Biaggi is a dick (17 June)

[Crasherfromwayback]

Actually can't fully agree there, Haga couldn't pull up or he would have run off, his line was committed. I don't know enough about racing protocol to know who had 'ROW' in that situation, or if that even applies to these guys, but Haga was really out of choices there I think.
I would call it my 2c worth, but that might be overvaluing it.

Yeah he (Haga) would've more than likely run out of track if he'd picked it up.
But if Biaggi was just in front of him that'd be too bad!
That's the price you pay at that level for leaving the door open....even if it's only by a couple of inches. These guys don't expect to be asked twice.

Dunno if you've ever seen it.....but there was a fantastic picture doing the rounds years ago of Aaron Slight sticking it inside of a fellow Aussie Superbike racer.....man....talk about aggressive....but it stuck. The difference between hero and silly homo can be milli seconds. I'll see if I can dig up the Slight pic!

[cowboyz]

True but I reckon that if I could see that it wasn't going to work, then he should have been able to. Haga took the same line every time through there and Max just didn't have the legs to carry it off.
Mind you, I'm not saying it was deliberate, just a poor decision on his part.

To me it looks like a (small) gap was there. If he could have held it a little tighter it would have been close but he would have made it. Definitely not deliberate, turned out to be a poor decision BUT IF he had made it...............

[Drew]

That move was cocky reckless. It was similar to what Haga used to do but Biaggi cant pull it off in the same style

Reckless my arse, the move was smooth, and calculated, and went wrong by fuck all! The only problem, was, at the top level racing, fuck all is all you have. Get a clue, or a race bike if you could do better.

[Brian d marge]

I have only watched the u tube clip ( will study it more ..for scientific research you understand !!!)

but I would have gone for that gap ...

( THOUGH,,,,Haga does have a point and squirt style ,,,,,,soooo I would have been expecting him to come across ... )

Still some u win some you dont ... thats life

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Stephen

[DEATH_INC.]

I'm a huge haga fan, but I believe Max's move was legit, Haga woulda done it, hell I may even have given it a go......there was a gap, that's all you need.....it may have not been well thought out but what the hell....

[onearmedbandit]

+1. I'm no fan of Biaggi but that imo was a legit move. If it had of stuck it would've been a heroic move. But it didn't, and that's racing.

[BigG]

+1. I'm no fan of Biaggi but that imo was a legit move. If it had of stuck it would've been a heroic move. But it didn't, and that's racing.

Corse it was a lagit move, Haga left him room to get through, but the bloody dick head was going to quick, Haga kept his line and dick head hit him, bad judgement on his behalf but I suppose thats high class raceing.

[White trash]

Corse it was a lagit move, Haga left him room to get through, but the bloody dick head was going to quick, Haga kept his line and dick head hit him, bad judgement on his behalf but I suppose thats high class raceing.

Think ya might have been watching a different race mate If anyone hit anyone, Haga hit Biaggi, simply because he didn't know he was there.

When you're racing, you go for the gap. I'm learning that slowly.

Nicko's a fucken expert!

[roadracingoldfart]

If ya hit a car / bike on the left hand side here ya get a ticket for being in the wrong. So.... Haga goes to jail and Biaggi can claim for damages !!!!


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[sAsLEX]

Nicko's a fucken expert!

Thought that was:

'How to crash, red flag a race, restart and red flag the race again, and then restart to finish, third times a charm!'

[Deano]

I don't think Biaggi was ever going to make that move stick in a million years of trying.

Now if he had of got the front wheel ahead of Haga before impact, I might agree that it was legit. To 'steal' a piece of tarmac from another racer is one thing but that is not what happened.

So he is a dick.

[White trash]

You're a dick.

[Toaster]

Well, he gave it a go and it when pair-shaped. Bummer for the both of them. They both looked understandably gutted.... but that's racing!

[Drew]

I don't think Biaggi was ever going to make that move stick in a million years of trying.

Now if he had of got the front wheel ahead of Haga before impact, I might agree that it was legit. To 'steal' a piece of tarmac from another racer is one thing but that is not what happened.

So he is a dick.

And yet, when I stuffed it up the inside of Jarrod Wintle, the last time I raced the fizzer, you were saying how cool a move it was. I saw a gap, knew he was gonna use that line, but got there first, how's it different. (Except for the obvious, him and I are not ever gonna be GP riders)

[Crasherfromwayback]

I don't think Biaggi was ever going to make that move stick in a million years of trying.

Now if he had of got the front wheel ahead of Haga before impact, I might agree that it was legit. To 'steal' a piece of tarmac from another racer is one thing but that is not what happened.

So he is a dick.

Can't agree with you either Deano.

I'm no ex 'GP' or 'WSB' racer, but I've done a few laps with some pretty handy racers...a lot of them in pretty close 'company'.

When you're fired up and hungry....and you've stalked your 'prey' for a few laps, looking for the one slight 'weekness' they may have.......once you make the decision to 'ambush' them in a place that you've worked out you've got a better/faster line than they have....and you pull the pin and commit to the pass....it's too late. Doesn't mean you're a dickhead if it goes wrong.
You're a dickhead if you torpedo someone midships....or if you lock the front and skittle them. But to come up inches short of pulling off a huge and massively brave move on a really fast and scary part of the track is no reason to slag Max off.

And for the record.....I think Max is one of the worlds biggest Dickheads. He should ride for Foggarty.

I've done some pretty agressive moves on some pretty agressive riders.
I've had the same and them some done to me.

But if I was Haga....and yes, I probably would've kicked kitty litter at Biaggi too......once I'd seen the video replay.....I'd probably go over to Biaggi's pit and shake hands......say "sorry I'm a sand kicking bully".....and "by the way Wop Boy....gizza fucking Corona!"