Jerez

[FireSalle]

Testtider från idag på Jerez, regn:

Var är Capirossi och Hopper? Bridgestone verkar ha bra regn-däck för Jerez. Ska mitt läktartips gå hem så får det inte regna många race....

 

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Var är Capirossi ? ...

Loris Capirossi did not take part in the test as he returned to Monte Carlo on Sunday evening immediately after the race to be close to his wife Ingrid for the expected birth of their first child, Riccardo, in the next few days.

 

[Zee]

Fr. motogpnews.com

MotoGP Race Report, Jerez
Great on paper, rubbish on the telly
(26/03/2007)



It just wasn't fair. The poor Spaniards had stayed awake for longer than they could ever remember because of this race but instead of being treated to a visual gourmet meal of a gruesome bullfight they were slapped around the weary chops with a lettuce leaf and an animal rights leaflet.
The 250 race didn't help much. That would have been a great time to grab a quick snooze and resume the dream of rescuing Penelope Cruz from the mad bulls then stabbing them one by one in the eye to win over the fair lady. But no. The 250 race was brilliant meaning not one siesta could be had.



So when the MotoGP boys lined up, and after the 250 race, there wasn't a single pickpocket in the crowd that was gonna risk missing this one. The stats were impressive. The first twelve riders had qualified within less time than it took 'cheery boy' McWilliams to down a litre of Guinness in the MotoGP bar whist thumbing through the jobs post. It was the closest qualifying grid ever and at the very front was the rider that everyone wanted to see (although sadly all those who lost their magnification optical devices would be denied) - Dani Pedrosa.

Spain have taken to Dani like an English girl takes to pregnancy and within a few short years Pedrosa has risen to about 56cm from the earth's crust and to Spanish superstardom. This, surely, would be a classic…

So off they all went with Pedrosa leading Rossi and the five times testing champion Colin 'The Texan Windbag' Edwards in third. Down the back straight (which was lengthened considerably a few years back to try to promote passing in F1 - it failed so instead they wisely resurfaced the pit lane to promote the passing) for the first time Rossi outbraked Dani to take the lead.

The end.

Well it might as well have been as what followed was a high speed, rostrumtastic game of 'follow-my-leader' where anything could happen but probably won't. Rossi slowly and dully eased away from Pedrosa who in turn slowly and smally eased away from Edwards. And that was it.

The crowd felt cheated. Not only had their man not won but they'd been tricked into not sleeping with the empty promise of excitement. They'd be working next.

It may have been duller than a meal with Raikkonen at an Ikea restaurant but at least the burger-flipping e-fans back at CE HQ could celebrate over the internet in style with the podium finish for Edwards.
Edward must have accidentally tore off an extra page from his calendar as he produced a solid finish an amazing three whole places higher than predicted. Where was customary mid-race drop off caused by a lack of concentration by Edwards as he tried to think up an excuse for his customary mid-race drop off? Those poor Spaniards. We can only hope that those kind folk at the EU are sending money to Spain to help them out.

Now if the first three had retired we have had a brilliant race. Sadly Nicky Hayden used up all his luck last season* leaving the race for fourth the best race of all. Winning this race was the truly brilliant Toni Elias.
Now Fat Toni is a rider who it's hard not to like. His 'ape hanging off a branch reaching for a far off banana' cornering style is visually pleasing as his 100% effort at all times. Add to that the fact he can't seem to ride in a straight line and blows hot and cold and you have a truly special and unpredictable rider. We at MGPN love him.

Jerez was a great race for Fat Toni. After a poor start he charged through the field with all the grace of a bull fight in a Japanese tea room. Now when most riders catch an opponent they spend a few corners or laps working out the best place to make an overtaking manoeuvre. Not Elias. The very second he caught up to a rider he'd have a crack at passing and, nine times out ten, fail and run wide. But through his determination, genuine speed and knowing the odds would eventually favour him he crashed his way up through the pack to fourth.
A better start would surely have seen his chorizo on the podium.

Ducati's Stoner finished fifth with the old Spanish GP furniture Carlos Cheque-a ending in a creditable sixth.

Justifying the giant gold '1' on a billboard on the back of his helmet WC Hayden finished a mighty one place better than he did in Qatar.

Last year in Jerez Little Loris seeped his way to emphatic victory and looked a title contender. How things have changed.
Everyone loves Loris - mainly because he's so small. Women find him rich yet unthreatening whilst men admire and take hope in the fact he pulled a cracking bird despite being short and ugly. If he'd have been taller, sour looking and with a dodgy haircut he'd have been dropped many years ago just like Gibbers.
But love only goes so far - and sadly not for 20 seconds. For the second race in succession the leaky little Italian hisser was comprehensively outpaced by his younger team-mate. What's worse is that his team-mate's Australian. Ouch.

