The FIM has announced the provisional entry list for the 2012 MotoGP World Championship, which gets underway on April 8th with the opening round in Qatar.
The provisional list is as follows:
1 CASEY STONER AUS - HONDA TEAM, HONDA
4 ANDREA DOVIZIOSO ITA - YAMAHA TECH 3, YAMAHA
5 COLIN EDWARDS USA - FORWARD RACING, SUTER*
6 STEFAN BRADL GER - LCR HONDA MotoGP, HONDA
8 HECTOR BARBERA SPA - PRAMAC RACING TEAM, DUCATI
9 DANILO PETRUCCI ITA - IODA RACING PROJECT, IODA*
11 BEN SPIES USA - YAMAHA FACTORY RACING, YAMAHA
13 ANTHONY WEST AUS - SPEED MASTER, ART*
14 RANDY DE PUNIET FRA - ASPAR TEAM MotoGP, ART*
17 KAREL ABRAHAM CZE - CARDION AB MOTORACING, DUCATI
19 ALVARO BAUTISTA SPA - HONDA GRESINI, HONDA
20 ALEIX ESPARGARO SPA - ASPAR TEAM MotoGP, ART*
22 IVAN SILVA SPA - BQR, BQR-FTR*
26 DANI PEDROSA SPA - HONDA TEAM, HONDA
35 CAL CRUTCHLOW GBR - YAMAHA TECH 3, YAMAHA
46 VALENTINO ROSSI ITA - DUCATI TEAM, DUCATI
51 MICHELE PIRRO ITA - HONDA GRESINI, FTR*
68 YONNY HERNANDEZ COL - BQR, BQR-FTR*
69 NICKY HAYDEN USA - DUCATI TEAM, DUCATI
77 JAMES ELLISON GBR - PAUL BIRD RACING, ART*
99 JORGE LORENZO SPA - YAMAHA FACTORY RACING, YAMAHA
21 riders, ummm!
Kawaker is back!
New BMW and Aprilla engines! more ummm!
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Posted 16 January 2012 - 06:44 PM
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Rahul Nargundkar
Posted 16 January 2012 - 06:55 PM
Wanted to start this one but was waiting for some more time to pass by..
Man a thousand cecees revving their life out... Wish we could get one of those..
And unfortunately India doesn't seem to be on the PROVISIONAL CALENDER YET..
I seriously wish we could see some live action up close...
Man a thousand cecees revving their life out... Wish we could get one of those..
And unfortunately India doesn't seem to be on the PROVISIONAL CALENDER YET..
I seriously wish we could see some live action up close...
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Deepak Dongre
Posted 17 January 2012 - 01:15 PM
Rossi still with Ducati 
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 02:48 PM
Few days back rossi said that "We still have a lot of work to do, we have to cover almost 1.5 seconds (man that's light years if you as me, so no reason to think he would be anywhere near the podium or the title) to get up to pace with the competition.." Man missing the stoner rossi battles badly...
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 05:31 PM
rahul_rn, on 17 January 2012 - 02:48 PM, said:
Few days back rossi said that "We still have a lot of work to do, we have to cover almost 1.5 seconds (man that's light years if you as me, so no reason to think he would be anywhere near the podium or the title) to get up to pace with the competition.." Man missing the stoner rossi battles badly...
probably this year it will be stoner-jlo! fingers crossed! cant wait for the season to began!
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 07:03 PM
I doubt that lorenzo will match rossi.. Rossi is rossi man...
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 08:00 PM
A right guy on the wrong bike won't make a winner. Hope Ducati improves in the handling department. On the other hand after knowing the handling issues that Ducati had even during Stoner's times- I have found great respect for Stoner. I don't think anyone could ride a Ducati better than him and no wonder he is simply untouchable on the Honda.
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 09:22 PM
^^^
Totally agree with that..
Totally agree with that..
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Posted 02 February 2012 - 11:59 PM
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Valentino Rossi praised Ducati after he made a hugely encouraging debut on the all-new factory GP12 at the Sepang track in Malaysia today.
Rossi’s first ride on the radical new bike, which has been designed and built from scratch in three months, gave hope that the nine-times world champion will be a much more competitive force this year after a disastrous 2011.
The GP12 has undergone a major winter revamp to try and give Rossi the crucial front-end feel he was lacking last season and features a new aluminium twin spar chassis and major engine changes to alter centre of gravity and weight distribution.
Rossi set a best time of 2.02.392 to finish 0.735s behind day one pacesetter Jorge Lorenzo.
