The Racing Thread - THIS THREAD CONTAINS RESULT INFO

Jordan...Oh I don't know? Rossi has out scored Hayden by gaiining 61 points to the Americans 31 over the last 3 races?

Sveedy, I did not see enough of the overall incident or Carlos Checa's fall to pass any judgement or comment. I can only suggest that perhaps he or his bike had not still cleared the area of his fall.

In theory then a potential danger still existed and the possibility for one of the other riders to fall also? Merely my read in to what went on and nothing more.

There's one thing we're missing here. Hayden's worried about those pesky 5 points, spread all over 3 races. I.e., the current leader of the championship, with 75 points re. three 1st places still out there to be awarded, is worried about 5 points? Why, is he afraid he might not win again this season? So much for a real champion, then...

Filipe....Purely being Devil's Advocate here, but the same kind of thinking might have been what inspoired Valentino to chase down the pack to clinch those 2 points at Jerez? He believed that any points could prove crucial in this season more than any recent one?

Supervox special request.
No doubt this will have Supervox biting his pillow and weeping in to a kleenex.

The "Tk" next to his name is sort of text message slang for "I love you"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTkS3DIfilw


p.s. That site is superb for locating any race clips,just enter the name of your rider or the circuit.

Originally Posted by Peter Henry

Filipe....Purely being Devil's Advocate here, but the same kind of thinking might have been what inspoired Valentino to chase down the pack to clinch those 2 points at Jerez? He believed that any points could prove crucial in this season more than any recent one?

I can see where you're coming from, but IMHO one thing is to go and get those points at the race track, and when you're coming from the back (ooh errrr) every single point counts, and the only way to get them is to go out there and get them.
Hayden's attitude seems a lot like "the big guys are coming to get my trophy, give my ball back, I'm going home to mamma".

True, Rossi's should have been awarded that penalty, I won't dispute that, but imho Hayden's attitude should have been the exact opposite, as in "ok, we have 75 points left, we'll settle it at the race track" instead of going on about "these 5 points may prove themselves crucial, I'd rather be beaten at the racetrack, **** & moan...". And just like Jordan pointed out, his departure from the pit lane could have been really nasty. Really really nasty.

[Supervox]

Originally Posted by Peter Henry

Supervox special request.
No doubt this will have Supervox biting his pillow and weeping in to a kleenex.

The "Tk" next to his name is sort of text message slang for "I love you"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTkS3DIfilw


p.s. That site is superb for locating any race clips,just enter the name of your rider or the circuit.

Peter,

Frankly I'm surprised that they could find enough good podium / racing / fan photos to fill out a 3 minute pop video !! :P

Now, if someone chose to do one for Vale it would undoubtably end up as a 3 HOUR feature film !!

Free Practice (3 sessions) combined lap times Motegi.

1. Valentino Rossi ITA Camel Yamaha Team 1min 46.981 secs
2. Shinya Nakano JPN Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 47.315 secs
3. Marco Melandri ITA Fortuna Honda 1min 47.449 secs
4. Colin Edwards USA Camel Yamaha Team 1min 47.581 secs
5. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team 1min 47.610 secs
6. Toni Elias SPA Fortuna Honda 1min 47.646 secs
7. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 47.731 secs
8. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 47.915 secs
9. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 47.982 secs
10. Kenny Roberts Jr USA Team Roberts 1min 48.002 secs
11. Casey Stoner AUS Honda LCR 1min 48.059 secs
12. Makoto Tamada JPN Konica Minolta Honda 1min 48.160 secs
13. Sete Gibernau SPA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 48.313 secs
14. Kousuke Akiyoshi JPN Team Suzuki MotoGP 1min 48.317 secs
15. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1min 48.389 secs
16. Naoki Matsudo JPN Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 48.722 secs
17. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 49.488 secs
18. James Ellison GBR Tech 3 Yamaha 1min 49.683 secs
19. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 1min 49.761 secs
20. Carlos Checa SPA Tech 3 Yamaha 1min 49.899 secs
21. Jose Luis Cardoso SPA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 1min 51.138 secs

Looks like maybe Valentino has called upon Colin to act as his minder!

Don't all you 46 fans be getting too excited now, Valentino made a number of runs on qualifying tyres to record his best times,(bloody cheat! ) the fastest on race tyres is yer man Loris!




Controversial question for you dudes and dudettes.......
Should not Qualifying tyres be outlawed? They are good for absolutely nothing but 1 quick lap and often the person recording the hot lap is not at all competitive on race compound tyres?

Would it not be far more realistic if only tyres that a rider might use in the race were used at all times?

Yellow flag incident.

Nothing can be done about it now,but out of interest you might wish to view this link. On 22 seconds as they approach right hand bend the yellow flag can be seen waving.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9RgP5uGGdc

Originally Posted by Peter Henry

Controversial question for you dudes and dudettes.......
Should not Qualifying tyres be outlawed? They are good for absolutely nothing but 1 quick lap and often the person recording the hot lap is not at all competitive on race compound tyres?

Would it not be far more realistic if only tyres that a rider might use in the race were used at all times?

Interesting suggestion, but how do you police that one? The officials have enough trouble figuring out yellow flags, let alone deciding what a qualifying tyre is

I think it would be more to the point banning electronic aids like launch control, as used by a red team...

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Originally Posted by Peter Henry

Should not Qualifying tyres be outlawed? They are good for absolutely nothing but 1 quick lap and often the person recording the hot lap is not at all competitive on race compound tyres?

Would it not be far more realistic if only tyres that a rider might use in the race were used at all times?

It woudl be more realistic but would we be robbed of the specatcle of watching these guys really fling their bikes around on sticky rubber ?

Remember what happened in F1 when the f*cked about with Qualifying. It made it dull as ditch water...