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06-06-2004, 11:45 AM
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| OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? It is becoming difficult to sit and watch a GP in peace... These wackos are doing their best to keep our adrenalin flowin.. Can't wait for next Sunday... Last edited by vader56 : 06-06-2004 at 11:57 AM. | |
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06-06-2004, 12:16 PM
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| Join Date: 04-08-2004 Location: Perth, Australia
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Was actually short of breath.  |
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06-06-2004, 12:21 PM
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| Join Date: 04-09-2003 Location: Athens, Greece.
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Definately... I'm not sure whether this new system is fair for the riders but it keeps us spectators on the edge. |
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06-06-2004, 12:26 PM
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| Join Date: 04-08-2004 Location: Perth, Australia
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Accumulative was probably fairer but I think people (fans) according to Dorna could'nt grasp who was actually winning on that system. Be ok if it was at the beginning but so near the end, I dunno. |
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06-06-2004, 7:28 PM
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? It wouldn't have mattered today, Valentino would have won, and Sete and Max would have been on the podium with him. Incredible race, Valentino is unreal  |
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06-07-2004, 12:03 AM
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   Join Date: 11-14-2001 Location: Here
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Freakin' AWESOME race! Too bad it wasn't run all in the dry, but made things interesting for sure! Now about the cornerworkers' treatment of Nakano...   
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06-07-2004, 12:05 AM
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| Every ride a gift...   Join Date: 03-02-2003 Location: Idaho, USA
Bike(s): '02 RC51; '05 DR-Z400SM; '06 CBR600RR Age: 46 Posts: 4,132
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Rossi is unbelievable - what great dicing between him and Sete! That crash was horrific - how did that guy keep from having scrambled eggs for brains? |
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06-07-2004, 12:17 AM
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| Join Date: 02-13-2004 Location: Lansvale Sydney Australia
Bike(s): CBR600RR Age: 36 Posts: 1,340
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? It was indeed a fukin awesome race. Pity Edwards is going backwards further at each race. Now it's a problem with his "motard" training..........??????? That's why we call him my user name. |
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06-07-2004, 3:37 AM
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  Join Date: 12-29-2001 Location: La Crosse, Wi
Bike(s): 2003 VFR, 2005 MV Agusta F4 1+1 Age: 27 Posts: 3,266
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06-07-2004, 4:52 AM
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| Join Date: 12-10-2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia
Bike(s): 2003 954 (fireblade) 149.3 Hp Age: 44 Posts: 5,183
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? great race, probably one of the best for a long time (my opinion anyway)I kept waiting for Tamada to wipe somebody out, thank god he went out. The kawasaki accident looked horrendous, thank god he was ok. Our commentators did not even know what was going on at the restart so how are we supposed to know  |
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06-07-2004, 5:13 AM
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 Join Date: 04-05-2002 Location: Sydney, Aus
Bike(s): Black/Red 954, 136.3hp bone stock Age: 34 Posts: 3,523
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Great race, shame about the rule... Z.. |
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06-07-2004, 8:15 AM
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| Join Date: 06-07-2001 Location: Fort Worth
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Unbelievable....that's all I can really describe it as. I couldn't believe my eyes watching the corner workers try to yank Nakano's helmet off and THEN try to stablilize his neck....what a bunch of freakin morons? Shouldn't they know better? The FIM's got to do a better job working with the tracks to make sure the corner workers understand what they can and cannot do. So I'm reading it was a tire (Bridgestone) failure that got Nakano and that Tamada also stopped due to a strange vibration from his rear Bridgestone. Freaking crazy at +200mph. Is anyone else amazed that Xaus kept it on two wheels after the restart? I just KNEW he was going to bowling ball the front 5 or so, but he really did well....who was really under that helmet? And Rossi...pfttt...what can you say...Unbelievable |
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06-07-2004, 5:21 PM
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| Join Date: 07-26-2001 Location: NorCal
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? What about Bayliss? Mr. Rain king?? |
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06-07-2004, 8:24 PM
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| Join Date: 02-13-2004 Location: Lansvale Sydney Australia
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Huh? Stegen........I think I get what you're saying, but just wanna make sure. So much gets lost on piss taking and keyboards. haha |
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06-07-2004, 8:30 PM
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| Join Date: 07-26-2001 Location: NorCal
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Quote:
Heh, stegen... I forgot about that. My wife doesn't have stretch marks though... | |
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06-07-2004, 8:33 PM
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| Join Date: 05-01-2004 Location: San Diego, (Ramona), CA
Bike(s): VTR, RC51, EX500 & soon a DRZ400SM :) Age: 38 Posts: 175
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Quote:
http://motogp.tiscali.com/ppv_multim...278/278432.wmv | |
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06-07-2004, 8:44 PM
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| Join Date: 11-14-2001 Location: Here
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Quote:
 I was waiting for that very thing to happen.
