MotoGP Assen *spoiler*

[UrbanMyth]

Poor poor Edwards what more can i say.That man has heart he had me on the edge of my seat then banging myself in the head when he left the braking to late only see him fly back to 1st position some how then when he crashed on the astro turf i felt so extremely sorry for him as he finished in 13th position.
But good job Nicky and also a sterling effort from the ninja himself Shinya Nakano.

Results:
http://images.motogp.com/multimedia2/460/460493.jpg

Also bad luck for Hopkins with his bad choice in tyre. And GOOD! jOB to the Doctor My Rossi coming from last place on the grid to 8th! with a broken bone in his right lower arm.Also seen that the oldie Kenny Roberts Jr can hold up with the young wipper snappers.

Once again POOR! Colin Edwards :(

[Edbear]

Poor Edwards! I can feel his pain!:bye:

[BeakerRAT]

Oh man! Edwards did everything but win it. :(

[Edbear]

But isn't Rossi a legend!? 18th to 8th!:ride:

[zadok]

Bummer about Edwards. Rossi is amazing. Good to see a Kawasaki keeping up with the pace for a change.

[Matt Bleck]

That last lap was intense... I was gutted to see edwards and the M1 part company on the last corner... AAARRRGGHH!!!!

[Matt Bleck]

This from the yamaha press release.

Colin Edwards (13th; +40.412)
"What can I say? Obviously I'm really disappointed because I know I should have won that race. The bike felt great from the start and I was really enjoying riding it out there. I knew my pace in practice would be hard for the other guys to cope with and that's how it proved to be. I got the start I wanted and just kept my head down, doing those times. When Nicky came up inside me two laps from the end he left the pass pretty late and there was nowhere for me to turn the bike into. I had to go straight and luckily it was at a point of the track where I could run back on again. I was determined not to lose hold of him and just gave it everything to give myself a chance on the last lap. I got past him and then tried to keep a really defensive line out of the final corner - I had no idea Nicky had run onto the gravel otherwise I wouldn't have needed to do it. Unfortunately I ran it a bit too tight onto the grass and the rear just spun up as I opened the throttle and it threw me off. I'm gutted but fair play to Nicky, it was a great race."

[pritch]

Edwards' ride was brilliant and really did deserve a better end.
Hayden is putting together a strong claim for the title.
Rossi demonstrated that not only is he brilliant, he has guts.
(A wrist injury may not seem a major, but the movie "Faster" focusses on the importance of wrist injuries to Moto GP riders.)

We are two weeks into a series of five races in six weeks, if memory serves, so anyone injured now gets minimal time to recover before a lot of points have evaporated.

Bling to the man who forewarned us that this was all to take place Sunday morning...

[merv]

Edwards is a great rider and showed he had guts back in his day in WSB and I have always wished he could win a race in MotoGP. Shame this wan't the one.

[White trash]

I really think that if Edwards rode every lap of his MotoGP career, as he did the last two laps of last nights race, he'd be world champion.

He looked like the Colin Edwards III who bet Troy Bayliss against all odds in the WSBK. He looked angry on the bike and really took the bull by the horns, so to speak. Very bad luck not to have won but I'm sure it'll show him that he IS world champion material and he just has to muscle the bike a little more.

Poor bastard.

[Kornholio]

I yelled NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO out loud when Edwards came off...woke my bro up lol
All I can say is Poor Bastard

WSBK on tonight too at 9:55pm on SS1

[Racey Rider]

Gutted! :gob:
Well done on that last corners effort Edwards. Plenty of riders wouldn't have bothered trying. 13th place, but what a Hero. You desereved a win. Keep it up,, maybe next time!

Well done to Hayden,, I had to put my ' always a Bridesmaid ' comments away in the end. :wait:

[James Deuce]

Well Assen's ruined.

The best part of the track removed for a carpark.

Dicks.

The racing was awesome though. Nice to see some fairing bashing up front.

[SimJen]

I personally thought Hayden's riding was dangerous.
First he overtook Edwards dangerously forcing him off the track and then at the last chicane he did an impossible move and luckily he got away with it......unfortunately Edwards didn't.
Now Edwards has the new M1 Chassis, he is on a par with Rossi etc in terms of handling. Edwards definately has the talent, but its obviously difficult to shine when the Doctor gets all the latest stuff.
As for Hayden, I think he's a tosser. He's had the best bike for years and although consistent, doesn't seem to have a winning streak in him although this time he showed dogged determination to get past Edwards at all costs. Something that very well could have ended his race in the same spot as Edwards' if luck hadn't been on his side.
Theres plenty of other great riders that should be on the HRC factory supported bikes such as Hopkins, Nakano, Melandri, Stoner, Roberts jr. etc.
Hopefully Rossi can rest his wrist (no more wanking) and come back at Hayden at the next few rounds. He can still win the title if he has a bit of luck, although it will be difficult. If anyone can do it Rossi can.

