MotoGP Round 7 - Assen (SPOILERS)

[The Architect]

Way to go Ben!

Marco, Marco, Marco, WTF?!

The next race Marco should have tick marks on his bike for the riders he's taken out, like notches on a gun slinger's belt.  The guy is fast, he just has a little more to learn.     He does make the races interesting......... In a weird way I feel like thanking him for taking out Loren-dope.  I never want to a rider take down another rider but something deep down inside says it's okay this time.   

We should take bets on which race Randy-DP will actually finish a race?  And who is Marco going to take out next?  Has he gotten Dovi yet?

[duccarlos]

Sic needs a timeout. I'm not the biggest whore-ghey fan, but damn, what would have happened if he would not have been taken out?

[fastwin]

Super Sic hasn't taken out Dovi yet but I am sure he's high up on the list. Marco has turned into crash monster #1. Can you imagine how pissed his manager and crew are? I'm sure they are considered the paddock villans. I bet all their cars and trucks get "keyed" in the parking lot and have a lot of mysterious flats.

[duccarlos]

I think he avoids taking out eyetalians.

[duccarlos]

I will give Sic some credit. He freaking pushed started that bike on his own. Even with the "easier" clutch, that is still a feat on its own.

[sbrguy]

i don't think this one was sics fault as bad it was really cold tires and he got high sided, so it happens, but if he puts together a full race he could be right up there tiwht the top 3 in every race.

spies finally lived up to the hype today, hopefully he can continue to do so for the rest of the season.  i hav to say that Jlo did do a great job at moving up the field, guess that is why he is defending champ and i figure stoner will win the championship this year.

[The Architect]

Can you imagine how pissed his manager and crew are?

I would be pissed!  You have one of the fastest riders and he can't finish a race!?  And to add to it he's taking out riders like it was the latest fad.   

[The Don]

Good on Ben well done
If that wasn't one of the most boring processions in MC racing ill stand rooting. I hope with the bigger engine next year and hopefully more riders Moto GP will end up like the Moto2

[lazylightnin717]

Has RdP finished a race yet this year?

[desmoquattro]

Has RdP finished a race yet this year?

Would it matter if he had?

[duccarlos]

Even Moto2 was pretty boring. In previous races they didn't separate as much when it was raining. I guess this time around cooler heads prevailed.

[iRam]

Great ride by spies! And i have to agree that red is definitely faster than blue 

when sic learns to take it easy the first few laps and wait for his tires to get to the right temp before he starts gunning it, he'll definitely be out there competing for podiums consistently. Its just a matter of time... You gotta love his fightin spirit.

[El Matador]

i don't think this one was sics fault as bad it was really cold tires and he got high sided, so it happens, but if he puts together a full race he could be right up there tiwht the top 3 in every race.

spies finally lived up to the hype today, hopefully he can continue to do so for the rest of the season.  i hav to say that Jlo did do a great job at moving up the field, guess that is why he is defending champ and i figure stoner will win the championship this year.

Kinda like it's not the rapist's  fault because she was dressed slutty?

I  know, i  know, blown out of proportion and everything, shitty analogy and whatnot. Truth is, Sic is a make the beast with two backsing menace, and he just made the championship a whole lot more boring for all of us. Lorenzo is the only person in the grid with the chance to give stoner a good fight, and it was just made that much harder for him.

Lorenzo is not Pedrosa, i wouldn't be surprised if Simoncelli shows up face down in the water somewhere, with a worn sprocket through his throat.

Awesome ride by both The Ben and Lorenzo. All the idiots that claim Lorenzo is boring to watch should be referred to this race.

[zooom]

spies finally lived up to the hype today, 

sorta...but not as much as I would have liked to have given him credit for...my reasoning is as follows...

1) Stoner was shaken and not 100%, because I think he could have given Ben a run for the money. I am giving him some level of credit, and not his usual giving of excuses for what he said he was experiencing.

...After the crash yesterday I'm a little bit sore.
In the middle part of the race I started to have
some problems in the left hand corners with the
shoulder,...

this paired with the issues that all the riders were having with the B'Stone's, I am sure didn't exactly add to an inspiration of confidence and how batshit fast and dominant he has proven to be thus far this season.

2)Jorge ( as much as I don't want to give him credit for anything, due to my personal bias based on persona-not talent), if Simo didn't pop him off, based on how he rode post crash, I fully assert he would have been a fly in the Ben's ointment....

now...I am not defending Simo's actions...BUT...these guys are out there to hang it out and push the limits...you guys actually want him to reel it back and slack off and not do his job to the best of his ability?...how would you apply that to any career or aspect of working...his just happens to have more catastrophic consequences when failure happens than most....but these guys are paid to push those limits and barriers in order to succeed...and success is measured in such minute increments under certain scopes, that we can not condemn him for this action because he was doing exactly what he is paid to do...wield the razor knife edge of control and take a gamble on honing it to the best point he can to etch his mark...

[thought]

now...I am not defending Simo's actions...BUT...these guys are out there to hang it out and push the limits...you guys actually want him to reel it back and slack off and not do his job to the best of his ability?...how would you apply that to any career or aspect of working...his just happens to have more catastrophic consequences when failure happens than most....but these guys are paid to push those limits and barriers in order to succeed...and success is measured in such minute increments under certain scopes, that we can not condemn him for this action because he was doing exactly what he is paid to do...wield the razor knife edge of control and take a gamble on honing it to the best point he can to etch his mark...

i think the prob is that another major part of the equation is knowing when to gamble and when not to gamble, which is the mark of a great racer.  and right now, simo is showing that he isnt learning that level of control and temperance.  sure, he's fast and he pushes the limit... but what's the point if you're on the ground every race?  gambling on the first couple of turns on tires that are notoriously slow to warm up is a pretty bad risk to be taking, and he doesnt seem to be learning from his mistakes at all.