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I started watching MotoGP in 2005 when I was 20 years old, on a whim. I downloaded all the races from that season on the old Racing Underground torrent site, and eventually watched Nicky win Laguna Seca a day after it happened. His joyful and earnest disposition was infectious, his humility and poli...

Nicky Hayden, last race Motogp. Since 2003 ive enjoyed watching Nicky & appreciate his humble demeanour. He has been a wonderful ambassador for Motogp. I want to wish him well in SBK & basically just say thanks mate, its been a great ride. Have fun at Valencia. NIcky's performances in Germany and P...

The debate has mostly been about whether Marquez or Lorenzo is on Rossi's mind. I wonder how far it's Rossi that's on Rossi's mind - that this is about stirring shit up in ways which motivates him to find another few % and vindicate himself, with others as collateral damage. Take the sacking of Jer...

Is it possible Rossi sanbags as a part of mindgames? Perhaps, although I don't think Rossi has been able to really sandbag a practice session (as far as I can recall) since way back in 2006/2007. There's just way too much speed on the grid to sit back and not work on the last 0.001% of your setup. ...

^^ Vale typically struggles at those tracks, so I'm definitely expecting a great ride tomorrow. That was definitely the best qualifying session of the year, and the pace of the Yamahas are definitely encouraging. I wonder what about Misano's layout causes the Hondas to suffer so much, to the point t...

What's that quote? "Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level, and beat you with experience." :D Which reminds me of a nice story concerning an encounter between John Wesley and ‘Beau’ Nash in Bath. Walking towards Wesley along a narrow pavement, Nash is said to have proclai...

I can't help but notice how quickly Rossi gets up to speed in FP now. He was all over FP1 before MM put up that 1'48.0. Again, incredibly impressive stuff from Marc. But Rossi looks like his confidence is exponentially growing. I'm cautiously optimistic for fireworks on Sunday.

I'd like to see him refocus and regroup and set himself a new goal for 2014, since it looks like the title is out of reach. ... I can understand it too, what the f*** is the point in risking everything, maybe crashing and picking up a bitch of an injury just to get on the podium? Especially when ev...

For the sake of variety: MOTM: Miller. Great Ride, strong (perhaps too strong) finish. Good to see from him. HM: Kallio. It seems that whatever confidence problems the Fin was dealing with the past few years is long past, and his speed regained. It's good to see him flying at the front again. DOTM: ...

Looks like MM has found a Mario Kart-style shortcut on the track again, that involves a banana skin and jumping over the central wall :) 7 tenths of a second. Seven tenths of a second. Jesus fucking wept while riding a bicycle, you run out of adjectives. Mario Circuit on the N64 per chance? :D I wa...

Krop, for reasons I understand, the wording on your front page article regarding this subject in some areas opens up an interesting question. Knowing how political this game is.......... Was this Rossi's decision, or something of an ultimatum , or "push" from Yamaha/Jarvis ? This gpOne article seem...

My wholly uninformed opinion: I don't think this choice has anything to do with Burgess' technical ability or skill. Rossi knows how fortunate he was to have JB as his crew chief, and he never has anything but high praise for JB when he's asked about it. I think this is something that Rossi needs to...

Post race press conference: When asked how he expected Marc to go at Laguna on his first visit... Valentino Rossi I expect that this fuckin' bastard is fast from the beginning As an aside, I have to say that I've enjoyed the press conferences alot these past two races. Cal, Marc and Vale are a lot ...

It would be a pity if Nicky simply left MotoGP after this season. A former World Champion left out like this? It's a rare occurrence. Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of this is the 2013 Honda bike. It's a power hungry, 1000 cc point and shoot monster running at the highest level. Brake late, g...

MOTM: Lorenzo. Yes, guys like Colin, Casey, RdP, even Rossi have ridden very soon after some really terrible health issues. But still, to do it within 2 days of the of the accident? And within 24 hours of a metal plate inserted into his body? To quote Mark Jackson: " that's a grown man move ." HM: ...

I really liked (whether it's true or not) one I read involving, Kenny Jr, Kurtis Roberts, Nicky Hayden, Colin Edwards, Rossi, The police and Max Biaggi's smart car............. So, I've been away from the forums for a while, but I've been checking in recently (as well as buying one of MotoMatter's ...

I'm a bit surprised that someone as visible as Birt would do this. The comments he's made on his Twitter account seem to indicate he's standing by his story: "3 lines came from earlier chat in season and mistake was not 2 make that clear. 98% quotes were done in Laguna" This tweet was directed at th...

It definitely smells like "Beat them to the Punch" move to me. I dont know if the move is an attempt to save his image, (save face rather than being canned) or deliberately just to slam Yamaha, or both. The wording of his email "press release" seems to indicate the latter - I can't recall Ben ever ...

An interesting race, to be sure. Wonderful control and focus from Lorenzo, and great to see Pedrosa and Hayden finish on the rostrum. Looks like the Hondas are fast, but still within the reach of the Yamaha boys. One Repsol, though, needs a bit of a kick in the rear: I'm very surprised with Dovi's p...

It's been a while, but I'll play along this round:

10 pts FOR Rossi top 6
10 pts FOR Casey leading by 3+ seconds at the start of the penultimate lap
10 pts FOR Dovi finishing ahead of Marco

lucy wrote:MotM: Marquez. Are we witnessing the genesis of greatness here?

Hesitant yes. Considering he's racing against quality riders like Terol and Smith, I'd say he's the real deal.

what happened to the enthusiasm? :evil: ;) You will all soon be missing the races, so these precious last few are important! Unfortunately, life has taken priority and distracted me a bit! But I'm still excited about the last two races. I'm happy to see Burgess & Co. sorting out Rossi's bike to dea...

Simoncelli joins a considerable list of riders who have commented that they just can't understand how the connection between Stoner and the Ducati works... I completely agree with your analysis of the Ducati and the crazy subplots that lie ahead for next year. However, the version of the quote that...

MOTM: Stoner/De Angelis/Redding Casey for destroying the field in a spectacular display. I was kinda hoping that he kept pushing the whole race just for the outside chance that we would see someone lap a 15 rider field. Alex for having a good weekend and finding his mojo, and a shout-out to Redding...

I always love it when someone puts on a thoroughly dominant display. That was Casey in 2007 "F*** Everyone" mode. Great, great ride. It looked like he was riding a rocket sled out there. With Casey wrapping up by the race by the second corner, I was almost glad to see Rossi have a rather pedestrian ...