[UrbanMyth]

well said simjen

[James Deuce]

Eh? Dangerously? Everyone whinges that HAyden doesn't have what it takes, and then he "Schwantzes" Edwards out of the way and he's dangerous? IS the latter age of GP racing that wussy that the little uns can't remember that to win required crushing your opponent spiritually, mentally and physically?

You guys need to read what Edwards wrote on the MotoGP website. He has no issue with Hayden at all. He crashed by himself, he tried to close out the entry and exit of the chicane by running a tight line and put his front in the dirt.

[BarBender]

Yeah - Like everyone else I felt gutted for Edwards. He definitely had some speed over the weekend and proved it by catching Hayden on the last lap. In saying that I also thought Hayden rode a great race. He never let Edwards get away.

Would be great to Hopper on competitive rubber.

[Motu]

What is it that everyone has against Hayden? He can do no right,and yet he leads the champion ship.He doesn't try hard enough,he pushes too hard....duh! I didn't know what to do all race....Edwards or Hayden? Both more than deserved a win,but really Hayden needed it to put the critics to rest and give a bit of credit to his championship lead with a win.All credit to the boy.Sucks for Edwards,ok he didn't win,but 2nd would of been nice.I was surprised to see Pedrosa walking up the rostrum stairs - how the hell did he work his way up to that?

[SimJen]

Im surprised Pedrosa could climb the stairs.....he's tiny. People moan about Hayden cause hes had the best bike and rarely wins!
To be honest I just enjoy the racing and whoever wins wins. I love the fact that all the current teams are competitive enough to place in the top 5.
Its a shame that Suzuki can't get the bike sorted better, supposedly the tires are good, its just the bike setup that chews them up. Once they sort it out, they will be up the front all race long.

[merv]

Motu, both Hayden and Edwards are boys from dirt school as we know - Hayden from flat track which he was good at and Edwards was a moto-crosser starting when he was 4 years old. Those guys know the cut and thrust of close racing having come from handlebar banging days so I doubt either was fazed by this, just Edwards was pissed off a bit that he blew it. As Jim2 said his comment on the MotoGP site said just that - no blame.

Hayden and Edwards are good riders but since 2001 everyone has looked second best compared to Rossi (no-one else has won the championship since Roberts in 2000) and this was the one time that Rossi was down the back because of his injuries.

If you are interested this is the comment posted on Colin's own website after his webmaster managed to talk to him:

Just got the call from our boy...

I had tried several times to call after the race, and then eventually got the "the voda phone you are trying to reach has been turned off"...

Understandably, I don't think Colin wanted to talk to anyone at that moment.

But, just as I'm about to crank up the old lawn mower and get on with my weekend, the cell phone rings, and caller ID says ICE!!!

He confirmed that he turned the phone off for a bit and just wanted to collect his thoughts for a bit...as well as collect some beer in his belly. The man's spirit can not be broken. He is dissapointed for sure, but he said to me exactly what I told you all "2nd was no better than 13th at that point". He said "I woke up this morning and planned on winning the damn thing...not getting 2nd!!".

I was of course falling all over myself telling him how awesome it was that he made the massive gap up on the last lap, to which he responded "I didn't do anything special...Nicky just freaked out once he was in the lead and slowed down. Don't get me wrong, I was going for it, but it wasn't like I pulled some sort of miracle lap out of my ass."

Anyway, just wanted to let you all know that you can't keep a good man down, and our boy is already looking forward to Donny, and I don't see any reason why we can't run off a string of wins!!!

Thanks again to all you TRUE supporters out there...and if Doc even steps a toe out of line today, he will get flicked off too!!! Don't be a dickhead Proctor!!!

-JP (still inspired!!!)

[Dafe]

Poor Colin alright, I felt very sorry for him.

I certainly didn't like the way Hayden was aggresively overtaking as it was putting both riders at great risk.

Guys like Rossi always overtake so safely and cleanly.

Hayden's overtaking was shocking. It really forced Edwards to have to concerntrate on avoiding an accident with Hayden, in the end thats exactly what happened. It was really Hayden who deserved the Can off.

[James Deuce]

Dafe - have a look at the MotoGP site - Colin crashed by himself. What looked like a touch was Colin's front supension going mental as it went off the curb.

[riffer]

Agree with you Jim2. Bring back the biff, I reckon. Like it was in the 500cc racing...

Tough luck for Edwards - he deserved that win, but not to be.

Why does the GSV-R chew up the tyres though - Hopkins looked good for a while...

[Dafe]

Dafe - have a look at the MotoGP site - Colin crashed by himself. What looked like a touch was Colin's front supension going mental as it went off the curb.


I never at any time thought Colins was hit by Hayden.

