MotoGP

[Anniek]

Calendar 2007

Mar 10 QATAR LOSAIL
Mar 25 SPAIN JEREZ
Apr 22 TURKEY ISTANBUL
May 6 CHINA SHANGHAI
May 20 FRANCE LE MANS
Jun 3 ITALY MUGELLO
Jun 10 CATALUNYA CATALUNYA
Jun 24 BRITAIN DONINGTON PARK
Jun 30 NETHERLANDS ASSEN
Jul 15 GERMANY SACHSENRING
Jul 22 UNITED STATES LAGUNA SECA*
Aug 19 CZECH REPUBLIC BRNO
Sept 2 SAN MARINO MISANO
Sept 16 PORTUGAL ESTORIL
Sept 23 JAPAN MOTEGI
Oct 14 AUSTRALIA PHILLIP ISLAND
Oct 21 MALAYSIA SEPANG
Nov 4 VALENCIA VALENCIA

*No 125cc and 250cc

[Anniek]

[Fan852]

good to see Vale up at the top again and winning the BMW but tipically the Northern Irish rider has to come last

McWilliams is not a good rider and Northern Ireland has far far better riders than him such as Johnny Rea and Eugene Laverty!
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[Theresia]

Dani is also not bad
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Sombody told me you are in what I'm into~

[P.D.]

my old nickname

[Anniek]

I think it's fair to say McWilliams is only at Ilmor because he's got heaps of experience and it good at improving a bike/ he knows how to give some good feedback to the engineers.

As for title contenders:

Valentino Rossi is an obvious one. He's always a contender.

Nicky Hayden for me is just as obvious. He's the reigning champion! Yes, he's had a but of a struggle so far during testing. He still needs to adjust to the bike and he's missed out on some testing due to his injured shoulder, but he was 4th in that qualifying practice. He seems confident to be able to find some improvement and I think he's still getting better each time he goes out there!

Pedrosa has seemed fast during testing, the ike fits him perfectly. He has learned a lot from last year and will surely be more consistent.

I think Capirossi and Melandri will defintely be fighting for the title. Bridgestone seems to have things fixed for races but needs to improve the qualifying tyres.

Elias migt be an outsider too. And let's not forget the Suzuki's!
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[javICEman]

In Biaggi's opinion, the fight will be only between Rossi and Dani

[Marit]

[javICEman]

Well, I think that we'll see the best Rossi in years, but honestly, I see Dani in conditions to beat him. Hayden problems to addapt to the new bike would make him to lose many championship options. I mean I'm sure he'll be on top, but how many races will it cost to him to be fast??. It could be too late when Nicky start to be consistently fast.. ...I'd like him to be in the fight.

The other ones will fight for winning races...but I don't think they'll have any chance to be champion. Melandri should resolve their tyres problems and Capirossi...well, he's great, but as Ducati, he's too irregular and Nicky showed us last year how important that was...and we should keep an eye on Colin if the Yamaha is so good as it seems...without forgetting Stoner!

In my opinion (at this moment) Rossi is one step ahead Dani; both two are two steps ahead Nicky and one behind all the rest

[Fan852]

yea in my view Rossi is the main contender and i think Dani will beat Nicky this year.
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[javICEman]

Hayden has recently recognise than during the last GP last year he had a strong pain in his shoulder and the only reason which kept him on track was the possibility of winning the title. Nicky has said that because of that injury he is having some problems and is gonna be difficult to him to reach his best form because, as he had to start testing, he couldn't recover totally from his injury, which needed at least two more weeks to be ok. Now, it's maybe going worse...

[Theresia]

[IcemanFan]

As a Rossi fan I say "may God have Merci on the other riders, for I'm sure the Doctor is not going to have any", but to be objective I have to say the contenders are obvious, yeah Hayden is one of them, but the shoulder isn't going to let him alone for 2 to 3 weeks, so he has to limit the damage cause despite bad shoulder got 4th place, yeah not bad, but time wise he was 1 full second off Dani's time. As for Dani, well this should be his best year so far, I mean. the bike is easier to handle for him than the old 990, Honda's breaking is still the best and with his weight he should excel.

There are others, and they have been noted, but in the end this is going to be a battle with no more than 4 contenders and the first 4 races would help us finding who they will be, I hope to be wrong and have more riders actually fighting for the title, we'll see.

One thing's clear though, I can't wait for the first race, this is going to be a great season!, just one week more,

RossiFumi GANBATTE!

[javICEman]

Nothing new to say,hehe...just can't wait to the first race

Today I saw Nicky on Spanish TV trying to say a sentence in spanish... To be honest, I didn't even notice that he was speaking my language...but at least he tried!! I like that most of MotoGP riders are so nice and closed to people... ...specially compared with other sports!!

[iceworld]

i like nicky, he looks so cute.
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[Anniek]

And now I introduce to you possibly the worst kept secret in MotoGP:

[iced_lovers]

[Anniek]

Hayden will have to challenge for podiums, or atleast top 5, the first few races to be a serious title contender.
Consistency is the key, but that does mean consitently fast!

But I have faith Hayden will step it up when he has too. Last year he came third in the final race while he had troubles with his shoulder!
Also he was second in Qatar last year, had a great battle with Rossi for victory the entire race!

Tomorrow the free practices will start! Finally!
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[isabelle]

A wonderful season is what i hope the most !
let us see who is the title contender!

[iced_lovers]

Actually no one can be always fast. Rossi can also be in trouble with the mechanical problem. We dont need to worry about Nicky too much. He'll become better and better. Go boys!!!
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