Assen Moto GP-Saturday
Hey guys dont make the mistake I nearly did! This weekends Moto GP is Saturday not Sunday! Does anyone know why Assen is the only Saturday race of any season? :shock: 8)
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You got me thinking about why, so had a quick look and all I could turn up was "By tradtion" :P
But it's the only Moto GP race not to be called a Grand Prix, it's still called the Dutch TT. And it's the only circuit to have been on the world championship every year! Not much help really :) |
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Maybe somebody should tell the :toss: at the BBC that its on today and not tomorrow.
I dont have sky or a digi box so I cant watcht the race till tomorrow as its on Grandstand then and not today :evil: |
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Good job I checked in here! Joining at 10/19 Thanks for the reminder!! JG |
Well we all know who won don't we... That man is a riding God, and Melandri ain't half bad either !
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Well apart from Gibernau :P Submit now Sete, it will be easier iin the long run :D Melandri is my hero at the moment as we are neighbours :D |
I hate to repeat myself,(oh :lol: yeah!) But it has been clear for some time that Marco Melandri is no respecter of reputation. It obviously helps him being Italian also.He made old Max look a complete :toss: yesterday after their little bump when Max tried to nudge him and nearly got dragged under Marco's bike!
No-one will catch Valentino now, that is done.But I also think Marco will be a clear runner up creating a large amount of embarassment for Gibernau. Could Dani Pedrosa be persuaded to step up next year to partner Melandri? What a pairing that would be! And despite him being amazing....I think Valentino would really have his hands full with those two! 8) |
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The Dutch TT is something like 80 years old, and originally held on a very long course of public roads - just like "our" TT in the Isle of Man, the Nurburgring, Spa-Francorchamps and Le Mans etc. Assen was something like 28 Kms long (say 17 miles) and ran rather near to several places of worship and, as I recall from Uncle Edgar, that was why it didn't run on a Sunday. I can still remember the public roads section, but it is now a wonderful purpose built race-track of course (few car races and mainly for bikes); the tradition of running on a Saturday remains. It always used to be on the Saturday immediately following the IoM TT - Uncle Edgar never quite made it there as his feet were still burnt. |
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Thank You for putting it into polite English for me though:oops: |
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