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Gerrard
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Gatso shy said:
YO! GATS.
Burgess is only a 6mm spa??er anyway.
Ya bowlegged numpty. p0pc0rn41 you wait till Erics gets back. he's in for it...Troy B was pretty good as well :bow:
Laughing by the pool
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YO! GATS.
Burgess is only a 6mm spa??er anyway.
Ya bowlegged numpty. p0pc0rn41 you wait till Erics gets back. he's in for it...Troy B was pretty good as well :bow:
Laughing by the pool
Gatso shy
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Back soon ......
Back on Thursday ........Lock up yer daughters .......
PS Lend us a Euro .... :lick: [/B]
Graphite.ES said:YO! GATS.
Burgess is only a 6mm spa??er anyway.
Troy B was pretty good as well :bow:
Laughing by the pool
Back on Thursday ........Lock up yer daughters .......
PS Lend us a Euro .... :lick: [/B]
I?m looking forward to getting that number-one plate on my RCV next year.?
Heres the oficial press release.. Read em and weep p0pc0rn41
NICKY HAYDEN WINS THE MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Repsol Honda?s Nicky Hayden clinched MotoGP Riders? World Championship today in the climax to one of the most dramatic Grand Prix seasons ever. The 25-year-old American star put in a brilliant performance under intense pressure to bring his RC211V home in third place and overturn an eight point deficit to out-going world champion Valentino Rossi. Hayden?s third place was enough to take the title by five points from Rossi, who crashed and remounted to finish 13th today.
Both Repsol Hondas made good starts, with Hayden passing pole-man Rossi into the first corner and quickly moving up the field. Ahead of him was Dani Pedrosa who?d made a lightning get-away from sixth on the grid. With Hayden behind him, Pedrosa let his team-mate by and dropped back to ease the pressure on Hayden. When Rossi fell on lap five, Hayden?s game-plan changed as the American opted to control the points gap to Rossi instead of fighting for the win. His plan worked, and Hayden crossed the line to take Honda?s third riders? title in the five years of the 990cc MotoGP era.
21-year-old Pedrosa played the part of the perfect team-mate today and brought his RCV home in fourth place, consolidating his fifth place in the world championship and confirming his status as Rookie of the Year. Today?s fantastic result means that the Repsol Honda Team has made a clean sweep in 2006, taking the Riders?, Constructors? and Team championships, as well as Pedrosa?s Rookie of the Year title and Hayden?s Best MotoGP Qualifier Award.
Nicky Hayden Position: 3rd - Best lap: 1m 32.976s ? WORLD CHAMPION ? 252pts
Front tyre: 16.5" Hard compound Michelin
Rear tyre: 16.5" Medium compound Michelin
?When you dedicate your life to something and the dream comes true it feels so good. This is a proud day for me, the team and my family. I want to thank everybody back home and I hope they?re partying back there in Owensboro. When I went down at the beginning of the Estoril race I thought the dream was over but I just didn?t give up. Anything can happen in racing and you just keep fighting until the end. I just believe good things happen to good people and this is a great day for me. I swear on the warm-up lap I was riding round in front of a full house here and I had tears in my eyes because I knew this was the chance of a lifetime and I had to go for it. I?ve felt all year that this was my year ? even at Estoril when Elias beat Rossi I believed it. I knew that, win or lose, I was going to sleep well tonight because I was gonna give it my all today. I got a good start and I was just fighting to get to the front in the first few laps. I saw some marks on the track and then I came round and my pit-board said ?Rossi P19?. Then it went to P17, P15 and P14 and it was a tough situation because I knew there was probably going to be a couple of riders pull over for him. And I knew that you can never count Valentino out ? if his bike was ok then he can make up a lot of positions in a hurry. I didn?t know if I was going to have to fight the guys ahead of me because if you get in a dogfight with Loris and Troy you know you?re going to take some chances. But I stayed close enough that I felt like I was going to be able to go for it if I needed to. Then I saw ?P3 OK? on my pit-board and I had faith in my team that they had figured it out that I was safe. Then I just tried to be smooth and ride safe. Honestly I didn?t know it was over until the chequered flag. It feels really good to beat a guy like Rossi because he?s a real competitor with seven world titles and that just makes it that much more rewarding. Dani didn?t have team orders today but he let me by at the beginning of the race. We spoke last night and had a gentleman?s agreement and I told him that if he helped me to win the world championship that we would be straight and I won?t forget it. In two or three years from now if we?re still team-mates and I can help him then I?ll return the favour - he?s a good man. I really want to thank everyone involved in the Repsol Honda Team, and Michelin because it?s their 5th straight title in MotoGP so a big thanks to them too. I?m looking forward to getting that number-one plate on my RCV next year.?
