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Vinales kicked butt in FP1 but Marquez topped the timesheets in FP2. Zarco came in a strong second followed by Vinales. Rossi 4th and Pedrosa 5th. Lorenzo has to run in Q1 with an 11th place finish.
The media hype says COTA is make or break time for Marquez. I'm not sure if I'd go that far but another DNF would be ugly.
MotoAmerica is beginning their season at COTA. BeIn Sports is covering their races too.
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Qualifying is on twice Sat night
5:00 - 7:00 PM and 9-10 pm
Looks like race is on twice Sunday
5:00 pm - 6:30pm and 8:30-9-30
Ch 620 BEin Sports
At least that's what I am reading
Just heard from DAC who is out there with his daughter. They are having a great time. He said both Vinales and Marquez are very fast as well as Zarco.
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results from FP#3
Pos. No. Rider Bike Time Diff. / Prev.
1 25 Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha 2'03.979
2 26 Dani PEDROSA Honda 2'04.296 0.317 / 0.317
3 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda 2'04.677 0.698 / 0.381
4 93 Marc MARQUEZ Honda 2'04.687 0.708 / 0.010
5 45 Scott REDDING Ducati 2'04.956 0.977 / 0.269
6 43 Jack MILLER Honda 2'05.272 1.293 / 0.316
7 5 Johann ZARCO Yamaha 2'05.653 1.674 / 0.381
8 76 Loris BAZ Ducati 2'05.752 1.773 / 0.099
9 53 Tito RABAT Honda 2'05.768 1.789 / 0.016
10 9 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati 2'05.872 1.893 / 0.104
11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati 2'05.910 1.931 / 0.038
12 99 Jorge LORENZO Ducati 2'05.930 1.951 / 0.020
13 94 Jonas FOLGER Yamaha 2'06.127 2.148 / 0.197
14 8 Hector BARBERA Ducati 2'06.188 2.209 / 0.061
15 46 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha 2'06.915 2.936 / 0.727
16 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia 2'07.538 3.559 / 0.623
17 38 Bradley SMITH KTM 2'08.257 4.278 / 0.719
18 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati 2'08.350 4.371 / 0.093
19 44 Pol ESPARGARO KTM 2'09.044 5.065 / 0.694
20 17 Karel ABRAHAM Ducati 2'09.135 5.156 / 0.091
21 22 Sam LOWES Aprilia 2'10.418 6.439 / 1.283
22 29 Andrea IANNONE Suzuki 2'12.196 8.217 / 1.778
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If you are a cable subscriber with BeIN Sports on the roster, you can download the BeIN app, and watch live motoGP practice and all the MotoAmerica races on stream #6. Great stuff!
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LOL I don't even know what that means. I get BEin on Direct TV ch 620. Is that the same thing? What is a stream #6?
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results free practice 4 the last practice before qualifying
1 93 Marc Marquez Honda 2'04.201
2 26 Dani Pedrosa Honda 2'04.658 0.457 0.457
3 25 Maverick Viñales Yamaha 2'04.760 0.559 0.102
4 43 Jack Miller Honda 2'05.213 1.012 0.453
5 35 Cal Crutchlow Honda 2'05.368 1.167 0.155
6 5 Johann Zarco Yamaha 2'05.388 1.187 0.020
7 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 2'05.438 1.237 0.050
8 76 Loris Baz Ducati 2'05.698 1.497 0.260
9 45 Scott Redding Ducati 2'05.732 1.531 0.034
10 29 Andrea Iannone Suzuki 2'05.783 1.582 0.051
11 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 2'05.910 1.709 0.127
12 41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 2'05.952 1.751 0.042
13 99 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati 2'06.032 1.831 0.080
14 94 Jonas Folger Yamaha 2'06.238 2.037 0.206
15 19 Alvaro Bautista Ducati 2'06.484 2.283 0.246
16 53 Tito Rabat Honda 2'06.518 2.317 0.034
17 9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 2'06.521 2.320 0.003
18 44 Pol Espargaro KTM 2'06.541 2.340 0.020
19 8 Hector Barbera Ducati 2'07.238 3.037 0.697
20 17 Karel Abraham Ducati 2'07.565 3.364 0.327
21 22 Sam Lowes Aprilia 2'07.827 3.626 0.262
22 38 Bradley Smith KTM 2'08.797 4.596 0.970
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(04-22-2017, 04:37 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: LOL I don't even know what that means. I get BEin on Direct TV ch 620. Is that the same thing? What is a stream #6?
If you have one of those new- fangled iPads or mobile phones, or a computer, go to the app store, download the beIn Sports app, authenticate that you are a subscriber to a pay TV service (DirecTV counts) and you will see that they serve 9 or so streams of programming on the app. Number 6 is generally dedicated to motorcycle racing. So when they are not showing Moto America on the cable channel, or you want to watch live practice without commentary, you'll find it there. Check the schedule on the app.
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Cool I will get my kid to help me look into that. Thanks
Just watched qualifying.. Looks like Marquez is on pole, followed by Vinales and Rossi
PEdrosa, Zarco and suprise Lorenzo on second row
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Was a fantastic day at COTA. Cold day for racing though - we basically froze. I'll have to say it's a bit more of an interesting track than Indy. Very hilly. It's been quite the crash fest so far, with turn 2 collecting several unsuspecting riders, including Marc. Hope we don't have more DNFs as CB4ME said.
Got to see Crutchlow, Miller, Marquez and Pedroza in a little Honda tent Q&A thing. Cal whined about the bumps and said they shouldn't allow cars on the track. He said the track was "s**t". *sigh* The other riders were more circumspect. I'd have to say that Dani is the crowd favorite.
As for the racing, Lorenzo worked hard to improve through the day to finish on the second row and Rossi was also peaking at the right time to end up in third after running no better than p8 to p10. It's a packed front two rows with the usual suspects and the newcomer Zarco.
Should be fun tomorrow!
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Cool that you and your daughter are there in person. Have fun tomorrow, and safe travels home.
