Joined Apr 2011
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bbc`s "special" after the race, for our friends down under or over the pond...
http://youtu.be/xlO2zSFN5mo
they were quick, they block it...sorry
http://youtu.be/xlO2zSFN5mo
they were quick, they block it...sorry
Joined Oct 2006
25K Posts | 4K+
Your Mom's House
I'll assume this is the "RACE" thread.
Well done Marquez. Simply and excellent performance. Smart, gutsy (considering his injuries) patient, calculating, masterful.
Excellent result and performance from Cal. (Good thing he didn't take his own advice of riders racing injured). I said at Assen that I thought it was his best race performance ever, I need to revise this and say now this one was his best career race. Passing Valentino the way he did was both a statement and a coming of age of sorts. He said in the post race interview had Lorenzo and Pedrosa raced that the podium would had been the same, he is correct (I'm assuming he meant an injured Jlo and Pedro). We can speculate on his run of podiums absent injured and torpedoed riders of course. Nonethelss, his pre-emptive qualification of the podium was not necessary, as he beat a factory Yamaha rider, and that is enough accolade that he seeks. Well done. (Just for godsakes man, shut your mouth.)
Valentino Rossi, give Cal your bike. The truth is, one should not be outperformed by a satellite bike of your own factory. But then again, that was not Dorna's intent when they subsidized his ride to race with the front group. Enjoy your hats and teeshirts boppers, Dorna thanks you for it. He will most like win at Laguna Seca next week, but this is more than half a function of his bike....and that his teammate is ....... Facilitated record.
Bradl, no excuse for not being on the podium at his home GP after leading the race. Nice guy, yes. Funny man, yes. World champion material, no. Ducati suck. Espargaro enjoying an artificially propped up defacto factory Aprillia with extra fuel and special tires, I don't buy the artificial result. Nicky's performance today was pitiful (unless reports he was running 3 cylinders or a square tire).
I feel bad for Andrea Iannone the most today. As his career is being ...... by a manufacture that is unsafe and should be banned by the FIM on safety grounds. That is no ......... We talk so much about safety and this and that, about supposed walls that are dangerous, etc. What about an unfit machine being fielded on the grid?Take a moment to consider that Iannone held his own to today's race winner when on slightly inferior equipment. Iannone does not deserve this and has become another casualty of the Dorna's facilitated kings vs pons game.
Dani Pedro: Speaking of safety, all kidding aside about Pedrosa, he made the right decision not to race. Sure, he is not as mentally strong as other top riders, but I doubt this was the case. I doubt he didn't ride because he cracked his collar bone and self-doubt crept in; but rather because he had a concussion. This is much worse than broken bones. Lorenzo was correct to ride with a repaired broken collar bone, and Crutchlow is simply wrong on his take regarding Jorge's ride at Assen). In his defense, maybe he didn't express himself right or I didn't understand what he meant. Not all injuries are created equal, and anybody trying to blanket injuries and the fitness of riders to race must be very careful to make any correlations! Pedro's injury was worse and much different as it is a brain injury, the chief of all the organs. Speedy recovery to him and Lorenzo.
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Well done Marquez. Simply and excellent performance. Smart, gutsy (considering his injuries) patient, calculating, masterful.
Excellent result and performance from Cal. (Good thing he didn't take his own advice of riders racing injured). I said at Assen that I thought it was his best race performance ever, I need to revise this and say now this one was his best career race. Passing Valentino the way he did was both a statement and a coming of age of sorts. He said in the post race interview had Lorenzo and Pedrosa raced that the podium would had been the same, he is correct (I'm assuming he meant an injured Jlo and Pedro). We can speculate on his run of podiums absent injured and torpedoed riders of course. Nonethelss, his pre-emptive qualification of the podium was not necessary, as he beat a factory Yamaha rider, and that is enough accolade that he seeks. Well done. (Just for godsakes man, shut your mouth.)
Valentino Rossi, give Cal your bike. The truth is, one should not be outperformed by a satellite bike of your own factory. But then again, that was not Dorna's intent when they subsidized his ride to race with the front group. Enjoy your hats and teeshirts boppers, Dorna thanks you for it. He will most like win at Laguna Seca next week, but this is more than half a function of his bike....and that his teammate is ....... Facilitated record.
Bradl, no excuse for not being on the podium at his home GP after leading the race. Nice guy, yes. Funny man, yes. World champion material, no. Ducati suck. Espargaro enjoying an artificially propped up defacto factory Aprillia with extra fuel and special tires, I don't buy the artificial result. Nicky's performance today was pitiful (unless reports he was running 3 cylinders or a square tire).
I feel bad for Andrea Iannone the most today. As his career is being ...... by a manufacture that is unsafe and should be banned by the FIM on safety grounds. That is no ......... We talk so much about safety and this and that, about supposed walls that are dangerous, etc. What about an unfit machine being fielded on the grid?Take a moment to consider that Iannone held his own to today's race winner when on slightly inferior equipment. Iannone does not deserve this and has become another casualty of the Dorna's facilitated kings vs pons game.
