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Posted by Mark N on July 20, 2008, 1:40 pm
...and it's cold and cloudy/foggy, no visibility problem this morning
but this stuff promises to be more tenacious. The warmup must have
been a waste for almost everyone, as no one was likely on their race
tire. But the track will almost certainly be cooler than it's been the
last two afternoons.
My guess is that there arr a few Michelin guys who will be lower than
they qualified (Lorenzo, de Puniet, Toseland, maybe Hayden) and
Bridgestone guys who will be higher (Vermeulen, Nakano, Melandri,
probably Spies, maybe Hacking, de Angelis if his thumb is
serviceable). Those 'stoners really got hurt in qualifying, but the
race should be different. I still take my Stoner-Rossi-Vermeulen
podium, although I withdraw that Rossi dice roll at this point. Nick
could get on thw box, but only if he can get away from Chris in the
early laps. And too bad about my Gresini call, which looked very good
until they both crashed in the Q.
Beyond the Stoner runaway and the Rossi chase, it should be a good
race, lots of guys running similar times. And I can see more crashing,
as the surface - tire issues will continue. Damned tire rule...
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Posted by Champ on July 20, 2008, 6:53 pm
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:40:52 -0700 (PDT), Mark N
>Beyond the Stoner runaway and the Rossi chase, it should be a good
>race
Oh. My. God.
One of the best races I can remember. Vale showed why he's considered
the Greatest of All Time - they way he took the fight to Stoner, never
gave him a moment to try and string a lap with a clear track, was
obviously his plan, and boy did it work. The psychological advantage
of today is just huge.
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Champ
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Posted by jok on July 20, 2008, 8:03 pm
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:40:52 -0700 (PDT), Mark N
>
> >Beyond the Stoner runaway and the Rossi chase, it should be a good
> >race
>
> Oh. My. God.
>
> One of the best races I can remember. Vale showed why he's considered
> the Greatest of All Time - they way he took the fight to Stoner, never
> gave him a moment to try and string a lap with a clear track, was
> obviously his plan, and boy did it work. The psychological advantage
> of today is just huge.
Absolutely amasing race, just as I thought MotoGP was not worth
watching...
D'ye reckon Pedrosa could've run up with these two boys?
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Posted by Will Hartung on July 20, 2008, 8:46 pm
jok wrote:
> Absolutely amasing race, just as I thought MotoGP was not worth
> watching...
> D'ye reckon Pedrosa could've run up with these two boys?
No, I doubt it. I don't think Michelin brought a set of full wet tires
to use to give him the edge.
Regards,
Will Hartung
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Posted by Julian Bond on July 21, 2008, 3:29 am
>Absolutely amasing race, just as I thought MotoGP was not worth
>watching...
>D'ye reckon Pedrosa could've run up with these two boys?
No way. not on a Honda on Michelins on that weekend. But he will again.
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