Catalunya prediction

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Capirex18

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in the stands

Discussion Starter
• Jun 5, 2006

• #1

Catalunya motgp!! Who is you pick for this one...?
I going to be a great race..
The hoe race of Sete and Pedrosa..Can they win it.. or Rossi will spoil it?
Or maybe other rider strikes....?

p.s. oost what is your heart telling you?...

 

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Le_ShAkEy

Joined Sep 2005

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Brixham & Dartmouth, Devon

• Jun 5, 2006

• #2

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capirex @ Jun 5 2006, 10:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Catalunya motgp!! Who is you pick for this one...?
I going to be a great race..
The hoe race of Sete and Pedrosa..Can they win it.. or Rossi will spoil it?
Or maybe other rider strikes....?

p.s. oost what is your heart telling you?...

2 weeks away right? to early.. but Rossi aint guna lose to many more i think!

 

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babelfish

Joined May 2006

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• Jun 5, 2006

• #3

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capirex @ Jun 5 2006, 11:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Catalunya motgp!! Who is you pick for this one...?
I going to be a great race..
The hoe race of Sete and Pedrosa..Can they win it.. or Rossi will spoil it?
Or maybe other rider strikes....?

p.s. oost what is your heart telling you?...

Rossi has the best track record there, but capirossi won Ducati's first victory there. Danni has won there at least twice and it's home turf.
So my bet is
1. Rossi
2. Capirossi
3. Pedrosa

 

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somedamnwriter

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Philippines

• Jun 5, 2006

• #4

I quite agree with Babelfish: Rossi and Capirossi will, in my opinion, do very good out there. I also think Dani will do good, but I have some reservations, so I don't know.

 

Austin

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Woody Creek

• Jun 5, 2006

• #5

Really hard to say, Rossi has historically been very successful there. It's a very Ducati friendly track with that big straight which should help Capirossi and Gibernau. Melandri was strong the entire race until his off track excursion and he went under the Mugello track record today in testing so he's on good form. Pedrosa just put in a solid performance in Italy and teammate Hayden put in, what I thought was, a very brave ride to stay with Rossi and Capirossi in Italy. All that being said, Gibernau and Pedrosa are going to be feeding off the Spanish crowd. I know it's early but I think my predictions will look something like this:

Head Says:
1. Rossi
2. Pedrosa
3. Hayden

Heart Says
1. Rossi
2. Hayden
3. Gibernau

 

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Katt

• Jun 5, 2006

• #6

head says:
i should be studying ... and what i say wont happen

heart says:
1) Gibbers
2) Hayden
3) Melandri (i wanna see them all pip Rossi off the podium)

 

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richo

Joined Dec 2005

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• Jun 6, 2006

• #7

Pedrosa will rip it up on home turf like he did at Jerez, and that was before he was a race winner, but Rossi is back in business. Capirossi is going to be strong but can he keep up with those two? It`s not Mugello. Sete, home track, good bike for it, but where`s the speed been so far this year. I doubt he`ll last as much as I want him to.

So head says:

Pedrosa on pole, then

1 Rossi
2 Pedrosa
3 Capirossi
4 Gibernau
5 Hayden
6 Elias
7 Melandri
8 Stoner
9 Edwards
10 Tamada
11 Nakano
12 KRJR
13 Checa
14 Vermulen
15 Hoffman
16 Ellison
17 Cardoso

DNF: Hopkins, DePuniet

Now let`s see that come true

 

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Wes

Joined Jun 2005

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Manchester

• Jun 6, 2006

• #8

My top 3 but way to early

1 Valentino Rossi

2 Nicky Hayden

3 Loris Capirossi

 

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Ros

Joined May 2006

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• Jun 6, 2006

• #9

Head and Heart says :

1) Dani
2) Vale
3) Loris

 

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teomolca

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Valencia, Spain

• Jun 6, 2006

• #10

1. Dani
2. Rossi
3. Hayden

 

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rgvneil

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Jersey Channel Islands

• Jun 6, 2006

• #11

I agree with Ooosts head

 

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Alex

• Jun 6, 2006

• #12

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Capirex @ Jun 5 2006, 10:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>The hoe race of Sete and Pedrosa..Can they win it.. or Rossi will spoil it?
And you have a go at me for being too biased for Valentino Rossi...

