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Post by Bundy on Oct 25, 2012 19:19:28 GMT 10
AirAsia Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix  1 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha 330 2 Dani PEDROSA Honda 307 3 Casey STONER Honda 213 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Yamaha 195 5 Alvaro BAUTISTA Honda 154 6 Valentino ROSSI Ducati 148 7 Cal CRUTCHLOW Yamaha 135 8 Stefan BRADL Honda 125 9 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati 114 10 Ben SPIES Yamaha 8 Event Schedule: www.motogp.com.au/event/schedule
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Post by crikey on Oct 25, 2012 22:43:16 GMT 10
Would love for Stoner to get a win in his last full time race at PI, But from what he said on the news tonight, It sounds like the ankle is getting worse not better, Hope he can overcome it though.
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Post by HDT05 on Oct 26, 2012 8:22:46 GMT 10
All I hope for is a title for Lorenzo and Stoner to hopefully help him at doing it by winning! But I need to hope that Dani struggles.
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Post by Bundy on Oct 26, 2012 12:11:50 GMT 10
Good to see Stoner blitz them in practice one  1 1 Casey STONER AUS Repsol Honda Team Honda 332.1 1'30.374 2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 332.4 1'31.279 0.905 / 0.905 3 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 334.4 1'31.533 1.159 / 0.254 4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 335.7 1'31.968 1.594 / 0.435 5 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 332.8 1'32.039 1.665 / 0.071 6 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 336.0 1'32.199 1.825 / 0.160 7 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 332.5 1'32.312 1.938 / 0.113 8 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 338.0 1'32.356 1.982 / 0.044 9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 335.0 1'32.655 2.281 / 0.299 10 14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA Power Electronics Aspar ART 317.3 1'33.266 2.892 / 0.611 11 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing Ducati 339.4 1'33.376 3.002 / 0.110 12 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Pramac Racing Team Ducati 335.0 1'33.671 3.297 / 0.295 13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 313.5 1'33.727 3.353 / 0.056 14 84 Roberto ROLFO ITA Speed Master ART 305.1 1'35.170 4.796 / 1.443 15 51 Michele PIRRO ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini FTR 315.8 1'35.200 4.826 / 0.030 16 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 315.0 1'35.411 5.037 / 0.211 17 77 James ELLISON GBR Paul Bird Motorsport ART 316.7 1'35.427 5.053 / 0.016 18 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Mobile Forward Racing Suter 314.9 1'35.715 5.341 / 0.288 22 Ivan SILVA SPA Avintia Blusens BQR 313.1 1'37.352 6.978 / 1.637 43 Kris McLAREN AUS Avintia Blusens BQR 305.2 1'40.657 10.283 / 3.305 |
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Post by crikey on Oct 26, 2012 20:31:19 GMT 10
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Post by Bundy on Oct 26, 2012 22:15:17 GMT 10
Looking like Stoner is going to be the man to beat after absolutely dominating both practice sessions...I wonder if Honda will issue team orders for Stoner to move over for Pedrosa if Pedrosa is running a safe second behind Stoner or whether they will allow Stoner to have his final moment in the sun given all he has done for Honda  |
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Post by crikey on Oct 27, 2012 20:06:51 GMT 10
Interesting question with team orders there Bundy, It would be a big call by Honda to make in front of the Aussie crowd ect, Hope they let it go and Stoner is allowed to win. Huge effort by Stoner today after having fallen from the bike, To then get on the spare and grab pole was huge, Moto GP is going to miss him next year. www.speedcafe.com/2012/10/27/casey-stoner-takes-pole-despite-qualifying-crash/ |
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Post by hypnotize on Oct 27, 2012 21:08:58 GMT 10
Yep lucky save for him! Stoner on pole though is great, heading down tomorrow! Cant wait  |
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Post by Bundy on Oct 27, 2012 21:11:55 GMT 10
Great job Stoner...he is an absolute demon around Phillip Island.
Enjoy the race down there Hypno.
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Post by crikey on Oct 28, 2012 14:52:21 GMT 10
Yep lucky save for him! Stoner on pole though is great, heading down tomorrow! Cant wait Have fun Hypno, Looks like they turned the weather on for you aswell |
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Post by Bundy on Oct 28, 2012 19:45:49 GMT 10
Spewing I missed the race... ****ing recorder failed  That's 6 in a row wins for Stoner at PI...awesome effort Well done to Lorenzo for clinching the title...not sure what happened to Pedrosa but it seems he DNFed. And great to see Ant West get a 2nd in moto2 and Sissi a 3rd in moto3...that's two podiums within a week for Westy. |
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Post by crikey on Oct 28, 2012 20:13:53 GMT 10
Spewing I missed the race... ****ing recorder failed That's 6 in a row wins for Stoner at PI...awesome effort Well done to Lorenzo for clinching the title ...not sure what happened to Pedrosa but it seems he DNFed. And great to see Ant West get a 2nd in moto2 and Sissi a 3rd in moto3...that's two podiums within a week for Westy. Pedrosa was pushing at his max, It was good to see him put everything on the line, But ultimately he just pushed a bit to much and lost the front end on a slow corner. Great job to Stoner he is a cut above on this track, Also well done to Lorenzo for winning the C/ship, Top job. |
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Post by mach24 on Oct 29, 2012 7:22:48 GMT 10
Spewing I missed the race... ****ing recorder failed That's 6 in a row wins for Stoner at PI...awesome effort Well done to Lorenzo for clinching the title...not sure what happened to Pedrosa but it seems he DNFed. And great to see Ant West get a 2nd in moto2 and Sissi a 3rd in moto3...that's two podiums within a week for Westy. I'd have to say you didn't miss much with regards to the MotoGP race. It was like the other races this year, the final result was how they stood for more than 95% of the race. |
