Luke ‘n’ Kim

sunday night lights

the 2008 motogp season got under way last night, first race since the fifties to be run at night! i can’t help but think the only reason they did it was to slot the race into the “correct” time period for TV audiences in the US… oh well… it was lit up like day for the most part anyway, still, it can’t be a very “green” approach can it?

the racing itself was excellent, seems to be a very competitive field this year, former superbike world champion james toseland looks confident, casey and the duc look absolutely formidable… the commentators were saying dorna might be looking at limiting the ducati somehow, and i think that’s utter crap, motogp is about building and racing the fastest bike you possibly can, they are purpose built. if ducati’s bike is faster than everyone elses, then suck it up and go back to the drawing board - no one ever changed the rules when mick doohan was winning… maybe mr.honda is more is equal than others? that said, casey has always been at the pointy end of the pack, no matter what hardware has been underneath him…

i can see why the ducati has an advatage in the world superbikes, because those bikes are based on production models and the ducati is a 1200cc (named 1098 strangely), and the rest of the bikes are 1000cc… so yeah, room to change a few things there…

interestingly the commentators also said, “pedrosa said hayden doesn’t know how to setup a bike, that’s why he’s riding last years model”

yikes, that’s a bit harsh… i wonder how that garage is getting along now?

hehehe…