2010 MotoGP Round 3 - Le Mans (Race Spoilers)

[gm2]

lost the rear trying to save the front:

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2010/May/100524-g9transcript.htm

Q You also had a box seat for Casey's crash, unfortunately. What did you see of that?

A I mean, I seen it right ... it was right in front of me. I seen the front - well, yeah, I seen the front go a little, and then I seen his left foot come off. I was right there. I know it always looks like slow motion, but seemed like forever. The front was gone, and he was on his elbow, and he was trying to save it, and I couldn't open the throttle because he was staying on line. And I was thinking, "I'm about to, the guys behind me are about ..." It seemed like a long time. I don't know. But anyway, I was waiting to open the throttle, and he just ... when I passed him, he was still had it on his knee. That was it. I seen him, I'm not sure what. Lost the front.

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=38614.msg686939#msg686939 

[ducpainter]

Point is, Ducati now has a bike no one can win on.

[duccarlos]

Kinda like Suzuki.

[derby]

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=38614.msg686939#msg686939 

 

[duccarlos]

This brings up a good question. Do you call a derby a "derby" or do you refer to it as a "myself"?

[mitt]

This brings up a good question. Do you call a derby a "derby" or do you refer to it as a "myself"?

I thought the universe might split if this ever happened.

whew 

mitt

[desmoquattro]

I thought the universe might split if this ever happened.

whew 

mitt

That already happened...on Lost. Derby and gm2 left the island.

[gm2]

That already happened...on Lost. Derby and gm2 left the island.

well... that really depends on when you mean

[desmoquattro]

well... that really depends on when you mean

1976.

[EvilSteve]

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/05/26/casey_stoner_s_post_le_mans_press_confer.html

[ducpainter]

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2010/05/26/casey_stoner_s_post_le_mans_press_confer.html

But as I said, I was pushing it around all weekend. And then when we're not pushing it, it just decides to go away on me, so it's becoming a little bit frustrating, but I guess I've just got accept responsibility for it, get over it and get ready for next weekend, because I've made things very difficult for myself this year, maybe impossible. So we're just going to take it race by race now, and do what I've come out to do and try and win races.

Seems pretty mature for someone accused of being a whiney pregnant dog.

[EvilSteve]

That's what I thought, hence the post. Still, I just wish he'd finish a damn race.

[gm2]

But as I said, I was pushing it around all weekend. And then when we're not pushing it, it just decides to go away on me, so it's becoming a little bit frustrating, but I guess I've just got accept responsibility for it, get over it and get ready for next weekend, because I've made things very difficult for myself this year, maybe impossible. So we're just going to take it race by race now, and do what I've come out to do and try and win races.

Seems pretty mature for someone accused of being a whiney pregnant dog.

he always stops short of being a whiney pregnant dog, imo.  but i do think his first comments/reaction almost always smell like placing blame elsewhere.  he's been doing that consistently since 2006.

and he almost always comes back a week later with a statement like the above.  he did the exact same thing after laguna '08.

basically, he should keep his mouth shut at first =)

[EvilSteve]

I know someone like that...



it's me

[ducpainter]

he always stops short of being a whiney pregnant dog, imo.  but i do think his first comments/reaction almost always smell like placing blame elsewhere.  he's been doing that consistently since 2006.

and he almost always comes back a week later with a statement like the above.  he did the exact same thing after laguna '08.

basically, he should keep his mouth shut at first =)

I don't know many people who's mouth doesn't get them in trouble...occasionally;D

Was there an accusatory quote right after the race I missed?

This is the first I've seen.