Dani Pedrosa Position: 4th - Best lap: 1m 33.320s - World Championship position: 5th ? 215pts
Front tyre: 16.5" Medium compound Michelin
Rear tyre: 16.5" Medium compound Michelin
?I?m very happy for this result ? for myself, for Nicky and for the team. The team has won every title this year ? the Riders? title, the Constructors?, the Team title and the Rookie of the Year so this is very good for us. I think we did a great job today. I made a good start and I was waiting until Nicky was behind me. When they showed me that Nicky was third and I was second I let him past and showed him with my foot where he should pass me. Then I slowed down quite a lot to give Nicky some space in second place. Melandri and Capirossi got past me but only Capirossi was able to catch Nicky again. At this point I thought Rossi was behind me so I was slowing down, slowing down to give Nicky some gap. Then they showed me that Rossi had crashed so when I saw this I tried to push again. I tried to pass Melandri and Stoner but it was not so easy. I could make a bit of a gap but already the tyres were on the limit and I had a big gap between me and Melandri and I didn?t push for the last five laps and brought it home.?
Makoto Tanaka ? Repsol Honda Team Manager
?During the last five laps I was praying so hard for the race to finish! I want say from the bottom of my heart, ?Congratulations and thank you very much to Nicky?. We didn?t win the race today but it was such a valuable result that it was like a one-two finish. Both Nicky and Dani have done the perfect job today. We?ve had a very eventful season but this is a fantastic moment and we can enjoy it to the full. So I want to say thank you again to the riders who have worked very hard. Also thanks to the fans and to all our sponsors for their excellent support. Now all the team can celebrate this fantastic moment together.?
Total Weekend Attendance : 232,399
Race Day Attendance: 129,446
Lap Record : Loris Capirossi : 1m 32.924s
Heres the oficial press release.. Read em and weep p0pc0rn41
NICKY HAYDEN WINS THE MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Repsol Honda?s Nicky Hayden clinched MotoGP Riders? World Championship today in the climax to one of the most dramatic Grand Prix seasons ever. The 25-year-old American star put in a brilliant performance under intense pressure to bring his RC211V home in third place and overturn an eight point deficit to out-going world champion Valentino Rossi. Hayden?s third place was enough to take the title by five points from Rossi, who crashed and remounted to finish 13th today.
Both Repsol Hondas made good starts, with Hayden passing pole-man Rossi into the first corner and quickly moving up the field. Ahead of him was Dani Pedrosa who?d made a lightning get-away from sixth on the grid. With Hayden behind him, Pedrosa let his team-mate by and dropped back to ease the pressure on Hayden. When Rossi fell on lap five, Hayden?s game-plan changed as the American opted to control the points gap to Rossi instead of fighting for the win. His plan worked, and Hayden crossed the line to take Honda?s third riders? title in the five years of the 990cc MotoGP era.
21-year-old Pedrosa played the part of the perfect team-mate today and brought his RCV home in fourth place, consolidating his fifth place in the world championship and confirming his status as Rookie of the Year. Today?s fantastic result means that the Repsol Honda Team has made a clean sweep in 2006, taking the Riders?, Constructors? and Team championships, as well as Pedrosa?s Rookie of the Year title and Hayden?s Best MotoGP Qualifier Award.
Nicky Hayden Position: 3rd - Best lap: 1m 32.976s ? WORLD CHAMPION ? 252pts
Front tyre: 16.5" Hard compound Michelin
Rear tyre: 16.5" Medium compound Michelin
?When you dedicate your life to something and the dream comes true it feels so good. This is a proud day for me, the team and my family. I want to thank everybody back home and I hope they?re partying back there in Owensboro. When I went down at the beginning of the Estoril race I thought the dream was over but I just didn?t give up. Anything can happen in racing and you just keep fighting until the end. I just believe good things happen to good people and this is a great day for me. I swear on the warm-up lap I was riding round in front of a full house here and I had tears in my eyes because I knew this was the chance of a lifetime and I had to go for it. I?ve felt all year that this was my year ? even at Estoril when Elias beat Rossi I believed it. I knew that, win or lose, I was going to sleep well tonight because I was gonna give it my all today. I got a good start and I was just fighting to get to the front in the first few laps. I saw some marks on the track and then I came round and my pit-board said ?Rossi P19?. Then it went to P17, P15 and P14 and it was a tough situation because I knew there was probably going to be a couple of riders pull over for him. And I knew that you can never count Valentino out ? if his bike was ok then he can make up a lot of positions in a hurry. I didn?t know if I was going to have to fight the guys ahead of me because if you get in a dogfight with Loris and Troy you know you?re going to take some chances. But I stayed close enough that I felt like I was going to be able to go for it if I needed to. Then I saw ?P3 OK? on my pit-board and I had faith in my team that they had figured it out that I was safe. Then I just tried to be smooth and ride safe. Honestly I didn?t know it was over until the chequered flag. It feels really good to beat a guy like Rossi because he?s a real competitor with seven world titles and that just makes it that much more rewarding. Dani didn?t have team orders today but he let me by at the beginning of the race. We spoke last night and had a gentleman?s agreement and I told him that if he helped me to win the world championship that we would be straight and I won?t forget it. In two or three years from now if we?re still team-mates and I can help him then I?ll return the favour - he?s a good man. I really want to thank everyone involved in the Repsol Honda Team, and Michelin because it?s their 5th straight title in MotoGP so a big thanks to them too. I?m looking forward to getting that number-one plate on my RCV next year.?
