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News 17/06/07
Round 6. Italy
: Mugello
Down takes
his first career victory ahead of Guishermo and Skider, making it a
full spanish podium in his only second race since joining
MotoGP500online.
Down has
taken his first victory at the historic Mugello circuit in his only
second race since joining this championship. Right after Le Mans when
down had a very bad race, Seby has seen down's potential and has asked
the spanish rider if he wanted to join the Lords Of Shadows racing
team. After few days down has signed a contract to join Lords Of
Shadows until the end of this season. If both parties will be happy
with the results, the contract could extend for another year.
Few days before the official race, down has started to practice with
LoS' team manager Seby. down has been told that it will be very hard to
win a race with keyboard and 17:11 was not enough to beat Skider. down
did his homework and on racing day he showed his true talent and took
the victory to the delight of his team manager. If you think the
victory was easy, you have it all wrong, down has fought for it very
hard and very bravely, he kept his nerve and saved himself from crashes
in a tremendous display of his mastery on his new M1 and managed to
stay in front of Guishermo and Skider even if he had softer tyres. We
now have a new world class rider, a man who will fight for the victory
in each round and we are proud to have him among us.
At the start of the race, the big favourite, Skider, did a mistake in
the first corner, going into the gravel and losing almost 4 seconds. He
provided fans with the sight of a number of thrilling passes in his
goal to catch up to the leading group. As a worthy World Champion he
fought as hard as he could to catch up to Guishermo and Seby who were
his nearest rivals. After 5-6 laps with an incredible display of his
competitive nature, he managed to get close to Seby but it took
him about a lap to escape from him, time which made his chances for the
victory slip away. In the last lap he managed to get close to Guishermo
but the Hurricane Miu Racing Team rider had a medium front tyre and he
managed to defeat the reigning World Champion.
They both finished the race just over one second behind race winner,
down.
Meanwhile, Seby had big difficulties staying on his bike, big tyre
problems made him slow down his pace and allowed Vouks and Saber120 to
pass him in the last laps. He managed to finish the race in 6th place,
just in front of his great rival, SFW.
Thunder came in a lonely 8th with Transalp and Inara also joined in the
skirmish with Thunder before eventually crossing the line in ninth and
tenth..
down Lords Of Shadow (winner,
17:08.716):
"Thanks all.
I wouldn't have done this if CrazyBoy hadn't said to me that since 2005
nobody has won a race with keyboard. He said that it was impossible to
compete against gamepads and I ended up to compete against them and
also to win.
This victory is very important to me and I have to be thankful to
CrazyBoy because he was the one who insisted for me to race and to
Thunder because he did many practice sessions with me.
It hasn't been so complicated either, according to what I've said to
CrazyBoy, it was impossible to win, and so difficult it hasn't been if
I have obtained it in the second race since i play here and because in
Le Mans I crashed.
After already winning in this championship I can retire of gp500,
because I have won everything, less championships than this don't
interest me that much. To win a race here was the unique thing that I
had left in my file.
Thank you very much to all, and pardon me for my English, its not very
good."
Guishermo
Hurricane Miu Racing Team (2nd, 17:10.000):
"Congratulations down!!! Incredible, you have raped us with that shit
keyboard, amazing.
A big GG to Skider too, he lost some important seconds in the first
corner and almost passed me in the last lap.
My race was very very good, I haven't trained since Wednesday and I
thought that I would lose some tenths and be out of the podium, but I
felt very good in qualifying and I knew that if I did a good start I
could do a good result because I was using mediums tyres in both
wheels. At the beginning Seby put a lot of pressure on me, he was
0.2-0.5 from me and I pushed very hard. Finally before 4-5 laps to the
end he was 1 second behind, and I thought "ok, be smooth and keep the
position" but in the next lap I saw "Skider +1 second".
Shhhhhhiiiiiiiiit, the last thing I wanted to have in the end of a race
was Skider behind me. Fortunately my medium front allowed me to finish
in front of him, that was the important thing because he has a big
point advantage in the standings... I´m very proud of this result!"
Skider Oasics
NoGrip Racing Team (3rd, 17:10.283):
"Congratulations down, you did it, well done mate. Hope we can see you
at the top many more races until the end of the season. GG also to
Guishermo2t.
I think I did one of my best races in this championship, I had a good
pace during the trainings and I raced with Guishermo2t and Seby,
unfortunately I went on the gravel in the first corner, I completelly
lost the braking point reference and I couldn't keep my bike on the
tarmac, even making a criminal slide with the front tyre lol, I almost
lost the front there with cold tyres.
After that I had no chance in my mind, crash or do 200% until the last
corner. While so, Guishermo and Seby were making a battle in the lead,
but Guishermo escaped from Seby step by step. After the first lap I had
4 secs disadvantage on Seby, in the first 4 laps I recovered the gap so
quickly and I catched Seby on lap 5 or 6, but Guishermo was a little
bit in front, I lost some pace there but finally I cought Guishermo, I
made few mistakes on the last laps because I had my front tyre dead and
I couldn't overtake Guishermo2t before the finish line. Anyway, I've
enjoyed a lot this race, coming back to the race leader, although I
couldn't pass him, it was a nice and exciting race.
Give thanks to my team-mates fighting for their own positions and good
luck all in Catalunya."
Vouks MotoGP
Greece Racing Team (4th, 17:11.261):
"GG to Down! Also GG for next 2 guys on podium (Spanish Armada).
We already have done 6 super races this season and I think the best is
still to come for all riders but also for Greek Team (Max).
