MotoGP Aragon

**Crasherfromwayback** · 21st September 2010, 19:01

Originally Posted by Badjelly

The shoulder got better for a while, but now it's flared up and got worse again. That's impossible because...?

Relax mate...I'm just winding up the Rossi fans! There's not many parts of my body I haven't wrecked...so I know how these things can go!

**merv** · 22nd September 2010, 08:20

Shoulder huh!

Where's Dr Robert when we need him? I thought Ohlins was the cure for any racing problem but now I've been told otherwise http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image...aragon/1/6.htm

**denill** · 29th September 2010, 14:56

From http://www.mcnews.com.au/

We arrived in Aragon expecting hot weather in the middle of the desert but were quite surprised by the cool conditions. When teams asked how you were, they’d greet you with comforting smiles not the usual laughing and joking ‘what’s up’. I went into the CIP Team box on Saturday and the crew seemed to be slowly picking up their spirits, Gilles Bigot said Tomizawa’s family is grateful for all the support given to them from around the world. They are starting a charity group to bring up young riders in Japan in memory of their son whilst collecting all things people have written about him.

Gilles explained that when the team first got interested in Tomizawa and went to Japan to speak to the team, they never saw him personally or told him about their interest. When the news went out that he would be riding for them in 2009, it was a huge surprise for him and he explained to Gilles how much of a dream it was and still couldn’t believe it. He wanted to come over right away and when he did come to France to stay in Gilles home that first night, they cooked him a Japanese meal. After inspecting it, he looked at Gilles in shock and said ‘But this is Japanese!’ he might have been confused for a second that French ate the same food. He was really excited to eat foreign food and try different things, always.

I went to Casey’s motorhome on Thursday and haven’t felt that nervous in a long while, I had something important to say so I was feeling like you do before playing at an event. I was really surprised when I met him smiling, not because I thought he was an unapproachable person but because he talked to me like a brother from another mother. He is a real Aussie, doesn’t worry about what others think and can stand up for himself. I told him before I left that maybe he shouldn’t get so upset when other riders get in his way when he’s doing a fast lap. He carefully explained to me that, when you are going over 250km/h or have it pinned in 6th gear, everything is very blurry and if someone is just waiting there almost stopped, you see them in the last minute and cannot move out of the way, it is just unbelievably dangerous. It made a lot of sense, especially as he has tried talking to the riders involved to no avail.

He also explained how difficult it was in the past years before he moved to Ducati. What you don’t see is the effort and determination it takes to deal with the other side of racing and I am happy to have met someone so young that can inspire others to take risks and do the things they love if only they believe in themselves too. If you spend all day thinking of the things you love instead of your current reality, you’ll eventually source an idea of how to get there as your awareness grows. And it only depends on your level of concentration which determines how fast you get that inspirational idea. All Casey wanted to do is race and he and his family got through a difficult path to get there because of their unwavering faith in his talent. A lot of riders in Europe who get into GP clearly do not understand the struggle it takes to get here and it is questionable whether they would give up their friends and family to do what they really love like him. When illness took over Casey in 2009, some people didn’t understand or even believe him which hurt and usually when times are tough you see who your real friends are.

I remember when Casey stepped down a class to 125Gp from the 250’s and made it through back up again flying into MotoGp, it gave me hope and courage that things would work out for me too. When I left WSBK to pursue GP, I had to go through doing the Spanish Championship before my team had the confidence to bring me into their Gp Team and I always related this with Casey’s step back years ago. A lot of my best friends laughed at me when I told them I was going over with nothing, knowing nobody, but when my now boss gave me the heads up to come to Barcelona and I had to sleep outside the closed Jerez airport when it was 8 degrees, I felt happy because I then understood that I did all this so I would believe in myself. Sometimes you will have to do things outside of your comfort zone to make a difference in your life. For now, use your imagination and see yourself doing the things you’d love to be doing, I’ve learnt that this is what successful people do and they do it every single day without fail.

With all bikes running Tomizawa’s number 48, it made things more comforting even though he was clearly absent and we missed watching his entertaining riding and special antics. With Feem’s head not quite participating in the Aragon event we had to only take what we could and support him in this stressful period. I’m sure all riders who are thinking of the following year and where they are going is more of a major concern in this period. I dropped Feem off to the airport this morning where he’ll head to Thailand for contract negotiations and some time off so hopefully he’ll come to Japan with his head up ready to lock and load! Fortunately he loves Motegi, Sepang and Phillip Island so it could be a good run if he’s happy. We watched ‘Step Up 3D’ the other day and I couldn’t help but think of Tomizawa pulling out all these moves in that Brno Disco last year, for sure his memories will live on forever.

Well until next time folks I’ll leave you with a quote from Lincoln, “To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all; but to believe in the unseen is a triumph and a blessing.”

Indy Samaraweera