Shanghai predictions!

It's going to be a dry race

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RallyeRon @ May 12 2006, 07:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>The best would be if it rained 2moro AND in sundays 20mins warm up, that would be a real gamble for 'em!!!!!!!!!!
i'll have this please

Dani on pole! Yeah!!!


1 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'59.009 17 17 342.5
2 21 John HOPKINS USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'59.373 18 18 0.364 0.364 337.9
3 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Camel Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'59.383 14 15 0.374 0.010 337.9
4 56 Shinya NAKANO JPN Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 1'59.570 14 16 0.561 0.187 332.2
5 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'59.574 18 18 0.565 0.004 340.2
6 15 Sete GIBERNAU SPA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 1'59.639 17 17 0.630 0.065 341.8
7 27 Casey STONER AUS Honda LCR HONDA 1'59.890 14 14 0.881 0.251 343.2
8 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Fortuna Honda HONDA 2'00.014 17 19 1.005 0.124 338.5
9 17 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI 2'00.044 18 18 1.035 0.030 333.6
10 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI 2'00.078 17 19 1.069 0.034 339.4
11 6 Makoto TAMADA JPN Konica Minolta Honda HONDA 2'00.176 19 19 1.167 0.098 343.7
12 71 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 2'00.304 18 19 1.295 0.128 334.0
13 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Camel Yamaha Team YAMAHA 2'00.720 15 18 1.711 0.416 337.1
14 7 Carlos CHECA SPA Tech 3 Yamaha YAMAHA 2'01.052 18 18 2.043 0.332 336.0
15 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Fortuna Honda HONDA 2'01.275 13 16 2.266 0.223 337.9
16 66 Alex HOFMANN GER Pramac d'Antín MotoGP DUCATI 2'01.972 15 16 2.963 0.697 336.2
17 77 James ELLISON GBR Tech 3 Yamaha YAMAHA 2'02.088 16 16 3.079 0.116 333.3
18 10 Kenny ROBERTS JR USA Team Roberts KR211V 2'02.311 13 14 3.302 0.223 335.8
19 30 Jose Luis CARDOSO SPA Pramac d'Antín MotoGP DUCATI 2'02.948 9 11 3.939 0.637 330.4

what's wrong with rossi?!?! It can't be his bike, even edwards is doing good in qualification. I'm starting to think he has no motivation left, that his future plans are already known for him and that he just thinks: what's the difference... where did his winnersmentality go??

I gues it was dry, this morning during qualification?? I haven't seen it, too early for me

It's very confusign. Rossi probably has the same problem he had in Turkey, lack of grip. But he will still be a threat in the race he still wants to win.

Hopkins 2nd with dry track??? I think the Bridgestone qualy tire is working fine, Nakano confirms this theory with his 4th pos. But why are the Ducs not up there then????

Rossi 1.5 seconds slower than Edwards???

Crazy.

I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow.

Camel Yamaha still have chatted even though Colin Edwards rode though it in QP. For Rossi he cant get round the Chatter

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (teomolca @ May 13 2006, 05:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>But why are the Ducs not up there then????
i think it's those three 1st gear corner's that are hurting the duck's

I would have said that Rossi issue would be the whole chattering problem.
Shanghai is a very fast track ... the chattering would be bad here.
but Edwards has thrown that theory out of whack ... everyone else is probably right .... lack of grip.

not much separating the top 6 .... less than a second.... the its a bit of a jump of about 3/4 of a sec. to stoner .....

it could be anyone this race ... my money is on Gibernau ... he's fast here ... he just lacks a little in the 2nd section of the track.

any of the following for a win tonight will be fine:
Gibbers, Melandri, Stoner or Capirossi ..... any of them and ive won money ....
or ... and its a long shot .... a Capirossi-Melandri 1-2 .... cmmmmmooonnnnn.........

13th is looking unlikely for a win from Rossi. That`s pretty far back. A podium, maybe. Unless he gets a good start and is in with the front runners by the 1st corner. But I suspect this season is starting to take its toll on the king of confidence himself.

bloody manboy

ergh.
no money for another few weeks.... haha

fairly ordinary race, i thought....

good work by Hopkins and Edwards at the begining... shame to see Colin couldn't turn it into a win, he really does deserve it.

Rossi did a pretty good job .... weird whole thing with the pitstop and then retirement ... his tyres were fuked....

Stoner did pretty well too ... he had dropped back to tenth there for awhile but pulled back up to fifth... some funny .... going on there with Melandri too just at the end. Hayden did well .... thought he could've pushed just a little more, i thought...

OH YEAH !!!

VICTORY IS SOOOO SWEET!!!


POLE + FASTEST LAP + VICTORY !!!

I know i did'nt do a prediction, but how weird it looks to see so many people wrong ! Ben one day you will have to stop backing rossi, and you might be in with a shout ?stay leftfield i normally do ?espeicially this season.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Katt @ May 14 2006, 03:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Hayden did well .... thought he could've pushed just a little more, i thought...
katt if he'd a pushed any harder he would a been in the gravel. hayden could not catch manboy cause they were runnin the same. the bad start is what screwed nick up. mb was at 1 point 4 places ahead of him, mb got a good jump & passed hopkin's & edward's 7 pulled a nice gap. i thought he did a good job by gettin to within a sec of him. they traded fastest lap 5 or 6 times toward the end. no way was nick gonna catch him...... next time!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (teomolca @ May 14 2006, 03:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>OH YEAH !!!

VICTORY IS SOOOO SWEET!!!


POLE + FASTEST LAP + VICTORY !!!
good grief i knew this was commin..... gonna be insuferable for a week now are'nt ya!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ May 14 2006, 08:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>good grief i knew this was commin..... gonna be insuferable for a week now are'nt ya!

No, if Dani wins again in LeMans it will last mora than a week.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (teomolca @ May 14 2006, 02:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>No, if Dani wins again in LeMans it will last mora than a week.
oh i know!

...... well done Pedrosa! That kid is a bloody ace.

What a talent Dani is.

Superb

I think Nicky could have pushed harder but he did the right thing and thought about the championship. I could be wrong...Dani was flying this weekend.

Great race....

I don't think there was any catching Dani. Nicky threw down lap record times and Dani responded every time. Nicky would take out three tenths and Dani would go four tenths quicker. Can't take anything away from either guy, Dani rode a superb race and if it wasn't for him, Nicky would have won by 11 seconds. The Repsol boys were as fast as I've ever seen them and it's only going to continue.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ooost @ May 15 2006, 12:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>The Repsol boys were as fast as I've ever seen them and it's only going to continue.
rising from the chaos of the last few directionless year's!