20 minutes to some proper racing.

tim_wand
tim_wand Posts: 2,552
edited April 2013 in The cake stop
20 Minutes to the start of the Moto Gp season in Qatar. Lorenzo on pole and Crutchlow running second.
Doctor Rossi back on a proper machine with a load to prove, this should be good.

Cant see Cal, Jorge or Valentino or any of the others for that matter being told who they can and cant pass.

Come on Cal prove that Coventry aint no ghost town :)

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  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    YEY , Come on Cal.

    Wanna see a good perfomance from Smudger too
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    tim wand wrote:
    20 Minutes to the start of the Moto Gp season in Qatar. Lorenzo on pole and Crutchlow running second.
    Doctor Rossi back on a proper machine with a load to prove, this should be good.

    Cant see Cal, Jorge or Valentino or any of the others for that matter being told who they can and cant pass.

    Come on Cal prove that Coventry aint no ghost town :)
    'En't them bikes got engines in 'em or sommat to help 'em go quick? :? :D
    Tail end Charlie

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  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    Yes, just like Cancellaras, Allegedly.
  • tim_wand
    tim_wand Posts: 2,552
    'En't them bikes got engines in 'em or sommat to help 'em go quick?

    They ve got slightly less Titanium and minimally more horsepower than your hips Frank!!!

    Hows the recovery going?
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    What a day, Sun was out, did a nice 70km run out. Biker chicks out everywhere, now get to see some proper bikes. Do Sundays get any better than this?
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Well Crutchlow placed second in the first cycle race of the season over here a couple of weeks back. He's a dwarf with thighs like tree trunks, that boy has a turn of speed with or without an engine.
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  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    Rossi's back!! Whoop Whoop
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Not a bad race, bet none of them could start me Norton Commando though
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  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    tim wand wrote:
    'En't them bikes got engines in 'em or sommat to help 'em go quick?

    They ve got slightly less Titanium and minimally more horsepower than your hips Frank!!!

    Hows the recovery going?
    Oh dear mate, bit of a setback. The hip recovery is going well but unfortunately I've managed to somehow put my back out or strain it.

    I daren't laugh,cough or sneeze for the last three days. :cry: It's only being so miserable that keeps me happy. :lol:

    Anyway, my hips are chromium cobalt steel guaranteed to last a life time unlike your mere sinew, bone and muscle jobs you feeble human you. :lol:
    Tail end Charlie

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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,201
    Rossi's back!! Whoop Whoop

    great show :)
  • tim_wand
    tim_wand Posts: 2,552
    matthew h wrote:
    Rossi's back!! Whoop Whoop

    great show :)


    What a race, Rossi's back, watch out Jorge he wont start seventh on the grid for long. As for Marquez, what a talent, Pedrosa must be shitting himself as much as Critchlow did when Rossi bore down on him.

    P.S Frank you sound like Lee Majors now mate, how much did that cost the NHS. sorry to hear about the back, I d invite you out for a ride in the Newark area, but I wont bother now, not because of your health, but I reckon the Pykies round here would weigh you in and then retire.
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    In hindsight, I wish Cal just let Rossi past him and sat waiting for something to happen as it did. Maybe could have taken advantage of the Honda pairs tyres going which was quite evident in the last 10 laps or so.
  • tim_wand
    tim_wand Posts: 2,552
    In hindsight, I wish Cal just let Rossi past him and sat waiting for something to happen as it did. Maybe could have taken advantage of the Honda pairs tyres going which was quite evident in the last 10 laps or so.


    I thought initially Rossi was trying too hard to make a point to the Ducati boys by trying to stick it up Dovizioso early rather than run a race strategy, but then he got his head together.

    Cal should have got on to the Hondas earlier and was paying them too much respect, Dont know if his Dad was giving him Rossis lap times, but your right, should have let him go and then hunted down Pedrosa and Marquez on deterioting rubber.

    Dont think he would have got Marquez, but Pedrosa looked done.

    Interesting to hear no Rookie has won on Debut since Biaggi, Marquez , looked as though he could have done it today if Pedrosa hadnt held him up before the pass.
  • peat
    peat Posts: 1,242
    Rossi's comeback was brilliant. I was laughing/snorting like some kind of excited pervert.

    Marquez put a shot across Dani's bows. Expect Dani's head to get a pummeling this year.
  • tim_wand
    tim_wand Posts: 2,552
    Peat wrote:
    Rossi's comeback was brilliant. I was laughing/snorting like some kind of excited pervert.

    Marquez put a shot across Dani's bows. Expect Dani's head to get a pummeling this year.


    Yer one of the Neighbours came round to check on us, Apparently all they could hear was me shouting

    " Go on the Doctor!!!! stick it to them!!!!"

    , silly sods should Know you d never get an out of hours call around here on a Sunday. :D
  • Mikey41
    Mikey41 Posts: 690
    Well Crutchlow placed second in the first cycle race of the season over here a couple of weeks back. He's a dwarf with thighs like tree trunks, that boy has a turn of speed with or without an engine.
    Trains a lot with Mark Cavendish doesn't he? Bradley Smith has even said that Cal could easily turn Pro at Cycling if he wanted to.

    Race was brilliant, it was getting a little boring for the last half of last year, but this was more like it :D
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  • proto
    proto Posts: 1,483
    Bradley Smith rode the Oakley 2/3/4 cat road race last year. Got seriously dropped but kept going round. good effort.