MotoGP @ Phillips Island: 1st practice times

[White trash]

Taught him how to do that...........

[puddytat]

That ride by Marques was one of the great rides I've seen. To go from last on the grid to 14th in the first 3 laps & then to push on for a podium....on last years bike.
Go Moto2!!

[denill]

Ryder Notes:

[cc rider]

Got home yesterday after 5 days at the Island

Haven't had such a good time there in years. Hot, wet, windy, humid, cold, sunny, wet, warm, cloudy...
Got wind burnt lips on Sunday..... must have been from constantly yelling...
"Oh Fuck!" "Oh Fuck!" "Oh Fuck!" What an awesome race meet.

We were near Lorenzo when he plopped. Poor bugger, they hadn't found his finger tip last we heard.
I have my suspicions

We almost got taken out on the way home by a Flog on a jap racer with a chicky on the back. He rode up the inside so fast we felt the woosh of jackets brushing.
What a dick-wad.

Saw Avalon in the pits area. Looking forward to seeing her racing here again.

Well done Casey

CC

[codgyoleracer]

Ten things i learnt at Phillip island visit last weekend:

1) Stoner has a bit of talent
2) The Suzuki is not slow in a straight line
3) Phillip Island weather is a prick
4) Post Classics probably wont get invited back as a support class as they oiled up the track....
5) Casey Stoner can ride
6) The Ducatis look slow on change of direction & both riders un-confident in style
7) Seagulls eat chips and anything that looks like a chip, - I;E Horrhays finger
8) Stoner looked fast
9) Karel Abraham had turn 12 totally nailed, he was damm good coming out of there
10) Marquez is a talent & drips confidence & cockyness, to the detriment of some


11) Stoner has balls, speed, confidence, and did i mention he is quite quick ?

[Crasherfromwayback]

11) Stoner has balls, speed, confidence, and did i mention he is quite quick ?

Pretty much unbeatable round there innit he!

I think he'll only be better on the Thous.

Something to do with being a mega multiple Australian dirt track champ.

Such a pity the weather is so fucked up there eh. Don't think in my 6 odd GP's there I've ever not been rained on at some point. Then burnt.

[emaN]

Hmmm, he's quick, he's good, but is he "great"?
He started the 800 era on a bike ahead of its competition, & "happened" to finish the 800 era on a bike ahead of its competition.
Any championships in between?

Three others on the same bike, you say? He was always gonna have his way with them.
Pedrosa = recovering
Simo = learning
Dovi = getting there

Next year will be interesting, but won't really count.
2013 should be interesting-er, when everyone's had a year developing their thou & riding style.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Hmmm, he's quick, he's good, but is he "great"?

He sure is.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/...8stoner800.htm

[codgyoleracer]

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Such a pity the weather is so fucked up there eh. Don't think in my 6 odd GP's there I've ever not been rained on at some point. Then burnt.[/QUOTE]

When you say "burnt" i assume you are talking about the price of the beer & food .............

[Crasherfromwayback]

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When you say "burnt" i assume you are talking about the price of the beer & food .............

What they serve there ain't beer mate! But yes...and the sun/wind burn as well.

[Crasherfromwayback]

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Three others on the same bike, you say? He was always gonna have his way with them.
Pedrosa = recovering
Simo = learning
Dovi = getting there

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Kevin Cameron knows a thing or ten.

"Those fans who are happy only when two or more bikes regularly take the lead by turns may call Phillip Island “a procession” if they like, but that ignores the mastery Stoner displayed in pulling out an incredible 11-second lead over the likes of Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa. Has skill now become boring to race fans? Has sharing the lead nicely become the be all and end all? Anybody notice or appreciate Stoner’s smoking tires?"

And Pedrosa = Recovering? Fuck man...how long does it take?

Simo = Learning? It's his second season in Moto GP mate. Stoner won his second season.

Dovi = Getting there? He'll always only be a 'nearly there' man.

[roogazza]

Something to do with being a mega multiple Australian dirt track champ.

Such a pity the weather is so fucked up there eh. Don't think in my 6 odd GP's there I've ever not been rained on at some point. Then burnt.

Have you been to one of those dirt track meets ? Sort of a cross between motocross and Speedway. Only in Australia, just like "Rules".

Shame about a great track like PI, prick of a place.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Have you been to one of those dirt track meets ? Sort of a cross between motocross and Speedway. Only in Australia, just like "Rules".

Shame about a great track like PI, prick of a place.

Yeah...I'd love to have a go!

And yeah...but I guess that's what makes it so different to the rest.

[sosman]

Hmmm, he's quick, he's good, but is he "great"?
He started the 800 era on a bike ahead of its competition, & "happened" to finish the 800 era on a bike ahead of its competition.
Any championships in between?

Three others on the same bike, you say? He was always gonna have his way with them.
Pedrosa = recovering
Simo = learning
Dovi = getting there

Next year will be interesting, but won't really count.
2013 should be interesting-er, when everyone's had a year developing their thou & riding style.

arh more Rossi yellow tinted crap! :-)

best bike? debatable
If Stoner wasn't there right now then Horehey would be winning the championship

[Crasherfromwayback]

arh more Rossi yellow tinted crap! :-)

best bike? debatable
If Stoner wasn't there right now then Horehey would be winning the championship

Exactly. The Honda is pretty much unchanged from late last year anyway...and it's not like Pedrosa was winning everything in sight then either.

And for sure Lorenzo would've won the title if Stoner wasn't there. On a...YAMAHA!

Because they're so much worse than the Honda.