View Full Version : MotoGP Laguna Seca 07/25/10 *SPOILER THREAD*
L8 Braker
07-21-2010, 09:15 PM
wOOt!!!...One of two GP races on American soil :)
So let's discuss...This should be one of the more interesting races this year...
--I think Rossi will be the favorite...He's the only one who knows how to ride in the dirt at this track :D
--Spies will get a few upgrades, but will it be enough to get him back on the podium?
--Hayden has only 3 wins in his GP career...But one of them was here...Can he finally win another?
--Lorenzo clearly knows how important every point is...Will he push it?
--Pedro is playing catch up in points...I think he's a strong candidate for a "W"
--Dovizioso has been close to win a few times this season, can he finally do it?
--Stoner is a good set of tires short of a few "W"'s
--Roger Lee Hayden is supposed to be on DePuniet's bike
Your thoughts?
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L8 Braker
07-21-2010, 09:18 PM
SPEED HAS QUALIFYING ON SATURDAY AT 9PM AND THE RACE ON SUNDAY AT 5PM!!
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L8 Braker
07-21-2010, 09:21 PM
So far this year...
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KSGregman
07-21-2010, 10:02 PM
Fuck Speed and their commercials and gimp ass announcers. I'll be watching live on MotoGP.com on a high resolution subscription with announcers who actually know what the fuck is going on.
My prediction:
1) Rossi
2) Pedrosa
3) Dovi
karl_1052
07-22-2010, 07:16 AM
1) Lorenzo
2) Rossi
3) Pedrosa
16) Roger Lee Hayden
KSGregman
07-22-2010, 07:29 AM
1) Lorenzo
2) Rossi
3) Pedrosa
16) Roger Lee Hayden
Roger Lee Hayden won't finish last. He rode that piece of shit Kawasaki to 10th a couple of years ago at this track. DePuniet's LCR Honda is ten times the bike that Kawasaki was. He knows the track well...I won't be surprised at all to see him finish mid pack.
Roger Lee Hayden won't finish last. He rode that piece of shit Kawasaki to 10th a couple of years ago at this track. DePuniet's LCR Honda is ten times the bike that Kawasaki was. He knows the track well...I won't be surprised at all to see him finish mid pack.
He NEEDS to. That pedercini ride is doing his career no favors
KSGregman
07-22-2010, 07:56 AM
He NEEDS to. That pedercini ride is doing his career no favors
Agreed.
z06boy
07-22-2010, 10:02 AM
Spies on the podium. :whatwhat:
Ok top 5. :lol:
Lorenzo and Rossi top two.
Krypt Keeper
07-22-2010, 12:36 PM
Lorenzo
Rossi
Spies (a guy can hope can't he)
Can't wait to watch, wish Moto 2 was racing there to see 40+ bikes rolling down the corkscrew. Would be an awesome site.
KSGregman
07-22-2010, 12:49 PM
Can't wait to watch, wish Moto 2 was racing there to see 40+ bikes rolling down the corkscrew. Would be an awesome site.
Moto2 puts on a HELL of a show....far more entertaining and far better "racing" than MotoGP, IMHO.
There are some kick ass up and coming riders too. Andrea Iannone in particular looks good. How he manages to run off and leave the rest of the field on a spec bike is beyond me. Nick Harris and Gavin Emmit were talking about it last week at Sachenring...I guess techincal control gives his bike a work over after every race and it's legit...but it sure LOOKS odd....Juilian Simon...Thomas Luthi...Simon Corsi all look like they have MotoGP futures eventually too.
40 bikes on track at Laguna Seca, though....damn...that would be MADNESS.
Moto2 puts on a HELL of a show....far more entertaining and far better "racing" than MotoGP, IMHO.
There are some kick ass up and coming riders too. Andrea Iannone in particular looks good. How he manages to run off and leave the rest of the field on a spec bike is beyond me. Nick Harris and Gavin Emmit were talking about it last week at Sachenring...I guess techincal control gives his bike a work over after every race and it's legit...but it sure LOOKS odd....Juilian Simon...Thomas Luthi...Simon Corsi all look like they have MotoGP futures eventually too.
40 bikes on track at Laguna Seca, though....damn...that would be MADNESS.
dont forget my man tomizawa! :wtfru: kids like 17. hes got the world in front of him
L8 Braker
07-22-2010, 10:11 PM
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Krypt Keeper
07-23-2010, 12:02 PM
Moto2 puts on a HELL of a show....far more entertaining and far better "racing" than MotoGP, IMHO.
