MotoGP Heads Up

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My bad if ive missed another post about it.

BBC2 12.30 MotoGP Grandstand


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[lllN30lll]

cheers ears
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[CoronaBoner]

The 250cc race was insane!!
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Cluck cluck chicken

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I only have terrestrial so i didnt see it
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[VTR SP1]

Now that was a proper race

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Yeah it was good!

Shame about rossi being so far behind, but it actually made for a right decent scrap up front

Shame about the last lap though, he didnt deserve that
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[bidman]

Crap! I missed the race, completely forgot about it, anyone know if its repeated any time soon or where I can download it etc... cheers,
Dan
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[CoronaBoner]

It will be shown on eurosport through out the week. Probably a replay on sometime today.
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Cluck cluck chicken

[Annabella]

What a fantastic race!



I really wanted the little Stoner to win though... seriously impressive riding.
One to look out for.

I could have cried for Pedrosa though, poor little blighter.
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[chris___]

Great race, really enjoyed it
Nothing against Melandri, but I really wanted to see Stoner beat him on the last lap. Never mind though, Melandri rode a great race.

Didn't miss Rossi being up at the front one bit, I'm a big fan of the guy but I only think the sport will miss him for his post race celebrations and humour.
Can't wait for the next GP.
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[TOM M]

Only watched the first few laps
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[chris___]

[Cillit-BANG]

It looked like Nikki Hayden's experience came through, he could tell his tyres were going off, and held back to ensure he went the distance. Pedrosa just kept pushing and pushing and came a cropper.

Great race though, shame Hayden couldn't make it stick this time.

[Lucy]

Impressed with Stoner and Pedrosa, bit disappointed that Hayden again couldn't come up with a winning move after being up the sharp end again.

Whats going on at Yamaha then

[lllN30lll]

what made me laugh was when Pedrosa run off like a zombie from Shaun of the Dead when he crashed
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[Annabella]

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I personally think stoner will come good in 1 or two races time, and then rapidly burn out for the rest of the season...

I think he feels he has a lot to prove, but once he's won that first race, i think the ability and experience to keep winning will be missing, and as a result he will end up finishing the season about mid grid...

Who knows, i would like to be proven wrong! That kid can ride
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[McJamweasel]

That was the best MotoGP race that I've seen for ages - look at what happens when Rossi doesn't do his usual wait-in-second-until-4-laps-to-go-then-overtake trick. Stoner had a brilliant ride, its just a shame that he didn't anticipate Melandri's move and manage to block him. I was gutted for Pedrosa, but then that was just his youthful exuberance showing through.

I'm actually really looking forward to Rossi buggering of to F1, I think it be good for both sports. MotoGP will see more races like this one while in F1 his agression and determination should bring some more action to the racing.
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[danzai66]

there's an article in one of the bike mags about how the riders are like hobbits - pedrosa, i think, being something like 5'3" and 6 stone.

that's less that half my body weight

they should put a weight limit on the combined bike/rider to keep the best riders in and not just the racing dwarfs...

...although, now there's an idea....


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Everyone is saying how nice it was that rossi didnt do his usual thing...

But he went from 11th - to 14th, then all the way back up to 4th place!

Now although it is a bit boring to watch the same old thing every time, rossi storming out in front etc, he is an extremely good rider, to pull back that much time, and still be on haydens rear end going over the finish line is still brilliant to watch

The BBC didnt cover him too much, as there was too much going on up front, but i would have realy liked to have seen rossi catch up all those places and almost get a podeum!

Just think, if he hadnt have had that wobble early on, he might have been up there, challenging stoner and pedrosa etc... all the way.

So erm, whens the next one folks?
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[NSR-Rulez]

China on the 14th of may.

Should be good


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I read somewhere, i think it was on motogp.com that Pedrosa's career stats are better than Rossi's were at the same point in their careers.

That being the case i think a few quid on Pedrosa for the title in 2007 maybe safe money
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