Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback
Pretty sure he still lives in Andora. Any one know what he does for a living?
Never, never give in.
Pretty sure he still lives in Andora. Any one know what he does for a living?
Fully qualified Sifter.
He was a suspension tech for Ohlins I believe.....not sure of he still is.
wheelie king
hmmmmmm
SLight could kick some Arse
Heone of my cousins yeah
Blindspott are back as Blacklist check them out
www.blacklistmusicnz.co.nz
Royal Enfield user
Aint that the truth ! but what really happened ,.... I mean lots of others have been in the same boat ,,, but year after year they just ,,, plug away ,,, but he just sort of vanished .. and went back as a tech
always wondered that...
Stephen
"Look, Madame, where we live, look how we live ... look at the life we have...The Republic has forgotten us."
Never, never give in.
Politics. He got on the wrong side of the Pom who ran the team.
Asked one of his relies who lives on the Gold Coast what Simon was doing now:
"He doesn’t work like us mere mortals but has done a couple of old units up and moved them on. Don’t hear much usually, but he will pop his head in once or twice a year and say gidday. He’s not racing competitively now but has a pretty good lifestyle, good on him."
Jesus built my Gixxer
Hell no that was awesome...much rum was drunk that night
Bring Back Buck!!!!!
Built for speed, not for comfort
Highway Biker
Yea I heard that everyone in the Wairarapa was related.
It's not that I'm wrong- It's your too dumb to understand!!!
Enigma
There was a movie made many years ago ...." Deliverence" ! Gaz.
Team Brehaut Racing
Right on... he'd be better than Hodgson or Toseland for sure
Never, never give in.
From Cycle News:
Marlboro Ducati’s Casey Stoner proved the Desmosedici GP7 works as well on twisty tracks as fast ones by clocking the fastest time in Friday’s combined practice sessions at the Sachsenring in the former East German state of Saxony.
Stoner was at the top for almost the entire afternoon session, with a few others only occasionally able to dent his supremacy. But they were never much ahead and never for long and when the day ended he had the best time, a lap of 1:22.737 mins. around the tortuous 2.28-mile circuit. The lap record of 1:21.815 from 2006 is held by Dani Pedrosa.
The time came on the 17th of Stoner’s 27 laps, with just less than 20 minutes to run in Friday’s afternoon session, held in cool, overcast conditions. But neither Stoner, nor anyone else, was able to go faster and he finished the first day of practice for Sunday’s German Grand Prix on top.
The Sachsenring circuit is a new challenge for the Ducati, which has proven its versatility all season. The Ring is one of the shorter tracks, with few long straights, a host of left hand corners, and constant elevation changes.
Fiat Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi was second much of the afternoon, with a brief reign at the top. His best lap of 1:23.083 came near the end of the hour on the 28th of his 31 laps. The lap put him .346 seconds back of championship leader Stoner.
Repsol Honda teammates Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden had wildly divergent days. With just over two minutes to run Pedrosa jumped into third, where he’d finish, at a gap of .283 seconds to Rossi. Hayden finished the afternoon session on his feet, walking back up the pit lane after his engine expired spectacularly on the front straight near the end of the hour. At the time he was in 17th place, out of 19 riders, and 1.5 seconds off the pace. Hayden began his day with a crash and long slide in the morning practice. He was unhurt and able to go faster, but not by much. His best lap of 1:24.200 came on the 16th of 16 laps in the morning. It was a dramatic change from last year when he fought to the finish and carded a very close third.
Hayden wasn’t the only American struggling. Fiat Yamaha’s Colin Edwards fell from a high of third to his eventual eighth in the afternoon, landing one spot in front of Rizla Suzuki’s John Hopkins. Hopkins was riding for the first time since his defection to Kawasaki for the 2008 season was announced. Team Roberts’ Kurtis Roberts was the 19th and final rider.
Further up the field Tech 3 Yamaha’s Sylvain Guintoli was a surprising fourth, the first of the two Dunlop riders in his best practice effort to date.
Then came LRC Honda’s Carlos Checa, who was third before being taken down by Pedrosa and Guintoli. Gresini Honda’s Marco Melandri, also in third late in the session, finished with the sixth best time.
Pramac d’Antin Ducati’s Alex Barros survived a harrowing morning crash to finish seventh in the afternoon. The Brazilian high-sided, went over the front of the Desmosedici GP7 and slid down the track, his right arm stuck under the bike. Then the pair hit a grass strip lining the track, before sliding across more asphalt and hitting the gravel trap, where the tumbling began, the bike briefly pounding Barros into the pebbles. Barros was favoring his right hand when he got up, but he was fit to ride in the afternoon.
