Stoner vs Rossi

[roogazza]

You can have a whole stand to yourself there Gaz.............. :-)

yeah, apparently ? Not like the crowds at Mugello (93 thou and Catalunya 120).But it rains ! Gaz.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I was at Mugello last year.
It was the wildest race I have ever been to.

That's Miss Italia 2007 in the pits.

I was at the Flag Marshall station on the last turn when the crowd came through the fence. Rossi had to go on the grass on his slow down lap to avoid them. During the presentation, there must have been 20,000 people on the start finish line (including an LC4 and a ZZR1000 doing burnouts on the line).

Pete Clifford invited us to the Red Bull shindig afterward - I have never seen so many silicon titties together in one place..

Love to go to Mugello...but I was at Laguna in '07'...and Mugello would be doing well to outdo the silicon titties I saw there. Gotta love California for titties!

[eelracing]

Mugello;just watched a fantastic 250 race in the wet (man am i gonna miss the two strokes)settling in for MotoGP race and the pole setter Lorenzo has just crashed on the sighting lap.Is this kid the full quid or what?

[rachprice]

Yay....go stoner that little champ! Pretty interesting race with the lead changing all the time

Melandri seems to be a demon in the wet!

Wonder what will come of incident with Simoncelli and Bautista?? Its a dam shame because Bautista was cranking!!! Making up 7 seconds in 4 laps!
Good on Pasini though

[Mully]

There's something altogether unpleasant about an Australian winning anything. I don't know what it is. It's just an Australian thing.

[pritch]

Melandri seems to be a demon in the wet!

That's damning with faint praise? He won three GPs in 2006 on a satellite Honda and only the Phillip Island race was wet. He was on the podium on four other occasions that season. Sorry, I can't be bothered checking the weather for those...

Wonder what will come of incident with Simoncelli and Bautista??

US$5,000 fine to young Mr Simoncelli

[t3mp0r4ry nzr]

That's damning with faint praise? He won three GPs in 2006 on a satellite Honda and only the Phillip Island race was wet. He was on the podium on four other occasions that season. Sorry, I can't be bothered checking the weather for those...

True, also, Melandri came 2nd in 05, in front of Gibenau, Capirossi, Pedrosa, Hayden etc etc. But in al fairness, he was shite last year!

[k14]

But in al fairness, he was shite last year!

He was shite last year? Gee what championship are you watching? Maybe something to do with the bike he was riding?

[Wingnut]

Maybe something to do with the bike he was riding?

More like his inability to ride it. No one but Stoners seems to really be able to ride it to its potential.

It is so great to see Melandri doing so well. Even with a bike that is having no development over the season.

[pritch]

More like his inability to ride it. No one but Stoners seems to really be able to ride it to its potential.

I was interested to see how this year's class would do. Hayden was quoted as saying that he'd know within minutes of climbing on the bike whether he'd be competitive or not.

There was also a quote from Davide Brivio (sp?) to the effect that Hayden had the required courage because the telemetry showed he was still holding the throttle open when the antics of the bike indicated that shutting off might be a safer option.

Kalio going to Ducati was surprising to me but then I read that he has spent time ice racing. Still...

Stoner can ride the Ducati but so far it seems to be a real career graveyard for anybody else.

[denill]

Stoner can ride the Ducati but so far it seems to be a real career graveyard for anybody else.

Yes, that's pretty well summed up Stoner's team mates and the satellite Ducati rider's career direction on the Ducati - cept hasn't Melandri risen from the dead - in a big way.

Team employers will be keeping his name and contact details in their diaries......... That is - Non-Ducati Team employers..............

[denill]

A good summary of Mugello:

Like Bautista' s quote: 'Simoncelli's ambition outweighs his ability.'

[Crasherfromwayback]

From the Stoner knockers corner today!!

[NZsarge]

From the Stoner knockers corner today!!

He would have been in trouble if the race had gone another 3 or 4 laps, than again so would have Rossi too.
There ya go..

[Oscar]

From the Stoner knockers corner today!!

Where are these "Stoner knockers".

Just because someone disagrees with your pre-season ejaculation about him, hardly makes them Stoner knockers.

Perhaps it just makes them Crasherfromwayback knockers...