2009 MotoGP Round 1 - Qatar (Race Spoilers)

[ducpainter]

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Does anyone know why Edwards and Toseland are mad at each other again?

You mean still?

[tufty]

You mean still?

Oh, still the crew chief thing?

[ducpainter]

Oh, still the crew chief thing?

Yeah...

at least that was the impression I got from the interviews with them over the weekend.

I also got the feeling that the team owner is pretty concerned about Toselands' lack of performance.

Cue Spies?

[Spidey]

Pedrosa was enraged by the incident and although De Angelis was asked to give an explanation to officials after the race he was not sanctioned.

Pedrosa VS Hayden Estoril MotoGP2006

[desmoquattro]

[kopfjäger]

Replay on SPEED right now.

[Desmostro]

in case anyone wants to make a poster.

Looked like Pedrobot was going backwards to me.

[mitt]

in case anyone wants to make a poster.

Looked like Pedrobot was going backwards to me.

Yes - those pics show a huge speed differential between the 2 bikes.

mitt

[gm2]

De Angelis was asked to give an explanation to officials after the race he was not sanctioned.

"did you mean to hit him?"

"hell no!  what was he doing anyway, coffee break?"

"ok, you can go."

[Desmostro]

"did you mean to hit him?"

"hell no!  what was he doing anyway, coffee break?"

"ok, you can go."

!

Look at Pedro's back wheel -> in the air
You can see the shadow doesn't meet the tire. 

[BastrdHK]

I thought Pedrosa handled it well on the track.....he banged his clipon back in to place and kept racing.  Eurosport commentators correctly pointed out that DeAngelis lifted the front wheel on exit causing him to drift wide b/c he was trying hard to take advantage of Dani giving way too much room to Vermulen during the pass.

Total racing incident.

Toseland is toast!  He is cracking under the pressure.  I watched the pre-race interviews on BBC, and he came across as very shifty and nervous.  He contradicted himself in the span of 2 min. saying initially it was not his decision to "nick" Edwards' crew chief, but later admitted he knew his job was in jeopardy this year and needed to make changes to improve his chances.

The guy just looked like he was scheming during the whole interview.  I do not trust him!

[CairnsDuc]

The GP9 Desmosidici is looking the goods, It's so much smoother, Last year you could see the bike coming off the turns was bucking and kicking, this year you could watch Stoner roll on the power and most of the time it would shoot out of the the turn, even if it had a little wobble as the the tyres started going off, it was still a much smoother run compared to last year.
It's good to hear Stoner is feeling very happy with the bike, it's smoother and easier to ride on the ragged edge.

I think he could have another good year, I know 1 race does not make a championship year, but Ducati is happy with the new bike, Stoner is happy with the new bike, Nicky is happy with the bike, could be a very Interesting year.

[weemonster]

More for steve parish.
The ducati is still an absolute pregnant dog of a bike that doesn't work for anybody but casey.

[sbrguy]

guess that stoner guy has some s-k-ills on the bike.

[gm2]

Nicky is happy with the bike

where did you get that idea?!