 

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rossi 46 winner

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northants

• Jun 6, 2006

• #13

rossi will be very strong for the next 3 races, hes got to be to get back on track..

 

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Dazza

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Shanghai

• Jun 6, 2006

• #14

OK heres mine.

Gibbers Pole

Rossi to win by 3.7 secs

1) Rossi
2) Hayden
2) Capirossi
4) Stoner
5) Gibbers

DNF

Pedrosa
KRJ
The Mole

 

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frosty58

Joined Sep 2005

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washington DC, USA

• Jun 6, 2006

• #15

man this is to early..... i'm still digesting mugello!

 

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somedamnwriter

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Philippines

• Jun 6, 2006

• #16

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dazza @ Jun 7 2006, 05:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>OK heres mine.

Gibbers Pole

Rossi to win by 3.7 secs

1) Rossi
2) Hayden
2) Capirossi
4) Stoner
5) Gibbers

DNF

Pedrosa
KRJ
The Mole

those were pretty accurate predictions. I wonder what people would say if Rossi did win by 3.7 secs.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Jun 7 2006, 05:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>man this is to early..... i'm still digesting mugello!

 

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Katt

• Jun 6, 2006

• #17

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dazza @ Jun 7 2006, 07:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>DNF

Pedrosa
KRJ
The Mole

why vermuelen for a DNF dazza? ...

and here you go with the mole jokes again ....

 

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Jova

Joined May 2006

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• Jun 6, 2006

• #18

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dazza @ Jun 7 2006, 07:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>OK heres mine.

Gibbers Pole

Rossi to win by 3.7 secs

1) Rossi
2) Hayden
2) Capirossi
4) Stoner
5) Gibbers

DNF

Pedrosa
KRJ
The Mole


It is all predictable from here my friends, now that Yamaha are sorted.

Gibbers will get most of the poles from now on. To fast on his own.
Loris second pole position.
Rossi third or lower pole, does not matter.

Gibbers leads most races from pole, with Rossi and others close behind him. Others catch Gibbers, then Gibbers falls away due to any number of possible reasons, like his boot falls off.

Rossi dogs the leaders for most of the race from second or third place. In some races Rossi breaks away with one other rider and dogs him in second place, occasionally he leads the race.

Rossi leaves it till the third or second last lap, takes the lead and then increases the gap and wins.

If it rains or Rossi breaks away from the others early he wins.

I hope most races are not like this a repeat of last season, but I bet the majority will be.

 

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kneedragger6

Joined May 2006

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Massachusetts

• Jun 6, 2006

• #19

First off, what a race in Mugello....I've always been a Rossi fan since he raced 125 and I haven't seen him have to push that hard for a long time....it was great.....I would love to see Rossi make the comeback....nothing was worse for me than seeing him get two DNF's due to mechanical failure....I'd rather see him get beaten fair and square, in a duel. Pedrosa is a strong rider, but I feel like he comes off a bit bitchy and arrogant....Loris is overdue for a championship and of course Hayden would be great ..... I'm headed to Laguna for my first live GP in July!

My predictions are:

1. Rossi

2. Hayden

3. Capirossi


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richo

Joined Dec 2005

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• Jun 7, 2006

• #20

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Dazza @ Jun 7 2006, 08:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>OK heres mine.

Gibbers Pole

Rossi to win by 3.7 secs

1) Rossi
2) Hayden
2) Capirossi
4) Stoner
5) Gibbers

DNF

Pedrosa
KRJ
The Mole


Following up on our superiour accuracy, Dazz, I`m gonna go with what my heart`s telling me now:

Pole: Nakano followed closely by Gibernau

Race:

1. Nakano to lap everybody at least once
2. Vermulen
3. Gibernau
4. Hayden
5. Edwards
6. Capirossi
7. Hopkins
8. Depuniet
9. KRJR
10. Pedrosa
11. Checa
12. Melandri
13. Rossi
14. Elias
15. Tamada
16. Hoffman
17. Ellison
18. Cardoso with 3 pit stops

DNF: Stoner