MotoGP Assen

[denill]

Pretty sure racing is on Saturday?

Toni Elias broke his left femur in a crash in the morning’s free practice session.

Thursday Practice Times:

1. Casey Stoner (Ducati) 1:37.828

2. Randy de Puniet (Kawasaki) 1:38.040

3. Nicky Hayden (Honda) 1:38.114

4. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1:38.148

5. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1:38.221

6. Makoto Tamada (Yamaha) 1:38.256

7. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) 1:38.341

8. John Hopkins (Suzuki) 1:38.436

9. Shinya Nakano (Honda) 1:38.444

10. Alex Barros (Ducati) 1:38.485
Then:
Capirossi 1m38.60
Guintoli 1m38.65
Checa 1m38.73
Hofmann 1m38.84
Vermeulen 1m39.15
Melandri 1m39.25
West 1m38.75
Roberts 1m40.83

[denill]

If you check the times you will see that 2nd to 14th are on the same second! Now that's close!

[denill]

It was wet at Assen and look where Rossi and Hayden are!

MotoGP Qualifying:

1. Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) 1:48.555

2. Casey Stoner (Ducati) 1:48.572

3. Randy de Puniet (Kawasaki) 1:49.579

4. Marco Melandri (Honda) 1:49.679

5. John Hopkins (Suzuki) 1:49.684

6. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) 1:49.691

7. Anthony West (Kawasaki) 1:49.807

8. Alex Hofmann (Ducati) 1:49.927

9. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1:50.132

10. Loris Capirossi (Ducati) 1:50.169

11. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1:50.392

12. Alex Barros (Ducati) 1:50.402

13. Nicky Hayden (Honda) 1:50.581

14. Kurtis Roberts (KR212V) 1:51.259

The Rest:

Nakano 1m51.82
Checa 1m53.27
Guintoli 1m54.25
Tamada 1m57.52

[Marknz]

Come on then you Spewzuki spankers... here's you chance to grab some glory for at least the next 16 hours :scooter:

:yes:

[Sparky Bills]

Anyone know what time its on?

[Devil]

Sky Sport 3, 11:55pm. Tonight (Sat 30th).
It says running time is only 65 minutes so the fuckers are probably only showing the MotoGP race and not the 125's and 250's.

[Masterchop]

Casey Stoner proving himself to be the consistant rider on the Moto Gp grid this season, Wet or fine he is still at the sharp end of the pack, good bike good tyres and good rider. A very hard combination to beat.

I think Rossi must be having a nightmare with his tyres this season, he is still the best rider out there but is constantly struggling with tyre problems.

[Cleve]

Tamada not racing as he was outside the time allowed. As were a number of top level 250 guys.
Annoyed we don't get the 125's and 250's.

[k14]

Tamada not racing as he was outside the time allowed. As were a number of top level 250 guys.
Annoyed we don't get the 125's and 250's.
Is that confirmed? There were also a lot of 125 guys that didn't make qualifying mark either (Pasini included) due to the rain. I would imagine that race direction will allow everyone from all classes to compete. As at mugello when Lorenzo missed the qualifying mark.

[denill]

Casey Stoner proving himself to be the consistant rider on the Moto Gp grid this season, Wet or fine he is still at the sharp end of the pack, good bike good tyres and good rider. A very hard combination to beat.

Has Stoner crashed the Duke at all this year??

[VasalineWarrior]

[QUOTE=Masterchop;1114979]Casey Stoner proving himself to be the consistant rider on the Moto Gp grid this season, Wet or fine he is still at the sharp end of the pack, good bike good tyres and good rider. A very hard combination to beat.

Yes. Buts he's still a dick

[denill]

[QUOTE=Masterchop;1114979]Casey Stoner proving himself to be the consistant rider on the Moto Gp grid this season, Wet or fine he is still at the sharp end of the pack, good bike good tyres and good rider. A very hard combination to beat.

Yes. Buts he's still a dick

So what brought you to that conclusion ???

[VasalineWarrior]

[QUOTE=VasalineWarrior;1115207]

So what brought you to that conclusion ???


Oh nothing. Im just a racist australian hater and general all round biggot. Being a Rossi fan hasnt helped so hence my scientific conclusion of him being a dick

[k14]

Has Stoner crashed the Duke at all this year??
Yep a few times, free practice at turkey I can remember. I think at le mans in the wet practice too maybe. Not in any races though. Rossi has dropped it a few more times than stoner.

Stoner for the win, hopkins 2nd and hayden 3rd. Forecast for sun.

