OKAY...DREAM RACE...

Schumi VS. Rossi VS. Bayliss


but lets put em on equal footing...maybe give em spec'd out 250cc shifter carts and let em loose....only don't tell any of em that Wayne Rainey is going to start with em dressed as the Stig....oh hell...put the Stig in there too!

I think Schumi in a kart could whack *anybody*.

Quote from: Speeddog on December 15, 2008, 02:50:23 PM
I think Schumi in a kart could whack *anybody*.

that's why i'd love to see rossi/schumi compete for combined laptimes.

Quote from: zooom on December 09, 2008, 07:25:35 AM
those are the current key words here....there are a few months where decisions and considerations will be made before the start of the season...

closing off the OT'ness, here's the '09 grid.  including 6 hondas.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72493

Quote from: gm2 on December 16, 2008, 07:41:09 AM
closing off the OT'ness, here's the '09 grid.  including 6 hondas.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72493

Pedrosa changes to #3 (his position in the championship), and Lorenz[th]o switches to #99...interesting. I guess 48 was too close to that other Fiat Yamaha. Of course, they could never mistake his riding for Rossi's.

Quote from: desmoquattro on December 16, 2008, 08:28:53 AM
Pedrosa changes to #3 (his position in the championship), and Lorenz[th]o switches to #99...interesting. I guess 48 was too close to that other Fiat Yamaha. Of course, they could never mistake his riding for Rossi's.

after lorenzo split with his manager, his competition number was evidently put to vote by the spanish people... it was narrowed down to 23 and 99 and the people picked the latter.

Quote from: derby on December 16, 2008, 09:05:32 AM
after lorenzo split with his manager, his competition number was evidently put to vote by the spanish people... it was narrowed down to 23 and 99 and the people picked the latter.

Pedrobot/Thumbelina used to be 23...no wonder

Quote from: desmoquattro on December 16, 2008, 09:25:10 AM
Pedrobot/Thumbelina used to be 23...no wonder

no, he was 26.  puig's student before stoner, 27.

Quote from: gm2 on December 16, 2008, 09:31:37 AM
no, he was 26.  puig's student before stoner, 27.

Ah, that's right...he keeps changing his number so I forget these things. I just usually look for the midget little person on the RCV.

I wonder how Yamaha feels about Rossi not running the #1 plate? Secretly you know they have to be a little cheesed.

Quote from: tufty on December 16, 2008, 12:15:49 PM
I wonder how Yamaha feels about Rossi not running the #1 plate? Secretly you know they have to be a little cheesed.

But remember...that number one plate...is very heavy!

Quote from: tufty on December 16, 2008, 12:15:49 PM
I wonder how Yamaha feels about Rossi not running the #1 plate? Secretly you know they have to be a little cheesed.

you would think they would have been miffed back in '04  when Val won it on the Yammy to be in your face to HRC after such a long dry spell and they weren't...so why not now...Val has never put the #1 plate on even though he could...he probably tells em it is superstition for him and they aquiesce.

Quote from: tufty on December 16, 2008, 12:15:49 PM
I wonder how Yamaha feels about Rossi not running the #1 plate? Secretly you know they have to be a little cheesed.

considering he's won 8 times and never done it, they can't be too surprised.  and they know why he does it, etc.  i'm sure it's a conversation over long ago.

http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/wsbk-bayliss-accepts-rossi-challenge-for-the-duel-in-the-desert//P1/

Quote from: derby on December 17, 2008, 05:33:11 PM
http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/wsbk-bayliss-accepts-rossi-challenge-for-the-duel-in-the-desert//P1/

I just got a stiffy.