Round 1 Moto GP Qatar.

**carbonhed** · 13th April 2010, 10:52

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

Aye. I think those here that said he would only ever be good on a Superbike must be feeling like dolks now.

If I knew WTF a dolk was i might be able to confirm or deny whether I felt like one. Certainly a very impressive ride from Spies. Still... he had an injured Lorenzo dangling just in front of him and when push came to shove... said Lorenzo rode away from him and overtook Hayden and Dovi for second. Magic!

Great to see Nicky and Andrea flying again (must have loved showing Rossi the wheel :-) ).

Presumably Honda will be able to calm Pedrosa's ride down eventually because it looks really fucking scary at the moment!

Good to see Bautista and Simoncelli going at it hammer and tongs still... although I imagine binning it on the last corner in a dispute for 11th may eventually come to be frowned on.

Best Moto GP race for ages... long may it last.

**Crasherfromwayback** · 13th April 2010, 10:55

Originally Posted by carbonhed

Best Moto GP race for ages... long may it last.

Sorry...meant dork! But hey...we agree on something. Gonna be an awesome season if that's anything to go by.

You're right...our Steinie bet could balance out too.

**Rcktfsh** · 13th April 2010, 12:30

Originally Posted by denill

Stoner said:
"The bike bogged at the start so I didn't get away well but I felt good and I was able to pass the other guys. Once I got to the front I started to get into my rhythm but I lost the front end a couple of times in long corners so I made the decision to try to ride a bit smoother and not put so much pressure on the front tyre with the full tank. Unfortunately that is what led to the crash because looking at the telemetry I didn't have enough load on the front, so I guess in hindsight I should have stuck to the way I'd been riding all weekend. It's my mistake and I apologise to the team because we'd done a great job this weekend and we leave empty handed. Having said that it's not a complete disaster because we've found this weekend that the bike has improved in areas where we have struggled in the past - for example the rear grip was unbelievable - and we have a long, long way to go."

What a load of crap, you can clearly see in the coverage that the flag marshall on that corner was eating a cheeses sandwich which set of casey's lactose intolerance, probably lucky to have survived.

**Rcktfsh** · 13th April 2010, 12:32

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

Aye. I think those here that said he would only ever be good on a Superbike must be feeling like dolks now.

Not ready to kiss my box of heinies good bye quite yet.

**Cleve** · 14th April 2010, 08:41

For me one of the best things to come out of this race was that there may no longer be just the 4 aliens at the top. We may have 7 battling for the lead all season with Dovizioso, Spies and Hayden all up there as well.

**TonyB** · 14th April 2010, 12:50

My theory: Stoner has won/battled for championships on a bike that no one else could ride fast. Ducati seem to have sorted that if Haydens performance was anything to go on.
Therefore I reckon Stoner will be even faster this year than he has been in the past.
I reckon next year Spies will go well on a 1000

**slowpoke** · 14th April 2010, 13:05

Originally Posted by TonyB

My theory: Stoner has won/battled for championships on a bike that no one else could ride fast. Ducati seem to have sorted that if Haydens performance was anything to go on.
Therefore I reckon Stoner will be even faster this year than he has been in the past.
I reckon next year Spies will go well on a 1000

Don't know about that. Stoner hasn't been dominant in testing and Hayden was getting to grips with the Ducati last year but was hampered by other numpty's taking him out on the first lap. Hayden is no mug.

**Movistar** · 14th April 2010, 22:25

Originally Posted by codgyoleracer

Notes:
1) Man the Honda was F A S T - in a straight line.......
2) IMO - Rossi was never going to lose it after Stoner hiffed it away
3) Stoner did his fastest lap on the lap preceding falling , got a pit board reading Rossi coming & lasted one corner.......
4) Spies, Impressive with a capital F
5) pass of the race - Lorenzo on Dovi.........

Agree with you there on all that Glen...

Originally Posted by carbonhed

Certainly a very impressive ride from Spies. Still... he had an injured Lorenzo dangling just in front of him and when push came to shove... said Lorenzo rode away from him and overtook Hayden and Dovi for second. Magic!

Great to see Nicky and Andrea flying again (must have loved showing Rossi the wheel :-) ).

Presumably Honda will be able to calm Pedrosa's ride down eventually because it looks really fucking scary at the moment!

Good to see Bautista and Simoncelli going at it hammer and tongs still... although I imagine binning it on the last corner in a dispute for 11th may eventually come to be frowned on.

Best Moto GP race for ages... long may it last.

I think Lorenzo burgled that a bit.
"My poor hand" - then had a blinder...

On the grid before the race I thought Hayden was going to hurl up his dinner

man he looked ill...

Yes, the 250 boys were certainly up to their old tricks, haven't they learned that it always ends in tears...