Moto GP Philip Island

[oldbike54]

Troy Corser

 Thanks . Good memory 

  Dusty

[Arizona Wayne]

Even top race participants in this OZ MotoGP race say it's the best race of the modern era.  www.autosport.com/motogp/   

[pete mcgee]

If you thought the moto gp was good, go find the phillip island moto 3 race, that really was a take no prisoners, the crown depends on this race or the next, cliff hanger until the dust cleared.
Moto 2 by comparison put me to sleep.

[Murray]

Thanks . Good memory 

  Dusty

Been Australian just got into bikes and our man Troy wrapped up the WSBK championship that round, some things stick in your head.

[oldbike54]

Been Australian just got into bikes and our man Troy wrapped up the WSBK championship that round, some things stick in your head.

 Corser had a fair impact here in the states , always seemed a good bloke . Now that other nutter from OZ that raced here for so long with much great success , well , he is a bit , er , well , you know  Of course compared to a certain guy from America that had some success in SBK and the GP world , MM was a true gentleman 

  Dusty

[Arizona Wayne]

Corser had a fair impact here in the states , always seemed a good bloke . Now that other nutter from OZ that raced here for so long with much great success , well , he is a bit , er , well , you know  Of course compared to a certain guy from America that had some success in SBK and the GP world , MM was a true gentleman 

  Dusty

MM was all business and didn't care about being Mr. popularity.   
TC was true to his blue collar upbringing and appreciated for that.
MD hit the GP circus at the right time and had little real competition.

Of course all of them were top riders. 

[Yukonica]

If you thought the moto gp was good, go find the phillip island moto 3 race, that really was a take no prisoners, the crown depends on this race or the next, cliff hanger until the dust cleared.
Moto 2 by comparison put me to sleep.

Some of the best contests ever have been from small displacement racing.
The fact you can hold 4 different lines through the same corner with the same exit speed makes for a lot of elbows and gestures.

[earemike]

[biking sailor]

So, VR thinks MM purposely blocked him so AI could get in front him and JL can then win the championship. That MM had enough speed to do that and still win the race, and passed JL at the end only because his competitive spirit took over, otherwise would have let JL win to get 5 more point to catch VR.

Interesting press conference. 

[boatdetective]

Apps fair in love and war, but blocking for a non teammate is not kosher to me. Aside from that, I just don't care for JL.

[Johncolleary]

Lorenzo had a seagull stick in his faring during practice a couple of years ago. 

[Yukonica]

Tune in to Malaysia.
All the chips are on the table. No friends  (maybe Lorenzo/Marc), no team instructions, no holds barred.
I've watched Rossi for almost twenty years; Biaggi was just the warm-up for this punch-up.
"Gentlemen: please be gentlemen... and start your engines!"

[drums4money]

watching this on Tivo just now.  That bird vaporized- wow!
What a beautiful track.  Man it's great to see the Ducati up front.

Woo-hoo!!!
That's the finest 5 laps I've ever seen.

[SDC]

MM was all business and didn't care about being Mr. popularity.   
TC was true to his blue collar upbringing and appreciated for that.
MD hit the GP circus at the right time and had little real competition.

Of course all of them were top riders. 

Bit harsh on MD. You could say the same for Rossi from 2001 to 2005. If memory serves me right MD almost beat Rainey to the title in 1992 despite sitting out a number of races after his Assen crash....

[Arizona Wayne]

Bit harsh on MD. You could say the same for Rossi from 2001 to 2005. If memory serves me right MD almost beat Rainey to the title in 1992 despite sitting out a number of races after his Assen crash....

I was referring to all the years Mick dominated the GP series.   The comparison was Oz road racers only, nothing more.