Anyone else think this is the greatest motorsport championship on the planet? (ahead of WRC)
A move to 1,000cc machines has to be good.
Will Lorenzo recover in the three weeks till the start of the season to take the title away from team-mate and arch rival GOAT?
Is there a better character in motorsport than Valentino Rossi?
How great is racing that is decided on the track and not in the pit lane?
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Do you have it on in the bar?
The World Superbikes will be well worth watching too.
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It's great.
Really looking forward to seeing if Valentino II (Simoncelli) can cut the mustard with the big boys, watching Spies getting his ass handed to him and seeing the Moto2 (how in the heck did Ellias not get a ride with a MotoGP team.
The opening WSB was a bit disappointing, I thought. Unless the Samurai of Slide really gets going or Crutchlow comes through quicker than expected, it's looking a bit tired IMO. Miss seeing it down at Brands though.
Not been myself, but those that have say it's a great track with good views. Hoping to get F1 here in a couple of years as well.
Just as well Casey dropped it as he would have sped off into the distance, but in an even bigger way then Rossi did. Shame there's only 17 bikes, could do with another 5 or more but least there's at least 3 viable championship contenders (and possibly the Hondas) to keep it interesting at the front.
Great stuff.
BTW Not 1 mention on BBC this morning at was all about Westwood losing the Golf.
Some massive crashes yesterday. Camier, De Angelis and the Aussie that ended up putting it in the stupidly placed wall next to the pit lane (at Valencia); hope he's OK. That female rider (in the Superstock) managed to get straight up after a 200kmh crash that would have had the average footballer writhing on the deck for a week
If the BBC can't be arsed covering it, I don't really understand why they don't let Eurosport do it.
In GP Rossi will do well again (a given), and Lorenzo will push him if he avoids the kitty litter and broken bones. As for the BBC coverage, its ok although if i can, I watch the races with the commentry team of Toby & Jules and guests on Eurosprt which is just top notch.
So glad its started well, cant wait for the next race, and hope it wont be on at silly o clock so i can watch it properly on Eurosport.
No what people mean about the bbc coverage, it could be better, but i do like that Charlie Cox the auusie commentator, he says some well funny things sometimes!! But i also like Julien from Eurosports speech impediment!! lol
Well done to the new septic
Cracking season ahead
Moto2 will be the best season yet.
Quite enjoy the commentary
Re-starts, crashes galore, flames down the track oh and some cracking racing in a motorsport where all the machines have the same engine.
British Superbike from Cadwell Park this afternoon, feet up, beers and bike racing, great bank holiday!!!
The shootout rules for the BSB is the most complex way of sorting out a sporting league, that I've ever seen.
Tomizawa died after that incident in Moto2 today. Horrible.
All the riders said how much fun he was
RIP
RIP
SO SO SAD TO HERE
Ride in peace.
So much contact, what a race - brilliant stuff
Lorenzo's conduct when Rossi and Spies were waiting to congratulate him at the end of the race was absolutely pathetic. He might think his little staged celebrations are wildly original, but somebody else has been doing them for years and - to be honest - they're a bit laboured when he does them. Jorgie might do well to remember what happened to Honda when they gave Vale the flick in the belief that they had an unbeatable package. One tarnished championship since. I sincerely hope that Yamaha will take a big dip next year without the likes of Burgess wringing out that bit of extra performance out (remember where they were before he got there). No clue about what Ducati will do, but Honda have three great (dull) riders and will be right up there if they don't trip each other up.
Glad miserable Max won the WSB, but it shows it's not comparable to Moto. Really hope Toseland gets it back together next year, he's a good lad. Delighted that Crutchlow is coming to Moto though, having followed his career since he was 14 on Natural Born Racers.
Finally, if you haven't read Ring of Fire by Rick Broadbent, do. Best book on the subject I've read, and maybe the best sports book too. Stories about the likes of Byrne and Hopper setting feilds (and themselves) on fire or tipping over Max's beloved smartcar, out of boredom are great, and there's some real insight in there too as well as fascinating stuff about Ago and (particularly) Hailwood.