Moto GP, Round 8 - Sachsenring - Page 2

GORDON STREETER · 19 Jul 2010, 21:33 (Ref:2729328)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhansen

Roger Lee Hayden will be filling in for Randy de Puniet.

Mmmm OK. at least it will put another bike on the grid

Schummy · 20 Jul 2010, 17:47 (Ref:2729725)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhansen

Elias makes the most sense and Honda would be mad to not make that happen.

I agree Elias is theoretically deserving that sub. But I hope it doesn't happen. With the kind of luck Elias has, I'm afraid he could get injured and put in danger his Moto2 bid for the title.

djb · 20 Jul 2010, 18:42 (Ref:2729763)

and on that note, I find that I continue to look forward more to seeing the Moto2 races just because of the drama of that title race and the surprises that happen setup wise and the upsets that come with it.
as they said, the de puniet fall on lorenzo's oil really probably did screw up his weekend, being sore as heck already. a real shame given how well he's been doing. just plain bad oily luck.

you know, i always relate to an on track oil mishap, Ive crashed on track on regular old water from rain, but once while commuting to work on my bicycle years ago, some fellows emptying a house oil furnace tank spilled oil all over the road in a corner. I saw it, thinking it was runoff water from a lawn sprinkler or something and was down as fast as I can ever remember coming off any 2 wheeler (well, maybe the same as ice, lost the front on ice once on my bicycle,that was up there with it, not even any time to really register it--bang)

thanks JH (sort of) for the photos, couldnt look at them for long though--cringe.

Schummy · 20 Jul 2010, 18:47 (Ref:2729766)

Oil looks so slippery, they should use it to lubricate engines.

Oh, wait,...

djb · 21 Jul 2010, 02:37 (Ref:2729891)

chuckle...n1
but boy, when you think its water, its surprise-o-rama (to their credit, the company doing the spill, some name like A.Q, or C.O or something like that--paid for my ruined cycling shorts and some busted up stuff on my bike) but the ol hip bruise stayed for quite a while, took me back to the days of tossing myself off motorcycles.

ahh, the smell of road grit in your roadrash in the morning, makes me all weepy, just like my slowly forming scabs.

Cougar · 21 Jul 2010, 09:03 (Ref:2730008)

Was it just me or did anyone else hear the rather rude joke made on the gridwalk?

Something about "i cant keep any tools in my toolbox... my wife wont let me" ... or am I reading too much into that??

Cougar · 21 Jul 2010, 11:22 (Ref:2730069)

Apologies for double post... but for those that can get iplayer...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode...8_Sachsenring/

Watch from 46:45 (the toolbox section)

Schummy · 21 Jul 2010, 11:48 (Ref:2730082)

I heard a rider saying "when I am in the grid I'll put it straight"' but I always thought he meant about the racing. Now you make me wonder.

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