Re: MotoGP (gone all spoilery now)

On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:38:55 +0100, Bear <bastardDOTbear@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 19:56:28 +0100, Champ said ...

If I had to bet, I'd still go for Rossi. But I reckon Hayden is
looking really dangerous - he's had 7 podiums in a row now.

Weird; my opinion of Hayden hasn't changed, in that I consider him *way*
overrated; he can't conserve tyres properly, he can't attack and pass
consistently at or near the front without running wide, he can't run in
traffic without coming off second best etc etc. Pedrosa was faster today
and, crucially, tactically better through the midsection of the race;
given Pedrosa's lack of experience compared to Hayden this makes no
sense. Hayden just hoovers up the "best of the rest" position, to my
mind. Of late that's been the podium as many of the others challenging
the front are novices at MotoGP level themselves, but as the youngsters
gain consistently I think Hayden will sink like a stone.

You know, that was exactly my opinion, in the face of various
vociferous yanks on rec.motorcycles.racing. But I think this season
he's really got a lot more aggressive, and plain fast. Of course, he
will still have to win a few, so lets see if that happens

Today was a great day for Stoner, Pedrosa and, to a lesser extent (but
still jolly impressive), Elias. What's odd, but interesting (and not a
little exciting) is that all 3 still appear (to me anyway), to be riding
a 990 MotoGP bike like a 250, in that I can't detect much difference in
style between the way they're lining up and firing out from how they did
it on 250s.

I dunno so much. They're all picking the bike up out of the corners
more. But you're right - the tyres have got much better. Not quite
as good as Pedrosa thought they were, tho :-)

Shall we do predictions? :)

1. Rossi
2. Capirossi
3. Pedrosa

OK, ok:

1. Rossi
2. Hayden
3. Capirossi
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Champ
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