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Originally Posted by Tweety (Post 234052)

Who are you gonna blame this time...;) Pedrosa wasn't even close... :lol:

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LOL! I'll review the TiVo and see if I can pin it on him somehow haha! :)

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Originally Posted by VTRsurfer (Post 234056)

Actually I think its amazing in any motorcycle roadrace when everyone makes it through Turn 1 unscathed. I certainly wouldn't want to be in the middle of the pack.

Did anyone see the start of Race 1 in WSBK?:eek:

I did... It was carnage... Hopkins ended up in hospital with a concussion...

Speaking of crashers - I think Hopkins has been making a career out of it, and He's gonna crash himself right out of the sport.

Was it Hopkins who got run over in the gravel runout by another bike and rider?

There was even a bike on fire.

I think so, but I'm not sure if it was him or Tamada being run over... Both was out of the 2'nd race...

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Originally Posted by captainchaos (Post 234021)

No one said it was easy to ride. My point was he's a former world champ who has 1 podium finish at a home race and isn't even in the top ten in points, and I simply said I wouldn't have been surprised to see him lose his job.

I'm not making this shit up. From motorcycleusa.com:

"While it is no surprise that Repsol Honda just announced they have resigned Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso for the 2010 season, it didn’t come nearly as easy as many may think. Despite Big Red announcing two rounds prior that they were sticking with both riders and deals were in place, Pedrosa was since been seriously courted by the other Big Red – Ducati. Due to their fear of what star rider Casey Stoner’s future may hold, the Italian GP team has been openly fishing for big-name proven winners for several weeks now, first offering Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo uber-money, then most recently courting Pedrosa with the same offer. But it would appear blood is thicker than money – or maybe good bikes are thicker than money. Either way, both appear to be scared they won’t be competitive on the hard-to-ride Ducati and have turned down the big payday. This means Dani is officially staying with Honda and Jorge with Yamaha, leaving Ducati to hope and pray that when Stoner returns he will be as fast as when he left…"