MotoGP: Factory Hondas Make Like Napoleon Bonaparte ? Divide & Conquer Qualifying at Le Mans


Le Mans proved to be a Honda-friendly track today, as all four true-blooded factory Honda machines took the four top spots on the grid for tomorrow’s French GP. With the Hondas bunched up at the front, the groupings didn’t stop there as the next four spots were occupied by the Yamaha contingency, with Jorge Lorenzo leading Crutchlow, Edwards, and Spies respectively. Ninth and tenth on the grid belong to Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden, while ...

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Rossi: ?The bike has more and more?

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Rossi: "The bike has more and more"

Fourth is not too pleased. Dani Pedrosa : “It ‘s really bad having to start from the second row. A long we have failed to improve the bike, but then, in the end, we made ??a good step forward, but the final lap I was in the past two (Simoncelli and Dovizioso, nda ). In any case, the pitch is not bad: a good start will be crucial, because here the first chicane is quite delicate. The Yamaha is a little ‘back, but I am convinced that the race will be different. ”

Jorge Lorenzo is quite angry and will not be the best console of the pilots is not riding a Honda.
“I pushed hard, but it was not enough to win the first row, we’ll see if you can keep abreast of any Honda. It ‘s a strange season: in Portugal I was fighting for the win and Stoner was 5 seconds, here he seems unbeatable and I am in trouble. ”

Valentino Rossi is moderately happy with the step forward made ??in the development, less for the position.
“Surely I am not satisfied of the ninth, but they are happy with the improvement made over Friday and as I drove. This was my best qualifying result since I have a Ducati, but on Saturday afternoon still struggle a bit ‘too much. In addition, the other drivers when mounting the soft can lower most of us the time and so I also walked past Crutchlow, Edwards and Spies who had always been behind me. We have the ability to file 2 / 3 tenths in the step: if we succeed, perhaps we can battle with Lorenzo, while the Honda at this time make another championship. Certainly it is rather sad to see the charts honda four, four and three Yamaha Ducati means that the bike has more and more. We must try to get a good start, now recovered a few places and then try to keep the rhythm very well depend on the tires that we use. “

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Sachsenring tipping contest scores

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Light Painting the Ducati Streetfighter with Scott Jones


Wanting to play a bit with a photography technique called light painting, Scott Jones stopped by the Asphalt & Rubber office yesterday with camera and penlight in-hand. We moved some tables out of the work room, and threw some tarps over our skylights, only to realize that achieving a perfectly dark studio is a task much easier said than done. Maning the light switch, I got to play “photo bitch” while Scott shot a couple ...

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