Colin Edwards amazing save!

jon.bda · 30 Mar 2008 at 18:06

penski said:
Didn't watch the twofiddys - what happened?

*n

Simoncelli ran a 'little' too close in one of the fast corners...wiped himself and Bautista out on the last lap...

jon.bda · 30 Mar 2008 at 19:04

Scratch that, its up on the MotoGP site that Bautista's engine gave up hence the crash mid corner...

helpimcrap · 30 Mar 2008 at 20:15

jon.bda said:
Scratch that, its up on the MotoGP site that Bautista's engine gave up hence the crash mid corner...

yeah. just seen.... explains why then! so hope simoncellies boss didn't sack him before they found that out! lol

jon.bda · 30 Mar 2008 at 21:01

helpimcrap said:
yeah. just seen.... explains why then! so hope simoncellies boss didn't sack him before they found that out! lol

As you said earlier, hopefully he got out of the circuit alive

. What a race it was up until then though...

i-bert · 30 Mar 2008 at 23:06

Chabsy said:
Comes off but still holds on to the throttle to keep the engine running so he can remount

Does he have the throttle on the left handle bar?Strange.

PardonTheWait · 30 Mar 2008 at 23:09

Chabsy said:
Comes off but still holds on to the throttle to keep the engine running so he can remount

He was holding onto the left bar, the throttle's on the right and he lets go of it almost immediately. He does keep hold of the clutch though.

Besides, just keeping the throttle on wouldn't keep the engine running, if the wheel was stopped it just would have stalled the motor, and if the wheel wasn't stopped the engine probably wouldn't stall if you let go of the throttle and there was no resistance on he wheel, the wheel would spin and it'd tick over...

startrek2 · 31 Mar 2008 at 18:26

also in the race hayden saved it like edwards low side elbow kept on going....

Pookie Bear · 31 Mar 2008 at 19:20

helpimcrap said:
this ones not bad either.

The comment on this video from Nitflickwick made me burst out laughing. It's not even that funny, I just can't stop giggling

ShakenNstirred · 1 Apr 2008 at 15:51

he fell off in the race and had to retire
he hasnt had a lot of luck in motoGP

Sagalout · 1 Apr 2008 at 16:27

That was a good result for Toseland - did you see the state of him when he came into the garage after the race? he looked half dead and could barely remove his helmet! Cant be easy at the best of times riding a GP bike in that heat, but when you're suffering with bronchitis and can hardly breath it was pretty heroic stuff to fight the way he did for that 6th place.

helpimcrap · 1 Apr 2008 at 16:54

Sagalout said:
That was a good result for Toseland - did you see the state of him when he came into the garage after the race? he looked half dead and could barely remove his helmet! Cant be easy at the best of times riding a GP bike in that heat, but when you're suffering with bronchitis and can hardly breath it was pretty heroic stuff to fight the way he did for that 6th place.

Adrenaline really is the best pain killer.

jon.bda · 6 Apr 2008 at 13:50

Bumping an old thread i know, but i spotted Lorenzo's moment on Youtube...