Andy

Not strictly true. Sometimes it's unwise to show your hand to the enemy on a public forum...

You'd need to make sure it was another Geordie at the other end though or they'd never understand you

HONDA RACING INFORMATION Catalan Grand Prix at Montmelo 8, 9 and 10 June 2007 DANI AIMING HIGH AT HOME AFTER SECOND IN ITALY The MotoGP circus hits Catalonia this weekend and riders will be hoping there is no repeat of the turn one incident last year that not only caused race havoc, but also compromised the seasons of two World Championship contenders. And Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V) was one of those affected. The 21-year-old Spanish star knows his hopes for a first race win of the season are more than realistic here. The disappointment of 2006, when he was involved in the initial mel

HONDA RACING INFORMATION Isle of Man Centenary TT Festival. Supersport TT and Sidecar B TT. June 6, 2007. Weather: Sunny. Temperature: 22 degrees. Crowd: 50,000. Ian Hutchison takes maiden TT victory as Honda sweep podium places in dramatic Junior TT Molyneux and Long compete Sidecar TT double victory. Ian Hutchinson scorched to an emotional first Isle of Man TT victory at race record pace aboard the HM Plant backed Honda CBR600RR. John McGuinness and Guy Martin completed a Honda 1-2-3 in the Centenary Supersport TT race. The determined Yorkshire rider, Hutchinson, took charge of the four lap race after a traumatic mid-race pit-stop by Bruce Anstey. He had forged clear, but then struggled to fire up his Suzuki after the mid race stop to refuel. It was a traumatic time for the popular Kiwi, as he lost vital seconds and was left playing catch-up. Hutchinson, having no worries after his rapid pit-stop, fully exploited the problems of his rival to take charge. Hutchinson was finally able to dispel the bitter disappointment of his exclusion from the corresponding race of last year when his hard ride into second place came to nothing as a minor breach of the technical regulations, of which the rider knew nothing, was discovered at scrutineering.

HONDA RACING INFORMATION SUPERSTOCK TT RACE RESULTS 1 Bruce Anstey Suzuki 1hr 11m 56.29s. 2 John McGuinness HM Plant Honda 1:12:36.59 3 Ian Hutchinson HM Plant Honda 1:12:58.91 4 Martin Finnegan MV Agusta 1:13:18.61 5 Conor Cummins Yamaha 1:14:00.26 6 Mark Parett Yamaha 1:14:03.65 7 James McBride Yamaha 1:14:21.17 8 Ian Pattison Suzuki 1:14:24.54 9 Gary Carswell Suzuki 1:14:51.91 10 Dan Stewart 1:14:53.3

As the Cota Kid obviously got his info from a certain Mr. Miller for this blatant p***-taking, could the aforementioned Cota Kid ask the aforementioned Mr. Miller where his passport is right now? I hear it is somewhat damp! What goes around, comes around

HONDA RACING INFORMATION Isle of Man Centenary TT Festival. Superstock TT. June 5, 2007. Weather: Sunny. Crowd: 50,000. Anstey takes Superstock TT