Yvos-Dolz = 2-4, soon you'll be there Yvos, GG.
Mugello all spanish podium, where is the next race plz???
Close to 50 riders, well done all and of course to Katia Poensgen!
See you all in Catalunya"
Seby Lords Of
Shadow (6th, 17:13.074):
"Congratulations down, I told before the race that you need to do
better than 17:10 to win the race and you did your homework and amazed
us all, very good performance. Also gg to Guishermo and Skider, all
spanish podium. Skid probably did the best recovery race in his career
(same as Imola '05?) so a big GG to you, without that grass trip (up
for some picnic? lol) you could have won the race. Better luck next
time mate... or NOT. hahahah lol
With one week before the official race I was able to keep up with the
rest of the top guys but I didn't practice before the race so my lap
times were much slower and unconsistent. In the race I saw Skid go wide
in the first corner and I wanted to push hard to beat him but after 2
laps I realised I had no chance to stay in front of Skid with my lap
times so I let him pass me at mid race so I can just finish the race
without a crash. Skid was 4 seconds behind me after the first corner
and finished the race 3 seconds in front of me, I can say he kicked my
ass this time. At least I beat SFW (again hahaha) so my objective from
the start of the season looks good, 36 points will be hard to recover
for SFW.
But this year I'll have to aim much higher if I want to finish 2nd in
the standings.
I'm happy for down because he gathered up some precious points for the
team and we're now only 10 points behind Oasics. Also the constructors
standings looks promising, 4 points behind Suzuki. Now we have 4
different winners from 6 races and the season looks much better than
last year, its similar to 2005 when many guys fought for the victory.
Next race Catalunya, home race for most spanish guys and now that they
had a full podium in Mugello, I want to beat them at their own game and
circuit."
SFW Kawasaki
Racing (7th, 17:14.167):
"Congratlation to the spanish podium heros and specially well done to
Down... last race it wasn't ment to be and you missed the race but a
great revenge at Mugello.
I had a pretty bad race and couldn't do any competetive lap times, when
the tyres were good I was sliding a lot and doing poor times but once
the tyres were a bit worn I started to go faster but the damage was
already done and once again Seby finished in front of me.
When I look at the rest of my team then I can say that Akos didn't get
the result we wanted but I'm satisfied with his preformance and about
darkJr... yes I can agree that it was the worst race ever from him but
looking on the positive side, the 1 or 2 laps that he didn't crash were
competetive and that is a good base to work on for the next race."
Yvos Arkos
Froggy's Connection (15th, 17:32.695):
"GG Down and all spanish guys on podium!
About my race, another thriller with Dolz, I beat him but we had a poor
race... I had a 5 secs lead in front with 1 lap to go, and ... ran off
the track, all alone! just as if I waited for him to fight but I was
ready this time and mate, u couldn't do anything in that last lap!
Many riders again, with many fights in all classes, that's great!
Well done Inara, another top 10 and you'll pass me in the standings...,
see y'all in Catalunya"
Bradders
Yamaha England MotoGP (17th, 17:34.902):
"For one of my least favourite, and slowest, track I actually had a
really good race.
Good battle with Jake for the first few laps until I pulled a small
gap. I didn't try to keep up with Yvos and Dolz, as I knew I couldn't
(I was barely managing 55s without crashes in practice) so I just tried
to stay ahead of Jake. Dolz and Yvos made a few mistakes, which let me
keep up with them quite easily, with one lap to go and them both right
in front of me I went for it. As I expected though, I wasn't fast
enough and just made silly mistakes, but it was worth a shot.
Anyway, LuKe rode a really good race, and is setting electric pace in
Catalunya practice, which I can't see myself beating. He's going to put
up a VERY strong challenge for the B-class championship!"
TT98-XL VLT
Racing TT98 Design (31st, 17:47.253):
"I had one unfortuna freakish crash entering the last chicane, I didnt
touch the curbs or anything, the bike just lost the front...
If I wouldn't fell off, I'd be sure to have beaten Bradders, and fight
back in the championship, Im very very very dissapointed with this
result, and I don't think I'll do well in Catalunya because it just
isn't my cup of tea... but see you there."
In the rider standings, Skider extended his lead at the top to 29
points ahead of Vouks who passed Seby and is 2 points in front of the
Romanian. Guishermo remained on the 4th place, 40 points behind Skider.
SFW, Biggie, Thunder, Transalp, Saber120 and Dolz complete the top 10.
Oasics NoGrip Racing stays at the top of the Team Standings with a
total of 187 points, 10 in front of Lords Of Shadow and 73 points in
front of MotoGP Greece Racing Team. Hurricane Miu Racing and Nitram
Racing complete the top 5.
Suzuki is first in the Constructors Standings, only 4 points in front
of Yamaha and 40 points in front of Moriwaki. Kawasaki and Honda
complete the top 5.
In the Qualifying Award, Seby still holds the lead even if he didnt
start from the front row in the last couple of races, he has a 0.276
advantage over second placed rider, Skider. Vouks is third, 0.604
behind Seby.
In the Hot Lap Award Skider is first, 0.554 in front of Guishermo,
1.109 in front of Vouks and 1.518 in front of Seby.
Skider is also the leader of the Total Time Award, over 13.579 seconds
in front of Seby, 28.864 in front of Vouks and 47.921 in front of
Guishermo.
Join us in 2 week's time for the MotoGP500online Grand Prix of
Catalunya
at Montmeló.
Report by Seby
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