MotoGP 3 - China
Another race, another talking point. This time it was Olivier Jaques and Kawasaki taking 2nd place. Admittedly it was absolutely pissing it down which is always a great leveller but still, the guy hasn't ridden anything in 7 months and only rode the bike for the first time last week yet still set several fastest laps in the course of the race. Top work fella, will make for an interesting Le Mans next week which is usually wet.
Sundays race also gave me a (belated) Friday Fuckwit in the form of a certain Mr. Steve Parrish, ex-bike racer, truck driver, bessie mate to Baz Sheene, BBC commentator and twat. I watched the race in the morning on Eurosport with Toby Moody & Julian Ryder and GP legend Randy Mamola then again in the afternoon on the Beeb. In my humble opinion (is there any other?) the Eurosport guys are the best commentating team on any channel for any sport. They are funny, passionate about the sport and hugely knowledgeable. If something is going down on the track they will give the viewer an incredibly accurate guess as to what is happening and why. Parrish, on the other hand, is a twat.
Case in point - Sete Gibernau and the failing rear tyre. 4 or 5 laps from the end poor old Sete started wobbling round the corners and kept looking round at his back wheel, his lap times went up and he very quickly got mugged by his team-mate. The end of the race saw him not even attempt a cool-down lap, he just dumped the bike on the side of the track, poked at the rear tyre and stalked back to the pits.
The Eurosport team had the problem sussed on the very first wobble, no if, buts or alternatives, Sete's tyre was going off. Fact.
Steve 'when I used to ride' Parrish first put the problem down to engine trouble(?) and then settled on a fogged up visor(??) and, for the rest of the race, warbled on about how different helmet designs are these day from when he 'used to race'. Twat.
Even when the bike got dumped by the side of the track and Gibernau started poking the tyre he still didn't suss it, instead he decided he'd got it right first time with the engine trouble guess. Twat.
The man must have been an absolute joy to work with when he 'used to race'. You can just see him pulling into the pits, his RGV500 belching black smoke and he turns to his mechanic and says, 'You know mate, I think i've got a flat tyre'. Twat.
Sundays race also gave me a (belated) Friday Fuckwit in the form of a certain Mr. Steve Parrish, ex-bike racer, truck driver, bessie mate to Baz Sheene, BBC commentator and twat. I watched the race in the morning on Eurosport with Toby Moody & Julian Ryder and GP legend Randy Mamola then again in the afternoon on the Beeb. In my humble opinion (is there any other?) the Eurosport guys are the best commentating team on any channel for any sport. They are funny, passionate about the sport and hugely knowledgeable. If something is going down on the track they will give the viewer an incredibly accurate guess as to what is happening and why. Parrish, on the other hand, is a twat.
Case in point - Sete Gibernau and the failing rear tyre. 4 or 5 laps from the end poor old Sete started wobbling round the corners and kept looking round at his back wheel, his lap times went up and he very quickly got mugged by his team-mate. The end of the race saw him not even attempt a cool-down lap, he just dumped the bike on the side of the track, poked at the rear tyre and stalked back to the pits.
The Eurosport team had the problem sussed on the very first wobble, no if, buts or alternatives, Sete's tyre was going off. Fact.
Steve 'when I used to ride' Parrish first put the problem down to engine trouble(?) and then settled on a fogged up visor(??) and, for the rest of the race, warbled on about how different helmet designs are these day from when he 'used to race'. Twat.
Even when the bike got dumped by the side of the track and Gibernau started poking the tyre he still didn't suss it, instead he decided he'd got it right first time with the engine trouble guess. Twat.
The man must have been an absolute joy to work with when he 'used to race'. You can just see him pulling into the pits, his RGV500 belching black smoke and he turns to his mechanic and says, 'You know mate, I think i've got a flat tyre'. Twat.
posted by sparx at
8:38 AM
3 Comments:
I know what you mean about the Eurosport Team, they get all excited and passionate about the race, then you get the Classic "murray" moments. It reminds me of the commentary team on ITV for the F1 before they gave the job to James "complete twat" Allen.
At least you don't get the "when I used to race" comments in that way from Martin Brundle, and Thingy Reid on the Rallying (crap with names).
Sadly I forgot it was on so I didn't watch it. Good result though.
The racing was excellent everywhere though. And since I've got Eurosport the coverage is so much better than the BBC.
Rider of the day for me is Leon Haslam is BSB. He was absolutely destroying the rest of the field the whole day. Keep having to remind myself he's only, like, 21 or something!
Cheers for that mate, you made me laugh like a......twat.
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