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Originally posted by Giovanni
rossi is 24..has time enough to double doohan, if he fancy

God won't help him

Originally posted by rae
God won't help him

Rossi has lead a crap team like yamaha to the best results of the last years in a couple of months..nobody could expect this..Biaggi is an arrogant and makes always crappy interview.
Rossi will put the talent above all, the moneys, the arrogants at honda, the conspiracies..

imagine if honda loses the title with 6 and i repeat 6 bikers in the challange this year...ahhahahaha


I'm so exzcited this year about the moto gp because nothing can be taken for granted and rossi will have to struggle every race to get into the first three, but if he wins, he will be the best for sure above all other contenders

IMO Yamaha isn't that crap indeed. In the last few seasons in 2-stroke era they had built a supreme bike, bigger power and good chassis but unfortunately they have a crap racer.
In many races Max had the lead but couldn't win one of them. He falls down while taking down the curves. Such a pitty.

in 4-stroke era, Honda had started their research and development programs few years earlier than the others. That's why they have better bikes by now.
With Rossi as the racer, YZR-M1 will be competitive and could give a serious treat for Honda RC211V. Ducati also have competitive bikes in 4-stroke era. It's not surprising because they are "master" in superbike championship.

All that i can say, This season will be very interesting.

Originally posted by argo
All that i can say, This season will be very interesting.

yeah definitely, i look forwrd to the start

Starting Grids for South African MotoGP:

1st Row:
01 (46) V.Rossi Yamaha 1'32"647
02 (15) S.Gibernau Honda 1'32"682 + 0'00"035
03 (3) M.Biaggi Honda 1'32"919 + 0'00"272

2nd Row:
04 (69) N.Hayden Honda 1'33"098 + 0'00"451
05 (45) C.Edwards Honda 1'33"111 + 0'00"464
06 (56) S.Nakano Kawasaki 1'33"276 + 0'00"629

3rd Row:
07 (33) M.Melandri Yamaha 1'33"296 + 0'00"649
08 (4) A.Barros Honda 1'33"359 + 0'00"712
09 (65) L.Capirossi Ducati 1'33"522 + 0'00"875

4th Row:
10 (10) Ke.Roberts Suzuki 1'33"543 + 0'00"896
11 (21) J.Hopkins Suzuki 1'33"598 + 0'00"951
12 (6) M.Tamada Honda 1'33"679 + 0'01"032

5th Row:
13 (66) A.Hofmann Kawasaki 1'33"815 + 0'01"168
14 (7) C.Checa Yamaha 1'33"884 + 0'01"237
15 (50) N.Hodgson Ducati 1'33"977 + 0'01"330

6th Row:
16 (11) R.Xaus Ducati 1'34"103 + 0'01"456
17 (99) J.McWilliams Aprilia 1'34"404 + 0'01"757
18 (17) N.Abe Yamaha 1'34"484 + 0'01"837

7th Row:
19 (67) S.Byrne Aprilia 1'34"703 + 0'02"056
20 (9) N.Aoki Proton KR 1'34"845 + 0'02"198
21 (12) T.Bayliss Ducati 1'35"804 + 0'03"157

8th Row:
22 (84) M.Fabrizio WCM 1'36"982 + 0'04"335

Let's see how much that list will changed today.

*revised, this season in each row will be 3 riders.*

The Doctor is still unstoppable in the opening of season. Took pole position, and won the race...consistency all he needs to get his world champion title this season.

Biaggi is still the biggest threat...


Congrats, Rossi..

amazing r4ace ..rossi said it has been his best race in his career..i was exhausted at the end of the match

Here is the South African MotoGP result completely:

01 (46) V.Rossi Yamaha ± 0'00"000
02 (3) M.Biaggi Hond0a + 0'00"210
03 (15) S.Gibernau Honda + 0'07"255
04 (4) A.Barros Honda + 0'18"667
05 (69) N.Hayden Honda + 0'24"094
06 (65) L.Capirossi Ducati + 0'24"375
07 (45) C.Edwards Honda + 0'28"855
08 (6) M.Tamada Honda + 0'36"535
09 (17) N.Abe Yamaha + 0'36"643
10 (7) C.Checa Yamaha + 0'39"284
11 (33) M.Melandri Yamaha + 0'43"806
12 (56) S.Nakano Kawasaki + 0'43"920
13 (21) J.Hopkins Suzuki + 0'56"028
14 (12) T.Bayliss Ducati + 0'56"558
15 (67) S.Byrne Aprilia + 1'13"831
16 (99) J.McWilliams Aprilia + 1'22"206
17 (9) N.Aoki Proton KR + 1'26"933
18 (84) M.Fabrizio WCM + 3 lap(s)
19 (66) A.Hofmann Kawasaki + 13 lap(s)
20 (50) N.Hodgson Ducati + 13 lap(s)
21 (10) Ke.Roberts Suzuki + 22 lap(s)
22 (11) R.Xaus Ducati + 24 lap(s)

Yet again and always, Rossi leads Biaggi. He did, he does, and he will.

Biaggi is still the best treat as no rider could compares to them both.
Do you know that Honda's top speed is 10 km/h faster than Yamaha's? but the doctor did it very-very supremely. He took the curves faster than Biaggi did. As we all know, Biaggi couldn't do the 'rear-wheel sliding', the fastest way to take down a curve. Rainey found it.
Congrates to Val Rossi and YAMAHA Team. Great Job!!!

Bah, Rossi's gonna win it all anyway.

But I'm still a Biaggi through and through!

The only thing i can't understand on Rossi is: a champion like him is a looser fan. He is an Inter fan, isn't it?

Which reminds me of a story I heard, someone please care to confirm if it's true :

it has been said that Rossi was a massive fan of Biaggi and when he was younger he asked for max's autograph, but Max treated him like a piece of crap and refused..

and now Rossi is making the crap out of Biaggi instead

wow what an amazing race, i saw it from start to finish and it was really exiting - Il dottore kicked their asses again . he is a true champion

he is definitely the best racer in the motoGP series!


Forza Valentino (he is inter fan? - well nobody is perfect)

by the the other two races in the 125 cc and the 250 cc class were also very entertaining

This weekend MotoGP comes home. most of MotoGP teams based in Spain.

in the 1st Qualifying Rossi set fastest time, Gibernau 2nd and Checa 3rd.

still waiting for the grid.

while we are waiting the race i want to add comment of rossi being an inter fan. if u read rae signature about a kid that asked his father, i guess rossi can answer that

Sete Gibernau has won his home race. Congrats. The 31-years old Spaniard has done a perfect job in front of Biaggi.
good for him and for the competition.
Rossi? he won't push that YAMAHA too much on a wet track. Lucky that he didn't fall down.