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Oscar, yes, of course you need riding talent to win the TT, I didn't mean you don't, for god's sake! But, as you stated it, having the mental discippline to cover every single bit of the track in the greatest possible speed is a discipline needed in all other tracks in the world. It's just that I don't see the danger element should add so much importance to this race. Facing real, fatal danger in abundant doses in order to win a motorsports event isn't heroic: in my eyes it is questionable if not stupid.

MOTOGP » Misano - Free practice times (2).

Apparently Rossi is on business, less than 0.5 slower than Stoner, which as shown in the last 2 races, means Stoner is within shooting range.

MOTOGP » Same circuit, different story for Rossi.

Greg, the negative energy amassed by Rossi fans because of the wild slagging of both Rossi and themselves since last year is such that they won't give any quarter both to Stoner and his fans. And I think that this was because Stoner's fans were not very gaceful in their victories last year since they systematically condemned as "excuses" any reasoning from other guys as to why Rossi was losing so badly. In general -with many exceptions of course- their behaviour was provocative and overly aggressive. So, putting things into perspective you should be expecting this kind of behaviour from Rossi fans now that Stoner proved himself to also be fallible, both in riding and communicating aspect

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Of course it is the Isle of Man... How could I miss that. Maybe because in my eyes a single race can't be called "pinnacle of racing" from any perspective. In my opinion, nomatter how heavy b***s you must have to race there (I have watched Hislop's video many times) to me it just proves that: The rider has b***s of steel. Nothing more. My point is that the danger element alone can't and shouldn't make a single race "pinnacle of racing". Surely, danger helps build up mystifying reputation and strong tradition but in my eyes racing is much more than that. To sum it up, to me they are a bunch of guys reviving an old tradition from an era when a death in a race was almost "normal stuff".

MOTOGP » Rossi for president!

idris kavla got it very right. Can anybody imagine any better advertising than that? I also agree on the book thing. The last three controversial (for him) years should be very interesting to see from Rossi's own perspective.

MOTOGP » Misano - Free practice times (1).

Edwards usually fades away in the race. Pitty as he can be occasionally fast and he's a likeable character.

MOTOGP » San Marino Grand Prix - Preview.

Oscar I agree with you. But what is IOM?

MOTOGP » Same circuit, different story for Rossi.

Greg- you surely aren't very long on crash.net. If you were you would know of certain Stoner fans who could be described exactly by your words in the superlative grade.

MOTOGP » San Marino Grand Prix - Preview.

I strongly doubt that. Dunlop were very weak. I really can't wait to see how the Pedrosa- Dovizioso situation is going to shape next year. Those guys are both very fast and will give no quarter to each-other. Puig came to the point of asking for separate boxes, so Dovizioso won't steal settings from Dani! Absurd and ridiculous, hasn't ever happened before in GPs, at least not between teammates on the same rubber.

MOTOGP » San Marino Grand Prix - Preview.

If the factory Honda team switches to Bridgestone next year, the only factory bike on the grid on Michelins will be Lorenzo's. This will virtually mean a "backdoor single tyre rule". Michelin then will either have to choose the disgrace of supporting only sattelite teams (bar Lorenzo of course) with whatever that means, or withdraw completely from MotoGP.