MotoGP - Yes, Casey is from Australia... - Page 2

jhansen · 13 Oct 2007, 04:33 (Ref:2039005)

Very interesting indeed.

Am I right in remembering that Suzuki were off the pace here during the pre-season test?

jhansen · 13 Oct 2007, 04:52 (Ref:2039006)

So Pedrosa on pole with Rossi and Stoner along side on the front row.

bestfit · 13 Oct 2007, 05:42 (Ref:2039013)

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Am I right in remembering that Suzuki were off the pace here during the pre-season test?

Yes their pre-season test here was average. They interviewed Chris V this morning and he said that the tyres they chose on thursday afternoon needed at least 30deg track temperature to work. They haven't had anywhere near that temp in the track so far. I hope it warms up for them tomorrow.

Once again the Michelin qualifying tyre shines, but the Bridgestones look to be the goods for the race.

Gerben24 · 13 Oct 2007, 09:05 (Ref:2039075)

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Once again the Michelin qualifying tyre shines, but the Bridgestones look to be the goods for the race.

Yes! I noticed that. But Stoner could have had pole if he had a clean lap. Stoner was almost 0.7 seconds per lap quicker on race tyres than Rossi and Pedrosa, although he didn't make any long runs (he always seems to do shorter runs in qualy). But also Barros put in some quick laps on race tyres, he seemed to do low 31s, where Pedrosa and Rossi seemed to do mid 31s. However, the weather is going to be the most important factor tomorrow.

What is going on with the Hopkins and Vermeulen??? They put every Suzuki owner in the world to shame, what do say Jhansen???

bestfit · 13 Oct 2007, 12:18 (Ref:2039175)

Channel 10 showed a very good interview today with Valentino Rossi by Darryl Beattie. One of the best I've seen. He had some very interesting things to say on -

Single Tyre - as he has been saying recently, he would prefer a single tyre manufacturer. Thinks it will improve the racing etc.

990 vs 800cc - he prefers the 990 but the change was made for safety reasons which is of paramount importance. The 800cc is definitely the bike they should be using.

Electronics - he says now a days electronics make up as much as 50% of the bikes performance. Getting the engine mapping, traction control and engine braking right is now just as important as getting suspension preload, damping and spring rates right in order to get a good lap time. He thinks the electronics as they are now is necessary for safety and there are much fewer accidents and rider injuries now because of the TC. But he feels that they have gone as far as they need to with the electronics and to push it any further would start to spoil the show. Would possibly be in favour of a control ECU.

Yamaha - this was interesting. He believes that Yamaha have made a mistake sticking with the inline four and that they definitely need a V4 to get back to being consistently competitive. Apparently he has been lobbying Yamaha heavily to change to a V4 but does not think it will happen as Yamaha brand recognition is based around the inline four. If they did decide to change it would take 4 to 5 years develop before it could be raced.

His future - Beattie asked him if it would be possible to see him move to Ducati to finish his career after his contract with Yamaha expires at the end of 2008. He responded with a very definite YES. He says he would love to finish his career in an Italian team if it could be arranged. He seemed very keen on the idea.

Rallying - he will be doing 2 rallies at the end of the season. (Monza and UK) and is still keen to get into rallying after he is finished in MotoGP. No mention of F1 anymore.

His personality - Beattie mentioned that it would be a shame to lose him and his antics to rallying. He says he is pleased to have been able to use his popularity to increase the interest in bike racing, but there were Valentino Rossi's before he came along and there will be new Valentino Rossi's after he has gone.

All in all a very interesting interview. He is a consummate professional when it comes to handling the press.

f1manoz · 13 Oct 2007, 12:30 (Ref:2039191)

I read an article today that said Rossi has thrown down the gauntlet to Yamaha to improve in 2008 or he will walk. Considering he's keen on a move to Ducati, Yamaha had better pull out something special next season.

Pro Racer · 13 Oct 2007, 13:14 (Ref:2039213)

well he is keen on a move to Ducati in the interview he done with Daryl Beatie, but he did say if it is possible, who would Ducati kick out in 2009 if Rossi did decide to move Stoner signed until 2010 and current Champ Melandri contracted for the next 2 years.