Friday Combined Practice:
1. Casey Stoner (Ducati) 1:22.737
2. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1:23.083
3. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1:23.366
4. Sylvain Guintoli (Yamaha) 1:23.387
5. Carlos Checa (Honda) 1:23.413
6. Marco Melandri (Honda) 1:23.430
7. Alex Barros (Ducati) 1:23.548
8. Colin Edwards (Yamaha) 1:23.613
9. John Hopkins (Suzuki) 1:23.645
10. Randy de Puniet (Kawasaki) 1:23.667
Others:
Vermeulen 1m23.68
Capirossi 1m23.68
Hofmann 1m23.85
Tamada 1m24.09
West 1m24.10
Nakano 1.24.20
Fabrizio 1m24.74
Roberts Ku 1m2.31
Never, never give in.
Marlboro Ducati’s Casey Stoner isn't superstitious. The world championship leader sees no reason why he can’t win Sunday's German Grand Prix from the pole position, something no one including himself has been able to do for the past 11 races. And to break it, he'll have to top a tightly bunched field; first to 16th was covered by .815 seconds.
“I’m pretty happy wherever I qualify on the front row, so it’s a nice start for us tomorrow,” Stoner said after taking his second pole position of the year in the closest front row of the season, “but I also don’t believe in all these sort of jinxes and all of that from pole position. The last man to win from pole position was Loris Capirossi on a Ducati (at Motegi in 2006), so I figure that is a clear card to finish that thing.
“And also, most people that have had pole position this year normally haven’t been always very competitive during race tires, not right at the top. So we’ll see how we’ll go with being competitive all weekend and we’ll see if we can get there.”
Stoner’s best lap of the 2.28-mile Sachsenring was a 1:22.384, which was just less than half a second off the previous best lap turned by Dani Pedrosa in 2006. Pedrosa came second to Stoner today by a mere .004 seconds.
“I think tomorrow it will be a very long race,” Pedrosa said. “Also I think at the end of the race it will be difficult to do the pace because there’s so much time in the race. So we’ll see how the tires end it for the race. I’m happy to be on the front row. I think it’s very important.”
Honda Gresini’s Marco Melandri was .009 secs. back of Pedrosa, which meant the front row was covered by .013 secs.
Melandri was thankful to have new parts from Honda and also grateful to Bridgestone, for the qualifier that put him at the end of the front row.
Kawasaki’s Randy de Puniet finished a spectacular fourth. The Frenchman had been at the top for about 20 minutes in the second half of the session before dropping to fourth. On his final lap, De Puniet was faster at the first two intervals, but ran straight off the track soon after, riding through the gravel trap, and throwing the ZXRR down before impacting the air fence. Luckily, he was unhurt.
Rizla Suzuki’s John Hopkins was only .022 secs. slower than de Puniet and just .010 secs. in front of the sixth fastest qualifier, Valentino Rossi of the Fiat Yamaha team.
The third row was Marlboro Ducati’s Loris Capirossi, Pramac d’Antin’s Alex Barros, and Tech 3 Yamaha’s Sylvain Guintoli.
The other Americans didn’t show up until the fifth row. Fiat Yamaha’s Colin Edwards qualified 13th, narrowly in front of Repsol Honda’s Nicky Hayden. Hayden finished a close third here last year and was hoping for better going into the final race before the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix.
Team Roberts’ Kurtis Roberts qualified 19th.
MotoGP Qualifying:
1. Casey Stoner (Ducati) 1:22.384
2. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1:22.388
3. Marco Melandri (Honda) 1:22.397
4. Randy de Puniet (Kawasaki) 1:22.539
5. John Hopkins (Suzuki) 1:22.561
6. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1:22.605
7. Loris Capirossi (Ducati) 1:22.615
8. Alex Barros (Ducati) 1:22.897
9. Sylvain Guintoli (Yamaha) 1:22.958
10. Shinya Nakano (Honda) 1:22.969
Other:
Vermeulen 1m23.03
West 1m23.05
Edwards 1m23.09
Hayden 1m23.15
Checa 1m23.18
Hofmann 1m23.19
Fabrizio 1m23.49
Tamada 1m23.74
Roberts Ku 1m24.20
Never, never give in.
MotoGP Top Speeds in Qualifying - km/h
Stoner 280.4
Pedrosa 279.3
De Puniet 277.1
Capirossi 276.9
Barros 276.6
Hayden 275.5
Hopkins 275.3
Melandri 274.3
Hofmann 274.2
Edwards 273.6
Nakano 273.3
Rossi 273.2
West 273.1
Checa 273.1
Tamada 273.0
Guintoli 272.3
Vermeulen 272.2
Fabrizio 269.7
Roberts Ku 267.9
Enigma
Should , by the times, be a good close race Bill ? I did hear when at the GP's last year that Edwards is a good development rider, but surely he's running out of time in the Yamaha team ? Even though they all look bloody fast in the flesh, it seems there is a pecking order just like at any other level of the sport ? Gaz.
now where's some dirt!
Stoner will piss in, he was easily the fastest on race tyres, 0.5s ahead of most guys for the duration of qualifying. Only people he has to worry about is rossi and pedrosa so its all on Michelin's performance in race trim.
Never, never give in.
I think the question is - who will replace Edwards. Shame to see him go though cos I like his straight up talking.
I think Stoner will win - or maybe Rossi. Nah, Stoner. But could be Rossi.
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