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11th July 2008, 07:02

Weather Forecast Sachsenring

Friday: PM Rain. Lo: 60°F. Hi: 76°F. Chance of precipitation: 45%
Saturday: AM Rain.Lo: 51°F. Hi: 64°F. Chance of precipitation: 65%
Sunday: PM Rain.Lo: 50°F. Hi: 61°F. Chance of precipitation: 60%

The crowd could well end up with wet a Sauerkraut.
Send it down Huey! (Aussie rain god ) :bounce:

Roby44

11th July 2008, 11:41

As long as it doesn't rain here for the weekend like it did last weekend!!

Rain on the Boss' time is fine but not the weekends!! ;)

leopard

11th July 2008, 12:03

I'd prefer rain in night :s mokin:

btw, in the smaller class of 250 cc, if rains it would be likely to see Bautista struggles, if not crashed. Apart from the fact he is bloody fast in dry he needs to learn riding in wet I think.

Roby44

11th July 2008, 13:18

I'd prefer rain in night :s mokin:

It usually starts to rain as I step off the train at night after work!! :mad:

Roby44

11th July 2008, 13:19

Corny

11th July 2008, 14:37

Stoner is REALLY fast

NinjaMaster

11th July 2008, 16:53

It's a weird first day of practice for MotoGP. The first 4 places are very spread out with all of them being separated by 4 tenth intervals but then from Rossi back to West in 15th are covered by only 6 tenths.
Rossi and Pedrosa would both have to be getting very nervous of Stoner's form. He and Ducati have really got things sorted now and he's looking very ominous of complete domination like last year.

Corny

11th July 2008, 18:37

there's something wrong here; I am absolutely NOT excited to watch this weekend's MotoGP..

That's a while ago since I had that

Wim_Impreza

11th July 2008, 19:37

I have the same feeling, Corny.

WSBK is much more exciting.

12th July 2008, 00:24

Stoner's record-breaking lap time of 1.21.582 (top speed 280km/h) was great in FP2. However Simoncelli's best lap in 250 QP of 1.23.953 (top speed 233 km/h) was only 2.371 seconds in arrears and only .089 sec slower than Toseland's best on the day...........
Seems to me that if there's an early break by the leader(s), the slower starters will have trouble catching up and passing...... looks like the right-hand sides of the tyres are in for a hammering.

I would reckon that when the 600's are introduced, they should give the 800's a run for their money at this circuit.......

BikeMad

12th July 2008, 09:53

Stoner so much faster in practices will be interesting to see if he can maintain that edge in the wet

Corny

12th July 2008, 11:00

Stoner so much faster in practices will be interesting to see if he can maintain that edge in the wet
Even if there'd be snow on sunday, Stoner will win

12th July 2008, 11:28

Anyone seen the doco "Faster" about Motogp riders - how up to date is it?. It's on the Sky Documentary channel Sunday night, but at the same time as the motogp races so I hope it will be repeated.

F1boat

12th July 2008, 11:31

If Casey continue to dominate, I will enjoy the race ;)

T-D

12th July 2008, 13:49

Anyone seen the doco "Faster" about Motogp riders - how up to date is it?. It's on the Sky Documentary channel Sunday night, but at the same time as the motogp races so I hope it will be repeated.
it takes place in the 2002 season just before they transition to 990s (or is that 2001?). anyway, a good watch. lots of interviews with schwantz and rainey and doohan, rossi, too. garry maccoy gets a fair amount of attention and, oddly enough, so does john hopkins.

Corny

12th July 2008, 14:54

yes, you should see it for sure!

my prediction on tomorrow:
1 Stoner
2 Pedrosa
3 Rossi

Rossi had problems with his quali tyres, but on racepace he was quit okay. Stoner was clearly the best

T-D

12th July 2008, 16:55

i may just stay in bed tomorrow and catch this one on replay.

the racing is seriously screwed up and it looks like a romp at the front again

maxu05

12th July 2008, 17:19

Casey may clear off from the start, but the battle for 2nd and 3rd will be interesting. Rossi will again have to work his way through the field, Edwards will again slip backwards through the race. Randy will crash, as well as De Angelis. JT will struggle to be in the top ten, but, I am looking forward to the race :)

The Phantom

13th July 2008, 02:04

Qualifying - Stoner sure is on the money for another win.

