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Sepang Race Thread
Topic Started: Oct 19 2007, 09:46 AM (216 Views)
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Practice I Results
Pos Rider Make Time
1. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 2:04.542
2. Dani Pedrosa Honda (M) 2:05.114 + 0.572
3. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 2:05.740 + 1.198
4. John Hopkins Suzuki (B) 2:05.846 + 1.304
5. Randy de Puniet Kawasaki (B) 2:06.270 + 1.728
6. Alex Barros Ducati (B) 2:06.519 + 1.977
7. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (M) 2:06.613 + 2.071
8. Loris Capirossi Ducati (B) 2:06.631 + 2.089
9. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 2:06.721 + 2.179
10. Marco Melandri Honda (B) 2:06.872 + 2.330
11. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 2:06.898 + 2.356
12. Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki (B) 2:06.952 + 2.410
13. Toni Elias Honda (B) 2:06.995 + 2.453
14. Carlos Checa Honda (M) 2:07.272 + 2.730
15. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 2:07.695 + 3.153
16. Shinya Nakano Honda (M) 2:07.775 + 3.233
17. Kurtis Roberts KR212V (M) 2:09.324 + 4.782
18. Makoto Tamada Yamaha (D) 2:09.469 + 4.927
19. Chaz Davies Ducati (B) 2:09.892 + 5.350
20. Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha (D) 2:10.244 + 5.702

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Practice II Results
Pos Rider Make Time
1. Randy de Puniet Kawasaki (B) 2:02.917
2. Casey Stoner Ducati (B) 2:02.928 + 0.011
3. Marco Melandri Honda (B) 2:03.661 + 0.744
4. Daniel Pedrosa Honda (M) 2:03.767 + 0.850
5. Anthony West Kawasaki (B) 2:03.825 + 0.908
6. Toni Elias Honda (B) 2:04.031 + 1.114
7. Sylvain Guintoli Yamaha (D) 2:04.094 + 1.177
8. Chris Vermeulen Suzuki (B) 2:04.455 + 1.538
9. John Hopkins Suzuki (B) 2:04.494 + 1.577
10. Nicky Hayden Honda (M) 2:04.752 + 1.835
11. Carlos Checa Honda (M) 2:04.770 + 1.853
12. Alex Barros Ducati (B) 2:04.774 + 1.857
13. Loris Capirossi Ducati (B) 2:04.940 + 2.023
14. Colin Edwards Yamaha (M) 2:05.162 + 2.245
15. Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki (B) 2:05.234 + 2.317
16. Valentino Rossi Yamaha (M) 2:05.421 + 2.504
17. Chaz Davies Ducati (B) 2:05.897 + 2.980
18. Shinya Nakano Honda (M) 2:05.939 + 3.022
19. Makoto Tamada Yamaha (D) 2:06.429 + 3.512
20. Kurtis Roberts KR (M) 2:07.033 + 4.116
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A real mix of results there. Looks like they are all struggling on the new surface that has been laid. Very surprised to see Rossi down in 16th in the second session. Was there oil or water on the track at any point?
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World champions Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden have led criticism of the resurfacing work that has been carried out at the Sepang circuit.

Riders were lapping six seconds off the expected pace during this morning's opening practice session, and there were many complaints about both a lack of grip and the nunber of bumps on the track.

"I'm pretty disappointed in the new track surface. It seems a lot more bumpy than in the past," Stoner said.

"The old surface was very impressive, one of the smoothest circuits around, there were a few bumps but not so many.

"Now in most of the corners we have quite a lot of bumps - but it's not one or two bumps, it's progressive. So it's almost like riding on the kerbs."

Stoner conceded that the situation improved by the second session.

"The grip this afternoon was becoming a little better, but still not so good," he said.

"This morning's session was unbelievable, because I was looking at the front tyre going around and it was just white because there was so much dust and dirt. The bumps bring a lot of chattering to the front end, and a lot of instability.

"In the past I'd say this surface was pretty good. Now it's a disaster."

Hayden was more concerned about the surface's effect on tyre wear than the bumps.

"The new track is really shredding tyres," he said. "I couldn't have done 21 laps today with any tyre that I tried.

"I've used almost everything and it doesn't make any difference. It's just dirty, and the tyres just sit on top. For me, it was chewing them up."

When asked how long he thought his tyres would last if the track's condition didn't improve, Hayden replied: "I'd say seven or eight laps. That's my main concern."

He added that MotoGP had encountered similar problems at other resurfaced tracks earlier in the year.

"I don't know what's going on, not just here, but all these resurfaced tracks," Hayden said.

"We didn't get it any better at Laguna. Maybe they're doing something to make them good for cars, but they're worse (for bikes). Here, Laguna, the Sachsenring was worse, they ain't doing a good job. It's pretty crap, really."

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Paul_Murtagh,Oct 19 2007
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A real mix of results there. Looks like they are all struggling on the new surface that has been laid. Very surprised to see Rossi down in 16th in the second session. Was there oil or water on the track at any point?

The second practice was on a drying track, but its more to do with the grip on the relaid track <blink>
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At least Donington isn't alone in coming in for track surface criticism.
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