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The line Brookes was on is very bumpy, which is probably why he lost it, and why the bike flew out of control when the back wheel came down. It seems that his bike spilled some kind of fluid which...

That's pretty terrifying. If there was a technical fault at 217mph and the bike flung Dani over the handlebars (like when Nakano's tyre blew at 200ish mph) they'd have to phone the local Air Traffic...

I think Nicky still has what it takes. To ride a superbike. :)

These 800cc bikes seem to be horribly difficult to ride fast, really on a knife edge, and the Ducati's probably the worst of the...

Casey likes a bit of a whinge from time to time, but I have enormous respect for him as a rider. To win a championship fair and square against the greatest of all time, on a bike that nobody else can...

I think there has to be more to it than this. Why would Yamaha be pushed around by Toseland? Surely they'd just tell him he's no Jorge Lorenzo and tell him to sod off! I don't believe Toseland could...

The thing is, doing anything about these dictators and scumbags always hurts the guy on the street. Look at Iraq, where Saddam was living in glorious palaces and the oil embargoes only hit the...

Yeah, apparently Mason was running WSBK-spec camshafts, and BSB this year has Supersport engine rules. (Changing to WSBK-spec next year). Idiotic, whether it was deliberate or not. We'll see how...

Eh? I'm saying that's what already happens, I'm not talking about changing anything! It's already the case that if you fall off on the red flag lap you're not classified.

Anyway, yes I'm saying...

If you crash on the red flag lap, you were under racing conditions at the time. It doesn't matter that the official results are taken from a lap earlier. If you crash under racing conditions, you...

It's an atrocious place to put a circuit, to be honest. The only people who would find it convenient are people from Northern Ireland, since it'd be pretty close to the ferry terminals. At least...

I reckon that Yamaha will keep Corser because they'll need somebody to help develop the new R1 Big Bang engine.

I think Shinya was struggling from having a 3rd-rate bike and 2nd-rate tyres. He hasn't raced that well on the spring-valved 2008 bike but he's set some very quick times in practise, and I'm not...

They don't just screw over Aussies. They also screwed double WSBK champion Colin Edwards. Oh wait, he's half Australian... :)

They had Tommy Hill ride Jonesy's bike around the track. I'm not sure what else. Apparently loads of riders had Jonesy's number on their fairings too.

I'm wondering if the Yamaha is just so complicated that Haga has had enough of trying to set it up! :)

Biaggi was 3rd on the road, but 4th on aggregate. Ruben Xaus finished 3rd on aggregate but was disqualified because he failed to return to the pits after crashing on the red flag lap. That's why...

The wildcards were good. Of course, the WSBK regulars who won the races were both ex-BSB champions too!

Sykes is on a roll, he's been doing brilliantly in BSB lately. The wet conditions meant that...

This year has been intriguing, but not that exciting apart from Laguna. The off-track soap opera stuff has been good fun, like Dani's tyre tantrum. Some of the races have been horrible snoozefests,...

OK, I'll take the bait and be the lone voice that says tyre wars suck and a control tyre would be an improvement. All it does is robs you of racing, as at the last 3 races.

I don't care which...

I think it's fair enough to have qualifiers because there are no points for the grid, all you get is a few metres closer to turn one. If you run the whole thing on race tyres then the guy who's...

I just had a look at the World Superbike times from Brno this year.

Pole position: 1'58.345 (Troy Bayliss)
[2007 Pole]: 1'59.603 (Noriyuki Haga)

Fastest lap (race 1):...

That'll be brilliant. From the sounds of it, Tom Sykes on the Rizla Suzuki was only budgeted for the one wildcard entry at Brands Hatch, but after his great performance I hope they find a way to race...

The great thing about Jonesy is that he'll be impossible to forget. Some riders back the bike in to corners, but Jonesy would have the thing completely sideways. His bike control was outrageous....

Ah, Bridgestone of course. What else would you want to race on in the land of the rising sun? :)

John Hopkins. Kicking seven shades of "you know what" out of the Suzuki when it broke down. That was priceless!