HONDA RACING INFORMATION Isle of Man Centenary TT Festival. Superbike TT and Sidecar 'A' TT. June 4, 2007. Weather: Overcast morning, sunny afternoon. Crowd: 50,000. Six of the best for Honda on first day of Centenary TT John McGuinness secured a place for himself and Honda in the Isle of Man TT record books as he won the delayed opening race in the Centenary Festival, the six lap Superbike race - it was the Lancastrian's twelfth victory while for Honda it was win number 131 on the Island. Riding the HM Plant Honda CBR1000RR, the 34 year old Morecambe rider was always in control of the race despite his early anxieties about damp patches on parts of the 37.73 mile Mountain Course that had twice had hour long delays before the action, originally scheduled for Saturday finally began. For Honda, it was total domination as their riders packed the top six finishing positions but it was McGuinness who took pride of place as he won the race at a record speed of 125.550mph, also upping the Superbike lap record to 128.279mph on the second lap. McGuinness set the early pace, despite a scary moment or two on the opening lap as his Fireblade stepped out of line in the damp, but by then he was running two seconds ahead of the determined Guy Martin, aboard the Hydrex backed Fireblade with Ian Hutchinson on the second HM Plant machine running third. The leader used his tried and tested method of trying to break the opposition on that opening lap: "It has worked well before, so why not again. I got my head down and went for it, riding as hard as I could, though being a bit careful in the damp bits. I had a few moments on the first lap including a big slide at the thirteenth milestone when the back end of the bike came round on me, but I kept it going." Said the elated McGuinness. He was in charge, running ten seconds clear after two laps, and with his team slick and well drilled, he gained more time over Martin as they both pitted for fuel and to change the rear wheel. Going into the third lap McGuinness was 17-seconds ahead and pulling further clear and had increased his advantage by a further nine seconds after four laps. Martin was not giving up, and was riding hard, but McGuinness maintained his lead and going into the final lap, he was 28.9seconds clear at Glen Helen, maintaining that into Ramsey and then easing back slightly over Snaefell to take the victory by 25.94secs. "It's unbelievable," said an emotional McGuinness. "I'm not getting any younger and they made me work for this one. I'd trained hard all winter to be ready for them and it is well worth it all. I had to ride really hard and gave it everything. In places it was a bit damp, and they are not really my conditions, but here we are and enjoying it." "To win this race is a tremendous feeling. It will go do in the history books as the first win in the Centenary event and that means an awful lot for me and for Honda, this victory is a testament to their preparation." McGuinness, who now lies third in the list of all time winners, adrift of Joey Dunlop (26) and Mike Hailwood (14), was given a tremendous reception by the 50,000, now sun-drenched, spectators "I've never seen so many. Seeing them all there waving to my on that last lap left me feeling really emotional. Winning is always special, this one is even more so. I'm just glad that I could put on such a show for them and give them the victory," said the victorious Englishman. Martin gave his