I have seen 9 F1 races in my life but the raw acceleration even in the wet with the wets on was astonishing, these bikes are loader than F1 cars! hard to believe.....the cornering speeds cannot match F1 cars but good god I was impressed...standing water 2-3 inches deep in spots...the new diamond ground parts of the track were like ice. Interesting because of the wet conditions that all three classes were running close to the same lap times...in the second session in a total downpour West (riding out of his ghord) went 1:54... ten seconds faster than Hayden! Barbera went 1:55 on a 250 in wet but not standing water conditions...that says it all. Stoner highsided badly in first practice and said the track was too dangerous to race on (whiner) Rossi said he felt bad for the fans and that he loved the track and said it would be a riot in dry conditions and thought he could be really good there. They can't even open the throttle all the way but I saw Rossi coming out of turn 9 (about a 20 mph corner) stand the bike up whack the throttle with the tyre spinning backend coming out from under him sliding out on to the track edge and wheelie off of the painted white line and he was gone....stunning ..on a soaked track and in the pouring rain
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'93 MC21 250sp Repsol "Doohan"