MOTOGP » Assen - Free practice times (1)

Holy Moley!He is on the verge of going into the 1.35's

over 8/10ths faster than Valentino, that has to be discouraging for the Yamakkas. Vermuelen isn't doing such a bad job so far, either...

The weekend is already over, the duk electronics are top of the time charts and I'm afraid computers calculate quicker than humans, add that to a massive power advantage game over... thank goodness for WSBK at least there is racing...

I hate to say it because it will give the Stoner haters more ammunition to carp about his supposed 'attitude' - but this is looking a bit like Schumaker - comes out, blows em away, goes back to the pit. Still, Schuie HAS becmoe a human being since he quit racing F1...

I think he'll easy do 1.35s, start packing yam and honda there is a new bike in town..

Traction control has been running since the days of John Hopper on the YZR500 as without the traction control, and he admitted this himself "I couldn't see the end of the race as I shot my tyres trying to keep up". So has traction made the racing better because some can see the end of race. Or because now it's a circulation thing with every lap being within a nano second of the last that is ruining the race and the races are very F1 with the lap times in the first couple of laps dictating who will finish where if you times margin of difference by the remaining laps left?

Anyway, Casey fastest at first practise usually indicates a total domination of all who dare stand infront of him :rol

Love it!Enjoying every second of it.This guy is so fast,focussed it blows me away.Have to get to the Island again..

I don't have a translator, but I'll try to explain:
I used the word *Pom* in a couple of posts after the English people at
Donington boo'd the world champion (who rides on a small underfunded euro bike manufacturer) and some guy wrote in, an Englishman, and said he considered the word Pom to be equally as rascist as the word *Paki*, whatever that means, so the Crash people
pulled those couple of Posts. Anyway, if that is the way way it is between Aussie fans
and English fans so be it......I think most of Casey's problem in England, and most definitely no where else, is that he rides for an Italian manufacturer.
I said a thing about the English press too, who hate Casey

kind regards

ricky

r46---You're starting to sound like a perv....I take it you mean alcatraz.

I'm no particular Stoner fan (even though i'm from Ausralia) but it amazes me that there is such disaffection for the lad. What the hell do some of you people want from him? Hes the fastest man on a machine that no one else can sort, and he wins buy hard work and courage. It reminds me when everyone was complaining about Doohan's approach and dominance in the 90's: 'What do you what me to do...loose?'. Yes, i would prefer closer racing too, but its often like this in GPs. The goal posts shift from week to week and its the most consistent package that will come out on to eventually...So my money is on Rossi. If it close racing you after watch the 125's....thats entertainment!