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Almost prescient, I would say. Ilmor announced their demise on Monday:

http://blogger.xs4all.nl/daisy/posts/206585.aspx

Cable contracts. Eurosport is not part of the basic package in all of Europe, just most of it. It depends what the cable company has decided to put in their basic package, based on what they have...

Okay, thanks, I didn't realize. I know that some people have to pay extra to get Speed, as it isn't part of the basic cable package everywhere in the US.

Well, it's a little more complex than that. Several of those tracks are at full capacity. If I remember correctly, 51,000 is capacity for Laguna Seca, for example. I believe that Mugello is also more...

Assen is a huge event, and a lot of British and German fans come to Assen to see the race too. Actually, I expected Assen to have more spectators, I thought they got over 100,000 on race day.

The changes would benefit Ducati, but mostly in terms of cost. Currently, teams are allowed to make a lot more changes to the engines of twins than they are for four cylinders. This means that Ducati...

Interesting, thanks!

I find it very useful to be able to at least read a bit of Italian, and understand a fair bit of Spanish, as there's an awful lot of news about motorcycle racing on Spanish websites and Spanish...

I don't think that there's enough local interest to fill the race track. This year, a lot of British fans flew over to watch the race, so you saw a lot of "foreign" fans in the stands, but the local...

Don't know about Shanghai, but Qatar had 3,000 spectators last year. More this year, maybe in the 10s. The Commercial Bank of Qatar pay enough to cover the costs, I don't think anyone is worried...

Yes, it's the new Honda design philosophy. There are lots of good reasons for doing it, including extra engine cooling, and some bad ones, such as poorer aerodynamics.

That one contains words I don't know. (I know a bit of Spanish, and read Motograndprix.it to keep up with MotoGP news). But I think you're saying something along the lines of: I think that you are...

I think Shanghai and Qatar are the two races with the lowest attendances. Istanbul gets some 30,000 spectators, which isn't bad. Plus, Istanbul is a fantastic racetrack, unlike Shanghai which is...

That Valentino will win the championship this year with Dani or Casey second. I'm not sure about your guesses for second place though. We'll have to wait and see!

Sunday's race was very good (then a verb I don't know, something to do with being pleasing) then very exciting. I just hope that the next race will be just as exciting.

I think. Funny thing is, I...

Well, next up we have Istanbul and Shanghai, both tracks where top speed is really important. Rossi is going to get his ass kicked at Shanghai, and will have a lot of trouble at Istanbul, just...

Actually, it's a shame they concentrated on Rossi, Pedrosa and Edwards, with glimpses of Hopper and Hayden. The scrap for 6th was tight, as was the fight for 9th. There were 5 guys going at it right...

I was watching Capirossi, and frankly, he seemed to be suffering the same problems that Hayden was: Just couldn't get to grips with the 800. Trying to bully it like he used to bully the old 990. But...

It's interesting seeing the change from last year: with the unlimited tire regs, the whole thing would explode with about 20 to go. Everyone would come out, try and set a first time on qualifiers,...

Thanks!

Ok, select Results (either on the left hand side or in the schedule on the right hand side)

You get to see the classification in the main content area.

Above the classification is a red bar,...

Great work of collecting all this info. Very useful background.

It was very cold, so tires are very important. We'll get a better picture this afternoon, I think.

That's mostly because they were written at different times. If I recall correctly, leasing an old 500 used to cost in the region of $1 million a year, and leasing an old 990 cost in the region of...

More info, from there sources I have been collecting, all on Speed:

http://www.speedtv.com/commentary/20718/
http://www.speedtv.com/commentary/20067/
http://www.speedtv.com/commentary/19974/