all and took a worthy second place, his best finish on the TT, with Hutchinson a solid third and running some 19 seconds ahead of Martin Finnegan aboard the Alpha Boiler Honda CBR1000RR. Ian Lougher, riding a similar bike in Stobart Colours was fifth from Ryan Farquhar on the Mark Johns Motors backed Fireblade. Guy Martin said of his race: 'I'm not here to make the numbers up and wanted to win but happy enough with second. Looking back I didn't push hard enough on the first lap - I've got a lot to learn but Friday's Senior race is the one to win. You're nobody till you've won a six lapper. John is the man around here, and he had the better pit stops." Adrian Archibald, riding Suzuki; local rider Conor Cummins, Ian Armstrong and the TT debut making Steve Plater, all aboard Yamahas, completed the top ten. Dave Molyneux, returning to the TT after a big crash in practice for last year's event, became the second twelve times winner as he and Rick Long charged through from fourth on the opening lap to win the three lap sidecar race by some 6.5 seconds aboard their HM Plant Honda powered outfit. Molyneux: It's a weird feeling to take the win - I rode my heart out and have never been so committed as I was into the corners here during that race. I was determined after the crash of last year, but had problems through practice and expected Nick Crowe to have the race in the bag. This was the most unexpected win in my career." John Holden and Andrew Winkle, LCR Suzuki, led for much of the race, after the demise of last year's double winner Nick Crowe on the opening lap because of a gearbox problem. Molyneux was running second going into the final lap and grabbed the initiative on the dash into Ramsey, increasing his advantage over Holden over the Mountain section. Steve Norbury and Scott Parnell were third on their Shelbourne Yamaha. Results Superbike TT, Monday 4th June 2007. No / Rider / Bike / Entrant / Time / Speed (Mph) 1 / John McGuinness / 2007 Honda Fireblade 1000cc / H M Plant Honda / 01 48 11.17 / 125.55 2 / Guy Martin / 2007 Honda 1000cc / Hydrex Honda / 01 48 37.11 / 125.051 3 / Ian Hutchinson / 2007 Honda CBR 1000cc / H M Plant Honda / 01 49 17.33 / 124.284 4 / Martin Finnegan / 2007 Honda CBR 1000cc / Alpha Boilers Racing / 01 49 35.71 / 123.936 5 / Ian Lougher / 2007 Honda CBR 1000cc / Stobart Motorsport / 01 50 34.23 / 122.843 6 / Ryan Farquhar / 2007 Honda Fireblade 1000cc / Mark Johns Motor / 01 50 54.77 / 122.464 7 / Adrian Archibald / 2007 Suzuki GSXR 1000cc / Relentless by TAS / 01 51 27.25 / 121.869 8 / Conor Cummins / 2007 Yamaha YZF R1 1000cc / Team Millsport / 01 52 19.00 / 120.933 9 / Ian Armstrong / 2004 Yamaha R1 1000cc / Canteen Smithy / 01 53 07.65 / 120.066 10 / Steve Plater* / 2007 Yamaha R1 1000cc / AIM Racing / 01 53 30.84 / 119.657 11 / John Barton / 2006 Honda CBR 1000cc / Marks Bloom Racing / 01 53 49.94 / 119.323 12 / Dan Stewart / 2006 Yamaha R1 1000cc / Wilcock Consulting / 01 54 06.19 / 119.04 13 / Chris Palmer / 2005 Yamaha R1 1000cc / Solway Slate & Tile / 01 54 13.34 / 118.915 14 / Davy Morgan / 2005 Honda 1000cc / Investasure / 01 54 23.65 / 118.737 15 / Gary Carswell / 2007 Kawasaki ZX10R 1000cc / Bolliger Kawasaki / 01 54 33.53 / 118.566 16 / Ian Pattinson / 2006 Suzuki GSXR 1000cc / Martin Bullock Racing / 01 54 34.06 / 118.557 17 / James McBride / 2007 Yamaha R1 1000cc / 01 54 34.61 / 118.548 Fastest Lap - Lap 3 John McGuinness 17 mins 38.85 secs 128.279 mph

