On Tue, 12 May 2009 07:56:31 -0700 (PDT), Bones <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in <cf662ecc-09d2-428f-af81-(E-Mail Removed)>:
> On May 12, 12:44*am, Dave <n...@home.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 10 May 2009 21:05:45 -0700, "Andrew"

>> Was I the only one wondering why Spies didn't hop off and start
>> pushing? *There was quite a gap behind those three and I think he
>> might have picked up a few extra points if he'd jumped off sooner and
>> started running. *The way this season is going he needs every point he
>> can get.

> Wondered the same thing.......I suppose the rules prohibit teammates
> (or others) from assisting?

I'm pretty sure they do. IIRC there's a formula where pit-crew
can't assist until the vehicle had crossed the designated start of the
pits but I can't remember if that's F1 or GP!. ISTR a case at Assen where
a rider wasn't classified because, while his bike passed the finish line,
he didn't (and running after it didn't count).

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On Wed, 13 May 2009 17:31:11 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) allegedly wrote:

> I don't know if there have been any major bike
> accidents because of these tarmac runoffs but its only a matter of
> time for them at an international.

Well the one at Monza was fairly bad, and looking at the photos could very
much have changed the championship as Haga and Spies were close together
when the bike went across infront and took out Neukirchner.

But we shouldn't have ifs and buts in racing.

Monza has been a crap track for years. When I think of the changes
they had to make at Laguna for Moto GP it's sad to see what "heritage"
will buy you in Ducati land. It was those same F1 alterations that
prematurely ended Rainey's career with the waved gravel traps. Cars,
bikes. They're different! Monza is a boring track and I'd love to see
them bring one back into the fold that the riders themselves miss such
as Turkey or Brazil or.... Laguna!

On Thu, 14 May 2009 07:39:40 -0700 (PDT), (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Monza has been a crap track for years. When I think of the changes
>they had to make at Laguna for Moto GP it's sad to see what "heritage"
>will buy you in Ducati land. It was those same F1 alterations that
>prematurely ended Rainey's career with the waved gravel traps. Cars,
>bikes. They're different! Monza is a boring track

eh? Have you actually watched any Superbike races from Monza in the
last 10 years?

>...and I'd love to see
>them bring one back into the fold that the riders themselves miss such
>as Turkey or Brazil or.... Laguna!

Turkey was only on the calendar for a couple of years, tho most riders
did like it. Unlike Brazil, which most riders thought too bumpy
slippery.

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