WSBK Donnington.

[carbonhed]

Two good races well worth hunting down. Particularly for the Italian meltdown in the second one.

[Punchy]

Can't really imagine the BMW boss repeating the hug he gave him after race 1.
Melandri "didn't want to settle for second"
$50 says he wont win a title, ever again.

What a munter.

[BigAl]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9jd4k-DwRM

[tee]

Can't really imagine the BMW boss repeating the hug he gave him after race 1.
Melandri "didn't want to settle for second"
$50 says he wont win a title, ever again.

What a munter.

You're blaming Melandri for this??

http://www.crash.net/world+superbike...79674/9/photos

Rea isn't even alongside Haslam in that corner when he takes him out.

[Matt Bleck]

that was entertainment plus!!!!

[Punchy]

You're blaming Melandri for this??

http://www.crash.net/world+superbike...79674/9/photos

Rea isn't even alongside Haslam in that corner when he takes him out.

Yeah, for sure blaming Melandri. Yeah, Rea is a bit mental too, but he wouldn't have been able to do anything if it wasn't for Melandri.

[carbonhed]

You're blaming Melandri for this??

http://www.crash.net/world+superbike...79674/9/photos

Rea isn't even alongside Haslam in that corner when he takes him out.

I thought Melandri's lunge made Haslam run a little wide opening the door for Rae to have a go... ropey for sure but if Melandri had settled for second BMW would have had their second 1, 2 of the day. Great fun though and it had been pretty "no quarter" all day.

[pritch]

Most exciting racing we've had in a headline event since Catalunya a coupla years ago and some of you guys are complaining?

Sure, I'm sorry for Haslam, and for Melandri, but they'll both have their moments in the sun.

It's usually only WSS or Moto2 that provide the fun and games, but the action in those two races this week was brilliant.

Lookin' forward to the next round...

[Biggles08]

Yeah, for sure blaming Melandri. Yeah, Rea is a bit mental too, but he wouldn't have been able to do anything if it wasn't for Melandri.

Go get some glasses mate...just because a 'gap' opens up doesn't make it ok to go for it at all cost...Melandri made a go...fucked it up but didn't take anyone out. Jonathan Rea on the other hand

Ended up bowling for beemers!

[Tony.OK]

Kinda makes MotoGP look silly eh? What a couple of cracking races, best I've seen for ages.

Bit tough to call that 2nd race last corner, watched it over and over. It did look like Haslam was going wide and there was room for Rea, Haslam sorta late apexed it and turned in on a only slightly hot Rea...........tough racing! Bloody great viewing though

BMW tried to lodge a protest regarding the last corner incident in Race 2 involving Jonathan Rea, Marco Melandri and Leon Haslam, but the Race Direction deemed it just some hard ‘macho’ racing and the Honda rider came away with no disqualification or penalty, so the witch hunting on who to blame can be laid to rest.

Quote taken from http://www.twowheelsblog.com/post/10...donington-park

[pritch]

I liked one of Milandri's quotes, "Asphalt 1 - Milandri 0"

[discodan]

I liked one of Milandri's quotes, "Asphalt 1 - Milandri 0"

And Sykes: "I'm not the sharpest tool in the box but I managed to figure out that five minus two equals podium. [GRIN]"

[Crasherfromwayback]

Go get some glasses mate...just because a 'gap' opens up doesn't make it ok to go for it at all cost...Melandri made a go...fucked it up but didn't take anyone out. Jonathan Rea on the other hand

!

Any racer worth a pinch of shit would've gone for that gap to win the race.

[roogazza]

Any racer worth a pinch of shit would've gone for that gap to win the race.

Exactly bud, it's called racing ! Had me on the edge of my chair and the old ticker pumping.

[merv]

There was a lot of fairing banging going on earlier too so quite a race really.