I seem to recall you mentioning going to Hawkstone. According to the official website, it says: "Adding extra weight to Saturday and new for 2007 will be public test sessions, with all the manufacturers pledging their support to supply bikes and personnel so visitors can actually ride the latest models - more details regarding this unique opportunity will be released over the coming months." Might be best to hold off till then and have a try on them all and see what feels best for you.

Italian Grand Prix at Mugello Sunday June 3, 2007 Crowd figures: race day 85,000, weekend total 128,000. Weather: Morning overcast, afternoon sunny. Temperature: 24 degrees. DANI PEDROSA RIDES HARD FOR SECOND AS ROSSI WINS IN ITALY What promised to be a barnstormer of a MotoGP race in the earlier stages of this 23-lap race proved to be ultimately less tight than imagined as Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) led Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda RC212V) to the flag with Alex Barros (Ducati) third. With a capacity crowd of 85,000 enjoying sunshine after rain threatened to appear but held off, the field left the line in a blur of noise and colour to begin one of the more celebrated events on the 18-race calendar. Casey Stoner (Ducati) led from pole position into turn one with Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) on his tail and Alex Barros in the mix with Stoner

HONDA RACING INFORMATION Italian Grand Prix at Mugello Saturday June 2, 2007 WET WEATHER PLAYS HAVOC WITH QUALIFYING IN ITALY The MotoGP grid was almost washed out here at a sopping wet Mugello, but in semi-wet and then tough, slippery conditions it was Casey Stoner (Ducati) who took his first pole position of the season, with Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki) qualifying second fastest and Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) completing the front row. As the hour long MotoGP qualifying session got underway the track was still damp after a thorough downpour earlier and riders emerged on wet tyres to cope with the soaking track. The early pacesetters were Stoner, Vermeulen and home rider Marco Melandri (Gresini Honda RC212V). The track began to dry as the sun emerged, then halfway through the hour the heavens opened again to further compromise grip levels at this tricky 5.254km track. With water cascading across the difficult cambers of this roller-coaster circuit, staying on was as hard as setting a lap time decent enough for the front row. And Stoner was the only man to dip below the two-minute mark today. The Australian was in command on his Ducati and his time of 2m 00.359s is more than a full second quicker than Vermeulen

Interesting little story (quite possibly an exclusive) here I have my own thoughts on this, but let's see what others think...

HONDA RACING INFORMATION Isle of Man TT Festival June 2

This is something I've never seen or been to, but something I'd really like to take in. Can anyone recommend a good Championship event, preferably not too far South (Yorkshire/Lancashire, that sort of area is best for me) that I could cover over this summer?

Italian Grand Prix at Mugello 1, 2 and 3 June 2007 HONDA RIDERS AIMING HIGH AS SEASON INTENSIFIES If it wasn

Having just returned from said venue I have to admit it's pretty amazing. The French are so lucky to have that kind of terrain available to them without the UK-type whingers and tree-huggers complaining. The scenery is stunning and, even as a non-rider, it looks like some great Trials terrain. Don't know where you stay when you're there, but we stayed in Castellane about 20k south of the venue. Beautiful little town - very traditional old world France with a nice restaurant in the town square and a few good bars to fill your evenings.

Makes my effort look a bit gay

I should point out that the security on Trials Central was not breached. This was most likely due to a weak password.

He never did order a print of this one

As far as I know, the names of Alexz Wigg and Shaun Morris on the truck are just that - only names. I could be wrong, but understand they are not allowed to use the Gas Gas truck or it's facilities so yes, it would appear Gas Gas are focusing solely on Raga. Seems like a massive expense to ship that truck around Europe to support one rider.

After section 3 on the first lap Dibs was actually leading the Trial. He's really come on leaps and bounds. He's looking so confident these days and it's showing in his riding. Being ahead of Doug and tied with Raga after the first lap is no mean feat. Time pressure got to him in the second lap and mistakes were made, but it's all a learning process. The combination of bike, Jack as his minder and a good, solid team behind him along with him maturing as a rider has worked wonders. It's only a matter of time till he breaks through. Now, when we going to see Wiggy on that TRW 125?

Thanks Jack It was a good one for photos. Most sections out in the open and not in trees - makes all the difference. Also some fantastic backdrops. Working on the video now. Some cool crashes

