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17 Sep 2006, 10:44 (Ref:1712210)
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Haha, go Casey and Chris!
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17 Sep 2006, 12:06 (Ref:1712237)
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First in best dressed eh?
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17 Sep 2006, 12:25 (Ref:1712251)
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Go everybody ..
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17 Sep 2006, 19:26 (Ref:1712473)
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wait a minute....didnt the Aussie Gp just finish???
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18 Sep 2006, 07:43 (Ref:1712661)
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Which means... 6 days until Motegi!!
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18 Sep 2006, 08:15 (Ref:1712684)
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a big couple of weeks for these guys , Im sure by the end of Motegi they will be wanting a good rest.
Lets hope its anoter great weekend of racing
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18 Sep 2006, 14:24 (Ref:1712949)
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Are we hoping for rain again this weekend?
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19 Sep 2006, 01:13 (Ref:1713337)
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Not really. Motegi is a pretty crappy track without rain on it to make it worse.
 Just kidding, Its not great, but it's not that bad really a few interesting sections but lacks that flow that 'the other' japense track had. Unlike that other track though, riders don't die with alarming frequency. |
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19 Sep 2006, 15:01 (Ref:1713888)
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Honda announced that Hayden and Pedrosa will test the 800cc machine on Monday following the Motegi race.
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19 Sep 2006, 23:09 (Ref:1714198)
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And Suzuki will run a bike for some craaazzzyyy Japenese Wild Card.
Lets hope there ar some crazy names in the 250 class, I hope Burning Blood Honda turn up again this year... |
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20 Sep 2006, 16:01 (Ref:1714778)
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I like the Motegi track on GT4...but in real life it's not the most inspiring track ever.
I don't think rain is needed to make a race exciting, either. In the rain you can 'fluke' good results, as I think Nicky Hayden did last round, so for the championship's stake I hope it is a dry race. With Hayden and Rossi near the front, preferably. |
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21 Sep 2006, 15:11 (Ref:1715597)
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Kawasaki will also field a third bike for test and development rider Naoki Matsudo.
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21 Sep 2006, 18:13 (Ref:1715750)
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Motegi. God no.
Bridgestone will win. |
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21 Sep 2006, 22:12 (Ref:1715926)
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However 'Soup are reporting there might be a Typhoon.
Annother Wet race eh? |
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22 Sep 2006, 00:15 (Ref:1715964)
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Motegi is one of the few circuits that Rossi is not that good at. Only won back in 2001. Looks like a Loris-Sete show coming up. Perhaps Nakano can do something on those Bridgestones too?
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22 Sep 2006, 00:25 (Ref:1715966)
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I've experienced a typhoon in Singapore, made me cack my pants. Not sure I wish that on Motegi.
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22 Sep 2006, 02:56 (Ref:1716012)
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I expect Capirossi and Gibernau to go well along with Nakano. No way do the Suzuki men have enough horsepower to make good use of the Bridgestone rubber. I also think that Melandri will go well, as he's great on the breaks. And certainly Pedrosa can take advantage of the long straights. Although he wont factor if it rains.
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22 Sep 2006, 03:05 (Ref:1716018)
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Of course I say that and Hopkins comes out and leads FP1 with Pedrosa down in 15th spot.
1 John Hopkins 1:48.222 2 Valentino Rossi 1:48.235 3 Casey Stoner 1:48.255 4 Colin Edwards 1:48.262 5 Loris Capirossi 1:48.286 6 Marco Melandri 1:48.558 7 Kenny Roberts Jnr. 1:48.639 8 Sete Gibernau 1:48.708 9 Nicky Hayden 1:48.713 10 Toni Elias 1:48.754 11 Shinya Nakano 1:48.815 12 Makoto Tamada 1:49.109 13 Randy De Puniet 1:49.273 14 Kousuke Akiyoshi 1:49.587 15 Dani Pedrosa 1:49.774 16 Carlos Checa 1:50.037 17 Chris Vermeulen 1:50.320 18 Alex Hofmann 1:50.763 19 James Ellison 1:50.949 20 Naoki Matsudo 1:51.280 21 Jose Luis Cardoso 1:51.735 |
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22 Sep 2006, 12:39 (Ref:1716321)
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22 Sep 2006, 15:00 (Ref:1716431)
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FP2 times, Rossi gets serious:
1 Valentino Rossi 1:46.981 2 Shinya Nakano 1:47.315 3 Marco Melandri 1:47.449 4 Colin Edwards 1:47.581 5 Nicky Hayden 1:47.610 6 Toni Elias 1:47.646 7 Loris Capirossi 1:47.731 8 John Hopkins 1:47.915 9 Randy De Puniet 1:47.982 10 Kenny Roberts Jnr. 1:48.002 11 Casey Stoner 1:48.059 12 Makoto Tamada 1:48.160 13 Sete Gibernau 1:48.313 14 Kousuke Akiyoshi 1:48.317 15 Dani Pedrosa 1:48.389 16 Kaoki Matsudo 1:48.722 17 Chris Vermeulen 1:49.488 18 James Ellison 1:49.683 19 Alex Hofmann 1:49.761 20 Carlos Checa 1:49.889 21 Jose Luis Cardoso 1:51.138 Last edited by jhansen; 22 Sep 2006 at 15:09. |
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22 Sep 2006, 15:06 (Ref:1716435)
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Surely a few of those guys are running qualifying tires.
Sepang must be in the back of their mind.
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22 Sep 2006, 19:55 (Ref:1716662)
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22 Sep 2006, 21:26 (Ref:1716723)
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i would love to see chris do what he did at PI and casey get up.
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23 Sep 2006, 02:33 (Ref:1716838)
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FP3 times, Cardoso does the hat trick. What are the odds that he will continue on this form for qualifying?
1 Loris Capirossi 1'46.329 2 Marco Melandri 1'46.658 3 Valentino Rossi 1'47.171 4 Randy De Puniet 1'47.225 5 Colin Edwards 1'47.292 6 Kenny Roberts Jnr. 1'47.460 7 John Hopkins 1'47.632 8 Casey Stoner 1'47.640 9 Sete Gibernau 1'47.826 10 Nicky Hayden 1'48.125 11 Shinya Nakano 1'48.298 12 Makoto Tamada 1'48.374 13 Dani Pedrosa 1'48.472 14 Toni Elias 1'48.534 15 Chris Vermeulen 1'48.602 16 Kousuke Akiyoshi 1'48.897 17 Carlos Checa 1'49.446 18 Naoki Matsudo 1'49.474 19 James Ellison 1'49.735 20 Alex Hofmann 1'50.134 21 Jose Luis Cardoso 1:50.573 |
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23 Sep 2006, 03:50 (Ref:1716862)
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seeing these times makes me think again how nice it is to see Roberts having a bike that shows that he's no slouch. He's been up around these positions for a bunch of races hasn't he, although without checking, hasn't he faded a bit in the races (did get a third though no?)
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