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01-09-2008, 12:07am
Well what can we say another off for the little guy but not to worry there's still next time. Great to see Rossi take out his 68th win on his home track which he hasn't won at before so what a way to do it equalling Legend Giacomo Agostini record. It was good to see Vermeulen come back through the field after falling back to 12th at the start would have been much better to see him a bit further up though as he was second fastest in warm up but anyway he's showing that he can consistantly finish in the top ten.
Hey on another note who saw the 250 race boy oh boy I thought that a few more were going to go down than they did and I reckon if a few riders were to get hold of Barbera a few punches would have been getting thrown.
Anyway until next time heres the report and results of the race.
Rossi takes home victory and 75-point advantage at Misano
Sunday, 31 August 2008
Whilst title rival Casey Stoner fell by the wayside, Valentino Rossi extended his winning streak to four at Misano.
A home victory and the retirement of rival Casey Stoner at Misano left Valentino Rossi one step closer to a sixth MotoGP World Championship, and his fans in celebratory mood amidst the yellow grandstands. The Fiat Yamaha rider was able to avenge his 2007 Misano disappointment and add the circuit to his list of successful tracks, with only the next circuit on the calendar –Indianapolis- missing from his impressive resume.
Rossi was, for the third race in succession, starting from second on the grid for the Gran Premio Cinzano di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini. He could do nothing to stop title rival Stoner from taking the holeshot early, however, as the reigning World Champion established a large gap even before the first time that the riders crossed the start/finish line. Rossi was making up ground by the seventh lap, but the fans were denied a fascinating direct battle between the two when Stoner lost control of his Ducati Desmosedici GP8 and –as he did at Brno two weeks ago- saw his race come to an early conclusion.
From then on, Rossi completed the race in relatively untroubled fashion, bringing his Yamaha M1 home safely and taking his 68th premier class victory, in doing so equaling the record of MotoGP Legend Giacomo Agostini. Four consecutive race victories, a 75 point advantage in the standings and just five events remaining in 2008 mean that `The Doctor´ can now breathe a little easier after this latest triumph.
Teammate Jorge Lorenzo made his podium return at Misano with the runner-up spot, his first rostrum finish since the visit to Le Mans back in May. The MotoGP rookie was unable to catch up with his fellow Fiat Yamaha rider, but nonetheless had a comfortable advantage of his own over third place finisher Toni Elias.
Alice Team rider Elias followed his second place at Brno with another rostrum, the first time that he has taken consecutive podiums in the premier class. He held off another Spaniard in Repsol Honda´s Dani Pedrosa, whose teammate Nicky Hayden decided to miss both the warmup and race due to his persistent foot injury. Pedrosa closed the gap between himself and second placed Stoner to just two points.
Chris Vermeulen rounded off the top six for Rizla Suzuki, ahead of James Toseland, Loris Capirossi, Andrea Dovizioso, Marco Melandri and Colin Edwards.
San Marino´s MotoGP representative Alex de Angelis lasted just over a lap of his home race, and his disappointment was shared by LCR Honda´s Randy de Puniet, who also hit the ground early on.
GP CINZANO DI SAN MARINO E RIVIERA DI RIMINI
MotoGP Race Classification
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total time Km/h Gap
1 25 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 44'41.884 158.836
2 20 48 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 44'45.047 158.649 3.163
3 16 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Alice Team Ducati 44'53.589 158.146 11.705
4 13 2 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 44'59.354 157.808 17.470
5 11 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 45'05.293 157.461 23.409
6 10 52 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 45'08.092 157.299 26.208
7 9 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 45'08.708 157.263 26.824
8 8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 45'09.475 157.218 27.591
9 7 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 45'15.053 156.895 33.169
10 6 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 45'18.413 156.702 36.529
11 5 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team Ducati 45'23.965 156.382 42.081
12 4 56 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 45'25.692 156.283 43.808
13 3 13 Anthony WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 45'36.758 155.651 54.874
14 2 21 John HOPKINS USA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 45'37.038 155.635 55.154
Not classified
1 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 11'11.968 21 Lap
15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'46.395 27 Lap
Not finished 1st lap
14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda
Not starting
69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team Honda
Hey on another note who saw the 250 race boy oh boy I thought that a few more were going to go down than they did and I reckon if a few riders were to get hold of Barbera a few punches would have been getting thrown.
