MotoGP 2013

[GD66]

casey must be a better test/development rider than some think if they want him to throw a leg over the new HRC bikes???

Good enough, I reckon. Using Casey's settings and wrenched by Casey's team, Marquez is straight on the pace without too much drama. Can't blame a guy for wanting a bit more seat time on those mighty missiles : I rather doubt running round in a queue in the V8 support series is doing it for him...

[denill]

Might just have been a good idea for Ducati to send him an invitation?

Well nothing else is working..................

[Drew]

Might just have been a good idea for Ducati to send him an invitation?

Well nothing else is working..................

Wouldn't work. The little bastard could ride the heap of shit just fine the way it was.

[Bender]

casey must be a better test/development rider than some think if they want him to throw a leg over the new HRC bikes???

Actually when he retired there was an interview with the Honda guy (Nakamoto? - name I can't remember) who said one of the things he liked about Casey was that he brought something to the table every day - always something new, something to try, some feedback.

Getting Stoner to test is a master stroke because he is right on the pace. Is there another "development" rider who is that fast?

[Badjelly]

[roogazza]

Thought you fellas might not have seen Rossi's own track, so here's a squiz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=3tjI3v58OR8

[Drew]

Fuck, that's so cool!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Thought you fellas might not have seen Rossi's own track, so here's a squiz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=3tjI3v58OR8

Fuck, that's so cool!

Should invite his best mate Stoner if he'd like to see how to ride round his track way faster.

[roogazza]

Should invite his best mate Stoner if he'd like to see how to ride round his track way faster.

Who in their right mind would want that little 'misery guts' for a friend.

[Kendog]

Thought you fellas might not have seen Rossi's own track, so here's a squiz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=3tjI3v58OR8

Shit that is awesome.
Get Nicky out there.

This comment made me laugh "cazzo, Guy Martin sembra Wolverine...."

[bogan]

Who in their right mind would want that little 'misery guts' for a friend.

Well, send him out for a few sighting laps first and they could retire that water truck

[denill]

Wouldn't work. The little bastard could ride the heap of shit just fine the way it was.

Yeah, he'd probably say, "That's better than the POS you used to give me to ride."

[steveyb]

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Stevey, it's been asphalt for a while. That's from the Zanardi/Herta finish in the CART race there in 1996.

That is pretty amazing eh? It's almost like the ripple strip has been put in the wrong place!!

But that asphalt seems to come and go.
In 2008 it was definitely not there, then this year there is some stuff that looks like left overs from a patch job somewhere.

[Drew]

In 2008 it was definitely not there, then this year there is some stuff that looks like left overs from a patch job somewhere.

Funny you should mention that. I notice while I watched on Sunday, that the track is rough as guts. The big bump in the left after the corkscrew seems to be better than previous years, but the ones leading into the final turn were shocking.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Who in their right mind would want that little 'misery guts' for a friend.

Me. Because I love flatrack racing and have the UTMOST respect for anyone really good at it. Besides...I reckon you'd find Stoner would be fine to ride dirtbikes with and very diff away from the glare of the public spotlight.