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OK Mr Colin Edwards...

You have been excellent all weekend and have good race pace.

This is your best chance...

You're saying the bike is brilliant...

So...

Just do it!

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Good result for Bradley Smith. Quite exciting the 125 race.

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WOWSER :razz:

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Coolio Racio. Shame about Toseland getting the knock. :(

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Gutted for James- but way to go Edwards!! :D

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Of course today's main race result only added fuel to the theory that the IL-4 configuration is now similar to a dinosaur relic.;)

So many chatty points about today's race but will wait for the tail enders to drop in.:D

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Yamaha coming good, 1-2-3! Excellent ride from everyones favourite Colin and Rossi was imperious.

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Rossi = Simply in another class :D

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Good race, that. Nice to see Colin Edwards on the podium. The Tech 3 bike has clearly got good speed so the future looks bright for JT.

125 race was a good 'un too.

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Pedrosa seemed to fade with the rain.

He did go flying when the rain came last time and I wonder if he played safe and went on a slow lap.

Thought he could have caught Edwards.

Edwards did what he did very well and I have a new faith in the man. Can't say he was washed up after this.

But Lorenzo...what is he doing? A fully fit Jorge is going to be unstoppable.

Rossi was the man today but a duel between him and Jorge will be a sight for the eyes.

Best race so far for 2008.

Poor old Stoner...but he will be happy as he has something to moan about!.

I wonder if Melandri purpose stalled so he don't have to race...he is no happy chappie...I wonder if he will replace Bayliss next year in WSB.

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Hmm a class act indeed he is,however the performance of the day was unquestionably that of Lorenzo who was down with the tail enders at the end of the first lap. He dragged his broken bones up through the field in a manner that used to have people looking to drop their trousers for Valentino.

Sadly for a tiny Spaniard riding a Honda,Casey got in the way to cause nothing but an early lap obstruction which allowed Valentino to pull away. If the tiny Catalan had not been help up in such a manner we might have had a much more entertaining battle at the front of the field.

Edwards? Is that the first podium in the top class by a satelite rider since Sete or am I overlooking someone? (Yeah I am Toni Elias won in Portugal last year.)

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I think Shakey Byrne might get that ride you know. Dont know why, just got a feeling in my bones about it. He knows the bike, he knows some of the circuits, he's a proven winner for Ducati in BSB...

Whereas Melandri has'nt fullfilled his promise since moving up from 250's IMHO, especially as he is struggling so much with that Duke.

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Argh, the race still isn't up on the BBC's iPlayer yet despite ending nearly 5 hours ago. However, ****ing Songs of Praise is even though it ended only 3 hours ago. I don't give a **** about Songs of Praise - give me the race!

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Agreed. That was a thinking mans ride, same as in China. Seemed to me to wait, till he had got through most of the race. Pain not to bad and then right I'm going for it.

I used to think he was a bit of a **** after watching him in 250's but I have to say I'm in awe of the kid at the moment.

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Indeed he is a cocky individual but he does seem pretty cool. :cool:

I think Edwards was great and he was saying that he was getting held up a lot, especially at the beggining of the race. So all in a damn good ride.

Look forward to MCN for once to see what they thought to Toseland's race.

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there's a repeat on eurosport at 20h00

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Great race. I thought it was great the way Dani couldn't get past Stoner who was holding up Dani and probably Edwards to an extent, and then Rossi cruises up and picks them off to leave them pretty much as they were whilst he clears off into the distance :)

Jorge is top, top notch in my book. Definitely a future champion.

I thought JT's crash was partly his own fault. He wasn't fully alongside, he had to expect Dovi to cut back like they all tend to there and he had to realise he wouldn't see him if he did.

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I had to watch the repeat of the race as bl**dy Virgin service wasn't working when it was live - in the Eurosport repeat at 20:00 they didn't show Toseland's off, just heard him say after it was a 'coming together' with Dovi :reaper: A real shame that he didn't get to carry on and show us what he's made of.

Great race by Rossi, he held it together although it would have been more interesting if someone had been pushing him. What I thought interesting was looking at how the mid-pack and tail enders all appeared to be working so hard, bike moving all over the place and yet Rossi, apart from running wide once, never seemed to squirm or move off line at all in that race. The Yam is as stable as can be which must make it so much easier to ride. He didn't look like he even had to try that much! Good and bad I think.

I can't wait til Lorenzo's fully fit (if he allows himself to get fully fit this season!) then we will see what they're both made of :cool:

Basket, I thought exactly the same thing about Melandri! Bad really but he's having such a terrible time I wouldn't be surprised if he walked away from it all =;

Felt sorry for Stoner - he's been very lucky with lack of mechanical faults on the Duc but in the interest of good racing / good championship it's better if there's more people fighting for it.

Hopkins' chain! Crazy that was!

I'm now believing that the majority of riders aren't doing so badly - it's just that the Yams are totally sorted and Casey and Dani are so good that they are making everyone else look worse than they actually are.

Cheers,
Matt

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Can't see how you work that one out. He was in front of Rossi at the start and went backwards throughout the race.

If anyone was gonna push Rossi it was Lorenzo - Pedosas showing was rather weak I thought.

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Definitely weak under braking. He had the pace on Stoner at the start, but was constantly outbraked.

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Pedrsoa was fading by the end.

Poor old Stoner is having the bad luck he didn't get last year.

But Rossi is Mr MotoGP. Doesn't seem right unless he is winning!

If he is on the case then only a fit Jorge can stop him.

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Very disappointed with Pedrose. No balls at all, Mr Safe I think.

Rossi - class act. Getting used to those tyres now. His braking is fantastic. He just seem to drag the break so deep ito the crner whilst leaning over.

Stoner - no more cool dude. As his luck run out.

Toseland ... hmm ... I think he is to blame for that. He was nowhere near "alongside" Andrea.

Is Hayden on his way out?

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Pedrosa's overall performance might be viewed by some as "weak" odd when considering he was riding a bike with an outdated motor and finished 4th? However it has been revealed that from very early on in the race he was suffering with poor front tyre grip,(something that they worked on in practise yesterday) He is not an excuse maker and so I am willing to suggest that his finish position was in reality worthy of much higher praise.

N.B.

It is being muted that the new HRC engine will be used at the Cataluña race for the first time.

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Perhaps. He seems to have the hunger and is prepared to take the risk - He is well worth watching that's for sure!

Is it not a little humiliating to the field that a rider with broken bones in his feet managed to out ride everyone but Rossi to obtain second?

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Don't count Nicky out until after Laguna Seca.

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I think the problem with Hayden is the problem with Honda.

Pedrosa's smaller build means he can have a good power to weight on any machine. None of the Hondas apart from Peds has actually done much.

I think Pedrosa plays the percentages and will always settle if it suits.

Melandri is certainly on the slope and so is Westy. I think Marco could be parting company and WSB could be the option open. If Ducati want a proven race winner then Melandri is available to replace Bayliss. Especially since Melandri is now old news since the Lorenzos and Dovisiosos have stolen his thunder.

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Not odd at all. His bike was still fast down the straights so that's no excuse.

Nah that just means he doesn't deserve a slating.

A mediocre finish if he'd started at the back of the grid deserves praise, slipping back from pole doesn't.