Tourmeister
10-28-2003, 09:31 AM
Howdy,
:tab Well, I finally got around to watching my tape of the Philip Island MotoGP races. Once again, the 250cc race was close and exciting! For a change, the actual MotoGP race was exciting as well. Watching Nicky dicing for the lead was pretty cool. I am glad to see him hitting his rythm. I just hope he does not lose it in the off season. It was also really cool to see the Yamaha of Marco Melandri up front. Now all we need is for Suzuki and Kawasaki to find some speed and we can have some real knock down drag out racing action! I was a little freaked when I saw Bayliss crash out. That was weird :| I never like to see a rider flopping around like a limp rag doll from the moment he hits the ground. That is seldom a good sign, Katoh did the same thing. I still have not heard how he is doing.
:tab Leave it to Rossi to slip up the inside on a yellow, get penalized for 10 seconds, then with a clear track in front of him, he goes and pulls nearly a 14 second lead over Capirossi!! Freaking unbelievable stuff! All of the riders were totally confused once Rossi was penalized because they no longer knew for sure what position they were in, who was behind them and by how much, etc,... Bummer for Meladri, he lost the front and slid out. He was fighting for a podium spot. The battle between Hayden and Gibernau on the last few laps was fantastic! Hayden finally gets a podium spot fair and square, sweet!
:tab With the last round coming up, it will be exciting to see what happens. Very few people really have anything to lose so it should be a go for broke type of race. I am sure Hayden will still be pumped from his recent success. Rossi will be looking to end the year with a win just to add another exclamation point to his championship title. Biaggi has to be getting desperate. Should be great fun! But then we have to wait until next year for more racing... assuming SpeedTV decides to even show it at all... :?
Adios,
:tab Well, I finally got around to watching my tape of the Philip Island MotoGP races. Once again, the 250cc race was close and exciting! For a change, the actual MotoGP race was exciting as well. Watching Nicky dicing for the lead was pretty cool. I am glad to see him hitting his rythm. I just hope he does not lose it in the off season. It was also really cool to see the Yamaha of Marco Melandri up front. Now all we need is for Suzuki and Kawasaki to find some speed and we can have some real knock down drag out racing action! I was a little freaked when I saw Bayliss crash out. That was weird :| I never like to see a rider flopping around like a limp rag doll from the moment he hits the ground. That is seldom a good sign, Katoh did the same thing. I still have not heard how he is doing.
:tab Leave it to Rossi to slip up the inside on a yellow, get penalized for 10 seconds, then with a clear track in front of him, he goes and pulls nearly a 14 second lead over Capirossi!! Freaking unbelievable stuff! All of the riders were totally confused once Rossi was penalized because they no longer knew for sure what position they were in, who was behind them and by how much, etc,... Bummer for Meladri, he lost the front and slid out. He was fighting for a podium spot. The battle between Hayden and Gibernau on the last few laps was fantastic! Hayden finally gets a podium spot fair and square, sweet!
:tab With the last round coming up, it will be exciting to see what happens. Very few people really have anything to lose so it should be a go for broke type of race. I am sure Hayden will still be pumped from his recent success. Rossi will be looking to end the year with a win just to add another exclamation point to his championship title. Biaggi has to be getting desperate. Should be great fun! But then we have to wait until next year for more racing... assuming SpeedTV decides to even show it at all... :?
Adios,