MotoGP Catalunya race discussion

Discuss..

I feel this will be a face in 2 however we'll see soon enough

Btw Vale was quickest in the WUP with a time of 1´43.182.

Stoner was 3rd fastest and Pedrosa was 13th fastest.

damn that ducati is still fast, see how it blew dovi away down the straight.

scud black flagged.

Let's see if Rossi can do something here to overhaul Pedrosa now

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jack daniels @ Jun 8 2008, 01:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Let's see if Rossi can do something here to overhaul Pedrosa now
tall order being 7.5 sec behind. surprised casey is over 7.5 secs behind seeing he was right with pedro at the start.

yamaha seriously need to work on the top end speed.

struggling to pass stoner even in the slipstream.....

Well done to Pedrosa, fantastic race by Vale and JT

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jazkat @ Jun 8 2008, 04:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>yamaha seriously need to work on the top end speed.

struggling to pass stoner even in the slipstream.....


They run an I-4--it's inherently fat and underpowered--I think they are probably near their peak.

I predicted the race would be boring. A risky bet these days, but thankfully Moto1 delivered.

The Rossi Stoner battle was decent, but as with all 800cc battles it involved one pass then a lot of smoke and mirrors.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (odessa @ Jun 8 2008, 01:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Well done to Pedrosa, fantastic race by Vale and JT
Petulant stoner may be, but he doesn't give up easily. I think rossi always had him covered and was toying with him to an extent. Casey must be looking forward to the GP09, because the current bike certainly does not look easy to ride, and as someone said earlier the track itself seems dangerous.

Pedrosa looks like he may be able to give rossi a fight for the title. I agree it was a great ride by toseland on a new track for him.

RESULT :
1. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 43min 2.175 secs
2. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team ( 43min 4.981 secs
3. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team ( 43min 5.518 secs
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP (M) 43min 13.068 secs
5. Colin Edwards USA Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 43min 18.601 secs
6. James Toseland GBR Tech 3 Yamaha (M) 43min 23.657 secs
7. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP ( 43min 23.723 secs
8. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 43min 24.455 secs
9. Shinya Nakano JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini ( 43min 24.550 secs
10. John Hopkins USA Kawasaki Racing Team ( 43min 49.100 secs
11. Marco Melandri ITA Ducati Marlboro Team ( 44min 0.166 secs
12. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team ( 44min 1.343 secs
13. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Alice Team ( 44min 2.954 secs

Congrats to Dani...
Great ride by Vale...from 9th to 2nd...not much riders can do that...
Disappointment for Stoner..another chassis problem ?...

Dani dominance returns!!!!!

I'm absolutly thrilled at the moment, especially going into Donny.

Nicky went backwards again (surprising? no!), Toseland did pretty well in my opinion to beat Vermeulen, great ride from Dovi to claim 4th and Rossi obviously did really well to cut through the field and claim 2nd.

And to anyone who says Dani is never happy, everytime i've seen him on the podium this year (every race bar Le Mans) he has had a great big smile on his face.

Oh and how hot is his girlfriend!?!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (#46 @ Jun 8 2008, 02:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Disappointment for Stoner..another chassis problem ?...
rossi did a lot of slip streaming behind stoner after he had been past because by the ducati top speed but come the last few laps it looked as though that power advantage had gone. maybe rossi made stoner use his fuel while rossi saved his by slipstreaming causing stoners tc to limit the power. as for chassis problems it looked to me that all the fast riders had problems with the bike moving around.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Haga @ Jun 8 2008, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>And to anyone who says Dani is never happy, everytime i've seen him on the podium this year (every race bar Le Mans) he has had a great big smile on his face.


Don’t know mate, I was really looking today at his expressions and behavior, and could not see any smiles, or obvious joy. I am sure he is very happy deep inside, but he just does not show any of it, and he is as charismatic as a lemon.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (#46 @ Jun 8 2008, 01:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Great ride by Vale...from 9th to 2nd...not much riders can do that...
Disappointment for Stoner..another chassis problem ?...

Must say that Stoner gave a great fight.

like a scalded cat! pedrosa really took off & did what he's good at... controlling from the front. the battle for 2nd was it tho, really great stuff from rossi & stoner! the championship is real tight at the top for 1st & 2nd & now stoner is only 2 points from lorenzo. both still in it. what a great ride by dovi it's time to give the boy a new bike. colin his customary 5th with a good ride by toseland for 6th. 7th for the mole... ehhhh. looks like nicky's back to fayden... so so sad decrash, deangelis, cappers crash crash crash! on to donnington!

1. Dani Pedrosa - Rabbit
2. Valentino Rossi - If only you'd a been on the front row in QP!
3. Casey Stoner - Long way to Go Casey hang in there!
4. Andrea Dovizioso - Bloody Marvelous...was that for extra cash in the repsol package?
5. Colin Edwards - Your win is coming!
6. James Toseland - Keep at it...you will soon get on the podium!
7. Chris Vermeulen - Nice job but you got beat by the tougher rider.
8. Nicky Hayden - You looked great in practice, and got swamped at the start...shame really
9. Shinya Nakano - Token Japanese guy.
10. John Hopkins - You teeth look great....shame you were not on TV at all!
11. Marco Melandri - Well to fight off Westy...
12. Anthony West - You beat Guinter...WOW...
13. Sylvain Guintoli - You didn't Black Flag nice job!


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Haga @ Jun 8 2008, 02:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>And to anyone who says Dani is never happy, everytime i've seen him on the podium this year (every race bar Le Mans) he has had a great big smile on his face.

Oh and how hot is his girlfriend!?!
Dani smiles cause he doesn't have to actually race anyone...
His girlfriend is hot, it is just a shame for her that he make loves like he races....quick and alone!

Great race from vale, kept it interesting.

It was a good race from Dani, i don't think Rossi could have beaten him if he was closer.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (an4rew @ Jun 8 2008, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Great race from vale, kept it interesting.

It was a good race from Dani, i don't think Rossi could have beaten him if he was closer.


after watching the race if rossi was on front row i think he would have had dani, there was alot of riders holding him up in start of race, its easier to dissapear with an open track.

im wondering how it would have panned out if rossi stayed with michelin with this years m1?


stoner doing my headin with excuses every dam race, its always something mysterious that cant be seen......... when he said rossi was making excuses atleast you could actualy see when rossi was in trouble with tyres and his bike just giving up.