Dani Pedro: Speaking of safety, all kidding aside about Pedrosa, he made the right decision not to race. Sure, he is not as mentally strong as other top riders, but I doubt this was the case. I doubt he didn't ride because he cracked his collar bone and self-doubt crept in; but rather because he had a concussion. This is much worse than broken bones. Lorenzo was correct to ride with a repaired broken collar bone, and Crutchlow is simply wrong on his take regarding Jorge's ride at Assen). In his defense, maybe he didn't express himself right or I didn't understand what he meant. Not all injuries are created equal, and anybody trying to blanket injuries and the fitness of riders to race must be very careful to make any correlations! Pedro's injury was worse and much different as it is a brain injury, the chief of all the organs. Speedy recovery to him and Lorenzo.
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Garbin
With Cal moving to Vale's bike.
Vale will end up in WSBK with yam. Could he win the most WSBK WCs?
Yam is going back there with the new R1.
Jorge, Cal, Espargaro #1 & Espargaro #2 would be a good line up on the four M1's.
With Cal moving to Vale's bike.
Vale will end up in WSBK with yam. Could he win the most WSBK WCs?
Yam is going back there with the new R1.
Jorge, Cal, Espargaro #1 & Espargaro #2 would be a good line up on the four M1's.
Joined Jan 2011
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The North!
Too bad for Pedro. Just when I am finally starting to warm up to the little Spainish ........ He took a hell of a blow to the head, impact blew his helmet screen right off. He immediately tried to stand and fell on his can. Then was wobbly as he walked away. Im no doc but when you suffer dizziness and sickness after a head blow thats pretty much a bonafide concussion (brain injury).
Joined Oct 2006
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Your Mom's House
WTFs up with this thread, is everybody on vacation?
Anyway, forgot to mention. Well done to Bradley Smith for finally looking like a MotoGP rider. Given he is still fighting injury (good thing his teammate didnt talk him out of racing). Well done for beating a bunch of CRTs and Ducatis.
Lex, Hayes is trying to seal the deal on a 4th AMA title. He aint gonna screw around in GP.
Anyway, forgot to mention. Well done to Bradley Smith for finally looking like a MotoGP rider. Given he is still fighting injury (good thing his teammate didnt talk him out of racing). Well done for beating a bunch of CRTs and Ducatis.
Lex, Hayes is trying to seal the deal on a 4th AMA title. He aint gonna screw around in GP.
Well what the hell is there to talk about? Marquez will win at least the next race and probably the next two and Crutchlow is being praised for coming second while 2 top riders are out injured just for beating Rossi which he has done multiple times this year. Also, Bautista couldn't even have a chance to kill anybody today as he was all by himself the whole time. Id say it was the most boring race so far this year, it was a battle of fourth/fifth place riders for a position they normally can't get. And Hayden still came in 9th!
it was a bit of a snooze, and normally I like the Sachsenring - especially the lower classes. (no, not the slutty estate gurls...).
Joined Aug 2007
11K Posts | 3K+
Pomona NY
BJ.C
It was pretty predictable. Tho - if Cal had managed a better start it'd be interesting to see if he really could have closed in on
Marquez. My guess is that Marky was playing it relatively safe and could have managed the gap if old Calvin had got within
striking distance; but Cal sure did look confident.
It was pretty predictable. Tho - if Cal had managed a better start it'd be interesting to see if he really could have closed in on
Marquez. My guess is that Marky was playing it relatively safe and could have managed the gap if old Calvin had got within
striking distance; but Cal sure did look confident.
Joined Jul 2007
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unda cheese
Joined Feb 2007
11K Posts | 2K+
Tennessee
Keshav
Yea, when it seemed like Cal was going to get it within a second, it instead went back to 1.6. Marquez appeared to have 2-3 10/ths in reserve.
This is going to be the season of what ifs. They all are, but this season seems to have a bunch of them and we are only half way through. What if Rossi hadnt crashed, he would be close enough in the points that i would be sick to my stomach. The obvious what ifs with George and Pedro. What if Marquez hadnt thrown 2nd away at Mugello with a couple of laps to go, he would have a one race lead in points. It is what it is, and the points are really more of a reflection of the season so far. I cant believe im saying this, but the most consistent rider this year is leading the points. Who would have thought that the wild bull in a china shop would be mister consistency in his rookie season.
Yea, when it seemed like Cal was going to get it within a second, it instead went back to 1.6. Marquez appeared to have 2-3 10/ths in reserve.
This is going to be the season of what ifs. They all are, but this season seems to have a bunch of them and we are only half way through. What if Rossi hadnt crashed, he would be close enough in the points that i would be sick to my stomach. The obvious what ifs with George and Pedro. What if Marquez hadnt thrown 2nd away at Mugello with a couple of laps to go, he would have a one race lead in points. It is what it is, and the points are really more of a reflection of the season so far. I cant believe im saying this, but the most consistent rider this year is leading the points. Who would have thought that the wild bull in a china shop would be mister consistency in his rookie season.
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