Sachsenring & Oulton Park

Sachsenring - what a circuit, even the MotoGP race was exciting, and well done to Danny, back on the bike back on the podium. If you've ever wondered how good Stoner actually watch the slow motion pictures of him taking one of the (many) left-handers, he has his own unique line going over the kerb, but he was actually drifting both wheels whilst still on the kerb.

Spies put in a good performance, despite being full of snot he managed to snatch 5th from Simoncelli on the last lap.

The 125's was fantastic, proper racing with loads of overtaking, as you would expect, but more so on the shortest GP circuit of the year. Moto2 showed that Scott Redding hasn't forgotten how to ride, and Bradley demonstrated that riding angry isn't always a good thing.

The next MotoGP round (no 125's or Moto2's) will be in Laguna Seca next weekend, where Ben Bostrom has a wild card ride on an LCR Honda, that might be designed to give Toni Elias a kick up the arse, or will it be his last ride?

Oulton park was a disappointment, more so for Hopper, but at least he walked away, unlike John Laverty who had a massive high-speed crash on Friday, dislocating BOTH shoulders, breaking BOTH ankles, and breaking some ribs. Apparently he's looking forward to racing again in a couple of weeks, although this will be wheelchair racing with Stuart Easton (and that's according to Eugene)!

The second race was cancelled due to concerns with the weather and oil on the track, but Brands Hatch (7th August) will be a triple header. I'm going, are you?

If you use Twitter, as I do, and follow Stuart Higgs (top man of BSB) has been tweeting some more American riders (after Hopper and now Zemke have joined) and has promised some interesting wild cards for the last round at Brands Hatch, he's also intimating that he is trying to reinvent the Transatlantic series, or something similar. This could be interesting.....

As for the SKBC Fantasy racing, a certain Noddy, currently in 2nd place, has been tweeting Jorge Lorenzo to advise him that he's part of the team and needs to put in a bit more effort, Bel appears to be running away with it at the moment, being 101 points clear of Noddy. Paul's only 65 points behind Noddy (sweating yet?) and then there's a another 100 point gap.