I was saying that Colin's attention was diverted from concerntrating on the race after the previous risky overtake move two laps prior.
Hayden had come in so hard on the brakes he cutout any line for Colins to turn in on, forcing him off the track. Pretty dirty move in my opinion.
No wonder two laps later, Colins attention was on trying to avoid a wipeout/collision from another similar attack. An attack which surely enough was so desperate that Hayden himself was fully out of control, riding so crazily he couldn't take the last corner.

Was ashame that Edwards was so concerned with what Hayden was doing. I can't blame him for though.
At the end of the day, It's about getting across the line first and Hayden did whatever he could and the gamble paid off. Ups to him.

[UrbanMyth]

the narrow power band of the suzuki rips up the tyres apparently

[James Deuce]

I never at any time thought Colins was hit by Hayden.

I was saying that Colin's attention was diverted from concerntrating on the race after the previous risky overtake move two laps prior.
Hayden had come in so hard on the brakes he cutout any line for Colins to turn in on, forcing him off the track. Pretty dirty move in my opinion.
No wonder two laps later, Colins attention was on trying to avoid a wipeout/collision from another similar attack. An attack which surely enough was so desperate that Hayden himself was fully out of control, riding so crazily he couldn't take the last corner.

Was ashame that Edwards was so concerned with what Hayden was doing. I can't blame him for though.
At the end of the day, It's about getting across the line first.

That wasn't how Colin saw it. All I saw was two guys racing, for the first time in ages in MotoGP.

[Motu]

Edwards spun up on the grass,he clipped the corner a bit close - he admits it and puts no blame on Hayden.....I reckon a report from the horses mouth has a bit more truth than opinions of halfarsed riders watching on TV.

[Edbear]

All I saw was two guys racing, for the first time in ages in MotoGP.




At least at the front end of the race, anyway!:yes:

[Dafe]

Edwards spun up on the grass,he clipped the corner a bit close - he admits it and puts no blame on Hayden.....I reckon a report from the horses mouth has a bit more truth than opinions of halfarsed riders watching on TV.


Would that be professionally commented reports designed to keep a raceteams spirit clear in mind and focused on the next task ahead and ultimately, keeping the sponsors happy by showing professionalism and avoiding unecessary conflict.

What would saying anything else achieve?

Don't always believe what you are told from a horses mouth! Only a fool would.

[Kornholio]

They both fucked up and Haydn came out on top.

Anyway WSBK at Misano in 3 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go go Suzuki
Boomer before you say anything...STFU :D

WOOT

Crate of Waikato...CHECK
Special racing tobacco...CHECK
Couch...GIDDY UP!!!!

Game on :D

[Dafe]

They both fucked up and Haydn came out on top.





Totally agree kornholio!

[k14]

Poor Colin alright, I felt very sorry for him.

I certainly didn't like the way Hayden was aggresively overtaking as it was putting both riders at great risk.

Guys like Rossi always overtake so safely and cleanly.

Hayden's overtaking was shocking. It really forced Edwards to have to concerntrate on avoiding an accident with Hayden, in the end thats exactly what happened. It was really Hayden who deserved the Can off.
Bro thats bs, thats what racing is all about. Colin could have taken a defensive line and blocked nicky but he didnt so nicky took the opportunity.

Remember motegi last year? This rossi who "overtakes so safe and cleanly" took out melandri and rossi was away scott free. Also as i recall rossi in the first few laps did a bit of a dodgy passing manouvre and ended up running off on the same corner that edwards was passed by hayden on.

In the end it was just awesome racing, thats what its all about, handlebar to handlebar racing.

[sAsLEX]

In the end it was just awesome racing, thats what its all about, handlebar to handlebar racing.

And we all remember Rossi sticking it up the inside of Gibby and sending him to the gravel!

[James Deuce]

Naaah, Rossi can do no wrong. If Hayden shows the same determination though..........

Sheesh!

[Motu]

A Style.....looks more like Doggie Style to me....

[James Deuce]

Bahahaha, those Dutch people crack me up!

[roogazza]

Edwards spun up on the grass,he clipped the corner a bit close - he admits it and puts no blame on Hayden.....I reckon a report from the horses mouth has a bit more truth than opinions of halfarsed riders watching on TV.

Exactly, there are a lot of people on here that have no idea whatsoever . Proper racing is "hard" !!!! These people need therapy after just watching it on TV ! Still thats the way the world is going I guess. Come on , group cuddle ! Gaz.

[SimJen]

Yep racing is hard for sure. I just thought Hayden didn't do any of his passing cleanly. As for Rossi, he had some dodgy moments in that race, but then he was far from fit and the moments were under braking (obviously putting a heap of strain on his fractured wrist).
Roll on the next races, im going to have a few tired monday mornings at work :)

[Motu]

This is a cool pic of what happened - Hayden has already blown it,he's going to have to follow Edwards to the flag....but Colin is just going to give it too much throttle on the grass and destroy his day......

[merv]

Great pic Motu shows it clearly.