MotoGP (Spoiler)

[oz r1]

congrats casey #1 another aussie champ.

[Poyda]

Yep was a great race, Loris made it 3 from 3 at motegi, A kwaka got up and Elias made a good show of it too.

Congrats to Casey, a well deserved Champion :beer: :ayyy:

[triumph]

aussie aussie aussie.:mod_smilie_rockwoot

[oz r1]

could have been a great day for westy but 6th is good.he has points in moto gp,250 gp and supersport,has to be one of the hardests working riders around.

[slow bro]

aussie aussie aussie.:mod_smilie_rockwoot

+1 :ayyy:

[Postie]

Almost like an F1 race with all the pitstops and all...

Congrats to Casey. :clap:

[Irena]

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[VINNIE]

Proud day for the country.................WELL DONE MATE :ayyy:

[DanOz]

Great stuff :clap: :clap: :clap:

And first time since 1974 a non jap bike wins the championship

:thefinger_red: :thefinger_red: :thefinger_red:

(and it's an italian bike by the way :) :ayyy: :thumbsup: )

[jasonbw]

shit shit SHIT... I just checked here to see if I had a PM and oh GREAT, another SPOILER.. I havent seen the race..

Please, put SPOILER in there right now so you dont stuff anyone else up.

[Vegas]

I think its fair to say most people would be interested in the news of the great result regardless if they have seen the race or not. What a champion!!

[Wiccad]

Lucky I just watched the race on free to air. Yes a spoiler allert SHOULD have been put up, moreso now than at any other time as it's not just the race result that matters.

[LOAFIE]

:ayyy: Onya Casey what a race , only a few more sleeps and ill be at philip island:beer:

[FIREBLADE]

shit shit SHIT... I just checked here to see if I had a PM and oh GREAT, another SPOILER.. I havent seen the race..

Please, put SPOILER in there right now so you dont stuff anyone else up.


+100 should have spoiler on it!

well done to stoner..

[Johnny]

I so wanted to see Stoner crash this race :p or not finish ahead of Rossi
wouldve made phillip island more exciting to win it there, its not like he won here deservedly, Rossi hopped on a dud bike, whilst leading with ten laps to go, wtf, if he never went for the change of bike ?

[Bigdog]

I'll be at Phillip Island with Falco and Jacs and it will be awesome to see the new World Champion at his home GP. Woo Hoo! Go Casey, you legend.

[Alex.]

It was a brilliant race and congratulations to Stoner for winning it :ayyy:
Nice to see the Italian hardware get the top prize in bike racing :) :) :)

[DanOz]

I so wanted to see Stoner crash this race :p or not finish ahead of Rossi
wouldve made phillip island more exciting to win it there, its not like he won here deservedly, Rossi hopped on a dud bike, whilst leading with ten laps to go, wtf, if he never went for the change of bike ?

Rossi had no chances to keep the lead on the "wet bike": Capirossi was lapping in the 1:53s on dry tyres and Rossi was on 1:59s, so that is 5-6 seconds a lap quicker that in ten laps is 1 minute. Capirossi was just 20 seconds behind him, therefore would have caught Rossi in 4 - 5 laps.

The Yamaha mechanics must have cocked something up with the front end of the "dry bike".... it looked to me something wrong with the brakepads... If you look carefully Rossi got in, swapped bike, got out and on heavy braking the fron end was "closingin" sort of steering right.....then he came back into the pits shaking the front end.... the mechanics pulled the front brake calipers!!! Looked like one disc was braking and the other not..... but I might be wrong..
Ciao

[Johnny]

Rossi had no chances to keep the lead on the "wet bike": Capirossi was lapping in the 1:53s on dry tyres and Rossi was on 1:59s, so that is 5-6 seconds a lap quicker that in ten laps is 1 minute. Capirossi was just 20 seconds behind him, therefore would have caught Rossi in 4 - 5 laps.
True, but Stoner wouldnt of.

Anyway, thats racing, full credit and congratulations to Stoner :clap:

[Dunno]

Wow, Been a while since ive been on the site, lotsa new names. Welcome to all new RATs members. Bloody awesome Casey won it. So glad that another Aussie won it & also the 1st Italian manufacturer since 74 ( I think, Phil Read 74?)
Count Agusta would be proud with an Italian factory winning.

Im proud as punch with an Aussie taking the title. We can only hope that Casey can repeat this great feat next year. 1 title is great but 2 in a row means great rider (think Kenny Jnr).
Anyway, this years championship is won. All the best to Chris, Casey & Ant for next year.

[VINNIE]

Good to see you back Dunno

[jasonbw]

Sorry mate, my 'shit shit shit' was over the top, just venting though, not wanting to take anything away from the top result for Stoner. Just sat down then to watch the recast on Fox 3, figured they'd put the 800's on first.. figure wrong.. have to wait a couple of hours now :)

Onya Stoner.!

[slugga]

Good stuff Casey

Who said a stoner would never amount to anything?

Onya Aussie

[DanOz]

Borgo Panigale - Bologna - Italy

early morning 7:00 AM.... celebration starts.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW_zJzKtoBA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblog%2Educati%2Ecom%2F

Probably there's more celebration over there than over here, unless something is happening in Kurry Kurry ....

I know, I know :ayyy:
I know that the the real party will be at PI in three weeks :beer:
Ciao

[en 119]

top stuff stoner well done hope he can do it next year as well

[the rocketeer]

who's this stoner guy? where does he get his weed??? :P
haha, good on ya for putting the aussies on the map again :).

[gts_guy]

very proud to be an aussie today!!!.......where is our public holiday Johny

anyone know why Rossi came in the pits for??? I know Rossi had a prob with his front wheel but I believe Yamaha said there wasnt one

I am a little disapointed that the Aussie TV and papers didnt cover it as a front pager.....Moto GP has become the biggest watched sport overtaking F1....so whether you like the sport or not people need to regonise how big it is

[jasonbw]

anyone know why Rossi came in the pits for??? I know Rossi had a prob with his front wheel but I believe Yamaha said there wasnt one

Maybe he didnt let it heat up enough... but Rossi knows how to ride, maybe there was a screw up with the tyre, the mounting or suspension setup (it was whole different bike), it was tucking on him, no doubt about that. Sad for Rossi, STOKED for Stoner tho :) :ayyy: :ayyy:

[jasonbw]

I am a little disapointed that the Aussie TV and papers didnt cover it as a front pager.....Moto GP has become the biggest watched sport overtaking F1....so whether you like the sport or not people need to regonise how big it is

Dont be dissapointed, it ended up making front page on the two sydney papers I looked at.. cool photos :)

[gts_guy]

good to hear

I hate when he doesnt get a good mention

[Captain]

When I rode (years ago) the champions were Wayne Gardner and then Mick Doohan, it was a pretty cool time to be riding.
I stopped riding, sold the bike, eventually forgot about GP .....

Years later I come back to riding, and lo, here's this Stoner kid winning for Australia.
A little freaky, but very :cool:

:mod_smilie_rockwoot