If he can ride that aggressively for the next five races, he may
actually win one. I'd like to see it. Spies is going to be dangerous
next year and the year after. I wish someone would give Simoncelli a
decent factory ride. He's a hidden gem as well. Next year will be just
as boring (I'm betting) but once they get the 1000's back and cut back
on the electronics, it should be fun again, especially if the
satellite teams can bring a competitive bike. Moto 2 sure is fun and
if I'm a team manager, either in Moto GP or WSBK, I'm looking at
Iannone for sure! In fact, if I had a WSBK time, I'd be recruiting
Iannone and Samson onto the same team. Melandri is going to be a deep
threat in that series. Max will have his hands full holding onto that
title (that I hope he gets). Colin I guess is officially a development
rider now. I can't see the guy winning a GP ever. Like Nori, I believe
his spirit is broken. Unless, they do a full on "rain race" where
Schwantz and Corser both stated that it really evens the bikes out.
We'll see.

On Sep 19, 5:16*pm, MJRydsFast <mjrydsf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If he can ride that aggressively for the next five races, he may
> actually win one. I'd like to see it.

Hayden has always been methodical, and I think Stoner sometimes being
disoriented -clearly not today- helps the attention he gets within
Ducati.

> ... Spies is going to be dangerous
> next year and the year after.

And after and after.

> ... I wish someone would give Simoncelli a
> decent factory ride. He's a hidden gem ...

He has a venerable history of being inconsistent. If he learns to be
fast when he doesn't feel comfortable, perhaps. I am not sold on him.

> if I'm a team manager, either in Moto GP or WSBK, I'm looking at
> Iannone for sure! In fact, if I had a WSBK time, I'd be recruiting
> Iannone and Samson onto the same team. Melandri is going to be a deep
> threat in that series. Max will have his hands full ...

I don't know. You didnt mention Elias, who is bound to win Moto2 and
seemingly rejoin MotoGP despite being a 2 time reject. And I think
Elias is damn entertaining, but I don't expect him to make it count in
MotoGP this time around either. Melandri... such talent, I think he'd
need at least a year to fully get his confidence back. And hope he
does.

> ... Colin I guess is officially a development
> rider now. I can't see the guy winning a GP ever. Like Nori, I believe
> his spirit is broken. Unless, they do a full on "rain race" where
> Schwantz and Corser both stated that it really evens the bikes out.

Edwards has ridden in the rain, and while he did well, he didn't win
either. I think it's the old story of being older and losing the bite.
Edwards would be one to watch in WSB though.

Champ <(E-Mail Removed)> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:19:24
>On Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:16:07 -0700 (PDT), MJRydsFast
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>I wish someone would give Simoncelli a decent factory ride.
>
>He's already on a factory bike.

That'll be the factory bike that's not quite as factory as the Repsol
bikes. Dovi must be wondering if he gets forced to ride the same next
year if, he'll be a further 0.3s off the pace.

Talking of Dovi, Has anyone seen what happened to him on the last lap?
Did Spies run him onto the grass, or was it a failed hail mary pass?

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DaveW <(E-Mail Removed)> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:53:42
>On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:45:54 +0100, Julian Bond
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>
>
>>Talking of Dovi, Has anyone seen what happened to him on the last lap?
>>Did Spies run him onto the grass, or was it a failed hail mary pass?
>
>He seems to take responsibility himself:
>
>"The crash happened between turns 12 and
>13. Spies went in too deep and I tried to
>overtake him on the inside. That meant I was
>carrying a little bit more speed through the
>change of direction and as I flicked from left to
>right I highsided."

Hey, ho. It's a shame we couldn't see this on the TV feed as well as
Stoner winning, Pedrosa coming second and Hayden's pass on Lorenzo.
Seems like they quite the fight on the last couple of laps.

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Mark N <(E-Mail Removed)> Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:41:09
>Hah, nice to see anti-Americanism is alive and well at RMR!

Not at all. We were all shouting for Spies in this house and royally
****ed off that the camera didn't follow the battle. If he ran Dovi onto
the grass it would have been further proof (if any was needed) that he's
a hard rider. All those years of Mladin and then Haga mean he doesn't
give an inch. As you say those passes at the end of the long straight
were epic.

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On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:08:01 GMT, Julian Bond wrote:

> Hey, ho. It's a shame we couldn't see this on the TV feed as well as
> Stoner winning, Pedrosa coming second and Hayden's pass on Lorenzo.
> Seems like they quite the fight on the last couple of laps.

It's part of what annoys me about the TV coverage. They'll show the
leaders crossing the line (sometimes annoying), but then they show the
team's jumping around and patting each other on the back, when there's a
battle going on down field.

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:41:09 GMT, Mark N wrote:

>> Talking of Dovi, Has anyone seen what happened to him on the last lap?
>> Did Spies run him onto the grass, or was it a failed hail mary pass?
>
> Hah, nice to see anti-Americanism is alive and well at RMR!

Yeah, damn red-necks taking our rides!

Mark N <(E-Mail Removed)> Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:48:41
>Just seemed like the reaction from across the pond was decidedly
>luke-warm, that's all - "one pass does not a winner make", "He's got to
>step it up", "did he run the guy off the track?"...

Here. Have a chip.

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Julian Bond offers:

> Here. Have a chip.

Is it a wanker chip? He's already got one of those.

If it'd been Rossi, first question wouldn't have been
"did he run him in into the grass" but "how hard did he
hit him?"


Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.

On 9/21/2010 5:02 AM, Switters wrote:

> It's part of what annoys me about the TV coverage. They'll show the
> leaders crossing the line (sometimes annoying), but then they show the
> team's jumping around and patting each other on the back, when there's a
> battle going on down field.

Yes! And more than once. At least they could replay the following
battle's passes and crashes.
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