MotoGP shocker - China is a street race!

[Ghost Lemur]

From a personal perspective,I admire anyone that competes in the TT etc., but to me the thrill of watching racing comes from seeing people compete against each other. I don't enjoy watching time trials (which is what all public road bike races are - set off at timed intervals and race against the clock).

Seeing Rossi and Gibernau banging shoulders (literally) was thrilling. Watching someone race on their own? Doesn't do it for me in the same way.

I agree. When I said I'd like MotoGP to have a street round, I wasn't meaning with time trials, but rather all on the track racing at the same time ala F1 Monaco. IOM was probably a bad example of a place to do it, as they'd need reasonably wide roads.

[SPORK]

Holy shit!!! This is gonna be cool! A street race, hey, wonder if they'd race at Auckland, havent you guys got a street race happening soon?

Is it just me, or is anyone else wondering how the White and Blue biker can avoid casting a shadow?

[Juan]

Of course they use to race at IOM, Imatra in Finland, Rijeka Yugoslavia, to name 3 dangerous ex GP circuits. The last two were tree and telegraph lined and included crossing over railway crossings (a bit like Wanganui !)

think the one in finland is where Jock Taylor was killed .... top racer, top bloke.... sometimes road racing is shit