1 1 STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'21.067 285.261
2 2 PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'21.420 285.412 0.353
3 5 EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 1'21.519 279.720 0.452
4 4 DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 1'21.656 274.879 0.589
5 48 LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'21.795 278.997 0.728
6 14 DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 1'21.821 274.669 0.754
7 46 ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1'21.845 279.647 0.778
8 69 HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1'21.876 280.010 0.809
9 56 NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'21.920 276.144 0.853
10 15 DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'21.977 273.972 0.910
11 52 TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 1'22.126 274.181 1.059
12 24 ELIAS SPA Alice Team Ducati 1'22.256 284.360 1.189
13 65 CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'22.542 276.214 1.475
14 7 VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 1'22.601 276.144 1.534
15 50 GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team Ducati 1'22.938 281.910 1.871
16 33 MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1'23.131 282.870 2.064
17 13 WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 1'23.158 276.994 2.091

Roby44

13th July 2008, 07:08

maxu05

13th July 2008, 09:00

I think Dovi will finish in around 7th or 8th place :)
2 weeks to go, and I will be back in OZ

Roby44

13th July 2008, 12:32

I think Dovi will finish in around 7th or 8th place :)
2 weeks to go, and I will be back in OZ

I'm hoping he finishes higher than that!!

So you all packed up?? Find lots of things you thought you had lost or didn't have???

F1boat

13th July 2008, 14:46

Nice!
Casey crushed them! :)

Corny

13th July 2008, 14:55

Pedrosa you ......!

I think Casey's going to win this championship, I don't think there's anybody that can stop him now..

maxu05

13th July 2008, 15:24

I'm hoping he finishes higher than that!!

So you all packed up?? Find lots of things you thought you had lost or didn't have???

Just about ready to go. I will fly out on the 28th. Yeah, found lots of stuff that I had forgotten I had. I will leave lots of things behind. My big concern is getting Monkeyboy, (my cat) into Oz without drama's. He's my boy, can't go anywhere without him.

tha_jackal

13th July 2008, 15:46

Westy my man, your killing me! KILLING me! Coulda been sixth... Still beat Toseland :lol:

The Phantom

13th July 2008, 18:40

I think Casey's going to win this championship, I don't think there's anybody that can stop him now..

Rossi can do it. With any luck we'll see the two of them in battle to the end, and as much as I'd love to see Casey do it again, if Rossi can beat him fair and square I don't think I'd be any less happy. And I'm sure Rossi would go on the record to say it was his best racing season yet.

T-D

13th July 2008, 19:18

this race summarizes why casey is so great. he is the complete rider. not a chink in the armour. wet, dry, it doesn't matter.

compare wsty to guintoli. two riders on difficult bikes, strugling to stay in motogp.

guintoli capitalizes on the few points scoring options (assen and germany), while, given the exact same opportunity, westy crashes. that's the difference betwen good press and positive team relations, and why the kawasaki post race reports have included pointed criticism of westy while alice team management proudly congratulate sylvain.

F1boat

13th July 2008, 21:46

Pedrosa you ......!

I think Casey's going to win this championship, I don't think there's anybody that can stop him now..

I hope that you are right ;)

leopard

14th July 2008, 09:22

He rides strong and stronger, but the party isn't over yet, last weekend Bridgesteone riders generally had their upper-hand that might put us in bias opinion. I found similarity riding bike between Pedrosa and Lorenzo both of which unfortunately use the same tyres. Given that all of them ride using the same tyres we can come easier to conclusion who was the fastest.

jolle1982

14th July 2008, 22:10

Pictures from sachsenring at my side!!!
http://www.rallyefreaks.de/index.php?option=com_ponygallery&Itemid=55&func=viewcategory&catid=185Pictures

Corny

15th July 2008, 18:35

by seeing Pedrosa's crash, isn't the Sachsenring circuit a bit too dangerous? I mean, it's almost like a street circuit, so short are the run-offs...

T-D

15th July 2008, 20:06

stoner praised the safety of the circuit. rossi, who heads the riders safety committee has never said a cross word about the track.

that's good enough for me.

NinjaMaster

16th July 2008, 10:02

No circuit is 100% safe. In the dry Dani would likely have been fine but in the wet you skid faster and don't decelerate as fast.

leopard

16th July 2008, 10:49

by seeing Pedrosa's crash, isn't the Sachsenring circuit a bit too dangerous? I mean, it's almost like a street circuit, so short are the run-offs...
I thought that circuit have the flatter surface than street for public, therefore street circuit should have better drainage and less dangerous ...