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You may point out that coverage for this is actually the evening before the days listed.

This is going to be great, Stoner & Lorenzo going balls out, Rossi using all his racecraft to finish ahead or just behind Lorenzo and Dani beat all to hell again, after his tumble in qualifing.

“Physically, I was able to do the same from start to finish, and I was just really happy with the way everything was working. Especially with my body; every lap I kept going past the point where I used to just hit my wall. It made me smile, and I enjoyed each lap after that. It’s very nice to be back here, and I thank Marlboro for allowing me to use this livery and to the team and everybody for supporting me. To do three from three is a very nice way to end the year for me.”

I wonder what Wayne Gardner had to say after this STFU moment

probably the same thing he said from the beginning: "casey handled the whole situation poorly."

And won handing vale's ass to
him.Boo hoo

Rossi said something like "this was the most fun 2nd place of my career".

Casey is the man! I don't care what was wrong with him, it's good to see him back.
And what's with all those pretty women in his pit??

Poor luck for Lorenzo. Worst possible scenario. He even had his right hand bandaged after the crash. And something on his nose...Any news on this?
Only 4-5 days until Malaysia.


Cheers.

i doubt vale was too heartbroken over his second place. casey is about to lose his second world championship in a row and rossi is about to put an eighth feather in his cap.

Are you seriously defending Rossi and taking a shot a Stoner?

That's probably one of the least classy things I've seen written in a serious thread by one of the good guys for some time. Wow.

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And what's with all those pretty women in his pit??

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Cheers.

Are you seriously defending Rossi and taking a shot a Stoner?

That's probably one of the least classy things I've seen written in a serious thread by one of the good guys for some time. Wow.

regarding the comments about his recent absence, i think that the perception is the we've been saying stoner was done, finished, washed-up, etc., and that's not the case, at least not from my end. my position is that he very much handled the situation about as poorly as possible with regards to ducati and marlboro.

Casey Stoner, who recently silenced his critics by taking a podium finish at last weekend’s Portuguese MotoGP, says he has lost respect for Kevin Schwantz. Last month, Schwantz had implied in an interview that things weren’t right with Stoner, that he made a surprisingly incorrect tyre choice at Donington and that he should be out there competing and doing his best to win, rather than missing multiple races because of some mystery illness.

Now that Stoner is back – and seems to be winning as effortlessly as ever – he has something to say about Kevin. ‘What he said really upset me. I've lost a lot of respect for Kevin Schwantz after what he said. I had a lot of respect for that guy – he’s been one of my favourite riders and probably one of the most exciting riders to watch. When somebody like that says something like that, it shows you that experience counts for nothing, which is what I've been trying to tell people for a long time now,’ says Stoner.

‘I saw the Kevin Schwantz thing and it really made me laugh. It pissed me off at the same time, because I had a lot of respect for those riders. Jeremy McWilliams as well. I mean, what the hell do they know? Really, what do they know? Everyone's sitting there with an opinion, when they know nothing and they don't know the situation. They couldn't see that I was sick after every race. You know, we had an issue, we had a problem, and we had to fix it. And it's nice to come back and show people that we've fixed it. We did have a problem, and now we're back,’ says the 2007 MotoGP world champ.

Did anyone catch the legacy ride with Doohan, Bayliss, and Gardner riding streetbikes around the circuit? Doohan lit that CBR's rear tire up the entire length of the straight...just plain awesome ;D

Lorenzo runs over Hayden and the announcer says, "nobody's fault there".   >:(

Lorenzo runs over Hayden and the announcer says, "nobody's fault there".   >:(

Casey Stoner backing it in around turn 3 last lap.

that's f'king sideways gentlemen

+1 as that being the general feeling about Stoner

The announcers for the MotoGP aren't NASCAR annoucers. They are Euro.  ;)

WTF is up with that song.  [bang] [bang]

Lorenzo runs over Hayden and the announcer says, "nobody's fault there".   >:(

The announcers on Eurosport saw it correctly I guess. They called it Lorenzos' fault all the way.