Another loser was poor John Hopkins. The Hooligan's punching hand was healing nicely and a podium looked almost on the cards. After an average start Hoppers bullied his way to fourth including a daring pass on his much hated rival WC Hayden. But, whilst following the Tornado, Hoppers was blown off track by a gust of wind causing him to lowside.
The Anglo-American rejoined but had damaged his bike so much that he couldn't even catch Olivier Jacque trundling around on his Spanish site-seeing holiday.

Another loser was Baron von Hoffers on the Primark Ducati. After his bike developed a fault, possibly due to it being manufactured in a sweatshop in China, Hoffers tried to emulate the chin of his hero Schumacher by cheating and swapping his bike mid-race. Thankfully the officials were onto his Krautish behaviour and immediately black-flagged the Baron and confiscated his copy of 'Luftwaffe Now'.

* Hayden's currently under investigation by the Kentucky game keepers for selling his soul to the Devil in an unlicensed ritual in exchange for a year of pure luck, a bottle of moonshine and another crack at his sister.

 

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Var är Capirossi och Hopper?

Hopper vilar säkert sin sargade kropp från Qatar-kraschen.

 

[gthyni]

det är inte Bridgestonedäcken,
topp-4 på den listan är riktiga regnkungar allihop

 

[sandstream]

det är inte Bridgestonedäcken,
topp-4 på den listan är riktiga regnkungar allihop

OJ, CV och KR har jag ju sett bevisa att de är duktiga i regn men RdP, har han kört så mycket i regn på lite större hojar än 250 (om nu storleken har någon betydelse i regn)?

 

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Nerlägg !!

 

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OJ, CV och KR har jag ju sett bevisa att de är duktiga i regn men RdP, har han kört så mycket i regn på lite större hojar än 250 (om nu storleken har någon betydelse i regn)?

Va inte RdP grym i franska kvalet förra året i blött !? Men krascha rätt så direkt typ första böjen i racet!

 

[Gustav O]

2844686 Va inte RdP grym i franska kvalet förra året i blött !? Men krascha rätt så direkt typ första böjen i racet!

Utträngd av Rossi, skadade axeln.

 

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Oljestinkande taliban!

Inte Nicky! Mamolas målande beskrivning av Nickys problem efter halva loppet...

One man who had an urgent need for a good start was Nicky Hayden; he got it, going from 11th on the grid to fifth after the first turn and fourth after the third. He held his position for over half the race but then slid back as his tire wore. After the race he sounded totally exhausted. Randy Mamola likened the experience of having a few hundredths taken out of you in every sector as like bleeding to death: 'Drip, drip, drip.' Getting the bike to turn on the front is still the problem.

 

[GSXR1100R]

I Qatar visade Hoppers 64 som mest, helt sjukt nerlägg!

I Jerez så lutade Hopper mer än 90 grader...

 

[Nyteknik]

Inte Nicky! Mamolas målande beskrivning av Nickys problem efter halva loppet...

One man who had an urgent need for a good start was Nicky Hayden; he got it, going from 11th on the grid to fifth after the first turn and fourth after the third. He held his position for over half the race but then slid back as his tire wore. After the race he sounded totally exhausted. Randy Mamola likened the experience of having a few hundredths taken out of you in every sector as like bleeding to death: 'Drip, drip, drip.' Getting the bike to turn on the front is still the problem.

På dig låter det som om Mamolas beskrivning är hedervärd på något vis. Vad han skriver är ju att TrickDaddy gjorde en kanonstart men blev ikapp- och ifrånkörd av Checa, Elias, Hopkins och Stoner innan han körde i mål - "totally exhausted" - som sjua. Impressive...

 

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På dig låter det som om Mamolas beskrivning är hedervärd på något vis. Vad han skriver är ju att TrickDaddy gjorde en kanonstart men blev ikapp- och ifrånkörd av Checa, Elias, Hopkins och Stoner innan han körde i mål - "totally exhausted" - som sjua. Impressive...

Syftade givetvis på Mamolas kommentar!

Randy Mamola likened the experience of having a few hundredths taken out of you in every sector as like bleeding to death: 'Drip, drip, drip.' Getting the bike to turn on the front is still the problem.

Hedervärd beskrivning skulle jag precis inte kalla d


Shinya Nakano nöjd med Michelins regndäck efter år på Bridgestone..

“It has been a very interesting and positive test in these wet conditions. Rain tyres of different brands can have a completely different character and feel, so after many seasons on Bridgestones, it was good to try the Michelins. Although I prefer to ride and race in the dry, I enjoyed riding today in the wet very much and could feel the grip from both the front and rear. As a result, I could get some really good lap times in, which has been very good for my confidence,” said Nakano.

