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ActionAttackGoose
04-22-2007, 11:41 PM
Holy crap! What a race! This has easily been one of the most compeitive GP races in a while.

Summary:

1) Michelin = shit. Give Rossi (Fiat Yamaha) a set of tires that aren't made of Floam and he finishes podium. I'm sneaking into the Bridgestone trailer and getting a couple myself.

2) Ducati is building some real monsters (sorry) this year. I wasn't surprised when they tore shit up at Qatar, but it's apparent that they will be the bike to beat the whole season long, not just on really open tracks.

3) Scary crash on the first lap. Jacque (Kawasaki Racing) was taken to the hospital and released with a bruised coccyx. Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) left the event in a neck brace. He has no fractures, but neck and chest pain. Edwards (Fiat Yamaha) suffered a swollen knee. Vermulen (Rizla Suzuki) got back on his bike and finished 11th.

4) Stoner (Marlboro Ducati) deserved that win. He set a brisk pace, and ran consistently. Any one of the riders could've set the fastest lap, but running 24 consistent ones is what wins races.

Rx3
04-24-2007, 04:32 PM
This weekend in general, lots of scary crashes. The supersport crash at Barber with Hacking and Geoff May was brutal.

Lbdwag
04-24-2007, 09:18 PM
good thing that I have not watch the AMA SS race and did not know about said crash... being as this is a MGP thread.... anyways...

How can you say that the Duc is going to be 'the' bike to beat? So they have won 2 out of 3, but BOTH were/are the fast tracks... In Jerez Stoner finished 5th, and the next Ducati was 11th.

I am not saying that Stoner is not going to challenge this year. I think the Elias will be in there too. That guy has been riding like a mad man since the last few races of last year.