MotoGP from Italy

[arkline]

Scheduled at 2:00PM Pacific daylight time on SpeedTV. 5:00 PM for you Easterners and something in between for Mountain and Central. 'S looking interesting, Gibernau, Capirossi, Rossi, Hayden, and Nakano are the top five so far in qualifying. No spoilers here.

[supermotoC]

Rossi has a lot at stake here: he's at home, his team is based here, and he be need'n some points (unless he's going for the largest come-back in MotoGP history). Too bad Speed channel has the worst sound quality (about as bad as OLN) on satellite.
From what I've read (the race is over) - it is a stunning, paint swapping, bar banging affair. If you want to spoil it - go here:

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2006/Jun/tb/060604h.htm

this takes you directly to the results - if you click it, you'll KNOW.

[arkline]

"Too bad Speed channel has the worst sound quality..."

No keedink. If they would put as much into MotoGP as they do Build or Bust or Pinks, life might be better...you got to believe that there are as many MotoGP fans as there are ones who want to see some poor schmuck get verbally abused and bullied on B or B...Maybe?

I'm not touching that link you put up until the race is watched and over...I love the suspense.

[Dallara]

I'll give ya' a hint...

Sete Gibernau didn't win.

No real big surprise in that, though... :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:


Anybody else wonder how long it'll be before Sete disappears from MotoGP? Just goes to show ya' never to piss off a Voodoo Doctor! :082:


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Cheers!

Allan (Dallara - NAABSCD)

[vintagemxr]

It's 2:05 and my wife is watching a chick flick on the only TV we have with cable... :eusa_wall:


Update: The movie ended at 20min after. Got to see that last 40 minutes of the race. :058: :038:

Sure looked like the Ducatis were not handling all that well. Lots of wiggling around. Makes me wonder if I really want one of their $65,000 replicas. :rolleyes:

The Yamaha and Honda of Rossi & Hayden looked a lot more composed. Great race all the way around!

[DJ Down Under]

What a race...and what a well deserved win...that was one of the best races that I've ever seen...bring on Laguna.,:023:

How lucky was Casey Stoner....:icon_eek:

DJ

[jamming]

Great race!!! That was the worst high side I've seen in a while, Casey was so lucky.

Nicky Hayden is really coming into his own this is the best he's looked IMHO, but Rossi is still the greatest. Can't wait to see how this plays out.

Laugna will be awesome!

Roger

[DJ Down Under]

How good did the Ducati's look.

DJ

http://images.motogp.com/multimedia2/451/451494_74458.jpg

[DJ Down Under]

Anyone notice Rossi's new helmet...is this why riders rode behind him..to look at it.

DJ

http://images.motogp.com/multimedia2/450/450339_65845.jpg

[Acacia]

It was a great entertaining race. Rossi is able to pull just that extra out when needed! Nicky needs to get out of feeling sorry for himself - or that is how he comes accross to me.

Matt Mladin did a great job this WE in the AMA superbike - this pm's race from a bad start - he smoked every one!

A great day of racing!

Got back just in time to watch them - did a leasurly 350 mile coastal ride with lunch at Port O'Conner down closer to Allan.

[socalrob]

Casey Stoner looked to be moving up, too bad about the high side but just amazing he poped up so fast. Lucky he didn't get hit by the flying bike.

The best MotoGP this year. Rossi is really fighting back.

[Tipstall]

That was a great race. Did I miss it or did they not have a good replay of Casey crash. All I saw was the one with the bike flying in the air.

Ken

[supermotoC]

"the Doctor's" splendid one-liner delivered to the post-race press conference:
'I do not think too many people went to sleep in front of their TVs this afternoon.
I think Mr Schumacher didn't know what to make of the fans, the passing, the passion of the Italian MotoGP.
Vale doesn't know that midget tossing is in bad taste, but Loris wasn't bothered any.

[arkline]

GGGGGGGGooooood Gawd! What a race! What a season! The only thing that could make this year better would be to have the money and time to become a MotoGP gypsy and follow all the races in person. I do so envy those Brits that do the commentary. I wonder how much they have to pay to get those jobs.

That Rossi dropped to fifth and managed to win the race is right up there with landing on the moon. The front group of six was so tight for most of the race that it could have been anybody's win. I couldn't believe it when Stoner's bike shot skyward and started tumbling. There weren't any good camera angles, so you couldn't tell what precipitated the crash. He looked like he was a bit shook when he got up, but at least he got up and was walking. Later on they had a shot of him and his crew and he did the thumbs up thing for the camera. He looks so young...

The Ducatis seem very strong this year. Both in MotoGP and elsewhere. Maybe that's why they want 65K for that streetable racer...The Hondas are pretty steady too, Pedrosa was pushing Hayden a lot, Rossi's Yamaha seems to finally have settled in but Edwards was way back by this crowd's standards.

After all the maneuvering, passing, lead swapping, coming up from behind only to be denied, elbow to elbow leaned over at astounding speeds, it was good to see that there is good cameraderie on the podium. I think that there is a genuine sense of friendship between Capirossi and Rossi. Nicky may have been just a little out in the cold. It was the Eyetalian grand prix after all. All in all, yet another great race in a season of great racing.

[geechie]

Sure as hell kept my attention.

G

[DJ Down Under]

I can't believe they didn't have a better view of Casey's crash with all those bike camera's...even Casey's bike had a camera..that would be a good angle.

