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[Redliner]

the part that amazes me the most about rossi...
1 month after snapping his leg in half, 4 screws and a rod holding it together, on crutches, messed up shoulder...
goes out on the exact same R1 that was raced the day before, on the exact same race tire...
and goes under the lap record set the day before by .1 of a second with little setup changes...
dude would dominate WSBK if he swapped race series... and the R1 isn't as good as the ducati or the aprilla...

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

First session back and Vale is +0.020 on Lorenzo. Not bad for someone on crutches

[yonson]

Holy carp, I was just setting my DVR up for next weekend and saw that MotoGP is at Laguna Seca, hmmmm.

[kngrsll]

jesus

[yonson]

GRRRRR I HATE MY DVR!!!! stopped recording with 12 laps left

[DrDickAction]

GRRRRR I HATE MY DVR!!!! stopped recording with 12 laps left

same thing happened to me..I think it was the red flag that f'd up the timing.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

same thing happened to me..I think it was the red flag that f'd up the timing.

you guise missed the best part of the race... want me to up it?

[DrDickAction]

you guise missed the best part of the race... want me to up it?

huh, looked like Pedrosa started pulling away after the restart, but sure

[yonson]

I've got it DVR'n the second feed

[yonson]

yup, 2nd time got it all, watching now

[yonson]

WOW, what a finish to that race! Damn I wish F1 was this good...

[Redliner]

Man, That was AWESOME. Rossi is a GAWD on wheels - 6 weeks out of it and he's fighting Stoner for the podium. What a statement...no fear.

[_R_]

Ben

[kngrsll]

holy shit rossi to ducati

[Redliner]

holy shit rossi to ducati

Where have you been? LOL. I called this back on page 1

http://www.corriere....p_lettera.shtml

Can anyone read Italian?

[Deadpool]

Where have you been? LOL. I called this back on page 1

http://www.corriere....p_lettera.shtml

Can anyone read Italian?

Rossi stated: "It is very difficult to explain in just a few words what my relationship with Yamaha has been in these past seven years.”

"Many things have changed since that far-off time in 2004, but especially ‘she', my M1, has changed. At that time she was a poor middle-grid position MotoGP bike, derided by most of the riders and the MotoGP workers. Now, after having helped her to grow and improve, you can see her smiling in her garage, courted and admired, treated as the ‘top of the class'.”

"The list of the people that made this transformation possible is very long, but I would like to thank anyway Masao Furusawa, Masahiko Nakajima and ‘my' Hiroya Atsumi, as representatives of all the engineers that worked hard to change the face of our M1. Then Jeremy Burgess and all my guys in the garage, who took care of her with love on all the tracks of the world and also all the men and women that have worked in the Yamaha team during these years.”

"Now the moment has come to look for new challenges; my work here at Yamaha is finished. Unfortunately even the most beautiful love stories finish, but they leave a lot of wonderful memories, like when my M1 and I kissed for the first time on the grass at Welkom, when she looked straight in my eyes and told me ‘I love you!'"


From here

[TimzSI]

[Shi]

so sad, RIP

http://www.autosport...rt.php/id/86410

Tomizawa killed in Moto2 accident

Sunday, September 5th 2010, 12:51 GMT

Japanese rider Shoya Tomizawa has died as a result of injuries sustained in today's Moto2 race at Misano.

The 19-year-old was running fourth when he crashed in front of Alex de Angelis and Scott Redding, and was hit at speed by both riders.

He was taken to hospital in Riccione where he was pronounced dead at 14.20 local time.

Tomizawa had been one of the sensations of the inaugural Moto2 season. He had been a frontrunner in Japanese 125cc and 250cc racing, but only had a handful of wildcard appearances and a season in the 250cc midfield under his belt on the world stage prior to 2010.

He instantly took to Moto2 though, charging to a historic victory for Technomag-CIP in the series' first ever race in Qatar.

Tomizawa proved that result was no one-off by staying with the frontrunners all season, taking pole positions at Jerez and Brno. He was seventh in the championship heading to Misano this weekend.

Of the other riders involved in the fatal accident, de Angelis walked away uninjured, while Redding is receiving treatment at the circuit but is reported to be awake and alert.

[kngrsll]

oh no

[Redliner]

WTF is up with all these deaths? RIP

[Shi]

just 19

[yonson]

sucks

[TimzSI]

19 man, the things I didn't know 10 years ago.

Sad loss for all involved.

[kngrsll]

wow, i didnt realize someone was killed at Indy too! On top of that, i just realized as well that he is the same kid that we have been watching on youtube for the last few years... anyone remember this??

[Shi]

wow, i didnt realize someone was killed at Indy too! On top of that, i just realized as well that he is the same kid that we have been watching on youtube for the last few years... anyone remember this??

oh fuck