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[Ruby]

Woohoo! What a race. Although it was a bit boring to watch, the end result was awesome.

1st. Casey Stoner!!!!!!!!!
2nd. Colin Edwards
3rd. Chris Vermulen

2 aussies on the podium in yet another wet race!!! Oh, and some lanky italian came 4th. LOL

Pity Ant West binned the bike. Would have been good to see 3 aussies up the top.

Stoner is really settling in to the top spot.

Oh and I didn't see a single Honda CBR600RR ad the whole night. LOL I think Honda's marketing team has regret using Nicky Hayden for its ad campaign. LOL

 

[Sidney]

It's funny how they can beat our pitbikes in first gear

 

[Ruby]

You reputation for senseless posts is truly justified. LOL

 

[benox]

Haha, Thats great man! Casey Stoner is really leading the way for aussies in the GP.. I'm really not that up to speed with the GP.. I don't really watch it much because of the fact, that I NEVER KNOW WHAT TIMES ITS BLOODY ON!

The 250cc class is heaps fun to watch, so is the main with Stoner etc.. What is that class called lol? Superbike class? Meh.. I heard they lowered the cc's from 1000cc to 850 or 800cc right? Ruby you gotta hook me up uleh

 

[Sidney]

Yeah is it always on really late at night or during the day?

 

[pegleg]

I missed the first 5 laps, they put the bloody 800's on before the 125cc, but it was indeed a great result, a reverse result from Le Mans.
It has me thinking on how the hell Nicky Hayden won the championship last year, he couldn't keep it on two wheels this race either.
And how good was Ant West even after he binned the bike to finish 11th, I love the Green paint on his Kwaka, looks awesome.

 

[Ruby]

Nicky Hayden only took the title due to the massive pileup that saw half the top riders (Stoner, Pedrosa, Rossi etc) not competitive for a few weeks. Plus the fact that Honda gave all the riders equal machinery to put an end to Rossi. He's really making an arse of himself now, after all those cocky Honda ads he put together. Now Honda can't air them because his such a flop!

Yep the MotoGP is always on late, if its on at all. 12.10am in the morning! But so long as Stoner wins, its worth it.

The engines were originally 990cc. But they were too quick. So FIM brought in a new limit of 800cc. Problem is the bikes are now faster! LOL Not slower due to a combination of creative engineering and less weight in the engines. They should have listened to the Ducati Team boss: if they want to slow the bikes down, reduce the number of gears from 6 to 5. Now they must find power and spread it evenly throughout 5 gears! Its a great example of the race corporation not listening to real engineering advice. LOL

The 250cc class is heaps fun to watch, so is the main with Stoner etc.. What is that class called lol? Superbike class?

Umm, that'd be the MotoGP class ...

 

[pegleg]

The engines were originally 500cc, before they were 990cc. Just thought I would throw that 1 in...lol

 

[Ruby]

Yep 500cc two strokes, back in the days of Mick Doohan.

Then there was the rule change to merge in the 990cc four strokes. And now of course the new rule to lower them to 800cc. All in a bid to make them safer and slower. LOL



For a better understanding of these machines. Buy, borrow, or steal a copy of "Faster". Its an awesome DVD and well worth it. I think I've watched it a million times. LOL

 

[pegleg]

Faster has been of foxtel for the last 2 months, I think I have watched it about 10 times myself..lol it is a definite must see if you wanna know the ins and outs of a MotoGP team.

 

[benox]

Is it on DVD? Maybe I should hire out a few MotoGP DVDs and get the low down on it aye.. Im such a noob haha, I know next to nothing about the MotoGP except about 3 riders!

 

[Ruby]

Ricky has a bit of a library of documentories on race bikes. lol

Lots of awesome stuff that goes on behind the scenes and into the research and development of these f@#king quick bikes!

 

[pegleg]

Have you seen the documentary called Hawk Speed? Following the 2 guys that race the kwaka's ones and Aussie and the other guy is a Kiwi.

 

[Ruby]

Hawk Speed? No, thats one not in our library LOL

Is this MotoGP or WSBK?



BTW: back on topic ...

See that outbraking move Chris did on Rossi on the back straight with 5 laps to go? Chris is amazing in the wet. I'm sure even Rossi got a woody watching that move. LOL

I reckon another 5 laps and Chris would have passed Edwards. Rossi and Edwards were running 1m43s and Stoner and Vermulen were still running 1m41s. Awesome!

 

[pegleg]

It was a hot move, and I don't think it would have taken another 5 laps to pass Edwards, Chris was lapping so fast, as you said both him and Casey in the 1:41's. Tyre choice has played a big part in the results and Rossi's choice has been very poor of late( maybe just an excuse), Stoner didn't seem to be struggling at all on the Bridgestones.

And yes Hawk Speed is the British SBK, but still a very informative look at the inside of a race team.

 

[AusJames]

Yep, seen Hawk Speed. It's been on foxtel, discovery or something in the past as a series. Really interesting. Basically a rich lord sponsors a race team to race in the BSB. ahh, to have money!

I think Stoner is riding incredible lately. Ducati put it just right, he's riding like a genius. brilliant!