He said: “The distance is 0.7s compared to Lorenzo who made a very good lap and I am so happy because we fix a lot of problems that in all of the 2011 season we were not able to improve. In braking, corner entry and agility, the bike is a lot better and Ducati has done a great job in a short time.
"But it is only the first day and we have to work a lot. In acceleration the bike remains a bit too difficult and unstable and I think it is engine, electronics and a little bit the chassis. But we can be competitive I think.
"Now I can squeeze the front tyre and use the front. I have good temperature and the tyre works well, so it is a big step compared to last year.
"The position on the bike last year I never feel confident. With this one I am okay and I have enough room on the straight and a good position in the corner. Now we have to work but the first day is positive.”
Rossi said another huge positive today was that any set-up changes he made to the GP12 helped lower his lap time, which was rarely the case with the finicky GP11.
He said: “Another very positive thing today is we work on the bike and we improve and this is a miracle compared to last year
" Last year when we changed the bike it was the same or maybe worse. This time we work on the bike and I am 0.1 or 0.2s faster. Last year on the third lap you’d make a lap time and after 50 laps maybe a little bit worse.”
Asked whether he had expected such a positive start to the pre-season testing campaign, Rossi added: “Why not? But you never know because to make a new bike in three months you have a big question mark.
Rossi’s first ride on the radical new bike, which has been designed and built from scratch in three months, gave hope that the nine-times world champion will be a much more competitive force this year after a disastrous 2011.
The GP12 has undergone a major winter revamp to try and give Rossi the crucial front-end feel he was lacking last season and features a new aluminium twin spar chassis and major engine changes to alter centre of gravity and weight distribution.
Rossi set a best time of 2.02.392 to finish 0.735s behind day one pacesetter Jorge Lorenzo.
He said: “The distance is 0.7s compared to Lorenzo who made a very good lap and I am so happy because we fix a lot of problems that in all of the 2011 season we were not able to improve. In braking, corner entry and agility, the bike is a lot better and Ducati has done a great job in a short time.
"But it is only the first day and we have to work a lot. In acceleration the bike remains a bit too difficult and unstable and I think it is engine, electronics and a little bit the chassis. But we can be competitive I think.
"Now I can squeeze the front tyre and use the front. I have good temperature and the tyre works well, so it is a big step compared to last year.
"The position on the bike last year I never feel confident. With this one I am okay and I have enough room on the straight and a good position in the corner. Now we have to work but the first day is positive.”
Rossi said another huge positive today was that any set-up changes he made to the GP12 helped lower his lap time, which was rarely the case with the finicky GP11.
He said: “Another very positive thing today is we work on the bike and we improve and this is a miracle compared to last year
" Last year when we changed the bike it was the same or maybe worse. This time we work on the bike and I am 0.1 or 0.2s faster. Last year on the third lap you’d make a lap time and after 50 laps maybe a little bit worse.”
Asked whether he had expected such a positive start to the pre-season testing campaign, Rossi added: “Why not? But you never know because to make a new bike in three months you have a big question mark.
1 Casey Stoner 2:00.895 29 laps
2 Ben Spies 2:01.052 +0.157 +0.157 37 laps
3 Jorge Lorenzo 2:01.068 +0.016 +0.173 40 laps
4 Dani Pedrosa 2:01.508 +0.440 +0.613 35 laps
5 Cal Crutchlow 2:01.565 +0.057 +0.670 42 laps
6 Hector Barbera 2:01.788 +0.223 +0.893 50 laps
7 Valentino Rossi 2:01.886 +0.098 +0.991 44 laps
8 Alvaro Bautista 2:01.933 +0.047 +1.038 46 laps
9 Andrea Dovizioso 2:02.160 +0.227 +1.265 42 laps
10 Nicky Hayden 2:02.354 +0.194 +1.459 41 laps
11 Stefan Bradl 2:02.414 +0.060 +1.519 41 laps
12 Karel Abraham 2:02.598 +0.184 +1.703 66 laps
13 Katsuyuki Nakasuga 2:02.941 +0.343 +2.046 40 laps
14 Franco Battaini 2:04.311 +1.370 +3.416 38 laps
15 Colin Edwards 2:05.603 +1.292 +4.708 37 laps
16 Ivan Silva 2:10.297 +4.694 +9.402 16 laps
17 Jordi Torres 2:11.893 +1.596 +10.998 2 laps
18 Robertino Pietri 2:12.546 +0.653 +11.651 5 laps
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Posted 17 February 2012 - 04:01 PM
so casey became a father 
and valentino and his daughter share the same birthday! 
and valentino and his daughter share the same birthday!
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