MotoGP 2011 -- Rd 1 Qatar (Race Spoilers)

[gm2]

Simo will ride circles around Dovi.

...while kicking him

[zooom]

What's the over/under on how many people Simo T-bones this year?     He's a menace.  I love him.  [moto]

everytime he comes underneath someone like he did to Dovi, I can't help but think of that one race in WSBK where Kagayama took Haga out in a similar vein manuever....

[gm2]

everytime he comes underneath someone like he did to Dovi, I can't help but think of that one race in WSBK where Kagayama took Haga out in a similar vein manuever....

that one??  Kagayama must be Japanese for Kamikaze.   =)

[Spidey]

I remember Simo T-boning the shit outta someone in the last year of 250s.  I don't remember who it was (Bautista, maybe?) or whether the guy he T-boned crashed.  He wasn't penalized (I don't think), but he got a warning.  

[pennyrobber]

Could have been Pasini. The 2009 Italian Grand Prix was a crazy race between those two.

[gm2]

Julian Ryder: Repsol say Dani's shoulder still isn't fully healed. He needs time for nerve damage to repair itself. This is not good news.

[Spidey]

Maybe he's just lactose intolerant?

This makes Honda's move to get Casey look even better. 

[Speeddog]

Watched the Euro version last night.

Pedro was in *bad* shape after the race, I thought he was gonna drop when he was on the podium.

Didn't Simo pull the same move on Ben last year, in practice?
IIRC Ben passed Simo, and then Simo came up the inside within an inch of him.

On the start, Ben wheelied immediately, but then it came back down and he got swallowed up.

[OT]

This makes Honda's move to get Casey look even better.  

Might have been a significant factor in their pursuing him in the first place...the wee mon's been 'healing' from something every year.

[pennyrobber]

I remember Simo T-boning the shit outta someone in the last year of 250s.  I don't remember who it was (Bautista, maybe?) or whether the guy he T-boned crashed.  He wasn't penalized (I don't think), but he got a warning.  

Just rewatched the 2009 Italian GP. It was Bautista. The battle with Pasini was after the incident.

[Spidey]

Just rewatched the 2009 Italian GP. It was Bautista. The battle with Pasini was after the incident.

Good memory!   

Julian Ryder: Repsol say Dani's shoulder still isn't fully healed. He needs time for nerve damage to repair itself. This is not good news.

http://crash.net/motogp/news/167694/1/pedrosa_shoulder_not_fully_healed_doctors_confirm.html

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/brachial-plexus-injury/DS00897

[gm2]

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/brachial-plexus-injury/DS00897

oh yeah!?!  http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/conditions_main/old/brachial_plexus_injury.html   

so there! 

[Spidey]

I see your link and raise you:  Clicky

[gm2]

Clicky

[ZLTFUL]

Super Sic is tryin' to give people da herpeez??!! Man I miss out on so much when I don't read these threads!