http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3LwiU7ql7E

very cool.

Wasn't that the closest that Sete has been to a victory since then as well?

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gotta go watch that again

I can watch it again and again... and again..  talk about hustling...uff...

seems to be a trend...:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivtRhfDf0Vs

Damn that was intense...

That was such an amazing race! Another real gem was Philip Island in 2004. Classic Vale vs Sete battle!

Ok, I'm kinda new to MotoGP, but did Rossi run his competition off the road or was it  an accident? Regardless it was exciting.

Quote from: Fox on July 17, 2008, 09:06:59 PM
Ok, I'm kinda new to MotoGP, but did Rossi run his competition off the road or was it  an accident? Regardless it was exciting.

No he did not... he chose the winning line... Gibernau even hits Roosi trying to correct his wide line.. which could have messed up Rossi's control, but it DIDN'T.  ..  Rossi wins! 

Quote from: julianista on July 17, 2008, 09:15:44 PM
No he did not... he chose the winning line... Gibernau even hits Roosi trying to correct his wide line.. which could have messed up Rossi's control, but it DIDN'T.  ..  Rossi wins! 

I watched it again and I see what your saying. Props to Rossi.

Id still be make the beast with two backsing pisse of if i was sete, not for loosing, but cause that sucker was right there

That was very exilerating but......I think Valentino rammed Sete off the track which was done in kind of the same way a wide receiver in Football , running a deep post on the inside route, at the last minute, sepates himself from the defender, who has him covered up.
Some of the better receivers can make it look incidental and get away w/ it and not get called for offensive interference. I think that is what Rossi did on purpose since he was on the inside and Sete blocked the view of what Rossi did.

Regarding the rivalry (from Wikipedia.org):

"Rossi's main rival in the 2003/2004/2005 seasons was Sete Gibernau, riding with Team Gresini's Movistar Honda team on a satellite RC211V in 2004 and then on an all but in name factory RC211V, which Gibernau helped to develop, in 2005. Initially they were quite friendly in the paddock and off - Gibernau partied on occasions with Rossi at the Italian's Ibiza villa - but a souring in their relationship began in the 2004 season and culminated in the "Qatar Incident" that same season when Rossi's team was penalized for "cleaning" his grid position to aid in traction, along with Honda Pons' Max Biaggi, and both riders were subsequently forced to start from the back of the grid. A number of teams, including Gibernau's Team Gresini and the official Repsol Honda factory team, appealed successfully to race direction for Rossi to be sanctioned. Rossi and his chief mechanic, Jeremy Burgess, insisted that they were doing nothing more than what many others had done before when faced with a dirty track and Rossi accused Gibernau of being behind the move to appeal for a sanction, something the Spaniard categorically denied. Since then the two have not spoken and Rossi seemed to resolve to use the incident to apply psychological pressure on Gibernau. He is said to have sworn that after the Qatar race, which Gibernau won while Rossi crashed out after rising to 6th position, he would do everything to make sure that Gibernau never stood on the highest step of the podium again. This determination on the part of Rossi might go some way towards explaining his harsh inside passing manoeuver on Gibernau in the final corner of the first round race of the 2005 MotoGP World Championship at Jerez, which resulted in a Rossi win and Sete claiming second after they both touched and Gibernau was forced into the gravel.[3] The Movistar Honda rider was visibly displeased, with clearly unhappy body language during post-race celebrations and a terse response in the post-race press conference. Rossi offered a handshake to Sete which he accepted. Rossi said in the post-race press conference that he understood that Sete was angry but that at the end of the day, "these are the races." Gibernau remained visibly angry, but sportingly said that he simply wanted to move on to the next race and not get caught up in the feud.

As a comparison, a very similar incident occurred at the Qatar GP of 2004 when Rossi collided with Alex Barros when Rossi attempted to outbrake the Brazilian into the first corner, after colliding with Barros he instantly raised his hand in apology.

Gibernau retired from Grand Prix racing after an unsuccessful, injury blighted 2006 season with Ducati and he never won another race after Qatar, prompting some in the Spanish and Italian motorcycle racing media to explain this fact by way of reference to the "Qatar curse"."

Quote from: julianista on July 17, 2008, 08:35:08 PM
I can watch it again and again... and again..  talk about hustling...uff...

seems to be a trend...:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivtRhfDf0Vs

That's the gem I was talking about... should have read the rest of the post first!

Thank you Randimus for the insight!!!

Sete is happily helping Ducati test the newer Desmosedici.. here:

http://www.mgpafrique.net/sete-gibernau-positive-end-to-latest-ducati-test-at-mugello/