I had the Moody/Ryder show going too...did you hear them say, in the late stages of the race, that Spies would have a full 5 engine allocation for Valencia?

I had the Moody/Ryder show going too...did you hear them say, in the late stages of the race, that Spies would have a full 5 engine allocation for Valencia?

With the WSBK Yamaha, he might need it...the MotoGP machine, not so much :)

Well, hopefully Edwards has more than 2 motors left, so they can tune up his too.  ;D

I'm thinking we may see some bikes getting faster, and others slower.
Perhaps Pedrosa's running low on engines, so they detuned one a bit for Philip Island?

Well, hopefully Edwards has more than 2 motors left, so they can tune up his too.  ;D

I'm thinking we may see some bikes getting faster, and others slower.
Perhaps Pedrosa's running low on engines, so they detuned one a bit for Philip Island?

From the way it sounds, you can't crack the cases for repairs or any other reason, so I don't see how you can get a hotrodded version in there, or a detuned for that matter.  I think they had them all wrapped up and sealed at the beginning.  You don't just show up with a new engine if one breaks, they have already been chosen and put aside. I believe the only way to get an updated engine in there is to break your first five and then start rolling in new ones.

You know, I think the fixed engine alotment actually hurts the racing more than it helps on the financial side.  If you enter the season with an uncompetitive engine, then what are you to do?  For instance in the past, Honda swapped to the pneumatic in midseason to get a power boost, but under the new rules I don't see how this is really possible without killing your grid position.  Unless I read it wrong, you better get your off-season updates right or you're in for a very long year.

Also didn't the announcers say something about Suzuki being penalized for motors, but they were going to use the rest of the season as development time?

yup, loris had already used his allotment for the season.

Whats the penalty? start at the back?

...plus a 10 point deduction from the constructor's championship.

You know, ] I think the fixed engine alotment actually hurts the racing more than it helps on the financial side.  If you enter the season with an uncompetitive engine, then what are you to do?  For instance in the past, Honda swapped to the pneumatic in midseason to get a power boost, but under the new rules I don't see how this is really possible without killing your grid position.  Unless I read it wrong, you better get your off-season updates right or you're in for a very long year.

I recall one wag posting up on one of the sites that he's hoping Nicky doesn't land a sponsorhip from Target.  [laugh]

Standard Nicky; said it was a bad day, but that's in the past, looking forward to Thailand.

Nicky's getting in an extracurricular trip before Sepang? Good...that boy needs to get laid after all that's happened to him ;D

Man, I just watched that vid of Casey's slide a coupla more times.  Just for fun.  It made me all tingly down there.   [thumbsup]

That was good indeed.  [thumbsup]

Casey had the hammer down, he wants 3rd place from McPintsize.

so, what numer does McPintSize run next year if he's 4th in the championship standings since Dovi has #4 currently.

Wont the championship placement number take precident over other numbers?

no.  that's not something the series does, it's something pedro has been doing the last couple years on his own... the numbers corresponding to his finishing position just happen to have been available

http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Codes_et_reglements/ROAD_RACING_GP_Eng.pdf (http://www.fim-live.com/fileadmin/alfresco/Codes_et_reglements/ROAD_RACING_GP_Eng.pdf)


1.12 Starting Numbers
1.12.1 Each rider accepted for the Championship will be allocated a specific
starting number which will be valid for the whole Championship. In
general, the starting numbers will be based on the results of the team
riders in the previous year's Championship or in other similar events.

that "in general" is somewhat vague. historically, the racers took their championship position as their number for the next year. that has somewhat fallen out of vogue in the last decade, though some racers continue the practice.

the real question would be whether dovi would be forced to give up his number so pedro could run his finishing position.

In general, i think those two will run whatever numbers Honda wants them to run.  :P

somewhat fallen out of vogue in the last decade

;D
That's cold.
 ;D