2011 Motogp Thread.

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Stoner in new spat with Rossi

Casey Stoner might have retired from MotoGP but his war of words with bitter former rival Valentino Rossi is dragging on.

The pair have clashed once again over their infamous duel during the 2008 US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.

Rossi, the nine-times world champion, claimed in a recent interview that Stoner began to "hate" him after the Australian lost the dangerous and nerve-wracking clash.

Stoner, who is focusing on a career in V8 Supercars, has retorted that the Italian feels brave enough to speak out without him in the paddock next season.

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Rossi was forced to return to Yamaha after spectacularly failing on the Ducati with which Stoner won the 2007 world championship.

But at Laguna Seca, it was Rossi who came out on top, winning the race courtesy of some controversial high-speed wheel-to-wheel racing.

Rossi maintained that their relationship turned sour after the US race.

Stoner had dominated practice and qualifying on his Ducati but Rossi threw away the rulebook to produce one of the bravest and most successful coups of his career.

The Australian was highly critical of his rival's aggressive riding and he eventually crashed, but remounted to finish second.

"Stoner started to hate me just because he lost," Rossi told the Daineses Legends magazine.

"After that, he always seemed to talk about the past, this race, because he wasn't man enough to understand that at the time, he lost."

Stoner responded via his official Twitter feed: "I think Valentino feels a little more brave now that I'm not there."

The pair have clashed repeatedly in the past while Stoner could not resist a crack at Rossi's decision to abandon Ducati after two winless seasons.

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That is the difference in the two nationalities summed up in a single wonderful sentence

Saw Casey in the V8 paddock for the final round, still looks 12 years old

[dezz]

He's an arrogant little cock sucker who believes he's better than MotoGP as a whole.

I'd love to see him in a fight, dare say he'd struggle to punch his way out of a wet paper bag

[wolverine]

You punch Dezz, I'll take care of his missus.

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oh shit

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104894

lol

Marquez may be fcuked!

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Honda believes 2013 will be Pedrosa's last chance to be champion

Dani Pedrosa will never win the MotoGP title if he does not take this year's crown, reckons Honda boss Shuhei Nakamoto.

The HRC chief is utterly convinced that Pedrosa will be the 2013 champion based on his '12 form, and believes it could open the floodgates to much more success.

Last year Pedrosa blossomed in the second half of the campaign to put Jorge Lorenzo under pressure in the title race.

"I think if he doesn't take the title this year, he probably never will, but if he does then it's quite possible he'll go on to be champion several times," Nakamoto said.

"He's beaten his big rival one on one, ridden through the rain to win at Malaysia, managed to keep his speed high even in wet conditions, which were previously his weak point. There's no question about it - Dani has progressed to another level and is now a very strong competitor.

"I'm so confident that he will take the title next year, I can't really imagine not seeing him on that podium."

Nakamoto thinks Honda's mid-season upgrades transformed Pedrosa.

"In the first half of last season, he was having a hard time with the bike as we struggled to fix the balance after the new weight rules, and then the tyre change," said Nakamoto.

"But once we introduced the new bike, he just kept getting better and better.

"At the Czech GP he fought a tremendous battle with Jorge, overtaking then being overtaken, until finally Dani crossed the line ahead. I don't think he has had a race like that since his days in 125cc, so I think that marked a new stage for him.

"He turned in a superb performance at the final GP in Valencia too, under conditions so bad that the only dry part of the track was on the line itself. He astonished everyone with the speeds he was getting there - it really sometimes looked as if the other riders were just standing still.

"Our new machine has much improved braking and cornering, and getting his hands on such a good bike seems to have filled Dani with fresh confidence."

holy shit, thank god other people are noticing

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http://www.motogp.com/en/TestResults/MotoGP+Sepang+Test+2013

looking very good for honda in 2013

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Don't think many people would have watched this race, its a pretty shit event, but it does tell us what to expect for the rest of the year. The Lorenzo show

Marc needs to pick up the game prety quick if anybody is going to stop the whitewash. But in saying that, what a bloody good start for him

I see Spies is up to his tricks. Get him off a motorbike before he necks himself

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I watched it. Mainly to restore my faith that motorSPORT can exist in GrandPrix racing. And was not let down. It was a great race. Anyone who thinks its 'boring' just because one guy managed to get away at the front is not an actual motorsport fan.

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lol at ignoring the fact that Rossi was setting fastest lap after fastest lap and finished second, after starting 7th, and falling behind after a failed passing attempt in the opening laps...

Oh wait, he's Italian.

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I watched it. Mainly to restore my faith that motorSPORT can exist in GrandPrix racing. And was not let down. It was a great race. Anyone who thinks its 'boring' just because one guy managed to get away at the front is not an actual motorsport fan.

Great is a bit over the top, it was good

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honestly, how fcuking good is this new guy

shit gets me hard

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ohhhh shit, this kid is a superstar

what a finish

bring back the biff

[stR33ter]

Can't see how Lorenzo could complain as I'm sure I recall him doing similar shit to Rossi when they were team mates

[JAS-25T]

those bwin womenz were hot as fark

[r32-25t]

I watched it. Mainly to restore my faith that motorSPORT can exist in GrandPrix racing. And was not let down. It was a great race. Anyone who thinks its 'boring' just because one guy managed to get away at the front is not an actual motorsport fan.

i completely agree with this statement

I don't like f1 but the house mate loves it, I watched it one day because it was on and after watching multiple people not make passing moves because they were told not too and webber sooking because vettle did, I hate it even more. In any other sport that would be match fixing

But always loved watching the moto gp and watching them go flat out till the chequered flag still trying to pass and actually race was a relief

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hey... look at that. Somebody got a ducati on the front row

They must have some real talent, apparently its a pig of a bike that is just terrible to race with

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also

marquez... kid is a superstar

two premier class poles already

*hugz

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I'm in tonite.

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what a fcuking cracker of a race

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for an ugly fcuker, Cal sure can ride that yammi