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http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Jun/sp2/110603a.htm (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Jun/sp2/110603a.htm)

FP1 results....

Other than Spies and Edwards isn't this kind of deja vu all over again? Too bad Pedrobot will miss his home turf race. Wait... did I actually say something nice and sympathetic about the 'bot? I must be sick! [laugh]

Well, yes it's 'normal service resumed'.

FP2 - http://www.motomatters.com/results/2011/06/03/2011_catalunya_motogp_fp2_result_stoner_.html (http://www.motomatters.com/results/2011/06/03/2011_catalunya_motogp_fp2_result_stoner_.html)

Honda steamroller continues.

Yamahas seem as bit better, Lorenzo 4th within shouting distance, Spies 5th....but at almost 2 sec back.  :P

Edwards contracts Pedrosa's Disease.  :'(

CONFIRMED on the broken collarbone from a turn 5 fall....

sucks!

Wow, that does indeed suck. Here's to hoping that Ben is over his whinning and actually gets going.

Wow. 2 seconds off the front and 1 second off the nearest front runner are huge gaps. Let's hope for some action up front and for the Ben not to fade.  [roll]
This might turn out to be another yawn fest but you never know.......

Too bad for Edwards.

what whining are you talking about?  ???

That time Ben put up was the only lap of the session at that pace.  I don't see him challenging.  The rest of his lap times were junk.

  Simoncelli on pole!

That won't be a popular pole position in that part of the world! [bang] Probably made sure he got the pole just to piss off all the local Pedrobot lovers. [laugh] If I were him I would have a food tester around before I ate any meals to check for poison and I'd want extra security. [thumbsup]

The Ben certainly picked up the pace. He damn near booted Jorge off the front row. Missed it by this much!!! [thumbsup] [beer] [clap]

Sad for Edwards. He has never missed a GP start going all the way back to 2003. 141 starts in a row.

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2011/06/04/simoncelli-gets-first-pole-in-catalunya/ (http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2011/06/04/simoncelli-gets-first-pole-in-catalunya/)

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I kind of hope Super Sic shows Stoner a good race. I'm guessing he'll end up third or so. Now time to go to bed so I can catch Moto 2 bright and early.

Hopefully Sic can keep the bike upright, but I think Stoner still has this race in the bag with Lorenzo/Sic filling out the podium.  The devil in me says that Marco takes out Jorge and we have another Stoner/Dovi/Rossi podium with the Spanish crowd storming the track and trampling Simoncelli to death.   ;D

The home crowd is going to propel Elias to the win.   [thumbsup]

They'll have to get out there and push him.

Did you see that powerslide Stoner pulled in the early laps  [bow_down]

WHY O WHY did Ducati get rid of this kid. He can ride.

 [coffee] this race...needed more pics of the umbrella girls

 [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

The write ups I read about the race did mention that Marco was escorted around the paddock by security guards. I was just joking about it in my earlier post. :P He damn sure blew that start from the pole. [bang] Glad the rain didn't bugger the race up and just about everyone kept it on 2 wheels, rubber side down. Again, sorry about Edwards and the collarbone. Hope he mends fast... also hope it doesn't screw up his shooting too bad!! [laugh] Maybe he should do some "color" TV commentary at the Silverstone meet if he has to miss it. You know that would be very entertaining! ;D Besides that kind of a ho hum race. But I did like seeing The Ben on the podium!! When's the next WSBK race? ;)

I fell asleep.

-Here's hoping 1 litre engines bring the excitement back.
Zzzzzz  [roll]

it's qualifying PRACTICE... most, if not all, of these guys spend the session finalizing their race setups.

with a single "non-junk" lap spies put himself 4th on the grid with a podium finish in the race.

I told y'all that Elias would take it.  So, ya'll ready to eat some humble pie now, pregnant doges?

+1

They should have had the cameras on Capirossi, Barbera, Edwards, and Bautista the whole time. Much more exciting than watching Stoner run away with it.......again

i'm not sure they had a spare camera crew to dispatch to the hospital.  ;D

Which woulda been extra weird considering Colin was watching the race from the Tech 3 garage. 

Whoops. I meant Abraham but you already knew that

Boring race, other than seeing Stoner slide the bike.  [bow_down]

Good to see Spies up there.  [thumbsup]

The Ducs suck.

MotoGP is making DMG/AMA racing look pretty damn good. And that's coming from the chief #1 pisser, moaner and complainer of the DMG take over a couple of years ago. What does that say? [laugh] Again... when's the next WSBK race? [roll]

The rain would have made the race more interesting....................

maybe that quack eccelstone can recommend wetting the tracks on purpose like he wanted to do in F1

WTF are you talking about Brian? [laugh]

Speaking of which, anyone see the top 5 guys from Daytona Sportbike on Saturday do synchronized stand-up wheelies down the entire straight on the cool down lap?  It was awesome, but I couldn't find a vid of it on youtube.   [thumbsup]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4122944961711350389# (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4122944961711350389#)

Yup, that's the one.   [laugh]

Yeppers. Saw that on my Directv DVR recording. Pretty cool and a damn good race. I'll man up and say my pregnant doging and moaning about the DMG/AMA gig was wrong. Pissing and moaning way too early. They have (even though it's a bit neutered from the previous SBK and Sportbike/Formula Xtreme classes) produced some damn good racing. Granted it's not and never will be WSBK class stuff but the recent races have been damn good. Never thought I'd be saying that but glad that I can. Sweet to see the 848EVOs humping it in the Daytona Sportbike class. Nice also to see Pegram finding his way on the Bimmer. [thumbsup]

In this instance yes, but typically the guys that run consistant times during practice sessions tend to finish better in the races, and its not like Ben has been setting the world on fire this season ( bad luck or not ).  Most of the guys that typically pull one off laps and nothing else close to it during the practice sessions don't run particularly well in the races.  The Ben only had one decent lap for qualy and he's disappointed me this year with his performance in general, so I need to see the guy start running better before I expect him to sniff the podium.

that's what i get for watching the race after partying from 1p to 7a.

