Do you think Honda still think it was all the bike

[pesty]

I dont think they do

[barry sheene]

Rossi was pissing himself with laughter (on the inside)

Fair play to him ,he is very special.

Edwards was up there too 5th place, pretty excellent.....

best not mention Troy Bayliss ;-p

[cinqster]

Didn't he look good chucking the Yamaha about today...the man is indeed Moto GP God!

[FourWheelDrift]

And Hodgson only 0.4s behind Ducati team leader Loris Capirossi after never riding at Welkom and on last years bike

[pesty]

Yeah hate to admit it but Hodgson did very very well!

he isnt one of my favourites. personaly he bores me to tears. He even beat Ruben didnt he?

Can't wait till tomorrow. Wheres that time machine

[FourWheelDrift]

I was watching it on Eurosport today but from the schedule they aren't showing the WSB live.

But the BBC are....!!!!!

They only have the MotoGP's (not the 125 or 250's which are alway great races) but they do have live coverage followed immediately by live Superbike Race 1.

And they do have Suzi Perry too.....

[lancelot]

FourWheelDrift said:

I was watching it on Eurosport today but from the schedule they aren't showing the WSB live.

Think I heard them say that they were showing WSB live on Eurosport News channel.

[barry sheene]

Wow, Pedrosa in the 250 race....that's what I call racing.

I noticed also that as he came across the line to start the last lap (in 2nd place) he had his left index finger in the air to indictae he was going to win...the commentators didn't notice that....
.

I notice also that watching the 500s on 2 tv sets at the same time that the Eurosport coverage is 3 seconds behind the BBC coverage...Live, well almost


>> Edited by barry sheene on Sunday 18th April 13:17

[barry sheene]

to Rossi, outstanding, considering that bike achieved only 1 podium all of last year....

1st rider ever to take back to back victories on different machines in the MotoGP premiere class....and beats Ago's record for the most consecutive podiums.


>> Edited by barry sheene on Sunday 18th April 14:00

[sparkey]

Absolutely, Rossi was fabulous - great race and hopefully the start of a pretty exciting season.

S..

[funkyboogalooo]

barry sheene said:

I notice also that watching the 500s on 2 tv sets at the same time >> Edited by barry sheene on Sunday 18th April 13:17

Why

[barry sheene]

funkyboogalooo said:

Why

Becuase I can

But also so as not to miss any of the action during the eurosport ad breaks.

The commentary is better on Europsort.

Oh and to PF Chili, brilliant race, he even had me jumping out of my seat shouting "Gwan my son"



>> Edited by barry sheene on Sunday 18th April 19:10

[pesty]

how close was that GP this is going to be one fantastuc season

F1 this is where its at

>> Edited by pesty on Sunday 18th April 22:13

[rsvnigel]

Excellent race, it'll be interesting to see the next few rounds where the hondas and ducatis can make more use of the top end speed.

Max definitely had the advantage on the back straight.

[IS200RJR]

Fantastic race i only hope the rest of the season is as exciting as todays. Off to brands hatch next week to see the BTCC

[a j]

What can you say about Rossi that already hasnt been said-the man is a living legand. Heres to a great season.

[venom]

It's certainly added that extra unpredictability this season, not that bike racing needed the help really. I reckon the yamaha is going to struggle still on the high top end tracks still, although I'm sure you'll still see Rossi pulling some extraordinary results out of the bag.

It's just going to be an amazing season as Rossi tries to win the championship on what I still see as an inferior (albeit an improving) bike.