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Sachsenring race 125 & 250

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125cc Yawn

250cc:
What do you guys think of Barbera's behaviour?

In my opinion he should be fined for reckless driving.
Missing once, ok. Missing on 50% of the first 15 laps he should be dumped to the Roookie cup.

Some justice at the end as he faded and the two main victims KTM's Ayoama and Kallio on 1st and 2nd. All in all a good race.
 
Didn't see 125cc, seems I didn't miss much, the championship fight is red hot though between Talmacsi and Faubel.

250cc was really good, 6 riders all in one group. I'm happy for Hiro, after a troubled season start with his injury he's back on form, and so is KTM!

You could tell Alex DeAngelis was going to lose this race, lot's of speed but this guy has no killer instinct at all, 123GPs, 1 win, bunch of 2nds and 3rds says it all.

I was very sorry for Simon he was doing very well up there and crashed out because a lapped rider got in his way, very unlucky.

Barberá must have had some type of mechanical problem cause he braked earlier than the rest but the bike didn't stop! Maybe fork was far too soft.

Dovi was weird, seemed fast at some laps and slow at others, Dovi has never been good at this track and today it showed. Championship looking harder and harder.

Lorenzo, all in all a bad weekend that came out with a pretty decent result. He looked very dubitative in the race, he's usual assertive moves were not to be seen, but I guess he had in mind Donny (if you can't win, settle for the points, don't crash!)
 
Barbera really should be forced back a few groups into the Rookies cup for a while until he learns how to ride properly. He's a danger to the other riders in the class.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teomolca @ Jul 15 2007, 01:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I was very sorry for Simon he was doing very well up there and crashed out because a lapped rider got in his way, very unlucky.

Barberá must have had some type of mechanical problem cause he braked earlier than the rest but the bike didn't stop! Maybe fork was far too soft.
Even if it was a mechanical problem he still made the desition to continue in the middle of the leading group, endangering himself and lots of others.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>Lorenzo, all in all a bad weekend that came out with a pretty decent result. He looked very dubitative in the race, he's usual assertive moves were not to be seen, but I guess he had in mind Donny (if you can't win, settle for the points, don't crash!)

yeah, I must admitt, Luntaick looks like he has grown, not taking too many chances anymore. Good for him, but I still can't see him as Rossi's team mate.
 
The 125 race i thought was excellent, it was pretty standard 125 racing thats great to watch just separated into smaller groups. I feel bad for Pasini, such a shame to see him finally give up and be defeated. Overall i was just happy to see Gabor win another race because i'm routing for him to be world champ.

the 250 race was amazing again, i often find 250 being my favorite class to watch and today was an excellent reminder of why. I wanted so badly for DeAngleis to actually get the win, but it just wasn't to be and i was almost as happy to see Aoyama and KTM return to form so well. Barbera really isn't a very impressive racer these days, he makes silly errors, never learns and upsets as many people as possible. I don't think he should be penalized for his rubbish passes, but they were not very sporting.

Dovitsiozo needs to do something very soon before he becomes obsolete in the championship battle, as it stands now he is less consistent than DeAngelis (who is a machine) and slower than Lorenzo. Jorge had a fairly average day today, but 4th isn't such a bad result and it was nice to see him still happy with himself and celebrating the effort.
 
Was it Gadea in the 125 that slid off on the last corner? saw him desperately trying to get back on before having to call it a day.
 
Just thought i'd mention, as not much credit has been given here, that one lap more and Kallio would've won the race - he set the fastest lap on the last lap and aoyama was fortunate to win it. Kallio certainly came off worse after barbera's antics - dropping down behind simon. So a superb first podium for the scorpion!

Still excellent ride from aoyama and i was saying from early in the race: Kallio's biggest problem is going to be his teammate
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. Ktm certainly sorted their bikes out
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It was real good to see the Katoom`s doing the business and hats off to Bradley for a great effort to 8th.
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