MotoGP Catalunya discussion [Archive]

White trash

17th June 2006, 16:51

OK! Who the hell snuck a turbo onto Roberts' bike?

Rossi 1m42.83
Roberts 1m42.92
Mair 1m42.95
Pedrosa 1m43.03
Edwards 1m43.19
Vermeulen 1m43.30
Stoner 1m43.38
Hopkins 1m43.42
Capirossi 1m43.43
Melandri 1m43.50
Hayden 1m43.52
Checa 1m43.61
Gibernau 1m43.61
De Puniet 1m43.78
Elias 1m43.93
Nakano 1m43.93
Tamada 1m43.94
Ellison 1m45.61
Hofmann 1m45.91
Cardoso 1m46.20

That'll make Senior proud, not to mention my dad.

bladez

17th June 2006, 16:55

imy god he made it to 2nd thats been a long time :gob: he might give rossi a go

Marknz

17th June 2006, 17:02

Mair 1m42.95
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:doobey: :doobey: :doobey:

:scooter:

Warr

17th June 2006, 17:11

Remind me when its on Prime.... Monday AM ???

onearmedbandit

17th June 2006, 17:36

Rossi qualifying first is of more interest to me. Normally not the worlds greatest at that task.

NhuanH

17th June 2006, 18:39

Mair 1m42.95
xbox/PS2 doesn't count.

roogazza

17th June 2006, 19:09

What happened to the Gibbering back to front hat !!!!!!!!!! But i must admit I did see him in the flesh last year getting second ...........Gaz.

SimJen

17th June 2006, 19:31

Roberts did well at the last practice a week or two ago.
He's running a high spec RCV211 motor, in their own chassis which they discussed the design with HRC. Looks like its kicking there asses. Honda won't be happy :)
Rossi has a bike with a new chassis, and he's quoted as saying its only 4 hours old (just built that morning basically).
One of the reasons Rossi doesn't seem to qualify well is due to the fact he rarely uses a qualifying tire unlike everyone else. He always runs race rubber to get as much time on it as possible. Obviously pays off as he usually looks the most comfortable on shagged tires.

onearmedbandit

17th June 2006, 19:40

Thanks for that SimJen!

ajturbo

17th June 2006, 20:59

White trash

18th June 2006, 08:35

And the grid is as follows.

Rossi 1m41.85
Hopkins 1m41.98
Roberts 1m42.05
Vermeulen 1m42.21
Nakano 1m42.21
Capirossi 1m42.24
Hayden 1m42.30
Stoner 1m42.34
Melandri 1m42.49
De Puniet 1m42.62
Pedrosa 1m42.64
Edwards 1m42.65
Gibernau 1m42.71
Elias 1m42.85
Tamada 1m42.86
Checa 1m43.60
Hofmann 1m44.62
Ellison 1m44.72
Cardoso 1m45.56

This is Hoppers race, I fucken KNOW it.

k14

18th June 2006, 08:56

Omg, 1 sec covering the top 14. Thats pretty insane. All the hondas are down the back too. Should be an interesting race, which lap you reckon hoppers will crash?

Marknz

18th June 2006, 11:56

Hopper will try and stay with Rossi for the first 6 laps or so, then his tires will give up under the strain...

gav

18th June 2006, 12:06

2 Suckzuki's in the top 4? :gob: Carnage turn 1!!

jimbo600

18th June 2006, 17:10

And the grid is as follows.

Rossi 1m41.85
Hopkins 1m41.98
Jimbo 1m42.00
Mair 1m42.03
Roberts 1m42.05
Vermeulen 1m42.21
Nakano 1m42.21
Capirossi 1m42.24
Hayden 1m42.30
Stoner 1m42.34
Melandri 1m42.49
De Puniet 1m42.62
Pedrosa 1m42.64
Edwards 1m42.65
Gibernau 1m42.71
Elias 1m42.85
Tamada 1m42.86
Checa 1m43.60
Hofmann 1m44.62
Ellison 1m44.72
Cardoso 1m45.56

This is Hoppers race, I fucken KNOW it.

Damn right it is.

MattRSK

18th June 2006, 17:13

What time is the actual race, I just want to get up in time for that and miss the 125 and 250. As much as I love watching it all I find my work suffers on monday for it.

