2012 Catalunya MotoGP Test Times Final: Dovizioso Leads From Spies And Barbera

Submitted by David Emmett on Mon, 2012-06-04 16:10

Final official times from today's MotoGP test at Barcelona:

Pos	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev.
1	Andrea Dovizioso	Yamaha	1:41.997
2	Ben Spies	Yamaha	1:42.143	0.146	0.146
3	Hector Barbera	Ducati	1:42.185	0.188	0.042
4	Alvaro Bautista	Honda	1:42.309	0.312	0.124
5	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1:42.342	0.345	0.033
6	Casey Stoner	Honda	1:42.369	0.372	0.027
7	Cal Crutchlow	Yamaha	1:42.378	0.381	0.009
8	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	1:42.535	0.538	0.157
9	Stefan Bradl	Honda	1:42.769	0.772	0.234
10	Nicky Hayden	Ducati	1:42.941	0.944	0.172
11	Valentino Rossi	Ducati	1:43.252	1.255	0.311
12	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1:43.926	1.929	0.674
13	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia ART	1:44.236	2.239	0.310
14	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia ART	1:44.487	2.490	0.251
15	Colin Edwards	Suter BMW	1:44.979	2.982	0.492
16	Michele Pirro	FTR Honda	1:45.080	3.083	0.101
17	Yonny Hernandez	FTR Kawasaki	1:45.701	3.704	0.621
18	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia ART	1:45.870	3.873	0.169
19	Ivan Silva	FTR Kawasaki	1:45.968	3.971	0.098
20	James Ellison	Aprilia ART	1:46.047	4.050	0.079

2012

MotoGP

Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

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ART

NWslopoke replied on Mon, 2012-06-04 17:33

Are all Aprilia ARTs created equal? Are they delivered with a stockish RSV engine and teams maximize perfomance or does Aprilia have some type of engine agreement where they maintain the engines?

No they are not

Nachlauf replied on Mon, 2012-06-04 20:27

The engines vary greatly as Aspar gets engines from Aprilia more or less while Ioda puts in stock engines apparently. They also use different frames. And I wouldn't be surprised if they had big differences in electronics as well.

Confusing ART's and Ioda CRT

Uppili replied on Mon, 2012-06-04 20:42

I think you are confusing ART's and Ioda's CRT project. While the Ioda CRT is based on RSV4 it is an entirely independent bike designed and made by Ioda without any assistance from Aprilia. That is why they have stock motor in a tubular chassis and Petruci is conceding over 20 kph to other CRT's on the straights.

As for the rest of the ART's i think they are all more or less the same spec. which is why Aprilia was able to let PBM and James Ellison peak into Aspar and Randy's setup data!

I think the time difference between the ART's are purely due rider skill, setup and experience of the teams with the machinery in that order.

Lap numbers

clx replied on Mon, 2012-06-04 17:50

Do they give how many laps the riders did?

Laps

not the doctor replied on Tue, 2012-06-05 06:12

Yes, over on the other site. Best time, on which lap of how many. Still, this session is only for testing improvements. It would be nice to be able to read more than is possible into the times to add to our appetites for info.

barbera

Sir-ChioXXIII replied on Mon, 2012-06-04 18:57

is barbera testing the newer GP12 or did he find something extra?

usual barbera

dave_m replied on Mon, 2012-06-04 19:19

I'm sure it was a combination of a tow and new tires. He's yet to translate any of his single fast laps to race results, or even repeat the fast lap time during a race.

probably

Sir-ChioXXIII replied on Mon, 2012-06-04 19:53

but maybe its time ducati upgrade his bike or atleast some updates i mean its not like he's terrible unlike Abraham at the moment

agreed...

garrick replied on Tue, 2012-06-05 14:46

I'm not totally positive, but are the satellite Ducatis still on the GP0 version of the bike?

I wonder how long Abraham will continue to run the Ducati as he would probably get the same results with an ART for a lot less money.

I keep wondering why he kept

41BP replied on Tue, 2012-06-05 23:55

I keep wondering why he kept his seat(other than its his fathers team) or even why he's in the premiere class at all.

Its a Testing Session

seniorbiker replied on Mon, 2012-06-04 20:33

Hang on, you can't read anything into these times. Its only a testing session, look where Lorenzo ended up.

Cal had a big off, so he will be hurting, using large tubs of skin balm by the sound of it !

Sure you can make inferences, but as the Barbera time shows, different riders had different agendas.