Dani Pedrosa Position: 4th - Best lap: 1m 33.320s - World Championship position: 5th ? 215pts
Front tyre: 16.5" Medium compound Michelin
Rear tyre: 16.5" Medium compound Michelin
?I?m very happy for this result ? for myself, for Nicky and for the team. The team has won every title this year ? the Riders? title, the Constructors?, the Team title and the Rookie of the Year so this is very good for us. I think we did a great job today. I made a good start and I was waiting until Nicky was behind me. When they showed me that Nicky was third and I was second I let him past and showed him with my foot where he should pass me. Then I slowed down quite a lot to give Nicky some space in second place. Melandri and Capirossi got past me but only Capirossi was able to catch Nicky again. At this point I thought Rossi was behind me so I was slowing down, slowing down to give Nicky some gap. Then they showed me that Rossi had crashed so when I saw this I tried to push again. I tried to pass Melandri and Stoner but it was not so easy. I could make a bit of a gap but already the tyres were on the limit and I had a big gap between me and Melandri and I didn?t push for the last five laps and brought it home.?
Makoto Tanaka ? Repsol Honda Team Manager
?During the last five laps I was praying so hard for the race to finish! I want say from the bottom of my heart, ?Congratulations and thank you very much to Nicky?. We didn?t win the race today but it was such a valuable result that it was like a one-two finish. Both Nicky and Dani have done the perfect job today. We?ve had a very eventful season but this is a fantastic moment and we can enjoy it to the full. So I want to say thank you again to the riders who have worked very hard. Also thanks to the fans and to all our sponsors for their excellent support. Now all the team can celebrate this fantastic moment together.?
Total Weekend Attendance : 232,399
Race Day Attendance: 129,446
Lap Record : Loris Capirossi : 1m 32.924s
Dark Angel
Still kickin' it!
There is a new World Champion in MotoGP and his name is Nicky Hayden.
The likeable American stepped into the record books when Valentino Rossi lost the front of his M1 on lap five at Valencia's long, ?turn two? left-hander. And so, the battle was lost and, as one of Valentino?s most ardent fans, I must admit...
...Yer in BIG trouble now, you Hayden/Honda/Pedrosa fans! b0x1
You were warned ? but ya wouldn?t listen, would ya?! :t
Valentino lost the front and gained hero status at Estoril - where he was applauded on EVERY lap after his fall and applauded even more loudly after his great show of dignity and sportmanship when he congratulated Hayden at the end of the race (did you notice - Hayden physically bowed his head in deference to the great man).
So: the Champion is dead - long live the champion...But...
VALENTINO is KING
LONG LIVE THE KING!
(Sorry if there are blood-smears on the screen, but I've not managed to bandage me wrists properly yet - and ya should see the state of me keyboard - gory...Very, very gory...!!!
They're taking me to the hospital when I've finished this: I've got to have me stomach pumped 'cos they reckon I've overdosed on "CROW PIE"...Tried to explain that I have to get used to it 'cos I'm probably gonna be livin' on the stuff for a while, but hey, why argue with the professionals...?)
Valentino comments after the race: "All I can say now is a big 'congratulations' to Nicky because he is a great guy, a great rider and he is the world champion because he has been the best this year. I have known him a long time, I know his family well and even though I am disappointed I am also very happy for them. It has been a great fight with him this year ? not like in the past with other riders when there have always been some polemics ? and we have great respect for each other."
...Well done, Nicky...
...See ya next year, CHAMP!
(Chomp, chomp...Hmmmm...This Crow pie ain't too bad when ya git used to it...!!!)
The likeable American stepped into the record books when Valentino Rossi lost the front of his M1 on lap five at Valencia's long, ?turn two? left-hander. And so, the battle was lost and, as one of Valentino?s most ardent fans, I must admit...
...Yer in BIG trouble now, you Hayden/Honda/Pedrosa fans! b0x1
You were warned ? but ya wouldn?t listen, would ya?! :t
Dark Angel said:
Valentino lost the front and gained hero status at Estoril - where he was applauded on EVERY lap after his fall and applauded even more loudly after his great show of dignity and sportmanship when he congratulated Hayden at the end of the race (did you notice - Hayden physically bowed his head in deference to the great man).