IMO if Yamaha didn't improve next year and it wasn't possible to go to Ducati i think he might try his hand at full-time Rally.

jhansen · 13 Oct 2007, 20:42 (Ref:2039413)

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well he is keen on a move to Ducati in the interview he done with Daryl Beatie, but he did say if it is possible, who would Ducati kick out in 2009 if Rossi did decide to move Stoner signed until 2010 and current Champ Melandri contracted for the next 2 years.

IMO if Yamaha didn't improve next year and it wasn't possible to go to Ducati i think he might try his hand at full-time Rally.

If Ducati wanted Rossi bad enough they could manage it. Marco could be moved over to d'Antin.

jhansen · 13 Oct 2007, 20:44 (Ref:2039415)

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What is going on with the Hopkins and Vermeulen??? They put every Suzuki owner in the world to shame, what do say Jhansen???

Yeah yeah! At least Suzuki have several SBK championships.

bestfit · 14 Oct 2007, 00:14 (Ref:2039553)

Apparently Pedrobot just flipped the Honda doing a practice start after the morning warmup.

bestfit · 14 Oct 2007, 01:38 (Ref:2039576)

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Apparently Pedrobot just flipped the Honda doing a practice start after the morning warmup.

Just saw the footage and it was quite comical. Apparently he forgot to press the launch control button and so dropped the clutch with 100% throttle going to the back wheel.

**GTRMagic** · 14 Oct 2007, 06:12 (Ref:2039624)

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Originally Posted by f1manoz

I read an article today that said Rossi has thrown down the gauntlet to Yamaha to improve in 2008 or he will walk. Considering he's keen on a move to Ducati, Yamaha had better pull out something special next season.

Fiat Team Ducati, starring V.Rossi as one and only rider.... works support... and the Burgess army in tow...

So the factory doesnt need to kick anyone out

Pro Racer · 14 Oct 2007, 09:25 (Ref:2039690)

Well done Casey, ticked all his boxes for 07.

Pedrobot's practice start.

**gomick** · 14 Oct 2007, 09:43 (Ref:2039704)

congrats to casey on winning his home gp

- most boring island race i reckon i've ever witnessed...

jorge lorenzo - 20 seconds up the road

chunder · 14 Oct 2007, 09:48 (Ref:2039708)

Boring race as usual, think i am gonna be rather more circumspect about watching GP these days, the racing this year has been very dull with only one or two exceptions.

Its rubbish when racing is ALL about tyres, and what I mean by that is not the winning, its the fact that guys will b right u there and just fall off a cliff near the end, just makes the racing very processional

And well done FIM for making the bikes corner even faster, Stoner was pulling 330 clicks on the straight, what a bunch of utterly incompetent idiots they are!

You ahve ruined the racing and the bike sare still just as fast, complete and utter morons! Well what do you expect, everything these days is run by accountants!

Hazza · 14 Oct 2007, 10:24 (Ref:2039728)

I enjoyed the racing to begin with...the Island is the best track on the calender now Assen is ****.

flying finn · 14 Oct 2007, 10:41 (Ref:2039748)

You could tell the win in his home race meant an awful lot for Casey Stoner - somehow it was meant to be.

flying finn · 14 Oct 2007, 10:42 (Ref:2039750)

Australian MotoGP - Results

1. Casey STONER AUS > Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI > 41'12.244 (174.879kmh)
2. Loris CAPIROSSI ITA > Ducati Marlboro Team DUCATI > 41'19.007 (+6.763)
3. Valentino ROSSI ITA > Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA > 41'22.282 (+10.038)
4. Dani PEDROSA SPA > Repsol Honda Team HONDA > 41'23.907 (+11.663)
5. Alex BARROS BRA > Pramac d'Antin DUCATI > 41'31.719 (+19.475)
6. Randy DE PUNIET FRA > Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI > 41'39.557 (+27.313)
7. John HOPKINS USA > Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI > 41'41.487 (+29.243)
8. Chris VERMEULEN AUS > Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI > 41'47.077 (+34.833)
9. Colin EDWARDS USA > Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA > 41'47.317 (+35.073)
10. Marco MELANDRI ITA > Honda Gresini HONDA > 41'49.215 (+36.971)
11. Carlos CHECA SPA > Honda LCR HONDA > 41'49.965 (+37.721)
12. Anthony WEST AUS > Kawasaki Racing Team KAWASAKI > 41'50.670 (+38.426)
13. Shinya NAKANO JPN > Konica Minolta Honda HONDA > 41'59.674 (+47.430)
14. Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA > Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA > 42'06.568 (+54.324)
15. Toni ELIAS SPA > Honda Gresini HONDA > 42'22.715 (+1'10.471)
16. Makoto TAMADA JPN > Dunlop Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA > 42'25.148 (+1'12.904)
17. Kurtis ROBERTS USA > Team Roberts KR212V > 42'25.264 (+1'13.020)
DNF. Nicky HAYDEN USA > Repsol Honda Team HONDA > 18'22.054 (+15 laps)
DNF. Chaz DAVIES GBR > Pramac d'Antin DUCATI > 18'45.841 (+15 laps)

