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Really. Tho seems to be riding that slow ass Yami pretty fast.

 

Hard to argue that Yamaha didn't get the 1000cc bike right. I don't see any slow Yamaha's this year anyway.

Top Speeds from the race.

46 Valentino ROSSI ITA DUCATI 336.0
99 Jorge LORENZO SPA YAMAHA 336.0
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA YAMAHA 335.2
11 Ben SPIES USA YAMAHA 333.2
35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR YAMAHA 332.7
19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA HONDA 332.5
1 Casey STONER AUS HONDA 332.3
6 Stefan BRADL GER HONDA 332.2
26 Dani PEDROSA SPA HONDA 332.2

http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2012/CAT/MotoGP/RAC/AverageSpeed.pdf?v1_e6178148

 

Impatients causes mistakes. World champions aren't impatient...

 

whatever, I'm typing with two fingers

 

Despite the spelling errors I must disagree. Ben is in fact a World Champion and he was in fact impatient Sunday. Facts.

 

And trying to think with no brain.

 

I'm always amused how people assume that just because a bike had a deficit one year, it must carry over to next year (even after changing completely). That's how the myth of Rossi winning on a crap Yamaha was born. His 2004 M1 was crap in the same way this year's M1 is slow: NOT.

 

Dang, how you gonna bring your inane Rossi hate to the Spies thread?

 

Try to keep up, Carlton: the common thread is the Yamaha supposedly not being as good as the Honda.

 

this just in! yamaha returns to WSBK fielding an all american team of Hayes and Spies!

wouldn't that be sweet

 

Add Hayden as a replacement for Aoyama and you've got my full attention.

 

Hayden back on a Honder? They f@cked him pretty good the last time, I'd prefer to see him find a way of f@cking them, at least once. Well. besides the year he won the championship inspite of Honder.

 

Now you hatin on the asian guy!

 

Grand Wizard Papa don't like no one but the whites.

 

Despite the hard to refute and completely logical personal insults passing for arguments to the contrary leveled at any and all suspected of daring not worship at the Altar of Ben, I stand by my original assessment; it was a bonehead move not befitting someone at the pinnacle of racing.

Once again, I'll take the drubbing, threats, and personal insults from the blind faithful for not praising the move that ultimately ended his chance of a podium finish, if I must, but the fact is I've also known and raced with Ben in days long gone and I'm a fan of his. I also suspect that if you asked the man himself he would agree with me.

 

Who is Tortuga anyhow?

 

But he didn't MAKE the pass. He crashed. That's the opposite of making the pass. Anyone can run it into a turn too hot and pass everyone, but if they run off and crash because of it that doesn't exactly put a feather in their cap.

That's why it was a mistake, not the passing part, the crashing part.

 

I am a fan of Ben's! Why would I insult someone for being a fan?