MotoGP 2011 -- Rd 4 Le Mans (SPOILERS)

[Spidey]

so who else got a kick out of the rossi/gavin emmett interview?

rossi  BOOBSHOTTUBBRO!BOOBSMONSTERENERGYBOOBS emmett

I didn't realize there was an interview goin' on.     It's good to be the GOAT.

That's what Super Sic looks like off-track.

[lazylightnin717]

^^^

[koko64]

Cheesesteak.  This'll sound callous (and it is), but anything that breaks up the HRC 1-2-3-4 is ok in my book.

BTW, I think I'd take Stoner in the celebrity death match with Biaggi.  Then Max would blame his team for the loss.  

You would have to back Stoner, he hunts deer and wild boar for days with a crossbow! Says he'd rather be doin' that than talking to the media.

[fastwin]

Funny stuff there guys!! I too go back to my original (a few posts ago) wonder/worry about wtf is up with The Ben? Waz up? Sure, he's not a fast starter and has never been one. But shouldn't you want to work on that as a professional factory rider? He's not really qualifing any better than last year either. Yeah sure, the kick ass Honda stable is pushing everyone back on the grid but still... Sure had better results in mind for him this year. Nothing dramatic as in a Championship but at least better than last year's Tech 3 results. What's going on here? Curious minds want to know. Next time I see him down the street at the Central Market grocery store he's gonna have a lot of 'splainin to do!

[Spidey]

Sure, he's not a fast starter and has never been one in MotoGP

Fixed.  He killed it in AMA and WSBK from the get-go. 

[Jester]

Funny stuff there guys!! I too go back to my original (a few posts ago) wonder/worry about wtf is up with The Ben? Waz up? Sure, he's not a fast starter and has never been one. But shouldn't you want to work on that as a professional factory rider? He's not really qualifing any better than last year either. Yeah sure, the kick ass Honda stable is pushing everyone back on the grid but still... Sure had better results in mind for him this year. Nothing dramatic as in a Championship but at least better than last year's Tech 3 results. What's going on here? Curious minds want to know. Next time I see him down the street at the Central Market grocery store he's gonna have a lot of 'splainin to do!

Well, unfortunately I think the best Ben can hope for this year is consistant 4th-8th placements.  He's not faster than any of the four Hondas ( except for a few races while Pedro heals and even maybe not then ), he's not faster than Lorenzo, and in general he's not going to be faster than Rossi the more they continue to develop the Duc.  That doesn't leave him much to work with on a regular basis.  We all know circumstances change week to week, but I don't think his time will come until they change to 1000cc and new bikes.

[desmoquattro]

Funny stuff there guys!! I too go back to my original (a few posts ago) wonder/worry about wtf is up with The Ben?

Maybe he's just not that good...
[waits for flames]

[MadDuck]

At this point The Ben is in 12th overall. 12th. Colin Edwards is ahead of him but just barely. I don't recall what happened to Edwards but he was way ahead of Ben for quite a bit this last race.

[Speeddog]

If I were Fausto Gresini, I'd still be yelling at Simo.

He's started from 4th, 5th, 2nd and 2nd.
Completed the first lap in 5th, 3rd, Crashed out 1st lap, 3rd.
Finished 5th, Crashed out of 1st, Crashed out 1st lap, Penalty dropping him from 2nd to 5th.

If he had used his large head for thinking with, he could have been 2nd or 3rd in points now.
And *not* have taken out the #2 (Spanish) rider of Repsol (Spanish) Honda (provider of the bikes he rides at Gresini) in MotoGP (Spanish).
Talk about a Career Limiting Move.  

[kopfjäger]

If he had used his large head for thinking with

Someone send this goofy make the beast with two backser a Unibrow clipper. 

[kopfjäger]

http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2011/Paddock+Girls+from+Le+Mans+2011

[zooom]

At this point The Ben is in 12th overall. 12th. Colin Edwards is ahead of him but just barely. I don't recall what happened to Edwards but he was way ahead of Ben for quite a bit this last race.

keep in mind, Ben has had 2 DNF's?!?!?!....and Colin is a very steadfast and kinda "bring it home no matter what if you can" kind of rider who will always try his best to put points up on the board...he doesn't feel the need to push the "bin it or win it" envelope...especially in his position as mentor to Cal officially and unofficially to Ben in how they still compadre together in the paddock.

If I were Fausto Gresini, I'd still be yelling at Simo.
If he had used his large head for thinking with, he could have been 2nd or 3rd in points now.
And *not* have taken out the #2 (Spanish) rider of Repsol (Spanish) Honda (provider of the bikes he rides at Gresini) in MotoGP (Spanish).
Talk about a Career Limiting Move. 

aside from the money/bikes Simo has cost Gresini...Gresini has got to be thrilled in a way, to have someone up towards the front on one of his bikes, because that hasn't happened really since Melandri was making seriously threatening results in 06...but at that point, a Satelite bike had as much of a chance as any almost...now...if you aren't on a factory ride, you might as well forget about the podium, unless you are in a rain race...

now...if said move by Simo on Pedro cost Dani the championship ( ala Dani in 06 to Nicky almost), I can see Simo's ties with HRC being seriously injured...but not yet...

[desmoquattro]

now...if said move by Simo on Pedro cost Dani the championship ( ala Dani in 06 to Nicky almost), I can see Simo's ties with HRC being seriously injured...but not yet...

I wonder if they care, given that Stoner's looking likely to run away with the championship. HRC has a way of chewing up and spitting out good riders.

[zooom]

I think the ONLY thing HRC cares about is getting the championship for the end of the 800cc era that they pushed for....sure...they'de like a triple crown to make it sweeter...but for the most part...you are right...

[duccarlos]

http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2011/Paddock+Girls+from+Le+Mans+2011

ooh lala