Now that is how to start the season with a bang. This weekend's race had absolutely everything you could ask for and hopefully is just a taster of what we're going to get this season. So without further ado, let's dive right in.
The fun began before the race had even kicked off with Valentino in practise. He came off his bike in FP2 and proceeded to stomp his way towards the pits, but the combination of his leathers and the gravel meant that it looked less angry and more like a sort of camp spaceman. I'm a girl of simple pleasures and it amused me no end. The main ent was a whole other prospect. The start was not auspicious. Dani got swallowed up and stormed to the back of the grid endingup around 10th. Stinky was leading. The phrase 'this sucks' was uttered. Then suddenly it all got a bit crazy. Marco, Marco, Marco. I've read a lot of bad press about Mr Simoncelli but I have a confession. I love the guy. I love his 'win or bin' spirit. I love his surreal interview technique. I love his hair. I hope he never changes. So when he stormed into the lead, there was plenty of cheering in our house. There wass lots of yelling throughou the race in our house in fact, I couldn't stop going "aah." It was oneof the most exciting races I've seen in a long time. Now to 'the incident' as it shall henceforth be known. In about two seconds I went from being horrified at Vale falling, unable to believe he'd taken Casey with him, then in hysterics as about ten marshalls gathered round Vale and roundly ignored stinky. I just couldn't help but laugh at the sight of stinky trying to push his bike single handedly and him jumping up and down flailing like a loon as Valentino glided off. I can't believe he had the nerve to carry on complaining about it later. For a start they went to Vale first because he was STUCK UNDER your bike. Secondly his bike was still running so they could get it running quicker than yours. And thirdly he's Valentino Rossi. As in nine-times world champion superstar Valentino Rossi. OF COURSE he's more important than you. And seriously bitching about it afterwards won't make the marshalls like you any better. Then there was Dani. What an absolute hero he was. To fight back from about eleventh was unbelievable in itself. But to stay on board his bike in second place in insane conditions with barely any tyres and fading grip when fully fit riders are binning it left, right and centre is incredible. I could not have been prouder. The post race didn't let us down either. We had Marco Simoncelli explaining that even though he was gutted at falling it was "NAIIIIIIICE" to lead a race. Then Jorge really pulled it out of the bag. He attempted to recreate last year's jumping int he pool skit. I say attempted because he only got the edge before he slipped. It was a piece of slapstick Benny Hill would have been proud of. Enjoy. Arf.
Roll on Estoril
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