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Qatar 2009, timed practice and grid
Qatar 2009, timed practice and grid

Video: Qatar 2009, timed practice and grid

Video: Qatar 2009, timed practice and grid
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Yesterday we commented how anxious we are for the start of the MotoGP World Championship 2009, but today this anxiety has gone even further, after seeing what the drivers did on the track in the first free practice of the season. The latest news is that Marco Simoncelli will not start tomorrow, due to the severe pain in his hand, which was operated on last Tuesday. This confirms that the pilots are exceptional, but they also suffer like other mortals. Nicky hayden he has been given the cake of the century in MotoGP practice. Coming out through the ears at a point where no one can explain what happened to him, but he has plummeted and dragged himself to the gravel where he has been lying. At the moment she is awaiting the medical examination to see if she will be able to participate tomorrow in her 100th GP. The fall hurts just to see her. Finally, the official 250cc training sessions have been delayed by the appearance of rain, which turned the track into a lottery, since it was not appreciated where there was water and where there was not. Are you sure we are in the middle of the desert?

Qatar 2009 Julio Simon
Qatar 2009 Julio Simon

125 cc Julio Simón Spanish pole

Julio Simon, the Team Bancaja Aspar rider, dominated the two practice sessions held today. In the first, only Nico Terol from Alcoy could follow him, who was seven tenths behind Simón. The second place on the grid has been for Bradley Smith, that in the second round he was somewhat delayed, but in the final he was even able to snatch the pole from Simón, but in the end the Spaniard stopped the clock 133 thousandths before the British, which places them both in a handkerchief. The third classified has been Andrea Iannone, which has also presented a battle to the top two finishers. The fourth place that completes the first row of the grid is for the Spanish Nico Terol, located just under 200 thousandths of the third classified.

The small category of the World Cup comes as always, very tight and disputed as the fans like it. Now the only thing left is that tomorrow the traffic light goes off and we see the herd of drivers fighting braking and cornering as if it were the last from the first lap. The rest of Spaniards will come out in sixth position Sergio Gadea, eighth Pol Espargaro, nineth Marc Márquez, twelfth Joan Olivé, fifteenth Esteve Rabat and twenty-first Efren Vazquez.

Qatar 2009 Casey Stoner
Qatar 2009 Casey Stoner

MotoGP, Casey Stoner first with Valentino Rossi in his wake

Casey stoner It has been proposed that no one steal his wallet again in any training session, despite rumors that Stoner has touched his left wrist and that is why he is not able to do more than five laps in a row at race pace, the Australian has He continued to control his rivals both in today's free practice session and in timed session, where he stopped the clock at 1:55, 286 on the soft tires that this year replaced the qualifying tire from previous years. Behind you Valentino rossi He shot to the death until the last second, but could not overcome the Australian at any time and was 400 thousandths of Stoner. The third in contention has been Jorge LorenzoVery close to Valentino at a mere twenty thousandths, who has even gone so far as to say that he expects some help from Lorenzo tomorrow to be able to attack Stoner.

The rest of the Spanish have been twelfth Toni Elijah, fourteenth Dani pedrosa and fifteenth Sete Gibernau, clearly out of shape and lacking pace on his return to the tough world of GP.

Qatar 2009 Álvaro Bautista
Qatar 2009 Álvaro Bautista

250 cc, Álvaro Bautista pole dominating

Despite the scare that has given Hiroshi aoyama With its Honda pole in free practice today, the Mapfre Aspar team has once again demonstrated its know-how and placed its two riders first and third Álvaro Bautista and Mike DiMeglio. The session was lively, as Honda's Japanese made things difficult for them until the last moment, when Bautista put all his potential on the track and scored a tenth against the Japanese. According to Aspar's own words, this year Álvaro is under less pressure than the previous one, with which they hope he will achieve better results. The first line of the grill completes it Hector Barberá, which also seems to be going all out this year. Framing into the structure of the Pepe World Team and under the direction of Sito Pons, it seems that he is going to battle Bautista with weapons that are very similar, if not the same.

The other Spaniards have finished fifth Hector Faubel, eighth Alex Debon, nineteenth Áxel Pons and twenty-second the rookie Aitor Rodriguez, which has achieved times by the hair. Remember that who does more than 107% of the time of the first is not classified, and that is not as easy as it seems.

This afternoon, from 6:00 p.m. we will finally be able to see the races of this first round of the MotoGP World Championship. Hopefully expectations are met, we have been in the preseason for a long time.

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