| Author | Message | ||
     Bdabuell |
Nicky Hayden on the pole! Valentino third this should be a good race 1. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team 1min 29.020 secs 2. Shinya Nakano JPN Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 29.258 secs 3. Valentino Rossi ITA Camel Yamaha Team 1min 29.271 secs 4. Kenny Roberts Jr USA Team Roberts 1min 29.662 secs 5. Colin Edwards USA Camel Yamaha Team 1min 29.680 secs 6. Carlos Checa SPA Tech 3 Yamaha 1min 29.865 secs 7. Marco Melandri ITA Fortuna Honda 1min 29.949 secs 8. Casey Stoner AUS Honda LCR 1min 29.969 secs 9. Randy de Puniet FRA Kawasaki Racing Team 1min 30.037 secs 10. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team 1min 30.081 secs 11. Makoto Tamada JPN Konica Minolta Honda 1min 30.132 secs 12. Sete Gibernau SPA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 30.237 secs 13. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro Team 1min 30.393 secs 14. Toni Elias SPA Fortuna Honda 1min 30.498 secs 15. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 31.143 secs 16. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1min 31.288 secs 17. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 1min 31.676 secs 18. James Ellison GBR Tech 3 Yamaha 1min 31.998 secs 19. Jose Luis Cardoso SPA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP 1min 32.870 secs | ||
| Daves |
Wow, what happened to Pedrosa and Capirossi? Go Nicky! | ||
| Eboos |
I predict Hayden 1st, Rossi 2nd, Capirossi 3rd, Pedrosa 4th, Melandri 5th. Hoping to win a Dainese shirt by the end of the season. | ||
| Cyclonemick |
Is the race on Sunday? | ||
| Bdabuell |
Is the race on Sunday? yup...tho with the time difference, today/Saturday here is Sunday there (SPEED is showing it Sunday @ 4PM) I predict Hayden 1st, Rossi 2nd, Capirossi 3rd, Pedrosa 4th, Melandri 5th. That will be interesting to see...Hayden said he was not happy with QP - said he had 1 good lap, but 27 bad...and that he really needs to do some work to keep good race pace (Message edited by bdabuell on September 16, 2006) | ||
| Moboy516 |
Ducatis and Suzukis are on Bridgestones and are having a lot of difficulty finding grip with their qualifying tire. Nicky was pretty slow on race tires and had a very good qualifier on there. I hope this race is as good as the epic battle last weekend. This year's MotoGP series has been some of the best racing that I have ever seen. | ||
| Daves |
My picks Rossi Hayden Pedrosa | ||
| Rubberdown |
Didn't Rossi overcome something like a 10 second deficit at this race last year and win it?  | ||
| Rocketman |
Capirossi Rossi Pedrosa Roberts or Rossi Capirossi Pedrosa Roberts Rocket | ||
| Cyclonemick |
Hey Rocketman, I don't see Hayden in your standings. You got something against us MidWesterners?  | ||
| Moboy516 |
Rossi Capirossi Hopkins (man this guy is due!) | ||
| Eboos |
My impression of the Suzuki team's performance.  | ||
| Moboy516 |
Does anyone know if the rumors are true about Garry McCoy riding a bike in the last two races of the season? | ||
| Bdabuell |
i think Hopkins and Vermeulen have done an excellent job of showing that the bike can go very well, very fast... ...but it seems Suzuki and Bridgestone have to do some work to maintain it over race distance...they seem to be close | ||
| Eboos |
Don't get me wrong. Hopkins and Vermeulen have done an excellent job, it's just the bikes aren't sorted out yet, and they haven't been since they came out. Suzuki needs an experienced test rider to help iron out their problems. Who did McWilliams ride for in 03? | ||
| Rocketman |
Suzuki have done great this season, thanks to their team run by Paul Denning and UK based Cresent Suzuki. Hopkins is the coming man where American's are concerned. Kenny Roberts Jnr has the experience and is showing it, and their British built bike is flying at last. Hayden is a great smooth rider, but Pedrosa is starting to eclipse him toward the season end. If Hayden wanted the title he should be pushing hard, not going for consistency. I can't help but feel he's resting on his laurels a little. Well maybe not resting, but certainly relying, and he is gonna get caught. Rocket | ||
| Eboos |
Hayden's downfall is, if he wins this season, people will look down on him for having so few victories. People will always say that Rossi would have won if he didn't have the technical problems he had this season. Hayden needs to get the wins, not to win the championship, but to BEAT Rossi. | ||
| Moboy516 |
Mcwilliams rode for ProtonKR in '03 I think. | ||
| Jaimec |
Rossi is proving why he's considered one of the greatest racers EVER. Despite three DNF's, he's also WON more races than any other rider this season and is within striking distance of Nicky with only 21 points separating them. Nicky has to prove that he is hungry enough to go all out for a win and not just settle for consistent podiums before he'll ever be champion. He should take a lesson from his teammate last week who raced with a broken toe and gouged knee and STILL managed a podium finish. | ||
| Bdabuell |
right at the end of broadcast yesterday, they said Hayden was appealing against Rossi, saying he had overtaken during a yellow flag condition, when that is not allowed...anyone know anything further on that? | ||
| Bdabuell |
never mind....found it http://www.crash.net/news_View~t~Honda--disappointed--as-Rossi-escapes-punishmen t-~cid~6~id~137503.htm | ||
| Jaimec |
Superbike Planet had that yesterday. Since Stoner had passed him back, they decided there would be no penalty. Nicky's going to have to better than that. Hey, did anyone else notice that Max Biaggi got himself a World Superbike ride next season with a Suzuki satellite team? Let's see, he's pissed off Yamaha and Honda in MotoGP, so how he's all set to piss off some brand new manufacturers! Motorcycle USA said it best: "Ride the bike, don't make excuses." Good advice. Hope he takes it. | ||
| Eboos |
Here is a story about Max from 1997. I thought this was pretty funny that he was an ass even before he was in the big show. http://www.superbikeplanet.com/featuremax1997.htm You have to admire Honda's patience in dealing with him so many times. | ||
| Bdabuell |
it was a good race tho...very interesting seeing all the flying pitstops... | ||
| Diablobrian |
the Repsol Honda crew deserves a lot of credit for the speed of Nicky's bike swap. I was stunned when Rossi pulled back onto the track with Nicky right on his tail. | ||
| Bdabuell |
here's an update on Colin Edwards http://www.crash.net/news_View~t~Edwards--I-was-waiting-for-a-faller----it-was-m e-~cid~6~id~137540.htm the coverage only showed him down...I didn't realize he'd high-sided |