I was singularly unimpressed with a majority of the race that was broadcasted....the Capi,Abraham,Barbera mixing up was about the most interesting thing to watch....I wanted to see Dovi, Rossi and Spies come together for some mixing up in a similar fashion....

Moto2 if'n you want mix

Moto2 race was pretty good.

A couple pretty brutal crashes.  :o

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I just came out of my coma.

i fell asleep too...  like, literally for 20 min and when i woke up... nothing changed at all.   [bang]

I haven't watched Moto2, so y'all STFU (kidding -- I know this is a spoiler thread).

Seriously, how bad ass is Edwards?  He had surgery on Sat and tried to start the race on Sunday, but the medics wouldn't let him!  Edwards' response was typical of him.   [clap]

Fortunately - for Spanish TV viewers at least - this moment was captured by a canny TV producer. As Edwards exited the circuit medical center, he first demonstrated that he still had some strength in his arm by performing the classic international symbol for "up yours". When asked by the reporter what the doctors had said, he replied "they told me I had the wrong name. I wasn't called Valentino Rossi." Insinuating cruelly - and probably correctly - that if Rossi had been in a similar situation, the doctors may have arrived at a different decision.

Motomatters goes on to insinuate that Twerpy McFragileBones is a pussy.   :D  http://motomatters.com/analysis/2011/06/05/2011_catalunya_motogp_sunday_round_up_ha.html (http://motomatters.com/analysis/2011/06/05/2011_catalunya_motogp_sunday_round_up_ha.html)

Is Stoner lying down n' takin' a nap on that curbing??   :o

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If The Ben is 'Elbowz,' does this mean Casey's gunning for 'Hipz 'n Shoulderz'?  [bow_down]

stoner really is pretty ridic on that honda...

 [laugh] [clap]

...and that Stoner picture is ridiculous.  [bow_down]

Saw this about Rossi

"Rossi emphasized that he did not think that Ducati needed to drop their current design, incorporating a small sub-frame at the front connected to the engine which serves as a stressed member. He believed that he and Burgess could make it work, but there was still a lot of changes to make."

He better say that as Ducati is betting the farm on this design for the next superbike

Yes, but keep in mind that the superbike will use an aluminum design instead of carbon, and I believe that the aluminum will have more predictable and usable flex in both directions.

He does seem to be enjoying himself. ;D The kid can damn sure ride.

i mean, he did break a relatively small bone in FIVE places...

yeah, kinda boring race.

the slow-mo 'n stuff of casey was the best part.  he aint out there taking it easy.  ever.

stoked for ben, of course.  even if it was kinda ho hum to watch, i'm sure that managing that gap and the tires was no easy feat.  ...still ho hum tho.

i was actually surprised dovi held on to fourth, even if he is on the honda.

poor capi.

even poorer rdp.  and elias.  sheesh, someone give him a different tire.  this is embarrassing.

even poorer GP grid in general.  it's getting pathetic.

CRT will help... [roll]

ahhh... when is that next WSBK race? ;D

btw, did i hear them say that the new engine nicky started with for this race was his FOURTH?  what the hell??

if that's really the case i see him taking some penalties later this year.

Nicky and Val both took their 4th, because this engine is the new evolution motor...I don't think either has killed the previous 3 and are probably going to continue to use those for practise's and so forth....I also believe I heard Ben taking his 4th for the race and I am not sure, but I think Jorge did too...but the Jorge thing is just from nothing specific I recall, but maybe more speculative association based on the Ben...I think we need to figure out where Emmitt kept digging up the engine usage charts so that derby or gm2 can regularly keep us in the loop on that stuffs...

Jorge annihilated a motor in the warmup crash at LeMans.

Hayden lost an engine in Estoril, so he's on his fourth, Rossi on his third.
http://www.motomatters.com/analysis/2011/06/04/2011_catalunya_motogp_saturday_round_up_.html (http://www.motomatters.com/analysis/2011/06/04/2011_catalunya_motogp_saturday_round_up_.html)

That's a beatiful thing...  brought a tear to my eyes...

On camber + raised curbing.  /yawn    ;D

Doesn't the friction slow him down?  ;D

His leathers are covered in Repsol oil. Cuts down on friction. They should do the same for Pedrobot so he'll slide better when he goes down. That way he wouldn't thump and bounce so hard. ;D

Pedro needs a bunch of inflatable balls attached to his suit so he can touch down like the mars lander.

he sorta does have that.

I was thinking more along the lines of "Angels in the Outfield" style

if I only knew how to post a vid

finally watched the races.  Yawn.  That late crash in moto2 looked super duper bad...


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