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That was amazing!
 
Fuck me.. That last lap was EPIC!:bow::bow::bow:
 
Saw a small clip on TV on the Isle of Man TT, which showed the brief visit of Valentino Rossi last week, he rode some of the road course and was escorted around by the legendary Giacomo Agostini . :cool:
 
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That was AMAZING. Best race of any sort I've seen in quite a long time. Too bad Formula 1 can't get any battles like that :(
 
That was AMAZING. Best race of any sort I've seen in quite a long time. Too bad Formula 1 can't get any battles like that :(

Well... it's too bad Moto GP can't really get any battles like that. The last time there was a last lap pass for the lead before this was in 2006. In motorcycle racing that is just unheard of and unbelievably BORING.

This is a small taste of what Moto GP and before that the 500cc World Championship used to be like. It was great to see it once again...but this needs to be the norm, not the exception.
 
I'm going to be repeating what everyone has been saying, but that last lap was mind-blowing and absolutely epic! :bow::bow::bow:
 
For me, of course the last lap was probably the best lap ever but the best race was imho Laguna Seca last year.
 
EPIC FAIL.

I laughed when I saw this on the news.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ1wdZER0Nw[/YOUTUBE]

To make things worse he was beaten to 3rd place in a photo finish.


Last 3 laps of the race we call mumma mia:

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJkswz0SW8Y[/YOUTUBE]
 
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HOLY CRAP just got to see this, What a race!!! Those last 3 laps were amazing.
 
Well... it's too bad Moto GP can't really get any battles like that. The last time there was a last lap pass for the lead before this was in 2006. In motorcycle racing that is just unheard of and unbelievably BORING.

This is a small taste of what Moto GP and before that the 500cc World Championship used to be like. It was great to see it once again...but this needs to be the norm, not the exception.

Wow, really? I love motorcycle racing, but often miss it as I work odd hours sometimes... I wish I could register on RU so I could dl any race I miss but they STILL require an invite :(.

Anyway, back on-topic, hopefully this trend of exciting final laps will continue... I had forgotten how excited you could get over racing :)
 
Well... it's too bad Moto GP can't really get any battles like that. The last time there was a last lap pass for the lead before this was in 2006. In motorcycle racing that is just unheard of and unbelievably BORING.

This is a small taste of what Moto GP and before that the 500cc World Championship used to be like. It was great to see it once again...but this needs to be the norm, not the exception.
I agree, that type of thing used to happen all the time on the 500cc.
Moto GP got really boring when the 4 strokes came out, a very uneven field as they all were in different stages of developments, then they kept changing the capacity.
I stopped watching moto GP in 2003 as it got pretty boring.

Great race this time though, I've watched this race 3 times :D
 
I don't watch MotoGP, but that was epic...Jesus...you just can't say Rossi is a bad rider can you...
 
To be honest, he's another reason why moto GP got boring, he always rode off to an uncontested win. He is just too good :D
But moto GP has got interesting now as new up and comers have risen through the ranks to challenge him, like casey stoner a wile ago and now jorge lorenzo
 
I finally got to watch the race today after my workmate was telling me how awesome it was and bloody hell, he was right, that was awesome.
 
EPIC FAIL.

I laughed when I saw this on the news.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ1wdZER0Nw[/YOUTUBE]

To make things worse he was beaten to 3rd place in a photo finish.

yup, here is the english version.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fi_h1_0NNY[/YOUTUBE]

epic fail :mrgreen:
 
Another reason why MotoGP has gotten a bit dreary is the fuel limit, the bikes simply don't have enough fuel to go full throttle all the way, they need to save somewhere..

i had a chat today with my neighbor who is on Colin Edwards team. And he said that they have been trying to get Dorna to raise the amount of fuel they can carry, but they refuse..
 
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Rossi with victory number 100 !
and he takes the lead in the championship :clap::w00t::bow:
 
Congrats to Rossi!! And the battle for sixth was awesome!
 
That wall of wins he had was awesome.

Fucking Kallio. A 6th place up for grabs :(
 
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