Anyway until next time heres the report and results of the race.
Rossi takes home victory and 75-point advantage at Misano
Sunday, 31 August 2008
Whilst title rival Casey Stoner fell by the wayside, Valentino Rossi extended his winning streak to four at Misano.
A home victory and the retirement of rival Casey Stoner at Misano left Valentino Rossi one step closer to a sixth MotoGP World Championship, and his fans in celebratory mood amidst the yellow grandstands. The Fiat Yamaha rider was able to avenge his 2007 Misano disappointment and add the circuit to his list of successful tracks, with only the next circuit on the calendar –Indianapolis- missing from his impressive resume.
Rossi was, for the third race in succession, starting from second on the grid for the Gran Premio Cinzano di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini. He could do nothing to stop title rival Stoner from taking the holeshot early, however, as the reigning World Champion established a large gap even before the first time that the riders crossed the start/finish line. Rossi was making up ground by the seventh lap, but the fans were denied a fascinating direct battle between the two when Stoner lost control of his Ducati Desmosedici GP8 and –as he did at Brno two weeks ago- saw his race come to an early conclusion.
From then on, Rossi completed the race in relatively untroubled fashion, bringing his Yamaha M1 home safely and taking his 68th premier class victory, in doing so equaling the record of MotoGP Legend Giacomo Agostini. Four consecutive race victories, a 75 point advantage in the standings and just five events remaining in 2008 mean that `The Doctor´ can now breathe a little easier after this latest triumph.
Teammate Jorge Lorenzo made his podium return at Misano with the runner-up spot, his first rostrum finish since the visit to Le Mans back in May. The MotoGP rookie was unable to catch up with his fellow Fiat Yamaha rider, but nonetheless had a comfortable advantage of his own over third place finisher Toni Elias.
Alice Team rider Elias followed his second place at Brno with another rostrum, the first time that he has taken consecutive podiums in the premier class. He held off another Spaniard in Repsol Honda´s Dani Pedrosa, whose teammate Nicky Hayden decided to miss both the warmup and race due to his persistent foot injury. Pedrosa closed the gap between himself and second placed Stoner to just two points.
Chris Vermeulen rounded off the top six for Rizla Suzuki, ahead of James Toseland, Loris Capirossi, Andrea Dovizioso, Marco Melandri and Colin Edwards.
San Marino´s MotoGP representative Alex de Angelis lasted just over a lap of his home race, and his disappointment was shared by LCR Honda´s Randy de Puniet, who also hit the ground early on.
GP CINZANO DI SAN MARINO E RIVIERA DI RIMINI
MotoGP Race Classification
Pos. Points Num. Rider Nation Team Motorcycle Total time Km/h Gap
1 25 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 44'41.884 158.836
2 20 48 Jorge LORENZO SPA Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 44'45.047 158.649 3.163
3 16 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Alice Team Ducati 44'53.589 158.146 11.705
4 13 2 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 44'59.354 157.808 17.470
5 11 7 Chris VERMEULEN AUS Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 45'05.293 157.461 23.409
6 10 52 James TOSELAND GBR Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 45'08.092 157.299 26.208
7 9 65 Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 45'08.708 157.263 26.824
8 8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 45'09.475 157.218 27.591
9 7 33 Marco MELANDRI ITA Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 45'15.053 156.895 33.169
10 6 5 Colin EDWARDS USA Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 45'18.413 156.702 36.529
11 5 50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Alice Team Ducati 45'23.965 156.382 42.081
12 4 56 Shinya NAKANO JPN San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 45'25.692 156.283 43.808
13 3 13 Anthony WEST AUS Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 45'36.758 155.651 54.874
14 2 21 John HOPKINS USA Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 45'37.038 155.635 55.154
Not classified
1 Casey STONER AUS Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 11'11.968 21 Lap
15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1'46.395 27 Lap
Not finished 1st lap
14 Randy DE PUNIET FRA LCR Honda MotoGP Honda
Not starting
69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Repsol Honda Team Honda