Re: Moto GP 2010 : Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:57 pm  

bramleyrhino wrote: Stoner confirmed to Honda. Rossi has been testing a WSB bike in Brno today to prove his fitness and the word is that things have gone well. He could return to action in Germany this weekend (which would be a miraculous recovery if true). We could also have an announcement this week about Rossi's move to Ducati. Oh, and whilst it's all speculation, it looks like we won't be seeing that much more of Colin Edwards. No surprise about Stoner going to Honda. Shame about Colin Edwards though if he goes back to WSB. I take it Spies will be at Yamaha if he leaves the Tech 3 team ? That leaves Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso at the moment still at Honda but which one will be told he's not needed for 2011 and onwards though ?

bramleyrhino wrote: Stoner confirmed to Honda. Rossi has been testing a WSB bike in Brno today to prove his fitness and the word is that things have gone well. He could return to action in Germany this weekend (which would be a miraculous recovery if true). We could also have an announcement this week about Rossi's move to Ducati. Oh, and whilst it's all speculation, it looks like we won't be seeing that much more of Colin Edwards. No surprise about Stoner going to Honda. Shame about Colin Edwards though if he goes back to WSB. I take it Spies will be at Yamaha if he leaves the Tech 3 team ? That leaves Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso at the moment still at Honda but which one will be told he's not needed for 2011 and onwards though ?

Re: Moto GP 2010 : Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:47 am  

Probably Pedrosa. It sounds as though Honda have lost patience with him and the demands of his manager Alberto Puig.

In fairness to Honda, they have bent over backwards since he signed there ro give him the bike he wants.

Re: Moto GP 2010 : Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:03 am  

Is Rossi really going to be riding at the next round ?

Re: Moto GP 2010 : Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:13 pm  

Dead Man Walking wrote:

Is Rossi really going to be riding at the next round ?

Provided that he passes an FIM medical later today (although his / Yamaha's own doctors were happy with their X-rays)

Initially it was thought that he would only commit himself to Friday practice before deciding whether to race. The press release from Yamaha later in the day seemed to commit him to racing all weekend or not at all.

Re: Moto GP 2010 : Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:33 pm  

Medical passed - see you Sunday Mr R!

Re: Moto GP 2010 : Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:02 am  

bramleyrhino wrote:

Medical passed - see you Sunday Mr R!

Bloody hell.

Re: Moto GP 2010 : Mon Aug 16, 2010 2:09 pm  

Valentino Rossi is a Ducati rider from next year for at least 2 years.

Re: Moto GP 2010 : Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:03 pm  

What a tragic day today that Shoya Tomizawa has died at the Moto 2 race today after an accident.
He was only 19 or 20 years old.

Re: Moto GP 2010 : Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:47 pm  

Dead Man Walking wrote:

What a tragic day today that Shoya Tomizawa has died at the Moto 2 race today after an accident.
He was only 19 or 20 years old.

Nasty accident too, the press are reporting that he hit his head on the track as he came off his bike but the video shows what really happened.

Could have been a mechanical failure too ? His front wheel just skewed away (under braking ?) for no apparent reason, the riders behind had no chance.

20 years old, live fast die young, I've seen it happen to so many...

Re: Moto GP 2010 : Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:42 pm  

Tragic news from Misano today.

Looking at it, Tomizawa seems to over-run the corner hits the astro-turf at the side of the apex. If that is the case, then it wouldn't surprise me if the tyre completely lost grip. I'm not sure that there's any mechanical problem in there, these types of low-sides are common in motorcycle racing and are usually down to a combination of rider error, cold tyres (unlikely in this instance as the race was 11 laps old) or badly tuned suspension (not necessarily a fault in itself - the forks in these bikes are very highly strung for every track, tyre and temperature).

The accident itself is eerily similar to one that took the life of Craig Jones at Brands Hatch in World Supersport two years ago. Jones came off his bike in a low-side just like this and was unavoidably struck by another rider.

I imagine that questions will be asked of the track medical teams as well. They appeared to just throw Scott Redding (another rider involved) onto a stretcher and they apparently dropped the stretcher carrying Tomizawa. Given that poor first aid was a factor in the death of Darijio Kato in 2003, there could be big implications here as well.

It's also worth remembering that this is the second death at a MotoGP event in the space of two weeks. Last week at Indianapolis, 13-year-old Peter Lenzi died whilst riding in an AMA event that happened to be on the MotoGP under-card.