Laguna Seca Report Cards

Hayden: 10 cum laude
The perfect weekend ends as it began, dominating from the first corner
to the last one.
In one fell swoop he silenced the voices that want him with suitcases in hand, but
above all it brought the former invincible back to the top step of the podium
armada HRC breaking a twenty-three grand prix long fast.
The fact that to return to winning, like when he raced in the AMA championship, is
having to return home is a detail that today it is legitimate to overlook.

Edwards: 8
He crowned his progressive rebirth with the best placing ever achieved
in the premier class.
Having freed himself from his teammate with an amazing overtaking, he is unable to
mend the rift with his compatriot, who forces him to collect alone
the second consecutive podium.
A little late, well arrived.

Rossi: 7
The attempt to attack Hayden fails after five hundred meters.
To the detriment of the show but with great strategic acumen, he decides to cultivate
their own race pace without worrying about trying to catch up with the fugitive
first, then the fugitives.
Second "lost" race this year, yet another podium and over three races
ahead of second in the general classification.

Biaggi: 6
The overtaking move that gave him fourth place and the race pace was positive
which he was able to support once he freed himself from the hindrance of Bayliss &
vs..
Negative is the fact that he didn't succeed before, and that he never put in
the podium of the rival from Tavullia is discussed.
He is not the driver who brought HRC back to victory.

Gibernau: 6
Doctor Jeckyll and Mister Hide: terrible in all qualifying rounds on Sunday
he runs on the pace of the leaders and in the end achieves an unexpected placing.
In the world championship he has just over half of Rossi's points.

Bayliss: 7
Regulate the animated group of pursuers. Which is certainly not easy given the verve
of the Tamada-Hopkins-Nakano trio.
After practice and an excellent start, his fans hoped to see him battle
a few meters ahead.
However, it was nice to see him again among the fastest.

Capirossi: 5
He doesn't even manage to be part of the animated group of pursuers.
It certainly isn't a track that rewards the characteristics of the Ducati,
and a lot has already been said about the tires. This time she wasn't even standing
fine.
But we expect more from Capirex, and rightly so. Much of
more.

Roberts Jr.: 2
Not even the atmosphere of home and the new livery wake the former world champion from his torpor.

Seeing him walking around the track, supporting player among supporting players, makes you uncomfortable.
If only for the surname he bears.

Byrne: 10
First point of the season.
If certainly we cannot talk about a turning point, also because without the break
forced by Rolfo would have been left empty-handed for the umpteenth time, there is
something to celebrate: in these parts nothing is thrown away.

Laguna Seca: 9
Maybe the straight should be lengthened by a few hundred metres. Surely
the many walls that watch the race must be eliminated with dynamite
from too close.
After eleven years, the anomaly of the top class world championship not racing is over
in the country that consumes the most high-end motorcycles.
And then finally an organization that has given our sport its dimension again
which is its own: the riders are kids who ride motorbikes that they are not
entrusted with the destinies of humanity, and journalists can support
their computers even on less valuable tables.