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Post by HDT05 on Oct 29, 2012 9:24:35 GMT 10
I'm back from the Island! Record crowd there! Awesome turnout for Stoner! First of all Jorge Lorenzo is CHAMPION!!!! - Great job! Great job by Stoner, managed to.....Buy some Honda gear! - yep and got Stoner to sign it and a flag! Got to get Lorenzo and Rossi to sign some Yamaha and #46 gear and that was cool to have a little chat with Lorenzo - told him I'm a MASSIVE fan of his and I'm confident you'll win the Title this weekend and he said I hope aswell! - and he thankfully did and I didn't jinx him! Great job Pedrosa on his season and Lorenzo again for winning his Second Moto GP title! - and Stoner, thanks for the memory's and a really deserved win on the weekend! Great job also by Arthur Sissis on 3rd. Marq Marquez on winning the Moto 2 Title and Ant West on a brilliant 2nd place! Wow that was the best weekend of Moto GP EVER!! so glad I'm back home but damn that was awesome! |
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Post by Bundy on Oct 29, 2012 19:32:00 GMT 10
I'm back from the Island! Record crowd there! Awesome turnout for Stoner! First of all Jorge Lorenzo is CHAMPION!!!! - Great job! Great job by Stoner, managed to.....Buy some Honda gear! - yep and got Stoner to sign it and a flag! Got to get Lorenzo and Rossi to sign some Yamaha and #46 gear and that was cool to have a little chat with Lorenzo - told him I'm a MASSIVE fan of his and I'm confident you'll win the Title this weekend and he said I hope aswell! - and he thankfully did and I didn't jinx him! Great job Pedrosa on his season and Lorenzo again for winning his Second Moto GP title! - and Stoner, thanks for the memory's and a really deserved win on the weekend! Great job also by Arthur Sissis on 3rd. Marq Marquez on winning the Moto 2 Title and Ant West on a brilliant 2nd place! Wow that was the best weekend of Moto GP EVER!! so glad I'm back home but damn that was awesome! Good to see you have a good time HDT. You bought Honda gear - what were you on  But I guess you had to if you wanted to Stoner to sign it... good to see you meet Lorenzo and Rossi and have them sign some of your gear...Lorenzo should get use to this kind of championship success as its going to keep coming with Honda's line-up for next year. It was more the occasion than the actual racing as I can imagine if he won by 9 seconds that it wasn't the most interesting race - but with it being his last home gp, possible last gp win, would have been nice to see it. |
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Post by HDT05 on Oct 29, 2012 20:07:48 GMT 10
I was thinking about not doing it Bundy, but thought heck why not? this is going to be 'apparently' his last GP EVER! - because rumours are saying he'll quit and let Marquez ride at Valencia. Stoner is in talks with T8 over running in the Dunlop Series for 2013 also.
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Post by Bundy on Oct 29, 2012 20:12:54 GMT 10
I was thinking about not doing it Bundy, but thought heck why not? this is going to be 'apparently' his last GP EVER! - because rumours are saying he'll quit and let Marquez ride at Valencia. Stoner is in talks with T8 over running in the Dunlop Series for 2013 also. You got to like that...Stoner purely doing it out of enjoyment for motorsport rather than race for a championship that he would get paid heaps for but not enjoy it anymore. As for Marquez riding at Valencia, can't see it happening - good for the Spanish crowd if he did. |
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Post by HDT05 on Oct 29, 2012 20:19:46 GMT 10
I was thinking about not doing it Bundy, but thought heck why not? this is going to be 'apparently' his last GP EVER! - because rumours are saying he'll quit and let Marquez ride at Valencia. Stoner is in talks with T8 over running in the Dunlop Series for 2013 also. You got to like that...Stoner purely doing it out of enjoyment for motorsport rather than race for a championship that he would get paid heaps for but not enjoy it anymore. As for Marquez riding at Valencia, can't see it happening - good for the Spanish crowd if he did. Honda tried to apparently sway Stoner to remain with the team for 2013 for a Record $15M which if I'm correct it would be more then what they paid F1 drivers Button and Barrichello when they raced for Honda. Just goes to show when I spoke to him, I mentioned fishing and he was like a kid in a candy store, wanted to keep talking but he had to go to a media function which was a shame so we couldn't keep talking....as I love fishing also! |
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Post by Bundy on Oct 29, 2012 20:27:29 GMT 10
You got to like that...Stoner purely doing it out of enjoyment for motorsport rather than race for a championship that he would get paid heaps for but not enjoy it anymore. As for Marquez riding at Valencia, can't see it happening - good for the Spanish crowd if he did. Honda tried to apparently sway Stoner to remain with the team for 2013 for a Record $15M which if I'm correct it would be more then what they paid F1 drivers Button and Barrichello when they raced for Honda. Just goes to show when I spoke to him, I mentioned fishing and he was like a kid in a candy store, wanted to keep talking but he had to go to a media function which was a shame so we couldn't keep talking....as I love fishing also! I guess it's the kind of money that he can always go back to - but he would have earned a pretty penny from his years in motogp, even enough to retire on and maybe buy an REC and get into the V8 game. But I like his thinking, if he is to do the development series next year, of taking it easy, relaxing and spending more time with the family. He's talented enough anyway if he wants to go back to motogp to be on the pace straight away - so the world is at his feet. |
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Post by crikey on Oct 29, 2012 21:42:50 GMT 10
Anyone that can turn down a 15m dollar offer to not race is gold IMO, It just shows that he is fed up and needs a change, Top job Casey.
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But I guess you had to if you wanted to Stoner to sign it...