TwoSeven

18th June 2006, 17:18

isnt team KR trying out a new multi-piece chassis this weekend - maybe they got it dialled in finally.

UrbanMyth

19th June 2006, 15:34

hats off to Kenny for coming third and fighting off a determined Rizla Suzuki Hopkins.Kinda sucked though with all the crashes wasnt near as exciting and mugello :D
Cool race though mr Rossi is in a class of his own..and it sucks lol

ajturbo

19th June 2006, 17:20

yer that crash is one i would have been proud of!!!... flipping the bike on it's nose!!!!!.. i just wish my breaks would heat up! hahhaha

old rossi.. he is good though...
and young KR, good to see he has what it's got, his old man must have been so proud!!

SPman

19th June 2006, 17:29

2 Suckzuki's in the top 4? :gob: Carnage turn 1!!
Yes - wasnt it! Apparently Gibernaus ambulance crashed into a truck on the way to the hospital..........

and young KR,...
waddaya mean...young!....only compared to his old man

Toast

19th June 2006, 17:58

This is Hoppers race, I fucken KNOW it.

oooh, I bet you're wishing you didn't write that in capitals...

Still, he did pretty well, good on 'im

ajturbo

19th June 2006, 18:05

Yes - wasnt it! Apparently Gibernaus ambulance crashed into a truck on the way to the hospital..........

waddaya mean...young!....only compared to his old man

he's younger than me.:nya:

UrbanMyth

19th June 2006, 18:57

oooh, I bet you're wishing you didn't write that in capitals...

Still, he did pretty well, good on 'im

Hopkins did fucking well he was injured and still went hard hes a champ

White trash

19th June 2006, 19:04

I thought so to. When he got off the bike and had a wee lye down before the restart, I was pretty worried he wouldn't race. Dynamic effort for someone that banged up.

Thought it was interesting hearing Kevin Schwantz speak of how much better the Suzuki camp's getting along since KR left.

Kornholio

19th June 2006, 19:36

Nice stoppie by Ducati into first corner.... Hope the riders taken away are OK

The field was certainly thinned out towards the end :D

WINJA

19th June 2006, 20:11

i wonder if casey stoners crash was on a tear off , it might explain a lot of motorcycle crashes

gav

19th June 2006, 21:23

i wonder if casey stoners crash was on a tear off , it might explain a lot of motorcycle crashes
Only yours and possibly Dovers.......:yes:

ZeroIndex

19th June 2006, 21:50

2 Suckzuki's in the top 4? :gob: Carnage turn 1!!
damn.. looking at the time of the post.. FORTUNE TELLER!! except Suckzuki's would be spelt in red

WINJA

19th June 2006, 21:59

Only yours and possibly Dovers.......:yes:
AT LEAST IM FARKIN FAST , DONT KNOW WHAT DOVERS EXCUSE IS.
BTW GAV HAVE YOU EVER RIDDEN FAST EVER? JUST ONCE ? MAYBE? NAH NEVER RIGHT

Motu

19th June 2006, 23:43

Even though we didn't have much choice of what to watch near the end it was still a riveting race to the end - Rossi's smoking powerslides on the last few corners were great,you could just feel his excitment there! Good on KR Jnr getting back on the podium - he stepped off a winning bike at the end of the 500 GP's and onto a dud,finally kicks the shit goodbye and under his father's wing again to see some results.Stoner is still a bit eager,I didn't think Rossi was too worried there,he knew what was coming.Pedrosa was on the spare bike,but I think he over stepped himself too in the desire to catch up.Still early in the first season for those two...this is just their curtain raiser.

pritch

20th June 2006, 12:38

Rossi's smoking powerslides on the last few corners were great,you could just feel his excitment there!

Yeah they woke me up :-)

Stoner is still a bit eager

I was reminded of the saying,
"It's easier to slow a fast kid down than to make a slow one go fast."

Mental Trousers

20th June 2006, 16:34

Looked like the 1st corner crash was caused by a front lock up on top of the white line by the Ducati. Farken nasty crash.

Good riding by the top 4 finishers.

sAsLEX

20th June 2006, 16:36

Looked like the 1st corner crash was caused by a front lock up on top of the white line by the Ducati. Farken nasty crash.

Good riding by the top 4 finishers.

Someone mentioned the brake lever impacting Caparossi, my version wasnt the best quality though! so couldnt see too much in the replays.