German GP

 I don't watch all the time, but, I don't remember the last time the
premier class had 4 riders on (3) different brands dicing for the
lead. Love it.
If Spies is as good as he looks, that could make it even more
interesting.
I got to meet Colin Edwards about 10 years ago, and even chatted with
him for a few minutes, what a genuinely nice bloke but boy he can't
ride MotoGP.

 I haven't seen any posts about it!!!

C'mon guys we're supposed to be excited and enthused!!!!

Hayden sets the first FP session time, Barros the 2nd FP2 and Cap the
3rd FP time, Rossi is way down the order, things aren't normal, dudes we
have a race on!!!

Typically I would pick Max, Rossi and Barros to be the contenders but
this time round it's a bit harder.

Me I'm waiting untill the end of qualifying before I edit my Tipping
comp choices, and Dog knows I need another good score to get on top of
that competition.

Paul

 
Well, he may not be able to win a championship or a race, but he's
close to 'The Best of the Rest' more often than not these days.  That
being said, he needs to swap rides with Ben Spies and give some fresh
blood a chance.

-Dirt-

 Henry wrote:

what the hell are you talking about?
He is sitting 5th in the championship, so if he can;t ride then the 14
guys below him (12 now) obviously can't ride, so maybe MotoGP should
only have Rossi/Lorenzo/Pedrosa and Stoner?

Bruce

 
It would be easy to look at the people in 6th to 19th in the
championship and wonder what they were doing in MotoGP. Despite 7 of
them having won world championships and 6 of them having finished 2nd in
a world championship.

Isn't racing always like this? There are 2 or 3 guys up front, week in
week out. If you're really lucky it's 5 or 6. So what exactly is the
point of having the 10, 20, 30 riders behind them?

It seems to me that MotoGP has broken into 3 waves. There's a bunch at
the front (The Aliens!). I think Dovi might just join that group if he
has a little more luck and learns a little more about set up. Then
there's a middle bunch who are incredibly fast riders but are just never
going to make a step up any further. Or they were in the top bunch once
but can't bring themselves to do it any more. Or teams, bikes and
circumstances mean they have lost the ability to get a ride that lets
them show how good they are. Then there's a third wave who are really
just grid filler.

Let's say Ben Spies joined all this on Toseland's Yamaha. Where do you
think he would fit half way through his first year? Ahead of Toseland,
Edwards, Dovi, or getting poles and podiums (and highsides) like
Lorenzo?

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