The sixth round of the FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship, the Grand Prix of Japan at the Sugo circuit today, May 27 saw Billy Mackenzie take the GP win but CAS Honda's Mike Brown clinched victory in the second moto and scored the first podium result of the season for the CRF450R with runner-up position overall. The veteran celebrated his first moto victory since Red Bud 2005 (AMA Nationals) and his first in the World Championship since 2000 and the German Grand Prix at Gaildorf. In front of 24,000 spectators at the rough, hard and technical course close to Sendai city Brown, on his maiden visit to Sugo, placed fifth in the first moto behind a runaway Mackenzie while Jonathan Barragan was second, Josh Coppins third and David Philippaerts fourth. Mackenzie was leading the second race ahead of Brown but an untimely crash let the American, who again started so well in both sprints, through to own the chequered flag. The 35 year old gave the British CAS team their first silverware since Ken de Dycker's appearance in the top three at the Grand Prix of Northern Ireland last August. De Dycker, who claimed his debut World Championship podium at Sugo twelve months ago, qualified in third position but was unable to capitalise on some early decent speed. An average start left him just outside the top ten and he was able to reach a highest placing of sixth. In the second outing of 35 minutes and 2 laps duration he gave chase to Mackenzie and led his team-mate but some rear brake fade forced his retirement; delivering thirteenth overall. Reigning Japanese national champion Yo****aka Atsuta was the next highest placed Honda rider with a very noteworthy sixth position in only his second Grand Prix appearance in two years. Team HRC's Atsuta, who rode for CAS Honda for three seasons in Europe, taking a highest finish of sixth on two occasions in 2004, the first year of MX1, was eighth and fifth in the strung-out battles occurring behind the leaders. Multitek's James Noble registered yet another top ten finish with seventh - just behind Atsuta - and his results of tenth and eighth assisted towards a 24 point haul. It was a decent day's work for the Briton as he had been suffering with a cold. He almost gained the holeshot in the second race. The MX2 Grand Prix slipped through the hands of Tony Cairoli for the first time this season as his unbeaten run came to an end due to World Champion Christophe Pourcel's first and second positions for a better total score. The Italian won the second race but his third spot from the first moto meant that he missed out on the top step of the rostrum by just two points. Tommy Searle, only seventeen years old, toasted his third podium of the season with third. Pascal Leuret was sixth overall in the face of adversity and had to work hard in the second moto especially after crashing on the first corner and having to carve his way through the pack for a decent sixth place finish. The Frenchman did not start well in the first race but fought through the field setting a bench mark sixth finish to aim at in the second moto. Although a little under-whelmed, the Martin Honda rider is currently fifth in the World Championship standings, two points behind Searle and the manufacturer's best placed rider by far. In the MX1 World Championship De Dycker forms part of a tight five rider group vying for fourth position and currently stands sixth, eight points away. Brown is eighth and just ahead of Noble. Martin Honda will have a new MX1 representative in the form of Julien Bill. The Swiss rider finished joint second in the 2005 MX3 World Championship and happily accepted the chance to steer Antoine Meo's CRF450R for the remainder of the season; his first Grand Prix in red colours will be next week in France. Meo has already had another injection into his troublesome left knee and will see a specialist next week. Further examination