Championship Standings

1. STONER Casey AUS > 322
2. ROSSI Valentino ITA > 230
3. PEDROSA Dani SPA > 201
4. HOPKINS John USA > 165
5. VERMEULEN Chris AUS > 160
6. MELANDRI Marco ITA > 154
7. CAPIROSSI Loris ITA > 150
8. EDWARDS Colin USA > 115
9. HAYDEN Nicky USA > 112
10. BARROS Alex BRA > 102
11. ELIAS Toni SPA > 88
12. DE PUNIET Randy FRA > 88
13. HOFMANN Alex GER > 65
14. CHECA Carlos SPA > 59
15. WEST Anthony AUS > 58

Gerben24 · 14 Oct 2007, 11:23 (Ref:2039775)

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You could tell the win in his home race meant an awful lot for Casey Stoner - somehow it was meant to be.

Really? I must have missed seeing him celebrate...

Anyway, well done to him, it was clear from Fridays 1st practice session that only he deserved the win.

I missed Pedrosas 'practice start'. Is it on the net somewhere?

I feel a bit sorry for Nicky. He wouldn't have finished on the podium I think, but it would have been nice to see him fight for it!

The fight for second place in the 250cc race was great, but the best race of the weekend was (like ussual) the 125 race. It is a shame that in 125 there is only one tyre manufacturer, otherwise this would have been such a great class.

f1manoz · 14 Oct 2007, 14:35 (Ref:2039900)

Stoner did it with utter ease. Class of the field for sure, and it was nice to see Capirossi battle through to help with a Ducati 1-2. Not a bad way to wrap up the manufacturer's battle as well.

Bleu · 14 Oct 2007, 17:05 (Ref:2040021)

125cc had regularly more than one tyre make last in 2003. But Bridgestone wasn't very good on dry weather tyres that year. They had some good riders, career-125 Masao Azuma, plus upcoming talents Kallio (for half a season) and Bautista IIRC. But mostly without good results, except wet Phillip Island race where Ajo Motorsport got 1-2 with Ballerini (who replaced Kallio after Mika moved to KTM mid-season) and Azuma. Bautista was 4th and his team-mate Harms 10th.

flying finn · 14 Oct 2007, 22:03 (Ref:2040337)

local net reports

Flawless Stoner rules at home > http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...-23770,00.html
Stoner in the fast lane > http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...-23770,00.html

bestfit · 15 Oct 2007, 03:04 (Ref:2040425)

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I missed Pedrosas 'practice start'. Is it on the net somewhere?

See Here

jhansen · 15 Oct 2007, 04:02 (Ref:2040437)

Well done to Casey. The race was marginal, but certainly better than some of the others that we've seen this year. At least we got some great footage of the boys sliding those bikes around. And Phillip Island is just awesome.

mmciau · 15 Oct 2007, 10:20 (Ref:2040575)

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Well done to Casey. The race was marginal, but certainly better than some of the others that we've seen this year. At least we got some great footage of the boys sliding those bikes around. And Phillip Island is just awesome.

Did you see the section of the race where Rossi dropped the two wheels in the dirt as he was coming onto the main straight?

Rolled off the throttle a little, recovered then into it again!!

One Stoner segment was showing near 20,000rpm and 333 km as he topped the rise at the end of the straight! That's quick!

Mike

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