MOTOGP » Crash.net's French GP blog: Friday

in no other sport in the world??

how about crutchlow with 3 ruptured ligaments in his dislocated foot and ankle??

needed it draining all week to ride and still only justt made it, to then get on and take a third and a win was nothing short of heroic,

just shows that motorcycle racers are proper men, not like the pansys that race 4 wheel machinery.....

Craig, I took the line "in no other sport in the world" to mean motorcycle racing, rather than just motogp? Totally agree with you about Crutchlow. Brave ride! Bayliss also stands out as riding through the pain in wsbk.

Robert Dunlop has died at the age of 47 after suffering severe chest injuries in a crash in Thursday's practice session at the North West 200.

Another Northern Ireland rider, Darren Burns, suffered a suspected broken leg and concussion in the accident, but is said to be stable in hospital.

The accident happened in the 250cc qualifying session in County Antrim.
RIP.

Terrible news.

I remembered Cal fell in BSB and he still fought like a Spartan-army, but people don't 'see' it very much, Jorge's situation is more like the same but it seems what he got is far more worse than Cal, which is I don't think so... Go Cal...

While it is very admirable having a apartan outlook in a race, all great strategists also keep the moto" live to fight another day"...the foolishness of his youth shows
he has a lot more to lose if he crashes than gain if he doesnt.
wish him luck..ofcourse now im forced to root for him coz he's the underdog ...****

the problem with the GP8 is that like all new things it takes its own perfect riding style to win races and just at the moment Casey is the only
one to be able to tame the beast and even he is having problems.
It''s like any new piece of equipment the rest of the riders aren''t
used to the bike so naturally they''re taking benchmarks from Honda,(Melandri, Elias) and Yamaha (Guintoli). At the end of the day its as simple as just biting the
bullet and riding the bike the way it needs to be ridden, full traction control and no fear.

Another Dunlop lost to the sport
Rest in peace Robert.

And why hasn't Crash got the Dunlop story up ffs? Even the bbc has managed to get the news!

RIP Robert and Keenan's brother from last weekend

:(

Intersting thoughts on rider changes. Humm, after reading the Ducati section I have to say, Maybe Hayden should (long over due) try the GP8? Sounds like it would fit his kind of riding style...