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From: Dirt on 11 Aug 2009 12:46 On Aug 11, 10:50 am, Chris Paine <c...(a)ist.co.uk> wrote: > I suppose they could have done a F1 Schumacher style deal, and brought > back Bayliss. Although I see Schumacher has now pulled out due to his > bike crash injuries. $10 says that Bayliss had a message on his answering machine yesterday that his wife quietly deleted... ;) -Dirt-
From: sturd on 11 Aug 2009 13:52 Julian Bond asks: > With Indianapolis > being one of the 3 races, how about giving Larry Pegram a ride? You're kidding right? Go fast. Take chances. Mike S.
From: John on 12 Aug 2009 08:42 "Champ" <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote in message news:f3c285p17l8dp9rjdhvnk7kdj8s0gbq6n2(a)4ax.com... > http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Stoner+to+miss+Czech+GP > > Sounds like they still don't really know what's wrong with him. > -- > Champ > neal at champ dot org dot uk After the Donington fiasco, Stoner seemed surprisingly blase about his tyre choice, and I wondered then whether it was a tactic to avoid being beaten in a straight fight and to reduce the championship pressure on him. I think missing three races is his way of throwing in the towel for this season and allowing himself to lose on his own terms rather than being beaten. His comments after the Sachsenring race ("I was pretty happy with the race to be honest, considering the way things have been going lately. It's the first time I feel like I have actually been involved in something for a while...") don't really square with his most recent comments ("After five extremely difficult races due to my health ... we have taken the difficult decision not to contest the next three rounds of the championship..."). He seems to be looking for excuses at the moment, so maybe taking a step back will be the best thing for him. John
From: John on 12 Aug 2009 11:03 "John" <merlin.the.happy.pig(a)home.com> wrote in message news:0uOdnVc338VZJR_XnZ2dnUVZ8nCdnZ2d(a)bt.com... > ...I think missing three races is his way of throwing in the towel for > this season and allowing himself to lose on his own terms rather than > being beaten. Or, as someone's just pointed out to me, he might be iller than we're being led to believe, in which case my judgement may be way off line - let's hope that's not the case (for his sake, not mine!). Anyway, time will tell... John
From: Julian Bond on 12 Aug 2009 15:34
John <merlin.the.happy.pig(a)home.com> Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:03:06 > >"John" <merlin.the.happy.pig(a)home.com> wrote in message >news:0uOdnVc338VZJR_XnZ2dnUVZ8nCdnZ2d(a)bt.com... >> ...I think missing three races is his way of throwing in the towel for >> this season and allowing himself to lose on his own terms rather than >> being beaten. > >Or, as someone's just pointed out to me, he might be iller than we're being >led to believe, in which case my judgement may be way off line - let's hope >that's not the case (for his sake, not mine!). Anyway, time will tell... Or has he left Ducati? http://www.bikesportnews.com/articles/article.html?id=MOTOGP_BRNO_HAS_STO NER_SPLIT_WITH_DUCATI_1 -- Julian Bond E&MSN: julian_bond at voidstar.com M: +44 (0)77 5907 2173 Webmaster: http://www.ecademy.com/ T: +44 (0)192 0412 433 Personal WebLog: http://www.voidstar.com/ skype:julian.bond?chat Heavily Weighted |