There is trying and there is this ......................?

Question

..................... WOW.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/2008/MGP/laguna/tim07/p02.jpg

I have not seen a picture that sums up a whole race in one photo before, but this is it.

Amazing!!

Your thoughts ............. not on the race, race fans, but the picture ?

Answer 1

great picture. a case of do or die I think. I was at castle combe this weekend and during the modified class race there was a Subaru started right at the back. he was up near the front by the second corner, straight up the middle then on the grass. nothing like determination eh. moments like these are not easily forgotten:)

Answer 2

wow ive never seen that before that must have been a close race

Answer 3

The only thing I can think of is how did he not fall down?

Stoner falls down at ten MPH in the dirt and Rossi keeps going at speed around a corner.

Not to take anything away from Stoner but Rossi is in another class as how he makes everything look so easy. He's silky smooth and seems to get the most out the bike.

He takes a short ride into the dirt and it doesn't faze him at all.

Amazing is right.

Answer 4

Hi Wiggysan. The first thing i thought when I saw this picture was How did Stoner avoid taking them both out, and what went through his mind when he saw Rossi hit the dirt. I never noticed during the race when it happened but Stoner is well sat up there.  anyone else would have binned it (either rider)

I don't agree with the comment Rossi is in a different class. Stoner is an exceptional talent as is Rossi. and without offending Girl Racer even God has to have a nemesis.  I would love to see the next sequence of shots when Rossi re-joined the track and how close they actually got to a bad day at the office.

Great picture though.

Answer 5

The picture is great! It really sums up what the whole race was about  - going to the edge of your abilities and pushing it so hard that it could end up really bad. But Rossi is good in what he's doing that even this situation ended perfectly! He didn't go the way he had to, he missed the perfect line, but he stayed on his bike and continued fighting. And you know what? This what the whole sport is about - friends become enemies on the track, you push it to a level that's above your limits and you risk everything (including your health!)... Just to hear your country's anthem and behold the title of a world champion.

the picture has a lot of meaning, it depends on the person how is it going to be interpreted. For me it shows the battle of the titans!

Answer 6

New desktop wallpaper confirmed! Perfect.

Great battles throughout the fied at Laguna, Dovizioso& Haden, Elias& Spies, Toesland& Nakano, West& gear changing......

Answer 7

This is a fantastic shot - the more I look &

analyse it though, the more convinced I am

that this was not as intense for them as it

was for us - regardless of Casey's comments

at the end.

By this I mean that both riders look

surprisingly calm, stable and in control -

I've been trying to visualise their facial

expressions - Do you think that under their

visors there is that startled s****. look !!

(djya know the one I mean) ?? - x*x -

No offense taken Mr Proc - I'm not

easily offended - x*x -  Not even by the

likes of that fatdog - you know, that one

who is outraged by Rossi's tactics - yet

Rainey, Schwantz & Doohan are idol's !!!!!!

Tuttar for now lovies - x*x -

Answer 8

goes to show you what it takes to win sometimes.  they are riding on the absolute brink of insanity. its a great picture.