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2008 MotoGP Round 9 - Assen (RACE spoilers)

Started by derby, June 24, 2008, 12:19:43 PM

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gm2

#45
June 28, 2008, 04:49:41 PM
Quote from: Super T.I.B on June 28, 2008, 04:42:55 PM
Ah, Dammit!  >:(

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Like this is the racing, no?

desmoquattro

#46
June 28, 2008, 05:39:22 PM
Heartbreaking to see Bubba come up 30 feet short of a podium...I didn't see any smoke, so I'm wondering if he just ran out of gas on the pneumatic valved motor?
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#47
June 28, 2008, 05:52:57 PM
Quote from: desmoquattro on June 28, 2008, 05:39:22 PM
Heartbreaking to see Bubba come up 30 feet short of a podium...I didn't see any smoke, so I'm wondering if he just ran out of gas on the pneumatic valved motor?

"HRC technicians are now examining Hayden's RC212V to discover the exact cause of his end-of-race electronics problem."

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2008/Jun/080628e.htm

Like this is the racing, no?

derby

#48
June 28, 2008, 07:09:18 PM
Quote from: Super T.I.B on June 28, 2008, 04:42:55 PM
Ah, Dammit!  >:(

s'ok... you can still watch (most of) it on speed tomorrow.  ;D
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#49
June 28, 2008, 07:11:56 PM
Quote from: desmoquattro on June 28, 2008, 05:39:22 PM
Heartbreaking to see Bubba come up 30 feet short of a podium...I didn't see any smoke, so I'm wondering if he just ran out of gas on the pneumatic valved motor?

Quote from: gm2 on June 28, 2008, 05:52:57 PM
"HRC technicians are now examining Hayden's RC212V to discover the exact cause of his end-of-race electronics problem."

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2008/Jun/080628e.htm



an electronics problem that caused excessive fuel usage:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/68724

Repsol Honda team manager Kazuhiko Yamano has promised that there will be no repeat of the electronics problem that cost Nicky Hayden a certain podium at Assen.

Hayden, who has not visited the rostrum since last year's Czech Grand Prix, held a comfortable third throughout the Dutch TT, only for his bike to slow at the final corner after consuming more fuel than expected, allowing Colin Edwards to demote him to fourth.
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#50
June 29, 2008, 05:52:44 AM
i feel for Nicky too...

but one has to wonder, if the computer had cut back fuel enough to assure him finishing, would Colin have caught him anyway?
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#51
June 29, 2008, 03:50:55 PM Last Edit: June 29, 2008, 03:52:58 PM by ROBsS4R
To bad for Rossi  but it makes the season even more interesting with the points race.

I do feel for Hayden also even though he is one of my least liked racers. Tough luck for him

When his bike died he just tucked in and hoped to cross the finish line  :-\
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#52
June 29, 2008, 03:56:11 PM
Quote from: DuCaTiNi on June 28, 2008, 06:08:50 AM
OMG!!!!!! whatarace!!!!!!!


Really?  ??? Did we watch the same race? It was a friggin' parade.  Some excitement in the 1st lap with Rossi going down...then Nicky ran out of gas at the end.  Other than that it was boring as hell.

I'll admit the points race is exciting now though.  [thumbsup]

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#53
June 29, 2008, 06:34:10 PM
Quote from: Triple J on June 29, 2008, 03:56:11 PM
Really?  ??? Did we watch the same race? It was a friggin' parade.  Some excitement in the 1st lap with Rossi going down...then Nicky ran out of gas at the end.  Other than that it was boring as hell.

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#54
June 29, 2008, 10:16:16 PM
Great race!.......everyone is hooked into all the little sub plots.  Points gap tightens, pneumatic vs. spring, Rossi passing people with a broken shifter,  crashes, injuries, and just when you think you have the race pegged somebody has to get out and push!   

GREAT RACE 8)
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#55
June 29, 2008, 11:50:32 PM
Quote from: Triple J on June 29, 2008, 03:56:11 PM
Really?  ??? Did we watch the same race? It was a friggin' parade.  Some excitement in the 1st lap with Rossi going down...then Nicky ran out of gas at the end.  Other than that it was boring as hell.

I'll admit the points race is exciting now though.  [thumbsup]

I see what you're getting at, but I wouldn't call edwards running the entire grid to finish on the podium and the battles for 4-7th as "boring"
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#56
June 30, 2008, 04:20:29 AM
Quote from: ROBsS4R on June 29, 2008, 06:34:10 PM
+1

+2

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tufty

#57
June 30, 2008, 05:39:01 AM
Nicky, get out of Honda now!

They ain't no particular friend....... sorry i watched "Days of Thunder" this weekend ;D

derby

#58
June 30, 2008, 06:24:28 AM
Quote from: tufty on June 30, 2008, 05:39:01 AM
Nicky, get out of Honda now!

They ain't no particular friend....... sorry i watched "Days of Thunder" this weekend ;D

i'm somewhat concerned that his newfound level of comfort on the pneu-motored honda will figure in to the reportedly-done-but-evidently-not ducati deal.
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#59
June 30, 2008, 07:09:31 AM
Quote from: derby on June 30, 2008, 06:24:28 AM
i'm somewhat concerned that his newfound level of comfort on the pneu-motored honda will figure in to the reportedly-done-but-evidently-not ducati deal.

I can't believe he's shown so much loyalty in a company that does not reciprocate.... they must be paying him very well.
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