2007 Motogp Season

[kralster]

Another race to shut the critics who say the ducati can only win due to it's speed. This is the second race in a row where stoner has proven them all wrong (and some poeple on here)

Also mad props to West for his 11th. Would of been on the podium had he not fell off. Pretty good for his first ever time on a MotoGP bike.

Also nice to see the textan tornado with a strong 2nd place.

I can't understand why anyone would want to watch Formula 1 when you have racing like this.

[wolverine]

i don't think anyone said Ducati can only win due to its 'straight line speed' (i presume that's what you mean).

another mature race from Stoner and quality wet ride from Vermuelen.

what sort of lap times was Westy putting down after his fall compared to Stoner, Edwards, Vermuelen and Rossi? prior to the fall he was looking very good, was he able to keep the pace up (relatively) as the track dried?

Edited June 25, 2007 by wolverine

[ctjet]

fromk reclection west was doing pretty well at the sharp end of the field when he went out.

Stoner was faultless in the wet... next motogp champion, you just watch

[kralster]

Stoner tops the time sheet for day 1 at Assen.

[Snowman]

I just have to say did anyone else notice the main sponsor for Assen? Gold Logo.

[ctjet]

yeah i noticed that too... my missus even noticed it!!

wrong in about 4 ways, i think the graphic designer is having a bit of a laugh over that

[Muz]

Stoner tops the time sheet for day 1 at Assen.

The Doctor gives Stoner 6 secs head start and runs him down with 3 laps remaining. (on an inferior bike)

Cheers

Muz

Edited July 3, 2007 by Muz

[ctjet]

put up a good fight tho

[Muz]

put up a good fight tho

Yes he sure did. For about a lap and a half. Just love this MotoGP racing. Good to see someone actually making VR use his undeniable talent. And don't ya love the post victory celebrations that exist in both MotoGP and the Supers!

Muz

[Paradizzle]

After watching the last F1 race, realised just how good MotoGP has been this year.. so much overtaking and good racing. Im also loving F1, but i guess the success of Stoner so far this season is really making it great to watch.

[kralster]

I think it came down more due to tyres. And stoner has never been a fan of assen. He did well for second place.

And i wouldn't say the yamaha is inferior to the ducati, maybe in outright horsepower but under brakes and in corners the M1 looks more stable to me than the duc.

It seems as though tyres are playing a huge role in deciding the top podiums this year.

[ctjet]

Stoner was a very lucky boy last night... The poor performance was offset by Rossi dropping out

38 points is a pretty damn healthy lead at this point in the championship

Edited July 16, 2007 by ctjet

[Beer Baron]

stoner is looking pretty much unstoppable this year. it will be nice to see another aussie with a world title. shame his tyres weren't up to the task or he almost certainly would have had a podium.

[kralster]

Dani was on fire. His race pace was unbelievable. Lapping about 2 seconds faster than everyone else by the end.

Stoner must of chosen the wrong tyre espcially seeing as how capirossi was going fine right till the end of the race.

Nice to see Ant West finish 9th i beleieve. Not bad going for his first time ever on the bike in the dry.

Rossi' move on de penuiet was pretty awesome, just pushed the front that little too hard and had it tuck on him. The lean angle he had was nuts though, awesome stuff.

This weekend brings on Laguna Seca. Where Hayden has won it in the past two years. I'm sure he will be out to impress his home race.

[Beer Baron]

I think west finished 8th in the end as his team mate retired 1 or 2 laps from the end (suspected he ran out of fuel). it was a good effort, no doubt.

[ctjet]

In all the excitment of the f1 i forgot about MtotGP... i watched the opening laps but had to come to work

... only to find out Stoner has done it gain!!!

Not to mention Vermeulen came in second... Hayden going out made me LOL. Casey really did romp it in and with Rossi only finishing 4th, the championship is looking damn good. News is that Melandri is joing Stoner next year at Ducatti and Capirossi is out on his ass... Its all happening today

[gtr660hp]

It was a great race...Stoner is on fire...his gap is too big to catch now unless he totally screws the pooch in the next few races...Its great to see a really talented aussies in motorsport...we have a few now..Stoner, Vermulan, Power...and NOT Webber

[ctjet]

the little guy has done it again!! very comfortably too

you can lock this title away, not much chance of anyone catchin him now.

i didnt know he was married?

[Paradizzle]

hes killing it! Yeah he married young, probably to secure his wife as she is a stunner.

[FineLine]

Stoner is on fire atm, He threw that bike around like a rag doll last night. Vermeulen impressed the sox off me too. Would love to see him on a duke