needs to be made into the extent of the ligament damage but the Frenchman has broken a piece of his meniscus and will certainly have surgery to correct this. The World Championship fraternity will now head back to Europe take a one week break before contesting the seventh round of fifteen at the track of St Jean d'Angely for the French Grand Prix. Mike Brown, CAS Honda: "This feels great. I have been making decent starts all year but then getting arm-pump and going backwards. Today was different. When the temperatures are warm I don't seem to get arm-pump so bad. It is great to win a moto and it feels like a long time since the last one. I was satisfied with the top five in the first race. I worry about my arms every week but this weekend they were fine and I felt like I had energy left for the second moto. I hope I can climb up the championship now. If I keep getting starts like that and riding well then it will happen but I am just looking to do my best each time." Ken de Dycker, CAS Honda: "In the first moto I did not get a good start but was then riding quite well and reached sixth which wasn't too bad. In the second moto I came through quickly to second and after maybe ten or fifteen minutes the rear brake started to go and the last lap I did I had no brake at all. It is disappointing because my riding was good but I have had some bad luck and some poor results this year and I was hoping for better." Yo****aka Atsuta, Team HRC: "It was very exciting to be here because I have a good bike and an excellent team. The second moto was better for me because I had a nice start and I could race inside the top five; I enjoyed that one. It was a great feeling to make a decent race for the fans here. I could push hard in the first few laps and then settled into a comfortable rhythm. I have not been doing too badly in the Japanese Championship this year but the tracks are quite small and I have been struggling to win; I hope it gets better. I hope I can ride some more GPs in the future, maybe next year." James Noble, Multitek Honda: "I am relatively happy considering that I have had a bit of a cold this weekend and was struggling yesterday. I was aching a lot today and it was a matter of just getting out there and seeing how well I could do. I was pleased that I could go the distance through the motos. I had an awful start in the first race but picked up some places early on and then settled into a rhythm to take tenth. In the second moto I got a mega start but nearly hit the gate because Gordon Crockard next to me went too early. The tow helped though and I hopped over the gate as it was falling. I came out in second and then had a bit of a moment half a lap into the race and a few people passed me. I was following Philippaerts and couldn't find a clean way through when Leok nipped past and smashed my helmet peak with his roost. It was flapping around and annoying me and I more or less ran out of steam by that stage and was happy to settle for eighth." Pascal Leuret, Martin Honda: "Not a bad day today. My start in the first race was horrible and I pushed hard to come back and passed maybe around ten riders to finish sixth and in the second moto I started really well but on the first corner I lost the front wheel and crashed. One guy ran over my elbow and I had no feeling in my hand and arm for at least half a lap. I started to ride strong after that and again overtook a lot of people. I restarted 29th and finished 6th, which wasn't so bad but without the crash at the start it might have been better." Results Motocross MX1 Race 1 (20 laps = 30.52 Km) Pos / Rider / Nat. / Bike / Time 1 / MACKENZIE Billy / GBR / KAWASAKI / 39:31.947 2 / BARRAGAN Jonathan / ESP / KTM / 39:40.886 3 / COPPINS Joshua / NZL / YAMAHA / 39:45.555 4 / PHILIPPAERTS David / ITA / KTM / 39:59.316 5 / BROWN Mike / USA / HONDA / 40:03.563 6 / DE DYCKER Ken / BEL / HONDA / 40:12.235 7 / POURCEL