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Old 07-16-2006, 4:11 PM
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*SPOILER* German GP
What a race!

What a season!

Not a great track for passing, but maybe that made the passes that much more exciting. The final few laps were really fun to watch.

ROSSI!!! 11th on the grid, making unreal passes by several people at a time in the early laps, picking off the leaders one by one, and then dicing with Melandri on the last few laps. The guy is just unreal.

Hayden rode his butt off (he needed to!), and thank goodness he kept that sour little Spaniard behind him at the end, despite Dani's attempt to nearly t-bone his teammate toward the finish.

I loved the full lap they showed from Melandri's bike chasing Rossi. The elevation changes in that track really look like fun.

Too bad KRjr took out Tamada like that.

Laguna Seca should be fun...

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What a nail biter...

Current Standings:

1 Nicky Hayden---169
2 Valentino Rossi--143
3 Dani Pedrosa----140
4 Marco Melandri--134
5 Loris Capirossi---118
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Old 07-16-2006, 5:04 PM
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Good race I especially liked the adds in the final lap
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......and the way they only had enough time for Rossi's speech.
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......and the way they only had enough time for Rossi's speech.
Don't support that channel. Buy a motogp.com membership. You get to see the entire race including all interviews. The feed starts from 125/250 until the end with no commericals or interruptions. The GP riders are always out on the grid about 30 minutes prior to the race. Almost every rider is interviewed and you learn about all kinds of stuff happening in the background. Not to mention you get to watch FP2 and Qualifying live, as well as the race. Fuk SPEED
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What a race...Nothing more can be said about Rossi...
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Thanks to PurpDust for showing me how worth it the online subscription is. No commercials, full coverage before, during, and after the races. And yesterday I figured out how to hook up the notebook to the TV and run the audio over the sound system. Pic is a little pixely blown up to 50", but a lot better than watching on the notebook...
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Don't support that channel. Buy a motogp.com membership. You get to see the entire race including all interviews. The feed starts from 125/250 until the end with no commericals or interruptions. The GP riders are always out on the grid about 30 minutes prior to the race. Almost every rider is interviewed and you learn about all kinds of stuff happening in the background. Not to mention you get to watch FP2 and Qualifying live, as well as the race. Fuk SPEED
You just like the close-ups of the umbrella girls...
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It sucked that Nicky couldn't at least get second but will settle for 3rd''
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Anyone still wanna take my bet? Zoltan?
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It sucked that Nicky couldn't at least get second but will settle for 3rd''

He was just lucky that the midget made a mistake...
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that was one of the best races so far this year (although I think it was Motegi that I missed).

Rossi is just amazing. Capirossi rode a hell of a race too considering his injuries too. I was kinda dissappointed to see Hayden fade a little there after losing first. but those first 4 guys were really moving.

Too bad KRJR made that stupid mistake and took out Tamada but atleast he seemed really apologetic about it and generally concerned for Tamada's health.
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Awesome race - actually - all 3 races were awesome. If taking Rossi out of a few races, then breaking his wrist is what we need for a great MotoGP season - make it part of his COntract and pay him a few more million I saw

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Great race!
Boy, I wish Capirossi had not been taken out before. It would be even better this year.

Unfortunately, the Roberts team, that I predicted would come on this year, had a BAD race strategy:
Roberts jr. qualifies second and lets everyone pass so he can follow Rossi. He wanted to watch his line to: A. a see how he passed the fast guys and B. see how he dealt with his tires later in the race.

It backfired when Rossi decided to take off, early. That forced Roberts to make a move too soon because he needed to catch up.

Roberts said he was going to follow Rossi in his pre-race interviews.
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One of their better parodies...
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What a great race, too bad about Tamada, his team could have used a good finish
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One of their better parodies...
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Loser of the day was the blown out Colin Edwards. The Texan Windbag found that being Rossi's team mate is the toughest gig of all when things are going badly. Rossi flicked the 'Genius Switch' and simply rode around the Yam's problems whereas Edwards became hideously entangled within them. It's not looking good.
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He was just lucky that the midget made a mistake...
Okay I'll bite. Are you kidding. The midget was riding well over his head during the race. Did you not see him try to stuff Nicky up the inside on the last lap. WTF was that? Nicky had to litterally push that POS around in order to ward him off. He lost time by getting hit twice by the midget on the last lap.

Whatever the case, I thought nothing could top Mugello. Donnington was a sleeper, but holy crap on a stick. That race was fantastic. I was actually shaking, I was so nervous during the last three laps. It took about 20 mins to calm down. I'm yelling at my tv and cursing Dani at every turn. Nicky needs the win at Laguna to add to his cushin.

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What can I say? I guess I'm just slow around here."
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