MotoGP round 8 Mugello 07/03/11 *SPOILERS*

[L8 Braker]

Return to Mugello, and lotsa Rossi stuff!!

--this is where the world changed last year when Rossi broke his leg
--this is one of Rossi's home tracks, and one of his favorites
--Rossi has more wins here than any other track in his career (9)
--Rossi will be without Burgess this race (he's in Australia with his sick wife)
--Pedrosa is back and will race
--Lorenzo will be on a mission to get back in winners circle
--Simoncelli has admitted he was a fool for crashing last race CLICK HERE FOR STORY (http://superbikeplanet.com/2011/Jun/110628d.htm)
--Spies will be looking to keep his momentum going
--Hayden has a podium here and is quietly sitting in 5th in points
--Dovizioso is quietly placing on the podium 3 out of the last 4 races

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[L8 Braker]

The race is on 2 times Sunday on SpeedTV!!

8am, and 5pm...

[L8 Braker]

So far this year...

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[smileyman]

Circuit has been repaved to ridiculously smooth. I look for the Ducatis to handle well there but with Honda's slick tranny and the Yamaha's showing more steam..

Stoner
Lorenzo
Spies

Cant imagine Simoncelli finishing a race at this point but if he can stay on??

[anthonyk]

From that article about Sic:
Fausto Gresini "Unfortunately we came away from Assen without the result Marco was capable of. Marco made a mistake, maybe his first one of the season...

First mistake of the season? Crashed out while leading in Jerez, crashed on lap one at Estoril... Even leaving his mishap with Pedrosa out of it, Marco hasn't exactly had a flawless season.

Tough race to call. I'm gonna go crazy and go with:

Stoner
Spies
Rossi

[defector]

I don't know WTF I'm talking about, but I will go
Stoner
Spies
Dovi

and SimoXaus takes out Pedrobot again.

[L8 Braker]

Free practice 1 - dry session...

Rossi only got in 13 laps before having mechanical issues...

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[L8 Braker]

Free practice 2 - wet and weird session...

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[tommymac]

I think simocelli will get the wholeshot on the start, bin it going into turn one and take out 6-10 riders :lol:

[L8 Braker]

Turned out to be a race towards the end!!

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[defector]

It was actually a pretty good race this time. Couple of good battles.