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Yes, sweet sweet victory!
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- Peasantslayer
What a legend.
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- Peasantslayer
Out of the remaining races Misano is where I'd say Rossi is most likely to pick up points over Lorenzo, he has to make all his experience there count because in the dry Lorenzo has looked slightly faster after a bad start to the season.
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One of the best MotoGP races I ever saw 
Really thankful that Eurosport didn't broadcasted the race on Eurosport2.
Really thankful that Eurosport didn't broadcasted the race on Eurosport2.
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Great Moto3 and MGP races. Jorge is a top class act, but seems like he has lost his edge in the rain/ wet since his Assen crash last year.
I still think JL is an even favourite - in the dry, he is just a touch quicker than Rossi...
I still think JL is an even favourite - in the dry, he is just a touch quicker than Rossi...
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Next up is Aragon, probably Rossi's worst track.
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I think Rossi did the right thing by staying out as long as he did
even though bits of rubber was flying off his front tyre.
Yes, it was inevitable that he would lose several places as others were
nine seconds faster per lap at that point on slicks, but his focus rightly lay on
the doings of Lorenzo. That's all Rossi cared about.
In fact in retrospect it might have been a stroke of genius by Rossi to stay out
until Lorenzo pitted because Jorge couldn't handle the pressure of his
out-lap with cold tyres. It looked to me like Jorge tried too hard on that out-lap
and lost the rear in his eagerness to pass Rossi as Rossi entered the pits on the
following lap.
So Rossi took home a safe fifth and extended his lead in the
championship to the equivalent of almost a full race win.
Some screenshots I took from qualifying when Lorenzo was pissed off
at Rossi (is he showing him the finger?).
And Bradley Smith continues to impress. He's a solid rider these days and he's
been in the points every race this year!
Some people said last year he didn't deserve the bike he had but I never agreed with that.
I've always thought Smith was a fighter and a good rider.
Thumbs up to Redding too.
From this;
To this;
That is mental.
even though bits of rubber was flying off his front tyre.
Yes, it was inevitable that he would lose several places as others were
nine seconds faster per lap at that point on slicks, but his focus rightly lay on
the doings of Lorenzo. That's all Rossi cared about.
In fact in retrospect it might have been a stroke of genius by Rossi to stay out
until Lorenzo pitted because Jorge couldn't handle the pressure of his
out-lap with cold tyres. It looked to me like Jorge tried too hard on that out-lap
and lost the rear in his eagerness to pass Rossi as Rossi entered the pits on the
following lap.
So Rossi took home a safe fifth and extended his lead in the
championship to the equivalent of almost a full race win.
Some screenshots I took from qualifying when Lorenzo was pissed off
at Rossi (is he showing him the finger?).
And Bradley Smith continues to impress. He's a solid rider these days and he's
been in the points every race this year!
Some people said last year he didn't deserve the bike he had but I never agreed with that.
I've always thought Smith was a fighter and a good rider.
Thumbs up to Redding too.
From this;
To this;
That is mental.
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Rossi did the right thing by pitting at a similar time to Lorenzo, if he'd pitted early and all of a sudden the rain came down he would have lost out massively in the championship, I think his focus was on reducing the odds of something going badly wrong in a very unpredictable race.
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I found it very ironic that the race Jonathan Rea won the wsbk title was the first race he finished off the podium all year 
Massive well done to him, he's wiped the floor with everyone this year and I thought it would be a really competitive season. He needs just 52 points from the last 4 races to beat what Doug Poulen would have got in 1991 under the current scoring system (529).
Massive well done to him, he's wiped the floor with everyone this year and I thought it would be a really competitive season. He needs just 52 points from the last 4 races to beat what Doug Poulen would have got in 1991 under the current scoring system (529).
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Wore 2 nice replica helmets, Brian Reed and Joey Dunlop.
Both of them F1 World Champions.
Both of them F1 World Champions.
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Oh wow, so much drama in the final lap of the Moto 3 race.
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Marquez Marquezed.
That's right. He's become a verb.
That's right. He's become a verb.
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Meaning? (I can't watch the Motogp races so I don't know what you mean.)
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