i would say that the 107% rule should not be used in wet sessioons....PERIOD.
this sorta incident's just waiting to happen.But however i do agree with it being used in dry conditions
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i would say that the 107% rule should not be used in wet sessioons....PERIOD.
this sorta incident's just waiting to happen.But however i do agree with it being used in dry conditions
At the end of the day, the 107% rule will never be used in MotoGP unless they miraculously start getting grids of 30+. But the only time it doesn't work is if it rains half way through a qualifying session. As elite riders they should be able to get within that time comfortably.
Depending on his fitness, it looks like a Stoner weekend unless Rossi can pull off a Laguna style race and ride aggressively, basically blocking Stoner from a clear run. But I hate wet races (if it's wet) because luck plays a much larger part in proceedings and I have visions of riders sliding across the track at every corner. Hope it's dry and Stoner can beat Rossi straight up and Vermeulen, Hopkins, West and the Alice Ducati boys can all have strong races.
this will be one for Casey, he's four tenths quicker than Vale in this morning's warm up
Game over, man!
Stoner should maybe do some mental practices..
Wow, was that because of the pressure? It certainly looked like it. The "We'll see" comment looks SO silly now when you can't back it up.
I hope Rossi hasn't gotten into the head of Stoner like he did with Gibernau, just for the sake of good racing and the championship. It seems he really ups his game one notch when there's some tension involved.
Well done to Toni Elias though, and good on Nakano to finish fourth on the new Honda. About time they gave Dovizioso the new Honda too, don't you think??
125's weren't bad, concrats to Stefan Bradl for his first win. di Meglio now has a good lead in the championship
The 250's was a cracker. Simoncelli must have though he had the 25pts in the back and then in one turn he ended up 3rd.
Stoner's crash ended what could have been another fight for 1st. Elias is just great fun to watch riding and Loris showed he still has what it takes even as the longest running GP rider.
Good to see Kawasaki moved forward and so did Suzuki. Nakano showed the potential of a factory RCV on stones. Michelin once again had no idea what they were doing.
Rossi - sublime, almost scarily comfortable :eek:
Elias - contract time :p
Capirossi - finally back to 'full' fitness ;)
Nakano - see elias :D
West - see nakano and its bout time Kwak did something with upgrades, will be interesting to see how he fares in testing tommorow :D
Vermeulen - expected a podium
Hopkins - obviously still not 'fully' fit
Stoner - maybe it's not as easy as it seems?
Michelin - guaranteed a sole tyre manufacturer for 09.
bring on misano..
oh and gooooooooooooo ant
BTW: I don't really think that Elias/Capirossi/Vermeulen/West are doing a that great job, if Rossi would've pushed towards the end, the gap would probably have been 30 seconds or so..
What an odd race.
I think the highest kudos should go to Westy - a superlative performance. I expected him to go backwards, but he hung in there and rode a tactical race. Kawasaki have clearly made some progress during the break. Hopper's injuries appear to have reduced his endurance, hopefully both Kawasaki riders will run strongly for the rest of the year.
Guintoli appeared to be the guy who was best coming to grips with the GP7, but Elias has obviously made a breakthrough. Great work.
As ChrisS said, Nakano showed how sweet an RC212V on Bridgestones is... will be interesting to see if he can mix it with the Repsol boys once they are both fully fit.
Rossi... nothing need be said. Loved the long slo-mo wheelie footage from the chopper over the line.
And Stoner, man, that is just seriously bad luck. Like Rossi crashing in the last round of 2006, just one of those things. Not pressure at all as far as I'm concerned - Rossi was nowhere near him, and the team had commented on the difficulties they'd been having with the front end on the new Brno surface. He smashed the race lap record on lap 2. But that is quite likely that as far as his tilt for a second title goes. He won't make it easy for Rossi, but it seems now to be a forgone conclusion.