There are some kick ass up and coming riders too. Andrea Iannone in particular looks good. How he manages to run off and leave the rest of the field on a spec bike is beyond me. Nick Harris and Gavin Emmit were talking about it last week at Sachenring...I guess techincal control gives his bike a work over after every race and it's legit...but it sure LOOKS odd....Juilian Simon...Thomas Luthi...Simon Corsi all look like they have MotoGP futures eventually too.
40 bikes on track at Laguna Seca, though....damn...that would be MADNESS.
I look at their ages and then think about myself at that age.. :whosr: They truely are the stars of MotoGP future.
40+ bikes at Laguna would be a mad house. Many would fall at turn 1 at the races start.
Was suppose to go to Indy this yr to watch but so many plans got changed we couldn't do it. Maybe next yr it will happen.
L8 Braker
07-23-2010, 09:27 PM
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KSGregman
07-23-2010, 09:47 PM
Just done watching FP1 on MotoGP.com and watching all the pre practice and post practice interviews.
Stoner was FAST from the get go...Lorenzo started picking up the pace about mid session. I guess the "secret parts" promised to Tech 3 Yamaha either didn't come or suck. Spies and Edwards are both PISSED about it. The Suzuki's SUCK in the cooler temperatures....they are going to REALLY suffer tomorrow morning in FP2 in the morning mist and chill.
Rossi says he's good to go except for braking while entering the Corkscrew...and at the bottom of the Corkscrew attempting to make the right hand turn before the Rainey Corner. I suspect he'll gut it out and be on the pace.
Nick Harris and Gavin Emmit say that DePuniet is going to race at Brno....THAT would be incredible. I saw a pic of Bautista's bike running over his left leg...not good. That is the same ankle that has a small hardware store worth of screws in the ankle too after a big Motocross wreck.
Amber Lamps
07-24-2010, 01:00 AM
See Roger Hayden is 17th not 16th... ;)
KSGregman
07-24-2010, 02:10 PM
Just done watching FP2....Lorenzo looked good. Stoner too. And Ben Spies...wow...that kid looks to have a REAL MotoGP future ahead of him.
1. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Fiat Yamaha Team 1m 21.763s
2. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 1m 21.826s
3. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team 1m 21.876s
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 1m 22.166s
5. Ben Spies USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1m 22.293s
6. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 1m 22.334s
7. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1m 22.642s
8. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team 1m 22.769s
9. Hector Barbera ESP Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1m 22.846s
10. Aleix Espargaro ESP Pramac Racing 1m 22.913s
11. Marco Melandri ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1m 23.077s
12. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1m 23.307s
13. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1m 23.310s
14. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1m 23.706s
15. Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 1m 24.037s
16. Roger Lee Hayden USA LCR Honda MotoGP 1m 24.368s
17. Alex de Angelis RSM Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1m 24.637s
L8 Braker
07-25-2010, 12:45 AM
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L8 Braker
07-25-2010, 12:47 AM
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how is pedrosa 4th and 15th? :lol:
how is pedrosa 4th and 15th? :lol:
Its the laws of averages, hes really somewhere between 9th and 10th
Cool picture I found the other day
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ya know i was just thinking about this but dmg getting in a turf war with dorna isint going to do any american with world level aspirations any good
Amber Lamps
07-25-2010, 01:18 PM
ya know i was just thinking about this but dmg getting in a turf war with dorna isint going to do any american with world level aspirations any good
Most of the Americans racing aren't doing America any favors... yikes!:lol:
Most of the Americans racing aren't doing America any favors... yikes!:lol:
lol true. ben and colin seem content to act in boring buddy videos. well, at least colin can act...or emote :lol
id like to think jake and josh could do well at the world level but they are both getting up there in age so its not likely
Lorenzo
Stoner
Rossi
I'm good
JoJoYZF
07-25-2010, 06:35 PM
I'm good
No shit, nice call.
L8 Braker
07-26-2010, 12:13 AM
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KSGregman
07-26-2010, 09:17 AM
Other than Rossi running Dovi down late in the race for 3rd...and then fending off Dovi's counter attack, that was a wicked boring race week-end. :/
Further evidence of how much more exciting the Moto2 class is than MotoGP. It's sad to admit...but...it's true.
