Turkey predictions

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skidmark

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Ireland

Discussion Starter
• Apr 11, 2006

• #1

Since it brought up a whole heap of discussion on lots of different stuff on the first two rounds I'm gonna put this one up again. Interesting thing is last year Stoner won the 250 from Pedrosa by only a 10th of a second so Casey likes it here. I think Rossi will be hard to beat with temperatures more like the preseason tests where the Yamahas worked so well.

http://world.honda.com/WGP/2005/16turkey/race/

http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcycle-rac...turkey-2005.htm


Knock yourselves out!

 

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skidmark

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Ireland

Discussion Starter
• Apr 11, 2006

• #2

1. Rossi

2. Hayden

3. Capirossi

4. Pedrosa

5. Stoner

 

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Wes

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Manchester

• Apr 11, 2006

• #3

My top 3 for Turkey are

1 Valentino Rossi

2 Nicky Hayden

3 Marco Melandri

 

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teomolca

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Valencia, Spain

• Apr 11, 2006

• #4

1. Pedrosa

 

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The Best Man

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Lancashire UK

• Apr 11, 2006

• #5

i'll go with teo purely cos i need that guy to keep scoring me points cos de Puniet cant even stay on his fg bike and the suzuki's... well just look at hopper and you'll know how i felt!!

 

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ed24

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• Apr 11, 2006

• #6

It's going to be tough but i think Vale will prevail in Turkey, the man is now riding with a new motivation, to make up for the horrible weekend at Spain....
GO!!!!!!!

 

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skidmark

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Ireland

Discussion Starter
• Apr 11, 2006

• #7

Hi Ed, welcome to the forum!

 

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rossi 46 winner

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northants

• Apr 11, 2006

• #8

hayden is gunna be very close for victory..

 

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Wes

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Manchester

• Apr 11, 2006

• #9

That is why I have him in my top 3 prodiction plus he like left handed tracks

 

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frosty58

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washington DC, USA

• Apr 11, 2006

• #10

1. hayden 2. rossi 3. melandri 4. caparosi 5. manboy

 

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Le_ShAkEy

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Brixham & Dartmouth, Devon

• Apr 11, 2006

• #11

1. Hayden
2. Rossi
3. Melandri

 

Austin

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Woody Creek

• Apr 11, 2006

• #12

Going left is surely going to suit Hayden and he said he loved the track last year so he could bag his first win off home soil, who knows. Rossi is riding with determination that we haven't seen since 2004. Capirossi is on fire with Gibbers always close in tow. Melandri won last year and had a breakthrough in Qatar testing, will it carry over? Pedrosa and Stoner both went well here last year so they could be up front as well. It's tough to say but I think I have to be the homer on this one:

1. Hayden
2. Rossi
3. Melandri
4. Capirossi
5. Pedrosa
6. Gibernau
7. Stoner

 

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Katt

• Apr 12, 2006

• #13

i wouldnt have a clue as to what gonna happen in this next race aye...
as you've said... 8 lefts ... 6 rights ... the track looks fairly flat??? ( i cant see, this screen is ...... up)...
and from what i remember its a pretty fast circuit... spells Hayden all over to me ...

matthew and my flat trackers theory (which applied at Qatar but i never posted about)
the boys coming from a 'flat tracking' background will do well at these flat fast tracks ...flat trackers including dirt bikers, supermotards etc ...
the techinical stuff about this is all held up in mine and matts head and i have tried in vain to write about it, but i can't get it out at this moment
something about the cornering speed and the way they take their corners ... but the conclusion of it ended up being that our boys like Hayden & Stoner with a flat tracking background hold a bit of an advantage going to these tracks...
excuse me if im not makeing sense ... its been a long day ...

my bets for Turkey? ....
1. Hayden ..... needs a win .... and i need money, worth a bet don't ya think?
2. Melandri .... won here last year .. (didn't he?) and its about time he picks up his act
3. Stoner ... he likes the track, won here on the 250's and the flat tracker theory ... plus my team needs money
4. Rossi ... because hes rossi but knowing my luck he will be further up the order
5. Gibernau ... my team REALLY needs money
6. The Midget ... lets see if he can actualy get on the bike ... or he might need a boost
7. Capirex ... ditto to rossi ... bacuse hes capirex but knowing my luck he will be further up the order

now watch me fail miserably

 

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rossi 46 winner

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northants

• Apr 12, 2006

• #14

ooost for once i cant call u a homer cus its a good pick with nicky, i wouldnt call turkey a flat track with the ups and downs and twists would u?

 

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Katt

• Apr 12, 2006

• #15

i cant remember the track for the life of me .... and this computer screen is screwed up ...

 

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skidmark

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Ireland

Discussion Starter
• Apr 12, 2006

• #16

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>1. Hayden
2. Rossi
3. Melandri

This seems to be the top pick. Hayden is on the boil no doubt and Rossi is man and machine in harmony again but Melandri? He won last year, but this year is a bit different. Melandri and Elias had a good day testing after the qatar race but I'm not 100% sure that will carry through. I think Capirossi will be in touch. As well as the very fast sections in Turkey, there is a some very hard braking followed by dead slow corners and hard acceleration which will suit the Ducati/B'Stone combo well. To say that Nicky's rear grip issues and Rossi's chatter problems are gone forever could be premature. It's a very different circuit to Losail. I'm biased I guess, I'd just love to see Loris as a year long contender.

 

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Wes

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Manchester

• Apr 12, 2006

• #17

Turkey has the daddy (as Toby Moody calles it) of all corners took in 5th or (6th if you dare) and it has turn 8 the big long left hand plus a minicorkscrew to start the lap

 

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Sanctaphrax

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Look behind you....

• Apr 12, 2006

• #18

1) Hayden
2) Capirossi
3) Pedrosa
4) Rossi

 

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rhodesy

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Essex

• Apr 12, 2006

• #19

1st ROSSI
2nd Hayden
3rd Capirossi
4th pedrosa
5th gibernau
6th elias
7th Melandri

 

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DRILL

Joined Jun 2005

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• Apr 12, 2006

• #20

1.Rossi
2.Hayden
3.Pedrosa.
KRJR maybe 5th or 6th with any luck.