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Spiralling out of control again Saturn

For the umpteenth time Stoner has never been my prefered rider. It's an Aussie / Kiwi thing. You've got to admire all he brought to the sport though - unadulterated genius on a bike. One of only three real Aliens over the last couple of years with very little to separate them, men that have elevated the sport to hitherto unknown levels. - I've never brought into Stoner being head and shoulders above the rest.

Wosi is right to a degree with the electronics - how else has decidedly mediorce in the smaller classes Smith been able to get to 1.3 secs away? But to get that final degree from any machine takes pure human skill that only the best of the best possess - witness rookie Marquez. Same as it ever was. The game changes, evolves and moves on. The old guard get left behind. Edwards still last?

Smith

Up to 8th, only 1 and half seconds off pace, not bad when you consider he's not even going for quick times.

2 days down and 1 to go.
Dani and JL starting off as they finished last season. Hopefully we will see the best of them both again this season. Marquez very quick as expected and clearly he has the ability to win races, but maybe not the championship yet – his season will no doubt include some ‘crazy moments’ that will affect some of his races (and no doubt affect other riders too!) But not much chance of battles again with Iannone who mysteriously seems to be 3 seconds behind him (nothing to do with being on a Ducati which behaves exactly the same as a Honda eh Nostro?!). Dovi is also now a second a lap down on Cal…hmm.
Rossi as most thought goes straight back into the top 4 now on the M1.
Good to see Brad going well early days.
 

You just know it one of the riders is gonna have a moan about aggressive riding the same aliens Lorenzo and Pedrosa who wanted the late Marco Simoncelli banned from racing.

Change of subject -FRR.

Right, you pack of Bastards..

MCN's 2013 FRR (Fantasy Road Race) competition is coming up, and old wosi has been reliably informed by our glorious leader, Matt Birt himself, that the new rider lists should be out next week.

I'll kick it off, if there are no objections, and I'm thinking of adding a Trans Atlantic type twist for added vitriol and banter.

Usual rules apply, WITH changes allowed, unlike last year.

I'm thinking of asking Regular Posters who want to play, to include their home country to their application. We could then divide people into continental teams accordingly..EG: Britain, Europe, Americas, Australias etc. and have the top three scorers each round going towards a team competition.

If we get enough, maybe divide it down again to countries..ENG, IRE, SCO, ITA, SPA, USA, AUS, NZ etc.

I'm going to ask Birt if MCN can sort a few goodies for respective Individual & Team winners.

What dya reckon? Any Ideas?