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[MOTOGP] Assen TT

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#1 ·
Well looks like it's going to be an interesting race, who are you all going for?

Remember, race is on TONIGHT (saturday night) in Aus, not Sunday. Qualifying results for tonights Dutch TT Assen race -

1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team YAMAHA 1'34.515
2 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'34.797
3 27 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Team DUCATI 1'34.803
4 11 Ben SPIES USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'34.926
5 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'34.999
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'35.015
7 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'35.162
8 58 Marco SIMONCELLI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA 1'35.283
9 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'35.393
10 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Pramac Racing Team DUCATI 1'35.593
11 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'35.664
12 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP SUZUKI 1'36.344
13 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Pramac Racing Team DUCATI 1'36.502
14 40 Hector BARBERA SPA Paginas Amarillas Aspar DUCATI 1'36.569
15 64 Kousuke AKIYOSHI JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'38.198
* 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini HONDA

Melandri dislocated his shoulder during a crash in practice and didn't qualify, and is unlikely to race.

I really hope ze great randy can translate this grid position into a good result. Of course though, GO SPIES! :popcorn:

This is the Schedule for ONE for Sydney/Brisbane (and assuming Melbs is the same too)







I expect everyone to watch the race, this means you!!
 
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#13 ·
im liking those odds on nicky hayden...

nfi why hayden is @ $51 and stoner is @ $9...

surely hayden is more of a chance of winning from here?

stoner usually pulls hes finger out and wins a few races, but last time hayden rode this good, he won the championship
 
#20 ·
im not fussed on who wins out of de'puniet, stoner, ped bot, hayden, if any of them can knock lorenzo off the podium( or at least off the top step) im happy.
would prefer randy to do it though. be great to see him take a win over the factory guys.

also, anyone else notice randys bike? it now says revvit where playboy was? wats the go with that?
 
#21 ·
crazylegs said:
im not fussed on who wins out of de'puniet, stoner, ped bot, hayden, if any of them can knock lorenzo off the podium( or at least off the top step) im happy.
would prefer randy to do it though. be great to see him take a win over the factory guys.

also, anyone else notice randys bike? it now says revvit where playboy was? wats the go with that?
LCR have different sponsors for different regions. It varies between Givi, Playboy and Revit
 
#25 ·
slojo said:
Bit of a boring race in the end with none of the podium positions able to challenge each other in the final 8-10 laps. The battle between Dovi and de Puniet for 5th was alright. I'd love to see a non-factory bike take a win and I reckon Spies is the man to do it.
How'd everyone go in the tipping comp?
I frequently wonder how satellite Spies' bike is?
As toby & julian said during the race, there's nothing in the rules stopping yamaha (and spies is a yamaha employee, not tech3) from giving spies the same kit as rossi & co.
 
#26 ·
^^ I reckon out of all the manufacturers, Yamaha may enjoy the closest parity between factory and non-factory teams. As for whether Spies gets "special treatment" or not, I doubt it really matters, in the manufacturers championship only the top finishing motorcycle for that manufacturer scores their points and (until now anyway) one could be fairly certain Rossi or Lorenzo could always be counted on to finish as top Yamaha.

As you mentioned Mr Orange, sure there's nothing in the rules preventing Yamaha from giving the Tech3 guys the same level of equipment as the Fiat guys. Cost is probably the deciding factor, plus as good as Spies is and as much as I rate his skills, I don't see him as being quite ready to run with Lorenzo and Rossi juuuuust yet... give him at least til... the Phillip Island round? lol!
 
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