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06-07-2004, 8:55 PM
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| Join Date: 06-08-2002 Location: easton/maryland/usa
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? The race was great!!!I know bayliss is a great rider, but,,,, if leading a GP for a short while qualifies you as a great rain rider, well, I guess Xaus is the man as well. More like they all had WAY less to lose. Not that any of that crap lasted when the adults decided to take over again. Thank GOD Xaus didn't take out all the real GP talent. What a tool. If i saw him come up the inside on me I might crap my pants in fear. I like how he was trying to show Bayliss how he's should be ducati's man!! DORK! Nakano's crash should be an Arai ad. Glad he's okay. GO ROSSI!!!! |
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06-07-2004, 8:57 PM
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| Join Date: 05-01-2004 Location: San Diego, (Ramona), CA
Bike(s): VTR, RC51, EX500 & soon a DRZ400SM :) Age: 38 Posts: 175
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Quote:
You could just see the laptimes drop when Reuben went to the front. Nobody wants to follow him around a track.  It looks like Troy B. is probably still the only guy who's not completely spooked by Reuben; and he almost got t-boned by him several times when they were in WSBK together. Excellent racing, gotta tape the replay tomorrow as well. | |
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06-07-2004, 10:43 PM
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 Join Date: 04-07-2004 Location: Canberra, Australia
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? It was a brilliant race  marred only by the stupid rule on the rain restart.  Why wouldn't they aggregate the times?Nakano was a lucky boy indeed to survive that close call with the concrete wall not to mention being tumble dried at 300kph. And how was Rossi's wheelie on the straight at 300+  And I noticed that Max is still whinging that he'd win if only Honda would help him out a bit more or some such crap.   |
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06-07-2004, 11:06 PM
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| Join Date: 07-26-2001 Location: NorCal
Bike(s): 2000 R6 (no lights, speedo just a number plate) Age: 33 Posts: 191
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06-08-2004, 2:28 AM
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| Join Date: 04-08-2004 Location: Perth, Australia
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? I think we saw the old Biaggi returning in the interview. Mugello is becoming one of my favourite tracks along with Assen, Monza and PI.  Cant believe the speeds there doin at Mugello bunched up like that, must have alot of confidence in the other riders around them. |
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06-08-2004, 3:40 AM
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| Join Date: 02-13-2004 Location: Lansvale Sydney Australia
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Sorry Knip, I was talking to Stegen. Unfortunately, Bayliss' rain riding abilities don't get him too far. If he rode to a speed where he didn't crash, he wouldn't be so fast. You gotta first finish to finish first. |
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06-08-2004, 3:45 AM
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| Join Date: 04-08-2004 Location: Perth, Australia
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? The Ducati seemed to me that its slower in change of direction, could see it as they were close together in the final stint. |
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06-08-2004, 11:56 AM
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| Join Date: 07-26-2001 Location: NorCal
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06-08-2004, 9:17 PM
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| Join Date: 06-08-2002 Location: easton/maryland/usa
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? My point exactly. Holy crap I agree with the sook! i will never forget the way he came threw the field TWICE in that Phillip Island WSB race a few yrs ago. That Ducati should have cut out! anyway, he's riding a lame duck this year. |
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06-09-2004, 1:22 AM
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| Join Date: 05-07-2004 Location: Perth, WA, Australia
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Maybe they should run the full race rain or shine but allow pitstops? |
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06-11-2004, 4:11 PM
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 Join Date: 05-07-2003 Location: CHS, SC, USA
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| Re: OH YEAH!... Was that a great GP or what? Great race. Clearly Rossi is being challenged, and is still managing to overcome his bike's deficit(s). I watched the recorded race a couple of days ago, the one that Conq provided the addy to, but decided to finish watching the file, to see what was at the end. My Italian isn't great, so I pretty much skipped through Vale's interview, but I listened to Sete's speech in Spanish and... well... was disappointed to hear that he explicitly blamed his 2nd place on the rain. In his own words, "unfortunately for us, the rain came, and changed everything" (~1:54:00). Seems to me that Rossi was winning, and was more than ready for Sete every time they came into the final sprint for the flag. Sure, Sete would overtake him down the straight, but certainly not before getting to the flag |
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