July 2, 2006 - Donington Results

The race was all about 2nd place today. My cats deemed me psychotic somewhere around lap 12, and left the area in a hurried manner. I found them under the bed, trembling and bug-eyed after the race. Dani Pedrosa ran a fantastic race... he had the lead in the bag early on and left the rest of the pack to fight it out for the remaining podium spots. Congratulations Dani.... way to win one for the team! Nicky.... a valiant effort, but not quite enough to be in the mix.

Valentino Rossi... need I say more?? You could almost hear his brass clanking on the tank as he switched left to right, knee to knee, turbo-jockying that big, yellow Yam into a 2nd place finish after a fourth row start. You are all man Vale. We get it... I got it.... welcome back.

Aside from the "circus" that was the fight for the podium between Rossi, Melandri, Stoner and Roberts, Jr., it was a fairly uneventful race. Pedrosa got a little squirrely a couple of times, late on the brakes... went wide, but obviously it had little to no effect on him. Shinya Nikano's Kawi took a crap about mid-way through the race. Randy... oh, Randy. I had such high hopes for you today. You hung in there. I would have loved to have seen at least a group 2 finish, but, alas, it wasn't meant to be. Here are the final standings:

1. Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 44.54.878
2. Valentino Rossi Camel Yamaha 44.58.742
3. Marco Melandri Gresini Honda 44.58.894
4. Casey Stoner Honda LCR 45.00.654
5. Kenny Roberts Jr Team KR MotoGP 45.04.474
6. Colin Edwards Camel Yamaha 45.16.588
7. Hayden Nicky Repsol Honda Team 45.20.642
8. John Hopkins Team Suzuki MotoGP 45.23.912
9. Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team 45.30.484
10. Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team 45.35.320
11. Makoto Tamada Konica Minolta Team 45.35.940
12. Randy De Puniet Kawasaki Racing Team 45.37.075
13. Alex Hofmann D'Antin MotoGP - Pramac 45.46.332
14. James Ellison Fortuna Yamaha Team 46.12.682
15. Jose Luis Cardoso D'Antin MotoGP - Pramac 45.13.279
16. Chris Vermeulen Team Suzuki MotoGP 45.43.130

The next race will be Sunday, July 16th from Saschenring in Germany. I wonder if Gibernau will be back on is rocket by then? I miss seeing him out on track.

That's it for me for today.... I need to go make nice with the cats... big chickens :)

Until next time......

Rubb'er Down :)

Kristen