[Masterchop]

[QUOTE=VasalineWarrior;1115207
Yes. Buts he's still a dick


Is that because he is talented, makes squlions of $$$$ and has a hot wife.

[Masterchop]

Stoner for the win, hopkins 2nd and hayden 3rd. Forecast for sun.

If the forecast is for sun you have to put Rossi in there and drop Hayden.

[denill]

Sky 3 tomorrow, MotoGP replay 7.30 to 11.30am.
So guess it will include all the classes.

[denill]

[QUOTE=Masterchop;1115227
Is that because he is talented, makes squlions of $$$$ and has a hot wife.[/QUOTE]

'Spose he has a hot wife. But why limit himself to one hottie when he could be in high demand??

On the subject, Val never has a bird in his pit - but he has a male friend?

[k14]

On the subject, Val never has a bird in his pit - but he has a male friend?
Yeah I've noticed that. I've always had my suspicions. Uccio and Vale, that has a nice ring to it doesn't it? :shit:

[k14]

Has Stoner crashed the Duke at all this year??
Speak of the devil!!! Stoner crashes in morning warmup. Still no concern. Kentucky Kid fastest with rossi 2nd. Will see how well a start rossi gets as to how well he will go in the race.

[sAsLEX]

Well who would of thought it was possible


weird that they all ran out of fuel except the Suzukis and Yams after the race.

Also interesting how Stoner was saying the big fairings which make the Duke fast in a straight line where effecting him with the strong side winds!

[Big Dave]

Who won?........

[Whynot]

1. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 42min 37.149 secs
2. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team (B) 42min 39.058 secs
3. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (M) 42min 43.226 secs
4. Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda Team (M) 42min 47.614 secs
5. John Hopkins USA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 42min 50.287 secs
6. Colin Edwards USA Fiat Yamaha Team (M) 42min 52.288 secs
7. Alex Barros BRA Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 43min 13.224 secs
8. Alex Hofmann GER Pramac d'Antin MotoGP (B) 43min 18.917 secs
9. Anthony West AUS Kawasaki Racing Team (B) 43min 20.754 secs
10. Marco Melandri ITA Gresini Honda (B) 43min 20.945 secs
11. Carlos Checa SPA Honda LCR (M) 43min 20.975 secs
12. Shinya Nakano JPN Konica Minolta Honda (M) 43min 25.045 secs
13. Makoto Tamada JPN Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 43min 31.217 secs
14. Sylvain Guintoli FRA Dunlop Tech 3 Yamaha (D) 43min 34.867 secs
15. Kurtis Roberts USA Team Roberts (M) 44min 5.786 secs
16. Chris Vermeulen AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP (B) 44min 11.957 secs

[Ivan]

Me Boi Nicky yeeeeeeehhaaaaaaa

[Devil]

What a race! He's still the man. :yes:

[roogazza]

What a race! He's still the man. :yes:

Sure is ! But wouldn't it be nice to get rid of those fucken motor mouth pommy broadcasters ??? Loved they way they backtracked in the last few laps.......wouldn't know shit from clay ? Gaz

[k14]

Stoner for the win, hopkins 2nd and hayden 3rd. Forecast for sun.
Two out of three is ok i guess :scooter:

[skaz]

'Spose he has a hot wife. But why limit himself to one hottie when he could be in high demand??

On the subject, Val never has a bird in his pit - but he has a male friend?

Found this reading about Rossi on Wikipedia,

"Rossi has stayed with the now-famous #46 throughout his career. The text on his helmet refers to the name of his group of friends: "The Tribe of the Chihuahua", and the letters WLF on his leathers stand for "Viva La Figa" or "Long Live Pussy".

Lol:Punk:

[VasalineWarrior]

[QUOTE=VasalineWarrior;1115207
Yes. Buts he's still a dick


Is that because he is talented, makes squlions of $$$$ and has a hot wife.


Nah its cause he rides a duke

Woohoo go rossi!!

[boomer]

Sure is ! But wouldn't it be nice to get rid of those fucken motor mouth pommy broadcasters ??? Loved they way they backtracked in the last few laps.......wouldn't know shit from clay ? Gaz

you gotta be shittin me right? they're entertaining, they raise the tempo and make the commentary fun.

oh wait.. i might be biased :shutup:

[Big Dave]

He's still the man. :yes:

The scoreboard indicates otherwise.

[denill]

The scoreboard indicates otherwise.

But he'd better not look behind. Rossi's coming. 5 points in the next 5 races will be enough - if there are 5 races?

