Új hozzászólás Aktív témák

• #4702 Integra titán

  Új Válasz 2007-09-02 21:51:10 #4702

  Új hozzászólás

  Összes hozzászólása itt Válaszok az összes hozzászólására itt Válaszok erre a hozzászólásra

  Privát üzenet küldése

  

  Integra

  titán

  Ryder Notes: The Fat Lady Is Warming Up
  stoner wins again
  by julian ryder
  Sunday, September 02, 2007
  
  Casey Stoner put on another startling display of supremacy today to become only the second man to win three MotoGP races in a row. As Valentino retired with a blown motor early in the race, the Aussie leads the title chase by 85 points and, barring acts of various vengeful gods, will be World Champion.
  
  It seems as if at least some people inside Fiat Yamaha thought so before today's race. Rossi used a new iteration of the pneumatic-valve engine that he tested after Brno and something went bang on lap five. He was braking hard when he felt something go. The motor didn't stop and Vale was able to ride the bike back to the pits. There was no smoke and Jerry Burgess later said that the failure ''could have happened to any four-stroke engine.''
  
  We are unlikely to discover what broke, the real question is why Yamaha started a race with such a relatively untested motor. It seems out of character with Burgess's usual way of working, so maybe the rumor that the rider
  insisted on using it is correct. Burgess is certain, however, that the new engine has the potential to take the fight to Ducati so we can expect to see it again this season.
  
  So Yamaha are already looking to 2008 when JB does not intend Ducati to have the start the rest gave them this year.
  
  Both Repsol Honda riders' races were effectively over even earlier. Randy De Puniet threw his Kawasaki up the inside of the pack at turn two, skittling Pedrosa and sending Nicky Hayden on wild ride through the gravel. Nicky had, in his own words, blown his front row start then ''It was all I could do not to run over De Puniet's head.''
  
  The excursion through the gravel or the curb took a lump out of Nicky's rear tyre so even though he got back in the race all he could do was tour round and pick up a few points.
  
  Stoner did come under pressure from the Suzukis, first from John Hopkins and then Chris Vermeulen. Hopper had his left kneeslider almost ripped off on lap three which made life difficult later in the race as the tyres went off. However, he was gracious enough to say that he wouldn't have been able to do much about Chris. John even tried to put the slider back in place -- which explains he was suddenly 20mph slower through the speed trap on one lap. Chris kept the gap hovering at about a second until lap twelve -- when Casey took a third of a second out of the Suzuki and set the fastest lap of the race. That was the end of the race for the lead as a spectacle, although Alex Barros provided entertainment by charging through from seventeenth on the grid to seventh and looked good for another place or two before an electrical failure stopped him. Elias and West also enlivened what was otherwise a dull race.
  
  That left the novelty of seeing two Suzukis on the rostrum for the first time in a MotoGP race, and the first time since Valencia 2001 when Gibernau and Roberts were the riders.
  
  Random Thoughts from the Riviera di Rimini
  
  Best Melandri moment: Finishing fourth after crashing so hard on Friday his bike nearly jumped the wire. After the race, he apologized for making the mistake that caused them so much work...
  
  Best quote: 'It's only the crumpet that stops this place from being ***** Snetterton' - a necessarily anonymous senior engineer.
  
  Best Melandri picture: Marco on the grid resting his weary head in the convenient cleavage of his umbrella girl.
  
  Best TV moment: Toby Moody on British Eurosport opining that 'Dani Pedrosa now knows what it feels like.' (ez ordenáré nagy 10-es beszólás volt tőle!!!)
  
  Eco moment: 'That'll help the sport's carbon footprint' -- sundry and various on learning that next year's Qatar GP will be illuminated by a few thousand bulbs.
  
  ENDS
  
  [Szerkesztve]

  ...egy fecske nem csinál nyarat, viszont egy hülye százat csinál...

Új hozzászólás Aktív témák