - Will surely contain spoilers!!

MotoGP Donington 2nd Practice Results:

1 Stoner (Ducati Marlboro) 1'28.253
2 Hayden (Repsol Honda) + 0.576
3 Rossi (Fiat Yamaha) + 0.656
4 Edwards (Tech 3 Yamaha) + 0.716
5 Angelis (San Carlo Honda Gresini) + 0.739
6 Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) + 0.954
7 Nakano (San Carlo Honda Gresini) + 0.954
8 Toseland (Tech 3 Yamaha) + 1.088
9 Vermeulen (Rizla Suzuki) + 1.157
10 De Puniet (LCR Honda) + 1.180
11 Hopkins (Kawasaki) + 1.188
12 West (Kawasaki) + 1.413
13 Dovizioso (JiR Team Scot) + 1.469
14 Melandri (Ducati Marlboro) + 1.603
15 Elias (Alice Team) + 2.015
16 Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha) + 2.037
17 Spies (Rizla Suzuki) + 2.513
18 Guintoli (Alice Team) + 2.678

By the way, Hayden is using their new pneumatic engine...

Donington 3rd Practice (WET!)

1. Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP (M) 1min 43.957 secs
2. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 43.995 secs
3. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 44.526 secs
4. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 44.528 secs
5. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team (B) 1min 44.817 secs
6. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 45.031 secs
7. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 1min 45.208 secs
8. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 45.372 secs
9. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 1min 46.012 secs
10. Ben Spies USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 46.048 secs
11. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 46.188 secs
12. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 1min 46.281 secs
13. John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 46.944 secs
14. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 1min 47.685 secs
15. James Toseland GBR Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 1min 47.975 secs
16. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP (M) 1min 49.133 secs
17. Shinya Nakano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 1min 50.406 secs
18. Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 52.571 secs

Spies 10th, not bad in the wet. Melandri? Hopeless...

MotoGP 2008 Donington Qualifying

1. Casey Stoner (Ducati) 1'38.232
2. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) +0.649
3. Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) +0.786
4. Nicky Hayden (Honda) +1.038
5. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) +1.369
6. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) +1.551
7. Anthony West (Kawasaki) +1.763
8. Ben Spies (Suzuki) +2.012
9. Dani Pedrosa (Honda)+2.118
10. Shinya Nakano (Honda) +2.185
11. John Hopkins (Kawasaki) +2.307
12. Sylvain Guintoli (Ducati) +2.363
13. Alex De Angelis (Honda)
14. Randy De Puniet (Honda)
15. Marco Melandri (Ducati)
16. James Toseland (Yamaha)
17. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha)
18. Toni Elias (Ducati)

I'm sure we can tell by Vermuelen's position that it was wet... Lorenzo? No like wet, or wary after crashing?

Spies must be praying for rain tomorrow!

Donington Motogp race results.


Yes. The results. How they finished. The end showing. Who won, to who came last.



Don't read it if reading who came where is going to ruin your day




'Kay, can't be my fault anymore...

1 C. STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 44'44.982
2 V. ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team + 5.789
3 D. PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team + 8.347
4 C. EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha + 12.678
5 A. DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP + 14.801
6 J. LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team + 15.690
7 N. HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team + 18.196
8 C. VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP + 21.666
9 S. NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini + 29.354
10 A. WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team + 41.030
11 T. ELIAS SPA Alice Team + 44.426
12 R. DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP + 46.199
13 S. GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team + 48.731
14 B. SPIES USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP + 49.591
15 A. DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini + 1'22.186
16 M. MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team + 1'30.021
17 J. TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha 1 Lap



Weeksy was right, conditions were never going to bother Stoner. Pedrosa loses out in another battle with Rossi, who was whipped by Stoner (competitive bike, same tyres, still lost).

Hayden can't ride the 800's. Although it was the first outing on the peumatic, I still can't see him surviving the cut on the Honda.

Spies - Not bad man, not bad!

Melandri? Hell, what's up my man, this is getting scary. If Toseland didn't bin it we would have had a factory duc in 1, and factory duc in last. Amazing.
Toseland had a nightmare weekend.

Would you good gentlemen have a notion if and when KTM will enter this field?..