Sebastien / FRA / KAWASAKI / 40:14.793 8 / ATSUTA Yo****aka / JPN / HONDA / 40:15.138 9 / RAMON Steve / BEL / SUZUKI / 40:18.213 10 / NOBLE James / GBR / HONDA / 40:33.422 11 / PRIEM Manuel / BEL / TM / 40:37.507 12 / STRIJBOS Kevin / BEL / SUZUKI / 40:41.358 13 / MASUDA Kazumasa / JPN / HONDA / 41:20.223 14 / NEMETH Kornel / HUN / SUZUKI / 41:21.252 15 / NAGL Maximilian / GER / KTM / 41:23.699 Fastest Lap: MACKENZIE Billy in 1:48.846 on lap 2 MX1 Race 2 (20 laps = 30.52 Km) Pos / Rider / Nat. / Bike / Time 1 / BROWN Mike / USA / HONDA / 40:20.363 2 / MACKENZIE Billy / GBR / KAWASAKI / 40:23.429 3 / COPPINS Joshua / NZL / YAMAHA / 40:28.359 4 / RAMON Steve / BEL / SUZUKI / 40:47.595 5 / ATSUTA Yo****aka / JPN / HONDA / 40:56.628 6 / PHILIPPAERTS David / ITA / KTM / 41:00.637 7 / LEOK Tanel / EST / KAWASAKI / 41:08.462 8 / NOBLE James / GBR / HONDA / 41:13.735 9 / PRIEM Manuel / BEL / TM / 41:27.240 10 / STRIJBOS Kevin / BEL / SUZUKI / 41:29.000 11 / POURCEL Sebastien / FRA / KAWASAKI / 42:05.417 12 / NAGL Maximilian / GER / KTM / 42:14.450 13 / THEYBERS Danny / BEL / SUZUKI / 42:23.986 14 / NEMETH Kornel / HUN / SUZUKI / 40:25.643 15 / TODA Kuraudo / JPN / SUZUKI / 40:30.106 Fastest Lap: MACKENZIE Billy in 1:50.885 on lap 3 MX1 World Motocross Championship Standings Pos Rider Total 1 Coppins, J. 274, 2 Strijbos, K. 211, 3 Ramon, Steve 186, 4 Pourcel, S. 154, 5 Philippaerts, D. 148, 6 de Dycker, Ken 146, 7 Barragan, J. 143, 8 Brown, Mike 141, 9 Noble, James 128, 10 Leok, Tanel 126, 11 Mackenzie, B. 120, 12 de Reuver, M. 115, 13 Priem, Manuel 103, 14 Nagl, M. 95. MX2 Race 1 (20 laps = 30.52 Km) Pos / Rider / Nat. / Bike / Time 1 / POURCEL Christophe / FRA / KAWASAKI / 39:45.553 2 / RATTRAY Tyla / RSA / KTM / 39:51.077 3 / CAIROLI Antonio / ITA / YAMAHA / 40:24.534 4 / SEARLE Tommy / GBR / KTM / 40:35.638 5 / SWANEPOEL Gareth / RSA / KAWASAKI / 40:54.319 6 / LEURET Pascal / FRA / HONDA / 41:06.475 7 / BOISSIERE Anthony / FRA / KAWASAKI / 41:14.761 8 / HAMBLIN Sean / USA / SUZUKI / 41:18.284 9 / CHURCH Tom / GBR / KAWASAKI / 41:19.479 10 / SEISTOLA Matti / FIN / HONDA / 41:37.821 11 / DOUGAN Jason / GBR / SUZUKI / 41:48.227 12 / GUNDERSEN K. / NOR / YAMAHA / 39:49.374 13 / AUBIN Nicolas / FRA / YAMAHA / 40:01.618 14 / VERBRUGGEN Dennis / BEL / YAMAHA / 40:02.720 15 / KOJIMA Youhei / JPN / SUZUKI / 40:11.995 Fastest Lap: POURCEL Christophe in 1:51.180 on lap 5 MX2 Race 2 (20 laps = 30.52 Km) Pos / Rider / Nat. / Bike / Time 1 / CAIROLI Antonio / ITA / YAMAHA / 40:44.387 2 / POURCEL Christophe / FRA / KAWASAKI / 40:50.054 3 / SEARLE Tommy / GBR / KTM / 40:53.394 4 / SWANEPOEL Gareth / RSA / KAWASAKI / 41:15.254 5 / RATTRAY Tyla / RSA / KTM / 41:29.115 6 / LEURET Pascal / FRA / HONDA / 41:32.143 7 / BOISSIERE Anthony / FRA / KAWASAKI / 41:48.253 8 / NUNN Carl / / GBR / YAMAHA / 41:51.408 9 / GUNDERSEN K. / NOR / YAMAHA / 41:56.423 10 / KOJIMA Youhei / JPN / SUZUKI / 42:01.588 11 / GUARNERI Davide / ITA / YAMAHA / 42:04.381 12 / BARR Martin / GBR / YAMAHA / 42:10.924 13 / VERBRUGGEN Dennis / BEL / YAMAHA / 42:16.963 14 / SIMPSON Shaun / GBR / KAWASAKI / 42:18.813 15 / DOUGAN Jason / GBR / SUZUKI / 42:19.824 Fastest Lap: CAIROLI Antonio in 1:51.767 on lap 9 MX2 World Motocross Championship Standings Pos Rider Total 1 Cairoli, A. 292 2 Pourcel, C. 228 3 Rattray, Tyla 218 4 Searle, Tommy 175 5 Leuret, Pascal 173 6 Swanepoel, G. 147 7 Gundersen, K. 139 8 Aubin, Nicolas 134 9 Seistola, M. 115 10 Boissiere, A. 95 11 Schiffer, M. 90 12 Nunn, Carl 69 13 Church, Tom 65 14 Verbruggen, D. 62 15 Frossard, S. 58

Working on the SSDT photos and videos, it's amazing how many people ride tongue-out. Does it help concentration or something?!

Obviously this is a subject I have quite major opinions on. I'm going to post something on the front page, but just back from t'pub so probably not a good idea tonight. I'm sure somebody once had a sig about saying and doing things after drink