Qatar MotoGP 2012 1000cc vs 2011 800cc Lap Times Here they are discuss the 2 that stand out for me are Crutchlow and Spies.......what a difference Cal Crutchlow Yamaha (11th) / Yamaha (4th) -11.780sec Dani Pedrosa Honda (3rd) / Honda (2nd) +1.446sec Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha (2nd)/ Yamaha (1st) +2.205sec Hector Barbera Ducati (12th) / Ducati (9th) +2.200sec Nicky Hayden Ducati (9th) / Ducati (6th) +6.642sec Casey Stoner Honda (1st) / Honda (3rd) +8.553sec Andrea Dovizioso Honda (4th) / Yamaha (5th) +17.123sec Valentino Rossi Ducati (7th) / Ducati (10th) +22.879sec Colin Edwards Yamaha (8th) / Suter-BMW (12th) +37.440sec Ben Spies Yamaha (6th) / Yamaha (11th) +52.084sec Qatar MotoGP rider times: 800cc v 1000cc | MotoGP News | Apr 2012 | Crash.Net
Just shows that the 1000's need tweaking a touch dosnt it, the front runners are miles slower on them which is down to putting the power down I'd assume. Good for Cal though
it looks a big difference but its probably only a tenth or 2 a lap for the top riders, look at these again after 3 years of development on the 1000's and it will be a total different story last year was cals first ever race in motogp so its not suprising he didnt do that well, still very interesting to see the differences though, clearly the current bikes have a lot of development still to go
