Suzuki MotoGP

Originally Posted by Cloggsy

"They all do that mate"

Yeah, the same bloke selling Fog City inserts also does a line in Fender Extenders

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Belly,belly wet and difficull race.But velly velly happy to win! Way to go Valentino!

Nice to see Rossi stay on cos he really doesn't like the wet. What is going on with Gibernau this season? He seems to have found reverse on his bike. I reckon we might see Melandri doing well this seaon. What do you guys think?

Originally Posted by wheelnut

As for pre season testing and lack of it, Hawk Kawasaki have set up a new team with a brand new bike with hardly any track time.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't they develop the bike last year and now have an entire seasons worth of data for all the tracks?

Glen Richards rode the bike last year, didn't he?

[carelesschucca]

Scott Smart rode it last year, and did most of the electrics for the ignition on it as well Smart guy that Scott Smart... You know he's Barry Sheene's nephew (god, he must get sick of that comment)

Poor Glen Richards had a terrible year (basically obliterated his arm) and was out for most of the season...

Gary Mason rode a Stobart Honda today, making good progress :P until he lost it in terrible conditions.

I still think there will be changes at the birdy team.

watch this space :P

Originally Posted by annie

Nice to see Rossi stay on cos he really doesn't like the wet. What is going on with Gibernau this season? He seems to have found reverse on his bike. I reckon we might see Melandri doing well this seaon. What do you guys think?

This race was quite strange. New circuit, rain... Shame for Gibernau, I like his racing spirit, he always expresses his efforts as part of the team effort, and his sportsmanship is beyond critic, unlike some Italian -ahem- guy's. Make no mistake I am a Rossi fan too but I didn't like his last corner maneuver in Jerez. Such an incident would have cost him dearly (in after-race penalties) in F1. I hate it when someone doesn't know how to lose...

Anyway, did anyone notice Jacque? Wow! He must have been the happiest man on the world that day. One year to ride, inferior bike and on the podium! way to go...

Something about Biaggi: I think that if he continues on this pace throughout the season he should retire from racing altogether. I mean he's supposed to be THE HONDA MAN and he's starting from the 14th grid position? Someone in HRC should've heard Doohan...

Real pity about Gibernau... it's as if he KNOWS he's the best rider, he KNOWS he's got the best bike... yet he still can't win, even in conditions that everyone says "ah - here's your turn to win Sete, you're great in the wet..." he was so close after Rossi last year, Rossi had to pull out everything to get the win and he only just made it... Rossi has it too easy this year... even if easy is just a few seconds ahead I still think Sete has time to get it together and give Rossi a good run... just stop blaming the bike Sete!

Heh, perhaps when Rossi gets bored in winning everone with any bike and retires, then Gibernau & the rest might have a chance... It isn't so good for the sport that one figure dominates it so blatantly. At least he changed from Honda to Yamaha and this spiced things up a lot but for this year it seems it will be last year on REW + PLAY. I hope I will prove to be wrong...

There are people out there with the ability and Bike to give him a good run for his money the problem is they just aren't consistent enough. Barros, Gibernau, Biaggi etc are all capable of winning races it's just when they don't win they tend to do very badly. It's only round three so it's not like it is all over I hope some of the riders get their **** in gear and not let Rossi run away with it.