*SPOILER* Assen MOTO GP Sat 30 June 2007 - *May contain nuts and results*

Bad news for Elias and Bradley Smith, that's just awful...

Now for that colour scheme... who the hell puked over those bikes?!

Chris Vermuelen eh?

If it rained at every round, he would be world champ.

Pole.

1. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 48.555 secs
2. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 48.572 secs
3. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 49.579 secs
4. Marco Melandri ITA Gresini Honda (B) 1min 49.679 secs
5. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 1min 49.684 secs
6. Colin Edwards USA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 49.691 secs
7. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 1min 49.807 secs
8. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 1min 49.927 secs
9. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 50.132 secs
10. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 1min 50.169 secs
11. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 1min 50.392 secs
12. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 1min 50.402 secs
13. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 1min 50.581 secs
14. Kurtis Roberts USA Team Roberts (M) 1min 51.259 secs
15. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda (M) 1min 51.827 secs
16. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR (M) 1min 53.271 secs
17. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 1min 54.253 secs
18. Makoto Tamada JPN Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 1min 57.525 secs

Yea he must have been a fish in his last life or something .....
good to see Du Puniet right up there, hopefully he can keep it the right way up tomorrow

[Stingo]

Quote of the day:-

"Casey must have some issues with his tyres".

"Yeah, they're not going round fast enough!!"

Brilliant.

Good to see Hondas competitive, one of the best moments of the race was Hayden backing it in on the inside to pass (was it Vermuelen?) on the bend. Who needs that traction control Was the presence of the Honda big boss an incentive.

Rossi superb to catch Stoner. With Casey's lightning start I really thought it was all over at the first turn.

Yeah some great cameos going on and Nicky seemed totally revitalised but just could not tag on to the leading pair.

Valentino superb in his hunt of Casey. Brilliant as Rossi was though I just can't help thinking all was not 100% with the Nº27 bike? I mean for him to be so easilly caught and then killed after the pass? That is by no means an intention to devalue what Rossi achieved and more of that is preferrable to a 1 man show.

Apparently all of the Honda bikes will be given a wide range of new bits at Brno and so it might be interesting to see what happens from then?

[Biker Biggles]

Stoner's problem seems to have been fuel.He only just had enough and must have turned it down in the latter stages.
That West bloke is pretty good for a newbie eh?

Originally Posted by Well Oiled

one of the best moments of the race was Hayden backing it in on the inside to pass (was it Vermuelen?) on the bend. Who needs that traction control Was the presence of the Honda big boss an incentive.

Got me jumping off the seat that one did. Fabulous riding, top marks for the Kentucky Fried Kid there.

Rossi superb to catch Stoner. With Casey's lightning start I really thought it was all over at the first turn.

Same here, Rossi was surely riding his balls off today, he could barely climb the stairs in the end. Great race, and it was nice to see the grin back on Nickys face especially with that yellow helmet on his head

BTW, anyone saw what happened between Vermeulen and RdPuniet?

I missed the start, so have set a reminder for 9pm tonight on eurosport. I did catch the last 5 laps and they were superb.
I like Rossi's new colour scheme, subtle...

Originally Posted by Well Oiled

Good to see Hondas competitive, one of the best moments of the race was Hayden backing it in on the inside to pass (was it Vermuelen?) on the bend. Who needs that traction control Was the presence of the Honda big boss an incentive.

Rossi superb to catch Stoner. With Casey's lightning start I really thought it was all over at the first turn.

ditto - my heart sank and i thought it was gonna be a really dull race. and then that happened!! cool...

Originally Posted by Filipe M.

BTW, anyone saw what happened between Vermeulen and RdPuniet?

OMG the Kwak flipped right over the top of Vermeulen's bike - how did he keep that up??! real shame to see him knocked back to 16th though...