Stoner did have soft tyres, so maybe his rear tyre did go off!

Still not convinced. You are right that he is a bighead. But I think with his ego he would loved to take a 11th race win home. And actually he should Vale know better. Valentino dosen't get affected by silly mindgames. He is more matured than this little bugger.

Well I think it could have been on purpose because the whole year was about KC and Vale and he has been b!tching about Vale for months so he had a chance to sink the boot in one last time. It puts a bigger gap between them in the championship, KC is dumb enough to believe he will win next year like this year and he believes all the crap the press are saying about this is the Stoner age and he is the next Doohan.

That is the point "soft tyres" he has pick them all year so why now!

Cant believe it, I too have the theory about Casey letting Dani win, its such a horrible thought, but I just cant express enough how sad I am for Vale he would have done if it had not been for bike probs. I am gutted, he did look very sad and completely dumbfounded I think like he couldn't belive it .

I agree ,thank god its over, we need to look forward, to next year when Vale will be on top again.

Until then I am gonna go and have a little cry cause I feel so much pain for him.

Well, this is quite a weird thing for Casey to do that...Soft tyres..!! If I'm not mistaken, I hardly see Casey use soft tyres for both front and rear in this season, He normally used combination of medium with hard, and hard with hard.
I was so shocked when I see he used soft tyres while Dani used hard and medium ( as I think it's better than the soft one that he always liked to use it, so he can have more possibility to win )..

And what did Casey said? " The tyres are much softer than we thought..." What's all this?? hey lil bu*ger, Didn't the Bridgestone ppl tell you about the tyres? Won't your mechanics advice you on this? Now you said it's much softer than you thought?? I'm not trying to be bias, but sometimes what Casey said doens't really make sense to me...

And about Casey did it on purpose to let Dani win, so that Vale will be 3rd.. I really have no idea with it.. It will be a very silly thing to do, for a world champion if this is real.. But I'm very sure that Casey always wanted to equal his win record, so it's very strange for him to choose soft tyres for both front and rear, since you have30 LAPS!!!

from italiy one thanx to Le jentle:

vale was in te studio

he said:
first he was talkin about the race
said it went well .. till the engine failed
he said not he but yamaha lost the title!
then there was a guy from ducati comin to the studio and he told vale he rode well, and vale congratulated him for their great season....

and then they talked about today that the engine failed not the tires..

and vale said yes it is a catastrophy, a disaster
it can't be true that this always happens
after all I am vR and it can't be true I'm riding the slowest bike!

now he will see that his hand is gonna be allright

and his first test will be jerez end of nov

04-11-2007 · Valentino Rossi retires with engine problems Despite having multiple fractures in his right hand Valentino Rossi started from 17th position on the grid. The FIAT Yamaha rider needed only one point to secure the runner up spot in the MotoGP championship.

Valentino Rossi had a slow start, but it didn't take long before he closed the gap and moved his way into the points while his championship rival Dani Pedrosa dominated the race at the front.

Valentino Rossi was riding extremely fast, with only the front two riders going faster around the track. Unfortunately disaster strikes the seven times world champion for the second time this weekend in the form of mechanical problems.Valentino Rossi is forced to retire with engine problems and pulls into the pits after two thirds of the race.

Dani Pedrosa wins his home grand prix and grabs the second position in the championship. MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner finishes in second position in front of American Suzuki rider John Hopkins.



The test was on 12th, right?

vale had more bad luck this year then all last years together

Thanks for this , he is sooooo right it is completely unbelievable