SBK - Foggy fell off

Damn, Foggy Fell off second race

can any one e-mail me a mini comentary\report on what happened in the first race. I noticed about 10 bikes retired that race. I only get SV so I can only watch race 2. I wish i had FOXsw. thanks. sbk.iwarp.com visit the SBK Off-Line World Championships. DjFIL > Damn, he didn't fall of the first race! > > Damn, Foggy Fell off second race

Damn, he didn't fall of the first race! > Damn, Foggy Fell off second race

There is a race report at the Speedvision site: http://www.irace.com/motorcycles/ -don

>Damn, Foggy Fell off second race Damn indeed, but then hurrah, coz he got back on and salvaged a point. Damn again that he fell off in the first place. Mike.

>Damn, Foggy Fell off second race So what about that marshaling then? I've seen AI flag marshalls do better! :) Mike.

Yes it was the worst marshalling I think I've ever seen in any form of international motorsport. Sad thing is that one race disaster really stuffed up the whole season since Colin Edwards was one of the victims. And can anyone tell me what Jules was on about when he was talking about Foggy and his friends and the whole commiserations bit. I'm downunder and don't have Foxtel so I don't get anymore than the races. IE no gossip. And, is it only me, or is Foggy always such a miserable ***. It's never him that's a fault and he never has a good word to say about anyone or anything. If I was the team manager I'd be sending him along to PR courses. Extremely disappointing as an ex Brit living in Australia I'd like nothing more than to root for him but I can't warm to him even though Keith and Jules seem to love him to death. In my opinion someone needs to give him a good swift kick in the bum. All this IMHO of course. :0)

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> can any one e-mail me a mini comentary\report on what happened in the > first race. I noticed about 10 bikes retired that race. I only get SV > so I can only watch race 2. I wish i had FOXsw. thanks. > sbk.iwarp.com > visit the SBK Off-Line World Championships. > DjFIL > > Damn, he didn't fall of the first race! > > > Damn, Foggy Fell off second race

worse marshalling i've seen was f1 at monaco when taki inoue came up on a road car when he was on a quick practice lap, it nearly killed him, he actually hit the damn car! 1995 i think that was, during the thursday practice.

Actually it goes like this. Taki had spun and stalled during the session so was being towed back to the pits by a truck with his belts undone but luckily his helmet on. The course car at Monaco that year was some tuned Renault Clio model and was driven by a "famous" French rally driver (I forget his name). Said rally driver proceeded to show his skills off around the track, came around a bend and ran into the Arrows rolling it over. Taki suffered minor injuries but nothing too serious luckily. Could have been much worse tho. IMO being run over by a marshals car at the Hungaroring was much more dangerous for Taki. M

A Kawasaki blew its gut coming into turn one and left coolant on the track. Colloant is hard to see, hence there were no oil flags at first. After a few bikes fell off it was apparent that the track was slippery but the marchals still didn't wave the oil flags or marks the spot with sand or sawdust. Foggy was taking a more inside line and hence didn't slip on the spot whilst others behind him lost their front end on it. Pathetic really. Corser didn't do very wel in the first race because he used a 16.5' rear and lost traction very early on. In the second he used a 17" and did a bit better.

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> can any one e-mail me a mini comentary\report on what happened in the > first race. I noticed about 10 bikes retired that race. I only get SV > so I can only watch race 2. I wish i had FOXsw. thanks. > sbk.iwarp.com > visit the SBK Off-Line World Championships. > DjFIL > > Damn, he didn't fall of the first race! > > > Damn, Foggy Fell off second race

As a fellow brit living down under I can tell you it is the famouse whinge genes with which we are born. I think a niece or something died so in this instance he had a right to be emotional. Channel 10's coverage is pathetic. They didn't even give the points standings at the end. Foxtel is okay except for the comeentator love affair with Foggy.

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> Yes it was the worst marshalling I think I've ever seen in any form of > international motorsport. Sad thing is that one race disaster really stuffed > up the whole season since Colin Edwards was one of the victims. And can > anyone tell me what Jules was on about when he was talking about Foggy and > his friends and the whole commiserations bit. I'm downunder and don't have > Foxtel so I don't get anymore than the races. IE no gossip. And, is it only > me, or is Foggy always such a miserable ***. It's never him that's a > fault and he never has a good word to say about anyone or anything. If I was > the team manager I'd be sending him along to PR courses. Extremely > disappointing as an ex Brit living in Australia I'd like nothing more than > to root for him but I can't warm to him even though Keith and Jules seem to > love him to death. In my opinion someone needs to give him a good swift kick > in the bum. All this IMHO of course. :0) > > can any one e-mail me a mini comentary\report on what happened in the > > first race. I noticed about 10 bikes retired that race. I only get SV > > so I can only watch race 2. I wish i had FOXsw. thanks. > > sbk.iwarp.com > > visit the SBK Off-Line World Championships. > > DjFIL > > > Damn, he didn't fall of the first race! > > > > Damn, Foggy Fell off second race

> As a fellow brit living down under I can tell you it is the famouse whinge genes > with which we are born. I think a niece or something died so in this instance he > had a right to be emotional. Didn't get the full story either, but from what I heard it had been a party/get together/something over at the Foggy house, and a 2 year old girl drowned in their swimming pool....... -- Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/

as an ex Brit living in Australia I'd like nothing more than Hey Woah there boy. You're still a Brit pal ;-) Regards Mark

True. What was I thinking. Rule Brittania and all that.

LOL! yeah i remember that too! bit of a comical figure he was :o)) aaahh i do miss him :o)

Sad. Canlt imagine the horror of it as I have a three year old and and eight year old. No wonder he was riding like a demon.

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> > As a fellow brit living down under I can tell you it is the famouse whinge genes > > with which we are born. I think a niece or something died so in this instance he > > had a right to be emotional. > Didn't get the full story either, but from what I heard it had been a > party/get together/something over at the Foggy house, and a 2 year old > girl drowned in their swimming pool....... > -- > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy > "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ > "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/

Not if he washed more than once a week and can;t stand warm beer any more!

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> as an ex Brit living in Australia I'd like nothing more than > > to root for him > Hey Woah there boy. You're still a Brit pal ;-) > Regards > Mark

Once a week, you must be talking about those upper classes now <G>

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> Not if he washed more than once a week and can;t stand warm beer any > more! > > as an ex Brit living in Australia I'd like nothing more than > > > to root for him > > Hey Woah there boy. You're still a Brit pal ;-) > > Regards > > Mark