Vem minns inte ett våt-race förra året ( PI tror jag) där Nakano försvann i horisonten för dom övriga för att sen tabba sig med cykelbyte då d torkade upp

 

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Vem minns inte ett våt-race förra året ( PI tror jag) där Nakano försvann i horisonten för dom övriga för att sen tabba sig med cykelbyte då d torkade upp

Med tanke på att Butter vart varvad av Hayden är det ett race som blir svårt att glömma

 

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Med tanke på att Butter vart varvad av Hayden är det ett race som blir svårt att glömma

Absolut


Gött jobbat av Marco o Elias idag på Jerez!!

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=28580

 

[elwe]

Hayden är Världsmästare. I konkurrens med en massa förare som "tyglat" "den fruktansvärda" NSR500:an (som "kastade av" förare och fick folk att kissa på sig vid blotta anblicken), tog han titeln. Att tala om hur 2007 års säsong kommer att sluta efter två race är minst sagt förhastat.

Eftersom jag varit ute på turne ett par tre dagar (Lund, Nässjö, Örebro, Karlstad, Åmål, Gbg, Malmö ...) så köpte jag en tidning att läsa på lediga stunder ...
Jag valde pb som jag tycker är en kul tidning.
I detta nummer (april 2007) var det en lång intervju med Roger Burnett. Han har varit med ett tag ... leta på nätet om du inte vet vem det är. (Toseland and Hodgson's manager, a TV pundit, Bol dOr and TT-winner, publisher, mechanic ... )
Jag citerar:
You can't really fall off MotoGP bikes. Not now they've introduced all these electronics on bikes.
Everyone raves about Pedrosa and Stoner. Great riders, fair enough, but on a 500 they would have highsided themselves into next week. You can't highside these days. All the crashes are front end crashes.

Han påstår alltså att femhundrorna var mer svårkörda och krävde mer av sin förare än dagens 4-taktare så nu kommer det svåra valet ... vem ska man tro på; Valmers eller Roger Burnett?

 

[Busaberg]

Han påstår alltså att femhundrorna var mer svårkörda och krävde mer av sin förare än dagens 4-taktare så nu kommer det svåra valet ... vem ska man tro på; Valmers eller Roger Burnett?

Skitsamma vilken.Dom har väl kört ungefär lika mycket Motogphoj båda två skulle jag tro....

 

[FireSalle]

You can't really fall off MotoGP bikes. Not now they've introduced all these electronics on bikes.
Everyone raves about Pedrosa and Stoner. Great riders, fair enough, but on a 500 they would have highsided themselves into next week. You can't highside these days. All the crashes are front end crashes.

Han påstår alltså att femhundrorna var mer svårkörda och krävde mer av sin förare än dagens 4-taktare så nu kommer det svåra valet ... vem ska man tro på; Valmers eller Roger Burnett?

Menar du och Burnett att det finns någon genetisk defekt på dagens ungdom att de inte skulle kunna lära sig så som Lawson, Rainey, Schwantz eller t.o.m. Doohan en gång fick göra? Jag är ganska övertygad om att de grabbarna också fick lära sig tygla maskinerna, och de high-side:ade ett par gånger.

Det betyder väl inget vilken maskin som var svårast att köra på? Då borde inte sporten premiera chassi och däckutveckling. Det ska vara svårast att köra snabbast, att ta materialet till gränsen.

 

[elwe]

Menar du och Burnett att det finns någon genetisk defekt på dagens ungdom att de inte skulle kunna lära sig så som Lawson, Rainey, Schwantz eller t.o.m. Doohan en gång fick göra? Jag är ganska övertygad om att de grabbarna också fick lära sig tygla maskinerna, och de high-side:ade ett par gånger.

Exactly ... det var just det de var tvungna till att lära sig och under resans gång blev det naturligtvis några aha-upplevelser

 

[FireSalle]

Exactly ... det var just det de var tvungna till att lära sig och under resans gång blev det naturligtvis några aha-upplevelser

Vad är det som är så bra med det? Är det det sporten går ut på? Varför inte låte dem köra med hojarna ut över ett stup också? Det härdar.
Att köra sig sönder och samman och lägga av med nedbruten kropp? Doohan, Schwantz och Rainey är ganska trasiga.
Det kan man f.ö. bli fortfarande, #74 i färskt minne. Stoner fick lära sig en del om gränserna ifjor ett par gånger.
Både ettan, tvåan och trean i VM ifjor fick genomgå kirurgiska ingrepp p.g.a. sina krasher.