Italy Wins......

Only thanks to an incompetent dutch hospital.

Doohan's toughest opponents: Gardner, Lawson, Schwantz, Rainey
Rossi's toughest opponents: Gibernau, Biaggi, Barros

Rossi had a hard time beating Sete Gibernau.

No he didn't. Wasn't even close

 

Both of those guys finished ahead of Gibernau. Seems they were harder to
beat than ROssi........

 

<<Both of those guys finished ahead of Gibernau

Its a normal thing to happen when you have a factory-works 500cc/4 -v-
a private 500cc/twin that Sete roade at the time.

Mind you these year Sete is riding his-deamons, lost the plot fully?

 

I think the twin was only 400cc.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Wrong. He rode Doohan's bike after Mik crashed.

 

Barry Sheene had Gibbers worked out pretty well. "Fucking useless" was the
summation.

That was the Aprilia.

 

The way Gibberer carries on about his bad luck (looking to the heavens
after each ****-up) you might think that he's the unluckiest feller but
remember that THREE times he was in the right-place at the right time to
benefit from another's tragic misfortune.
Takuma Aoki had that nifty works NSR500V and damn near won his last race on
it at Phillip Island in 1997 (but he didn't realise Mick had crashed out
and he thought he was fighting Criville for 2nd so didn't really push it).
Gibberer only got that bike when Aoki crashed and was paralysed.
Then he got Mick's works V4 when Mick was partially paralysed and he later
got Katoh's works V5 when Katoh was killed!
Add in the fact that he's a Spaniard in a series controlled by Spain (and
mainly sponsored by Spain) and it's easy to see that he's just a fairly
good rider with enormously good luck! (But he's up against Rossi who is a
much better rider who is lucky too!)

 

FWIW I think his win the round after Katoh was killed (did he get
Katoh's bike that quickly?) showed that he had the ability to win under
what must have been some seriously fucked mental and emotional
circumstances.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

<<<Max near beat doohan first year out on a private bike...

<<No he didn't. Wasn't even close

RUBBISH:

1989 Lawson 228, doohans first year 9th 81 points [-147]
1998 doohan 260 points, Max's first year, private bike 206 [-52]
1999 doohan 33 points, Creville {LOL} 267 [-234] "To finish first you
must first finish"
2000 Roberts 258 points, Rossi 2nd 209 [-49] his first year and the
lowest spot he has ever finished, all other seasons first, and
W.Champion [on 2 different brands]
2001 Rossi 325 points, Max [3rd year, factory bike] 219 [-106]
Rest is history....

CHEERS

 

Never beat Doohan across the track. And back then, Barros and Gbernau
couldn't win races. They're finding it much easier to do nowdays........