Amber Lamps
07-26-2010, 09:38 AM
Other than Rossi running Dovi down late in the race for 3rd...and then fending off Dovi's counter attack, that was a wicked boring race week-end. :/
Further evidence of how much more exciting the Moto2 class is than MotoGP. It's sad to admit...but...it's true.
Truth!
I like how the commentators tried make it interesting and especially how hard they worked to make Roger Hayden look good. "Roger managed to finish in 11th place!!! " ummm...there were only 12 finishers... Heck, I could have finished in the points on my gf's gsxr 600...
Truth!
I like how the commentators tried make it interesting and especially how hard they worked to make Roger Hayden look good. "Roger managed to finish in 11th place!!! " ummm...there were only 12 finishers... Heck, I could have finished in the points on my gf's gsxr 600...
In all fairness he went from the slowest bike in the sbk paddock to a very limited ride on a bike that's in the upper 8/10s of the gp paddock...on a not so easy track. Prob just didn't want to bin it. I think his moto2 ride at indy will be more telling. At least he has time to prepare for that one :lol:
z06boy
07-27-2010, 09:35 AM
^^^^^Close to mine except my view was from the lazyboy looking at the TV with my feet propped up. :lol:
Amber Lamps
07-27-2010, 11:34 AM
^^^^^Close to mine except my view was from the lazyboy looking at the TV with my feet propped up. :lol:
Yep on the couch watching it in HD on the 55''...:rockwoot: I totally skipped the race at Daytona this year and watched it when I got home.:lol:
z06boy
07-27-2010, 04:20 PM
Yep on the couch watching it in HD on the 55''...:rockwoot: I totally skipped the race at Daytona this year and watched it when I got home.:lol:
I had to settle for 46" HD and some good chicken wings. :lol:
KSGregman
07-27-2010, 04:25 PM
I had to settle for 46" HD and some good chicken wings. :lol:
I watched it start to finish in high res on my MotoGP.com subscription. I don't know how you guys can bear to watch the commercial filled disaster that is MotoGP coverage on Speed.
z06boy
07-27-2010, 04:29 PM
I watched it start to finish in high res on my MotoGP.com subscription. I don't know how you guys can bear to watch the commercial filled disaster that is MotoGP coverage on Speed.
EZ...HD DVR...fast forward thru commercials. 5:00 pm on Sunday I was in the garage changing the plugs on the R6.
KSGregman
07-27-2010, 04:46 PM
EZ...HD DVR...fast forward thru commercials. 5:00 pm on Sunday I was in the garage changing the plugs on the R6.
HD DVR isn't going to rid you of being abused by the idiots Speed runs out as announcers. Absolutely clueless those guys....
Soo I hear edwards may be replacing haga next year at xerox. Anyone want to make some guesses as to who'd be riding tech 3?
Amber Lamps
07-27-2010, 05:39 PM
EZ...HD DVR...fast forward thru commercials. 5:00 pm on Sunday I was in the garage changing the plugs on the R6.
I was at the mall until 6 pm and then watched it, skipping the commercials, with the sound down low...:lol:
Amber Lamps
07-27-2010, 05:40 PM
Soo I hear edwards may be replacing haga next year at xerox. Anyone want to make some guesses as to who'd be riding tech 3?
Hopefully not Crutchlow...:panic:
Hopefully not Crutchlow...:panic:
I still think we should take up a donation to buy that boy some stomp grips since he's always sliding off the tank
Amber Lamps
07-27-2010, 11:11 PM
I still think we should take up a donation to buy that boy some stomp grips since he's always sliding off the tank
:lol: The only thing that bothers me about him is all the crap he was talking pre-season...
:lol: The only thing that bothers me about him is all the crap he was talking pre-season...
if you look at his wss record he was somewhat justified in it. R1 just seems like a pain to ride, remember the theory that you have to be tall to muscle it over. cal's a midget :lol
z06boy
07-28-2010, 10:21 AM
HD DVR isn't going to rid you of being abused by the idiots Speed runs out as announcers. Absolutely clueless those guys....
Yeah there are tradeoffs with everything but it sure works for me. Wife out of town...me working on the bikes in the garage...race ends...come in...sit back in the cold leather recliner with the A/C cranking...watch the race and fast forward through anything I don't want to see/hear and besides...hard to hear those guys when me and my dog are smacking while chowing down on some chicken wings anyways. :lol:
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