Here's Schumie on the back of Mamola...what a ride that would be.

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2006/motogp/rnd6/gallery_b/images/Schumi_06GP06_1232_AN.jpg

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2006/motogp/rnd6/gallery_b/images/Schumi_06GP06_1235_AN.jpg

And how funny was Nicky's new hair do..:003:

DJ

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2006/motogp/rnd6/gallery_a/images/Hayden_06GP06_1962_AN.jpg

[supermotoC]

Rossi's new skid-lid paint job - apparently by a famous (in Italy) cartoonist:


"My new helmet design is by a famous Italian cartoonist called Milo Manara," explained Valentino. "He has drawn a kind of mythical story of my life, with some of my heroes like Steve McQueen, Enzo Ferrari and Jim Morrison, with other characters like my dog Guido, Osvaldo the chicken and lots of beautiful women! I really like it and Milo is somebody I have admired for a long time."


Steve McQueen, Vale's pet dog & chicken(!), Enzo Ferrari (brown-noser!), sun & moon, and some inspiration.
click for full-size pics:



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[DarthRider]

That is the coolest racing helmet I have ever seen!
Roger that on the Ferrari brown nosing.

[DJ Down Under]

Nice touch with the number 74 on it also.

Yes...major brown nose going on with Enzo.

DJ

[supermotoC]

the current bucket is nice, too: "Gothic 46"

http://www.agv.com/2006_PICTURES/NEWS/new46_front.jpg

http://www.agv.com/2006_PICTURES/NEWS/new46_top.jpg

http://www.agv.com/2006_PICTURES/NEWS/new46_left.jpg

http://www.agv.com/2006_PICTURES/NEWS/new46_right.jpg

http://www.agv.com/2006_PICTURES/NEWS/new46_back.jpg

http://www.agv.com/2006_PICTURES/NEWS/544_P01_Rossi_action.jpg

http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/images/Rossi_Mugello_06_01r.JPG


He's a like a little brother to me... only older.

http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/images/Rossi_Capirossi_Mugello06r.JPG

What's up with the retainer? Does he grind his teeth while he rides?

"I'd walk a mile for..."
http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/images/Rossi_Mugello06_04r.JPG


Nice shot.

http://www.raptorsandrockets.com/images/Rossi_Mugello06_03r.JPG

[DJ Down Under]

That last pic is brilliant...look how close are his elbows to touching...wow!

DJ

[Acacia]

We worry about chicken strips on our tires - I guess his have to get worn off his elbows!

[supermotoC]

ayyy, Loris, do they make-a those-a glasses for-a men, too?
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2006/mgp/mugello/851/1d.jpg

Who is this "ah-LEE-chay", anyway?
Nice. VERY nice. THIS is the paint job that should be on the $64,000 Ducati, no?
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2006/mgp/mugello/851/4f.jpg

It's good to be the Chris....
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2006/mgp/mugello/851/5.jpg

Who looks like they're trying the hardest.....?
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2006/mgp/mugello/851/6f.jpg


All pics nicked from superbikeplanet.com

[DJ Down Under]

Here's some info on Al-ichie (Alice)

DJ


As we predicted back in December last year, Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro has signed a deal with Alice to replace Vodafone in 2007. The deal is believed to be worth $25m a year for at least three years.

Alice IS the broadband service of Telecom Italia and has recently launched an aggressive expansion programme in Europe. Telecom Italia, a Ferrari sponsor a few years back with its TIM mobile brand, has earmarked $2.5bn for the development of Alice in Italy and the plan is for the service to be in 8m homes by the end of this year. Alice has already entered the French and German markets, having bought up the broadband assets of Tiscali and others. The service offers music, games, movies, sports and online television, which offers the viewers the opportunity to watch what they want, when they want to on their home TV via a broadband connection offering direct access to a wide range of on-demand content, including over 350 movies and TV series, news, soccer matches and, in the near future, live concerts and reality shows.

Ferrari is the perfect fit for Alice for a number of reasons, not least because it reflects a high-technology image which telephone companies are interested in. There are clearly bigger international ambitions for Alice and in addition to the America's Cup sponsorship there are already international sponsorships in the European rugby championship and in MotoGP in which Alice is the sponsor of several races and is an official partner of the Marlboro-funded Ducati motorcycle team (and previously involved with Aprilia).


Here's Nicky after swapping hat for hair with the Alice promo girl.

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2006/motogp/rnd6/gallery_c/images/Hayden_06GP06_1970_AN.jpg

Check out Michael Schumacher at the Moto Gp...looking very gay with that outfit and limp left wrist..

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2006/motogp/rnd6/gallery_c/images/Schumi_06GP06_1281_AN.jpg

[supermotoC]

thanks for the 411, DJ.

Whta kind of scooter is this - how many inlet ducts does a scooter need?

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2006/motogp/rnd6/gallery_c/images/Schumi_06GP06_1281_AN.jpg

[DJ Down Under]

Nice bike..nice paint..nice lean angle...wow!...:icon_eek:

DJ

http://www.mcnews.com.au/motorcycleracing2006/motogp/rnd6/gallery_d/images/Capirossi_06GP06_1807_AN.jpg

[supermotoC]

Ditto



http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2006/mgp/mugello/916/11.jpg