Phillip Island SBK ****SPOILER****

[marty]

Who's watching it? Great first race :) Worst nightmare for (I think it was) Fabrizio though. That REALLY had to hurt.

[paturoa]

You'd think he put his hand(s) up in the air and be waving furiously rather than just sitting there and looking at them coming.

[Kickaha]

Who's watching it? Great first race :) Worst nightmare for (I think it was) Fabrizio though. That REALLY had to hurt.

I dunno the accident with the two guys over the hill would have to rate right up there

[marty]

it's just that whole 'sitting there waiting for it happen' thing that spooks me. where the fuck did his boot go?

[Sparky Bills]

GO DUCATI!!!! :niceone:

[gav]

Haven't we got a Racing section this thread should go in? :bash:

[marty]

i'm not racing - just watching.

on recent history, this will end up in PD

[R6_kid]

LOL at Biaggi! :bleh::laugh:

[saul]

Go Xaus R. :love:

Well done to the double winner as well.:shifty::first:

Did you see the off he had in Quals.:shutup:

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[saul]

i'm not racing - just watching.

on recent history, this will end up in PD

Cool I just got in then:niceone:

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Supersport :-)

Fantastic ! The first 5 in the same second, and Garry McCoy's Triumph a close 6th !

Clementi and Aitchison finish together 11th and 12th at 16" from the race winner, Aussie Andrew Pitt.

Broc Parkes crashed and felow Aussie Josh Brookes leads the series

01. Andrew Pitt (AUS) TenKate Honda
02. Josh Brookes (AUS) Stiggy Honda
03. Robbin Harms (DAN) Stiggy Honda
04. Fabien Forêt (FRA) WS Yamaha
05. Jonnathan Rea (GBR) TenKate Honda
06. Garry McCoy (AUS) SC Triumph at 1"228
07. Joan Lascorz (ESP) Glaner Honda
08. Gianluca Viziiello (ITA) Berry Honda
09. Massimo Roccoli (ITA) Lorenzini Yamaha
10. Gianluca Nannelli (ITA) Althea Honda
11. Ivan Clementi (ITA) BE1 Triumph
12. Mark Aitchison (AUS) BE1 Triumph
13. Graeme Gowland (GBR) Benjan Honda
14. Chris Walker (GBR) Gil Kawasaki
15. Vesa Kallio (FIN) Benjan Honda
...
DNF Ilario Dionisi (ITA) SC Triumph - Mechanical

Championship standings
01. Brookes - 33
02. Lascorz - 29
03. Pitt - 25
03. Parkes - 25
05. Harms - 20
05. Jones - 20
07.Vizziello - 14
08. Foret - 13
09. Rea - 11
09. Lagrive - 11
11. McCoy - 10
11. Veneman - 10
13. Walker - 9
13. Clementi - 9
...
19. Aitchison - 4

[Brett]

Shit, Biaggi came off with some speed!

[mynameis]

Very dramatic racing, they replayed the first accident at the grid so many times still didn't see where the boot went. Did you see the tyre come off the rear wheel?

And Max trying to push for 1st place from starting at 16th and ended up scoring none after both races.

In the second one his wheels were like broken. Good result at the end though. Go Bayliss !!

[Big Dave]

Hey Boomer - know the words to the Australian national anthem yet? :first::first::first:

:-P

[fredie]

aussie aussie aussie ooh ooh ooh:2thumbsup:lol:

[Joni]

Gutted for Max... poor bastard! :blank:

[Drunken Monkey]

Wouldn't have happened if he stayed on a zooki. Ironic that it happened while he tried to pass a zooki.

Justice.

[Joni]

Justice.Pfft Justice smustice!

My household is split... one Max fan, one anti Max disillusioned sad person :laugh:

[Devil]

Fabrizio's boot took off like a fucking rocket up out of camera shot high towards the crowd. Insane. Ouch.
Someone find the video!

EDIT: Race one highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DS3jbbqO-E
You can see his boot shoot off towards the right corner of the screen at a million miles an hour

Race two highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxwo1JRhs0Q

[k14]

Wouldn't have happened if he stayed on a zooki. Ironic that it happened while he tried to pass a zooki.

Justice.
Huh? He was dumped from the suzuki team and is only on a duke cause they were the only team that had a seat left.

[Drunken Monkey]

True, what I'm saying (quite facetiously) is this wouldn't have happened if he were good enough to say with Suzuki :)

[mynameis]

Huh? He was dumped from the suzuki team and is only on a duke cause they were the only team that had a seat left.

I am actually surprised some team took him on board with his cocky attitude and crap sportsmanship !

[Joni]

I am actually surprised some team took him on board with his cocky attitude and crap sportsmanship !Maybe its because he is a damn good rider?

Dunno may be wrong...maybe being a nice guy is more important than ability in professional racing... not!

[mynameis]

Maybe its because he is a damn good rider?

Dunno may be wrong...maybe being a nice guy is more important than ability in professional racing... not!

Maybe using your brains to gain some points to be in contention to win the title is more important.

Maybe not trying to come from behind (16th position) and then binning trying to catch Bayliss is more important to remember. To be able to get some points - 20 instead of 25.

Maybe being a bit more considerable when passing is important and not just thinking about yourself and taking out other riders by pushing it right to the limit. (As much as every rider wants the title, their lives are also at stake).

Maybe being a bit more reasonable sportsman like the other WSBK riders is important.

Maybe not snobbing your team (who gave you a chance this year) and not talking to them for 24 hours is important.

Maybe not being a complete DICK is important to being a champ.

I can't think of any true champion in any sport who has attitude problems, in fact all Champs have awesome attitude.

Look no further...I am sure you know Shaun Harris better than I do :D

[boomer]

Hey Boomer - know the words to the Australian national anthem yet? :first::first::first:

:-P



Yeah cobber!