looking good for the stoner early on, and most, importantly, the japan testing appears to have paid of for kwak (go, westy!)

That was a fun session towards the end. Gotta give it up for Spies--he is looking like the real deal: New bike, New track, New tires, and in the wet he's faster than half of the grid.

Toseland feeling the pressure threw it down the track twice in one lap.

NO ONE has anything for Casey. No one.


Here's hoping for a wet race tomorrow.


1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 38.232 secs
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (B) 1min 38.881 secs
3. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 39.018 secs
4. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 39.270 secs
5. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 1min 39.601 secs
6. Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP (M) 1min 39.783 secs
7. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 39.995 secs
8. Ben Spies USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 40.244 secs
9. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 40.350 secs
10. Shinya Nakano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 1min 40.417 secs
11. John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 40.539 secs
12. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team (B) 1min 40.595 secs
13. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini (B) 1min 40.667 secs
14. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP (M) 1min 41.110 secs
15. Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 41.379 secs
16. James Toseland GBR Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 1min 41.751 secs
17. Jorge Lorenzo SPA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 41.873 secs
18. Toni Elias SPA Alice Team (B) 1min 42.933 secs

Gotta agree on Spies - Yes He IS the real deal. Stoner is the man and wants to retain the title. He has a lot of work. Only one way... win races.

Glad to see Nicky taking to the new equip so well. I still think it is more mental than equip. Whatever... it is working! Yea!

I couldn't believe JT pitchin it twice. He was probably just tryin to get past start finish for one last lap. Ooooops! Last time I saw anyone do that was Tray Batey in like 98 or so at IRP. Anyway, gotta give em props for tryin so hard.

Even more props for Spies for beatin JT on his home track in qualifying. I got Spies doing top 10. No doubt and finishing better is only dependent on how much he wants to let out now vs. staying 100% certain of finishing. Based on what I observed just now he's top 6 material already with no where to go but higher up the order.

Stoner is looking good in the wet and the dry so far. He may have found his Mojo back! The championship could get even more interesting. Ben did a good job, said in the interview right after QP that he had made a mistake costing him a half a second on one of his fast laps. He is living up to the hype.
Gotta feel for JL, hope the kid gets his confidence back soon, he was too much fun to watch when he was on form early on.
Hayden is looking good in both climates as well.

Sure hope it's a dry race.

I'M Waiting !!!

I think JT is trying to hard.....He should be up front since he's won there before and the rain shouldn't be a problem for him ..... Since thats all it does in England is piss down...oh yea and Ireland, right Anderson,I got you pressie by the way...(its not a t shirt)

Toseland off hard twice in a lap was hard to watch - hope he's ok. He walked away but sometimes it takes a while to sink in.

IS THERE ONLY ONE RACE TOMORROW ?

I THOUGHT I WOULD BE CRAFTY (smart arse) AND look at the ariel view of Donington but due to cloud coverage, not visable....What was I thinking..blonde moment....again

http://uk.weather.com/mapRoom/mapRoom?lat=53.81&lon;=-5&lev=5&from=home&type=sat&title=Satellite

You can see the track pretty good...and "it's Green mate its Green" (you gotta say that with a Liverpoool accent)rotfl

Anderson...Zoot.....Got a kitten ...Siamese manx (weird eh) I called her "Ariel" not as in Disney

A few notable comments from me:

Spies: I was really kind of sick of hearing about all of this....... until QP. Gotta agree with the former posters, he does seem to be the real deal... now lets just see what the kid has at race time.


And I love seeing Hayden ahead of Peepee.... and I hope it stays this way.

And my boy West finally has done something on the P.O.S KAW besides run at the back! Yaaaaay!

Gonna be a cracking race I think

Oh yeah, another notable mention is Dovi! 2nd row start. Not bad... not bad at all

...I'm starting to dislike Simoncelli too . That was a rookie virtual racer pass , braking late and deeep ....hes starting to look dumb dont think it was a mistake . And being sorry at the interview doesn't count after jumping in joy 2 minutes before