Fastest torrent
I posted a couple of times about the movie “Fastest”, its like a Rossi biography but its nice watch. If you have been following MotoGP the movie is almost a Deja Vu but with riders talking about their feelings during the great battles they fought.
I liked the parts when Simoncelli talked about his racing style and when the movies talks about reasons behind Rossi’s shift to Yamaha.
You can get torrent from here or buy rent from here.
I tried to convince him
…..but did not succeed !I have much respect for his decision.
Shuhei Nakamoto, vice president of HRC
The announcement of Casey Stoner on his withdrawal from MotoGP at the end of the season shocked the motor sport world, Nakamoto confirmed that HRC were aware of Stoner plans…we talked about it many times, Stoner wanted spend more time with his family in Australia and as little time as possible to do tests. Nakamoto adds, We thought that the five month winter sleep is enough, but apparently it wasn’t !
According to tweets form @AziFarni quoting Stoner “over the years there have been things in the sport that were disappointing but also things that he loved…now the balance has tipped and after of years sacrifcing his family its time to stop as the passion is lost ”
Stoner’s decision will complicates Honda’s future MotoGP plans, rumors are already circulating that Honda is pressuring Dorna to abolish the rookie rule which obliges rookies in MotoGP to do at least one year in a satellite team before moving to a factory team. -Honda has their eyes on Marc Marquez.
One thing for sure is we are gona miss Stoners slides, and i personally believe Stoner will do a come back .
MotoGP Sepang Test
The 3 day test sessions at Sepang ended today and seams all teams are happy with the numbers achieved on their new 1000cc machines, Stoner managed to do the fastest lap 1:59.607 . Rossi also made great progress with the new GP12 and still fine-tuning it.
I can’t wait for the season to start and hear these new 1000cc machines live at the opening round in Qatar.
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Photo of the day
Stoner thanking the marshals’ for the help after his crash with Rossi, and applauding for Rossi !!
Click to zoom in and check the guy with the monster hat on the far left.
The pros and cons of being the Dr.
Seams the incident between Rossi and Stoner at Jerez is far from over and is to be investigated by the FIM, anyone who witnessed the crash can see how around 10 marshals went to help Rossi and left Stoner struggling all alone trying to start his bike, and only after Rossi took off a couple of them went to help Stoner and did a bad job.
Fast Stoner
Its nice to be home after spending the past 3 days at the track, i enjoyed the 8-10 hours i spent daily at the track..the action and excitement makes you lose track of time and only when you get back to the hotel you realize how damn tired you are.
The race was nice and Stoner was too fast for everyone, although at some point Pedrosa scored faster lap times but he couldn’t keep the pace. Either coming out of a curve or flying down the straight, the acceleration and the speed of Stoner was way faster than any other bike at the track and the real thing is way quicker than what one see on TV.
A nice battle between Rossi and Ben Spies took place for almost 4 laps at the same curve but Spies finally managed to overtake the Dr.
I believe the 2011 season is going to be great and we might witness a thrilling battles between the Repsol team teams just like Yamaha team mates battles back in 2009.
Next race is in Spain on April 3rd .
Shoulder lack strength
Last night qualifying battle was between the two Repsol Honda team mates Stoner and Pedrosa, but Stoner was faster and managed to beat Pedrosa…Lorenzo came 3rd.
The surprise was that Rossi came 9th and after qualifying Rossi said that his shoulder was fine now but lack enough strength to keep up the pace, on the technical side he also confirmed that they made some improvement to the bike and there is a lot to be made but its not possible at time being.
Tonight at 10pm the real race starts, and we believe its going to be very competitive.
A FAST win in a FAST race
No one was able to come close to the Ducati at Aragon today, Stoner was very.. very fast especially at the straights, the GP10 was as if its from a different class… and won a very fast race.
Despite standing on the potionm a couple of times, but this first place position is a first for Stoner this season.
Casey takes the podium
The Dr. The Fastest
Rossi set the fastest time among the 17 participants on the first day at Sapang on the new M1, Casey Stoner’s on the new Desmosedici GP10 came second by a gap of 0.491s, the Ducati Marlboro team are trying out new forks, two fairings, and a redesigned engine.