DamattaSpeed - 02 May 2008 08:41 AM

ljb? can you provide a prognosis on lorenzo's injury for the rest of us?

i just hope that broken ankle is not career threatening...

^What he asked?

Well I am not sure where ya all have been but, Pedrosa has been 6-8mph faster at every race this yr so far. It seems to be the only real difference in lap times between Nicky & Danni IMO. Anyone got insight as to WHY?

HRC hates LTD...

KingKenny - 02 May 2008 08:47 AM

^What he asked?

Well I am not sure where ya all have been but, Pedrosa has been 6-8mph faster at every race this yr so far. It seems to be the only real difference in lap times between Nicky & Danni IMO. Anyone got insight as to WHY?

BTW, at Estoril Pedro's top speed during the race was 312.8 and LTD's was 311.4...

that is only .87 MPH...

i am not sure where KK has been, but, that is not quite 6-8 MPH...

I'd be willing to bet Lorenzo will be riding on Saturday and Sunday. May not be at the front, but I think he'll able to ride through the pain to an extent.

KingKenny - 02 May 2008 08:47 AM

^What he asked?

Well I am not sure where ya all have been but, Pedrosa has been 6-8mph faster at every race this yr so far. It seems to be the only real difference in lap times between Nicky & Danni IMO. Anyone got insight as to WHY?

Well if its like the last race,Nicky is STILL riding the spring valve engine and ASIMO is riding the pneumatic valve engine.Of course Honda will tell you that they are being treated equal and that Nicky prefers the spring valve bike,but Nick has been making a little noise lately about things that are out of his control and things he isnt supposed to talk about

I'm pretty sure Honda hasn't run the pneumatic valve engine in a race yet, only during preseason testing.

Look at Rossi's face when he sees the video of Lorenzo's crash, it's like when I see someone getting kicked in the nuts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBwsMrIJ6uM&eurl=http://www.dailymotos.com/noticia/video-de-la-caida-de-jorge-lorenzo/18685

No pneumatic valve Honda engines are in use yet. I think Povol is thinking of the first race where Pedrosa was on the '08 chassis and Hayden on the '07, but both were running valve springs. Both are also on '08 chassis now, I believe.

Honda says the pneumatic engine's power delivery is still too abrupt, but that reliability is fine - if you choose to believe that, lol.

As far as why Pedrosa is faster, I think he's an elf. Maybe magic? Probably his light weight is helping him get off the corners better and he's getting better drive onto the straights, or else he's just a better rider. That's all I can come up with!

^I like the elf theory.