2009 MotoGP Round 17 - Valencia (Qualifying spoilers)

[derby]

back to 11 eh...

i'm guessing that bautista has dibs on 19 since he was confirmed to motogp first.

[gm2]

that's ok, 11 is mobettah.

[Speeddog]

I'm thinking of it more as two 1's.

Soon to be followed with a third 1. 

[derby]

I'm thinking of it more as two 1's.

Soon to be followed with a third 1. 

that would be slight's number.



(he got tired of fishing 3rd in the championship and running #3)

[Spidey]

that's ok, 11 is mobettah.

I like that he's back to using 11, even though all the "Never-Heard-Of-Ben-Spies-Until-'09" Euros know him as #19. 

I'm curious how the sponsorship thing worked out.  How did it end up that he's using the Sterilgarda livery on his MotoGP wildcard bike?  I know that he was under contract with them for WSBK, but are they also funding his MotoGP wildcard spot?  Does that mean anything for Tech III sponsorship for next year?

Gawd, he's so much bigger than that bike than a WSBK bike.  He's as tall as Vale (almost) and has like 15 lbs on him. 

[gm2]

I'm curious how the sponsorship thing worked out.  How did it end up that he's using the Sterilgarda livery on his MotoGP wildcard bike?  I know that he was under contract with them for WSBK, but are they also funding his MotoGP wildcard spot? 

looks like it.. or at least they inked a deal with yamaha for this race.  he's not really tech 3 this time around.

Gawd, he's so much bigger than that bike than a WSBK bike.  He's as tall as Vale (almost) and has like 15 lbs on him. 

he said a while ago (miller interview?) that if he went to GP he'd lose 10lbs.

[gm2]

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2009/11/04/spies_to_sport_sterilgarda_livery_at_val.html

[desmoquattro]

he said a while ago (miller interview?) that if he went to GP he'd lose 10lbs.

Maybe he can hang out with Kirstie Alley and they can share secrets

[gm2]

Maybe he can hang out with Kirstie Alley and they can share secrets

something tells me that she doesn't have a trainer and nutritionist on staff.. at least not lately  

[EvilSteve]

Cool

[Speeddog]

Ben's situation at Valencia, according to Lin Jarvis:

'bikes will be virtually identical to the Monster Tech 3 Yamaha satellite machines ridden by Colin Edwards and James Toseland'

'with enough engines to last the weekend'

Spec of said engines is apparently whatever Yamaha wants 'em to be.

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2009/11/05/just_how_many_engines_does_ben_spies_hav.html

[gm2]

key word: virtually.

[zooom]

key word: virtually.

yeah, cause virtually all of the pople that regularly populate threads in this section are virtually porn stars with bajillions of dollars....

nice catch on that...any loophole for an escape!

[Speeddog]

Indeed.

I suspect it's more of a 2010 bike.

[bdfinally]

key word: virtually.

Isn't that the same word they used when he was going to do 1 more yr in WSBK and MotoGP in 2011