So: the Champion is dead - long live the champion...But...
VALENTINO is KING
LONG LIVE THE KING!
(Sorry if there are blood-smears on the screen, but I've not managed to bandage me wrists properly yet - and ya should see the state of me keyboard - gory...Very, very gory...!!!
They're taking me to the hospital when I've finished this: I've got to have me stomach pumped 'cos they reckon I've overdosed on "CROW PIE"...Tried to explain that I have to get used to it 'cos I'm probably gonna be livin' on the stuff for a while, but hey, why argue with the professionals...?)
Valentino comments after the race: "All I can say now is a big 'congratulations' to Nicky because he is a great guy, a great rider and he is the world champion because he has been the best this year. I have known him a long time, I know his family well and even though I am disappointed I am also very happy for them. It has been a great fight with him this year ? not like in the past with other riders when there have always been some polemics ? and we have great respect for each other."
...Well done, Nicky...
...See ya next year, CHAMP!
(Chomp, chomp...Hmmmm...This Crow pie ain't too bad when ya git used to it...!!!)
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...See ya next year, CHAMP!
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And next year's champ will be Dani of course :bow:
The one thing I will say about Rossi is that he was gracious in defeat, but I still danced around the room in joy when he went down - lol
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And next year's champ will be Dani of course :bow:
The one thing I will say about Rossi is that he was gracious in defeat, but I still danced around the room in joy when he went down - lol
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Gerrard
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DIRTY SANCHEZ said:
And next year's champ will be Dani of course :bow:
The one thing I will say about Rossi is that he was gracious in defeat, but I still danced around the room in joy when he went down - lol[/QUOTE]
Hi Dirty...
When Rossi went down I had to have my dinner an hour later 'cos I was still on the floor laughing.
Bloody hell that was priceless..
Troy's race was the best race by any rider this season...well I think so anyway. :bow: :bow:
PS See you a week Friday I hope
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D.S.
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Graphite.ES said:
Hi Dirty...
When Rossi went down I had to have my dinner an hour later 'cos I was still on the floor laughing.
Bloody hell that was priceless..
Troy's race was the best race by any rider this season...well I think so anyway. :bow: :bow:
PS See you a week Friday I hope[/QUOTE]
Yes mate. I'll being doing my best to avoid repeating Vale's performance @ Valencia whilst I'm at Jerez, especially after my close encounter with the gravel kind at Almeria!!! h1d1ng2
Leon Haslam and a certain Gerry Mac will also be in attendance, so it looks like a great 3 days on track in glorious Andalucian sunshine. I've acquired a Lavilla t-shirt just for Leon - bwahahahaaaa. Steve & Sarah are staying on after too and Dave T has the use of Pets R1 so we're gonna have fun dude. :yo:
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Estoril ......................
Great respect to Rossi ,
he lost the front at Estoril and never fell off till Cheste'
Jeez I've got a major hangover ......................uke:
Dark Angel said:
Great respect to Rossi ,
he lost the front at Estoril and never fell off till Cheste'
Jeez I've got a major hangover ......................
uke:
Dark Angel
Still kickin' it!
DOH! We went to both races and, at my age, I'm easily confused...even without the aid of alcohol! :} :beer: Estoril to Cheste, eh? That would have been one HELL of a slide... (And you thought YOU had a hangover!!!)Nicky Hayden 2006 Champion said:Great respect to Rossi ,
he lost the front at Estoril and never fell off till Cheste'
Jeez I've got a major hangover ......................
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Gerrard
Guest
DA...
Well hope you will recover by next year, as another meet up could be on the cards if ya fancied it...
Gixxers R Us...
Zippo....
Dark Angel said:DOH! We went to both races and, at my age, I'm easily confused...even without the aid of alcohol! :} :beer: Estoril to Cheste, eh? That would have been one HELL of a slide... (And you thought YOU had a hangover!!!)
Well hope you will recover by next year,
as another meet up could be on the cards if ya fancied it...Gixxers R Us...
Zippo....
Dark Angel
Still kickin' it!
...Definitely, me old chum! It would be great to see you both again :k (but we're not going to Chinatown!Graphite.ES said:
). Just let us know where and when and we'll do our best to be there. :beer:
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Gerrard
Guest
Dark Angel said:...Definitely, me old chum! It would be great to see you both again :k (but we're not going to Chinatown!
Just let us know where and when and we'll do our best to be there. :beer:
Wots wong wib chinkytown ven .... p0pc0rn41
Havin a blast on me Gixxer innit..
Dark Angel
Still kickin' it!
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Gerrard
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China Town
Dark Angel said:How quickly we forget..
Hi.. E & L
You youngsters have no sense of adventure.
Just re-read your write up and we both have fond memoriesof the trip ...
Talk soon
P & T