[sAsLEX]

GER
US
CZ
RSM
POR
JPN
AUS
MAL
VAL


9 Left plenty of time.

[Devil]

The scoreboard indicates otherwise.

Oi! You! No!

*puts fingers in ears*
LA LA LA LA LA I CANT HEAR YOU.

[skelstar]

Still blows me away that someone who gets to the first corner in 9th can win a race. Too many years of watching F1 and Racing Taxis.

Was great to watch...not quite as good as Catalunya, but a better result. Just wish that cock hadn't posted the result in the thread title.

[denill]

Still blows me away that someone who gets to the first corner in 9th can win a race. Too many years of watching F1 and Racing Taxis.
So that just proves again that he is the BEST RACER in the field. And can't see why any one would bother with F1?


Was great to watch...not quite as good as Catalunya, but a better result. Just wish that cock hadn't posted the result in the thread title. I NEVER come here till after I've seen the race!

[roogazza]

you gotta be shittin me right? they're entertaining, they raise the tempo and make the commentary fun.

oh wait.. i might be biased :shutup:

I'll take that back ! they probably do know shit from clay ? But I prefer facts not opinion. I've heard better from Ray Whitam ! Rays pretty good , if you've heard him at our local meetings ? G.

[denill]

I'll take that back ! they probably do know shit from clay ? But I prefer facts not opinion.

Yeah, I like it when they tell you what the riders thinking :shutup::shutup:

[skelstar]

I NEVER come here till after I've seen the race!
Nah, some loser started a thread called 'Rossi beats Stoner' or something like that. It might have been removed. I hope not, cause I gave him some red for it.

[Masterchop]

[QUOTE=VasalineWarrior;1116687
Nah its cause he rides a duke


Yea thats a good reason.

[Toast]

Anyone got a link to the race?

[BarryG]

Re the announcers, we lost the Poms for this race, it was broadcast on CBS, and Kevin Schwantz is one of their announcers. He's pretty good, actually - when De Puniet nailed Vermuelen, Kevin was going 'aaaahhhhh, nnoooooo' as the Kawasaki's front let go, it was classic, it sounded like all he wanted to say was 'you complete dick' about the move, but sufficed with the long unbelieving groan! And there's not nearly as much talking, they just let the screen do that, which is actually quite a nice change from the sometimes o.t.t of the regular guys (and any other announcer of AMA races, excpet Freddie Spencer).
Rossie was immaculate, this time again, wasn't he?! And Nicky on a charge is fine to see.
Cheers
Barry

[Brian d marge]

Re the announcers, we lost the Poms for this race, it was broadcast on CBS, and Kevin Schwantz is one of their announcers. He's pretty good, actually - when
Barry

he said he was doing the three races up to the american gp to try and boost the popularity of the race

Stephen

[xwhatsit]

he said he was doing the three races up to the american gp to try and boost the popularity of the race

Stephen

<hints id="hah_hints"></hints>I like the Japanese commentators you have over there. Was watching some old F1 stuff on Youtube (Senna and Prost, I think) and they got so excited one almost blew a head gasket. Also, watched a clip where dear Nigel Mansell's Williams blew up on the last lap in Canada (I think) whilst in the lead and the dear screaming Japanese gentleman nearly floated away, he was very very excited.

[roogazza]

Re the announcers, we lost the Poms for this race, it was broadcast on CBS, and Kevin Schwantz is one of their announcers. He's pretty good, actually - when De Puniet nailed Vermuelen, Kevin was going 'aaaahhhhh, nnoooooo' as the Kawasaki's front let go, it was classic, it sounded like all he wanted to say was 'you complete dick' about the move, but sufficed with the long unbelieving groan! And there's not nearly as much talking, they just let the screen do that, which is actually quite a nice change from the sometimes o.t.t of the regular guys (and any other announcer of AMA races, excpet Freddie Spencer).
Rossie was immaculate, this time again, wasn't he?! And Nicky on a charge is fine to see.
Cheers
Barry

+1 to that Barry, I was thinking at the time wouldn't it be nice to hear more engine noise instead of yarp yarp yarp ! If you've ever heard Moto in the flesh its something else ?
Barry Sheene used to do a smart commentary too, another great man. Gaz.

[gav]

Sky Sport 3, 11:55pm. Tonight (Sat 30th).
It says running time is only 65 minutes so the fuckers are probably only showing the MotoGP race and not the 125's and 250's.
Bit late now, but if you'd checked Sky, they had a full replay of 125's, 250's and MotoGP on the Sunday morning starting at 7.30am, 4 hours worth.