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catalunya gp - 2pm, Stoner on pole

Started by svoloch, June 08, 2008, 07:22:11 AM

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svoloch

Тише едешь, дальше будешь
2009 Streetfighter S
exes:
2006 Sh1t Hot Black Xerox 999     1973 BMW R75/5
2001 BMW K1200RS                     1994 BMW R1100S
1974 Guzzi T3                              1975 BMW R90/6
1975 BMW R90/S                         1973 Suzuki T500

svoloch

Тише едешь, дальше будешь
2009 Streetfighter S
exes:
2006 Sh1t Hot Black Xerox 999     1973 BMW R75/5
2001 BMW K1200RS                     1994 BMW R1100S
1974 Guzzi T3                              1975 BMW R90/6
1975 BMW R90/S                         1973 Suzuki T500

Ronr

Montreal Formula 1 race at noon. Recording GP races

Duc L'Smart

I'm there.... See you pervs at mOfOtOpIA @ 1:00  ;D
'07 1098s, '06 Paul Smart LE, '99 BMW K1200RS, '73 BMW R75/5, '67 Ducati Monza 250 Bevel Drive, '63 Vespa GS 160

never2loud


Jester

Great ride by Rossi from 9th to 2nd.    [thumbsup] [thumbsup] [thumbsup]
09’ 848     07’ S2R800

RichD

Quote from: JesterDFW on June 08, 2008, 01:14:53 PM
Great ride by Rossi from 9th to 2nd.    [thumbsup] [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

So.... Who came in #1?   ...?
DFW-MFer!

Duc L'Smart

'07 1098s, '06 Paul Smart LE, '99 BMW K1200RS, '73 BMW R75/5, '67 Ducati Monza 250 Bevel Drive, '63 Vespa GS 160

svoloch

Spoiler alert:  if you are tivoing, hit the back button quickly..,

Stoner was on pole, but seemed to have stability problems through almost 3/4 of the race.  This led to pedrosa going around stoner and dovisiosa and opening up almost an 8 second lead by race end.  Rossi played his usual game of "how far back can I start and still podium?"  and the battle with him and stoner was almost nerve-wracking with stoner's duc wobbling mightily at both turn entry and exit...  Still not sure what happened there...  It was unnerving at times.

All in all a great race.  De Puniet was the only crash, and he walked away (kickbg and swearing, but walking ).  Elias got black flagged off the course, not sure what happened there, need to check the net later..,

Cheers,
Svoloch
Тише едешь, дальше будешь
2009 Streetfighter S
exes:
2006 Sh1t Hot Black Xerox 999     1973 BMW R75/5
2001 BMW K1200RS                     1994 BMW R1100S
1974 Guzzi T3                              1975 BMW R90/6
1975 BMW R90/S                         1973 Suzuki T500

Jester

QuoteStill not sure what happened there...  It was unnerving at times.

Stoner's suspension issues and bike stability have been terrible for over a year.  He just can't out-dragrace the field anymore.  Nobody is successful on that bike but him.  Its really one of the worst bikes in the field overall if you look at total success.  That bike has been bucking under the riders like that since they built it. 

Stoner whines now that he isn't whipping everyone into submission by 10+ seconds a race ( he whined when winning too b/c no one gave him credit ).  He doesn't seem to enjoy the other end of the stick.  His bike has power and tires... but they have no clue what to do with setup it seems.  They are probably missing Capirex and his setup help atm.

It was on full display today watching how much better a chassis the Yamaha has than the Ducati.  They say Stoner's dirt background is why he can ride the gp7/8.  No one else gets along with it at all.

Note about Elias:  I believe he jumped the start.  I heard the commentary talking about a ride through penalty, but I think he may have ignored it or something and got black flagged.  Not entirely sure but I think it was due to him jumping the gun.
09’ 848     07’ S2R800

fastwin

That's my take on Elias also. He jumped the start and would not come in for the ride through penalty. Guess he thought he hadn't jumped the start but someone needs to tell him that the officials make those decisions not the riders. That's why they are called officials and riders are called riders. Gee, I guess he showed them, huh? :P

Was a great race for sure. Kinda forgot about Pedrosa and pretended the fight for 2nd and 3rd was the lead fight. Nice for Pedrosa to win at home. Light years between him and Hayden these days. Again, it could be the "red headed step child" treatment that Hayden has had the last couple of years from Honda. I've said it before, World Championship or not, I bet they don't renew his contract whenever it's up. Maybe he would fare better on another team? He's a hard worker for sure and never complains. Oh yeah, and he can ride a bike pretty freaking fast too! [thumbsup]

Asia1098

I missed most of the races, but I finally got to meet some of you guys! [thumbsup] It was nice and fun meeting you all. Hopefully, I'll be able to do this more often. ;D
Barry
I liked my Hondas, but I loooooved my DUC!!!
2004 Honda 599 Hornet in Ashalt....again.
2007 Ducati 1098 :)---SOLD!!!
2006 Honda VFR 800i---SOLD!!!
2006 Honda CBR 600rr---SOLD!!!
2004 Honda 599 Hornet yellow---SOLD!!!
Failure is success if we learn from it.

dallas2r

Quote from: Asia1098 on June 08, 2008, 05:43:46 PM
I missed most of the races, but I finally got to meet some of you guys! [thumbsup] It was nice and fun meeting you all. Hopefully, I'll be able to do this more often. ;D

don't leave your sunglasses unattended around this guy.  [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

seriously, good to finally meet you Barry.

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svoloch

Jake, I more or less agree with you.  However, Stoner still blew past dovisioso on a straight away like he was standing still.  They need to sort out the setup of the bike, I think the power is not too bad, and if it was not buckling under hard breaking, or shimmying when he gets on the gas, I think Stoner can still stomp his way to the front of the pack again.  It was just too much to ask for him to stay perfect for 9 more laps with the doctor on his tail.

Brian, Pedrosa rocks.  Hayden looks more and more like Vanilla Ice every day.  Lisa likes him, but only when he keeps his mouth shut.  Which, sadly, is not very often.  OTOH, being mouthy in the hayden dynasty is probably the only way to get heard.

Bryant, forgot to call you out on an excellent impersonation of de Puniet swearing up a storm in French...  nice.
Тише едешь, дальше будешь
2009 Streetfighter S
exes:
2006 Sh1t Hot Black Xerox 999     1973 BMW R75/5
2001 BMW K1200RS                     1994 BMW R1100S
1974 Guzzi T3                              1975 BMW R90/6
1975 BMW R90/S                         1973 Suzuki T500

fastwin

Hey, I think Dani rocks too! I believe he'll get his Championship one day soon, he's awfully young so he has plenty of fast seasons ahead of him. As long as he stays healthy and unhurt. I don't think Hayden complains... of course the bar has been set in stone a few years ago by Biaggi! [evil] How can anyone accuse anyone of complaining when it's bound to pale in comparison to Max! To his credit that year off (time out in the corner?) helped Max learn to shut up and ride. I think he's an asset to World SBK. Anyway, damn good racing this weekend. Again, loved the 250 race! It was great!!