Valencia:
The track itself is not in my opinion the best one to run the last race of the season on. Not enough overtaking opportunities, and while doubtless Spain brings in huge crowds, I think maybe the championship should end at Catalunya, Mugello or Jerez instead, which would lead to a more open and exciting race.
250CC:
I was thrilled to see Loca back on the podium, though I was disappointed for Hiro, I really thought he could have won that race. However if he had, there would have been no first victory in 25 podiums for Alex de Angelis. With all the drama of the day, De Angelis deserves congratulations and with resemblance to Elias's win last week, he deserves to not be entirely overshadowed. A brilliant race by De Angelis, he did get fairly lucky, you get the impression he was just dropping back from Loca and Hiro, but tactically he was faultless. Like I said, well done to Loca too, I really hope he gets a better bike/team next year. I loved seeing the teamwork between Barbera and Lorenzo, thats the kind of teamwork I like seeing.
MotoGP:
Congrats to Troy Bayliss, a superb ride from him, nobody could even get close to him on the day. Ditto Loris Capirossi, rode brilliantly and thoroughly deserved his second place.
I think Rossi just took a big knock, he's always had that psychological advantage that he does not make unforced errors, he's cool under pressure and a rider is less likely to fight with him than with KRJR for example. He just has that air of being superhuman. His crash was completely unforced and was a mistake, the kind nobody was expecting from Rossi. My guess is he was frustrated by not being able to get past Casey, and just got a bit too nervous too early on. He cracked under the pressure, and thats something he's not used to doing, I think it'll affect him badly next year.
Hayden as always is Mr Consistency, just doing what he needs to do and not above it and risking everything. Tactically he's the best rider out there in my opinion. He got five points more than Rossi, and by virtue of that, he both deserved and won the title. Congratulations Nicky!
Randy Mamola:
They were talking about some people on messageboards saying Nicky didn't deserve the title, and Randy said something about "Social inadequates who frequent chatrooms". I'll show you bloody social inadequate, I have a lot of friends..... <span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%mostly from the internet but that doesn't prove anything!
The track itself is not in my opinion the best one to run the last race of the season on. Not enough overtaking opportunities, and while doubtless Spain brings in huge crowds, I think maybe the championship should end at Catalunya, Mugello or Jerez instead, which would lead to a more open and exciting race.
250CC:
I was thrilled to see Loca back on the podium, though I was disappointed for Hiro, I really thought he could have won that race. However if he had, there would have been no first victory in 25 podiums for Alex de Angelis. With all the drama of the day, De Angelis deserves congratulations and with resemblance to Elias's win last week, he deserves to not be entirely overshadowed. A brilliant race by De Angelis, he did get fairly lucky, you get the impression he was just dropping back from Loca and Hiro, but tactically he was faultless. Like I said, well done to Loca too, I really hope he gets a better bike/team next year. I loved seeing the teamwork between Barbera and Lorenzo, thats the kind of teamwork I like seeing.
MotoGP:
Congrats to Troy Bayliss, a superb ride from him, nobody could even get close to him on the day. Ditto Loris Capirossi, rode brilliantly and thoroughly deserved his second place.
I think Rossi just took a big knock, he's always had that psychological advantage that he does not make unforced errors, he's cool under pressure and a rider is less likely to fight with him than with KRJR for example. He just has that air of being superhuman. His crash was completely unforced and was a mistake, the kind nobody was expecting from Rossi. My guess is he was frustrated by not being able to get past Casey, and just got a bit too nervous too early on. He cracked under the pressure, and thats something he's not used to doing, I think it'll affect him badly next year.
Hayden as always is Mr Consistency, just doing what he needs to do and not above it and risking everything. Tactically he's the best rider out there in my opinion. He got five points more than Rossi, and by virtue of that, he both deserved and won the title. Congratulations Nicky!
Randy Mamola:
They were talking about some people on messageboards saying Nicky didn't deserve the title, and Randy said something about "Social inadequates who frequent chatrooms". I'll show you bloody social inadequate, I have a lot of friends..... <span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%mostly from the internet but that doesn't prove anything!
