Not really, this picture was tweeted by @Mick_GFX and we’d though we’d share it, as it is a world away from the exclusive 5 star ski-resort that Rossi and the rest of the Ducati team are currently in.

Stoner was lucky to stay on his bike….not as lucky as the mammal though, which managed to escape unharmed. And to think, Randy De Puniet was punched by Casey Stoner for less – so that is one very lucky gopher indeed.

]]> http://motogpworld.net/2011/07/ducati-yamaha-competition/feed/ 0 http://motogpworld.net/2011/07/motogp-hat/ http://motogpworld.net/2011/07/motogp-hat/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:03:15 +0000 admin http://motogpworld.net/?p=12827 A German fan shows off his motorised MotoGP hat at Sachsenring. Found on Matt Roberts twitter stream.

Edwards has appeared previously in the Colin Edwards & Ben Spies Roadtrip video, and in the ‘Day At The Office‘ one, and now he stars as a special Yamaha trainer and gets to put special agents through their paces.

He also dresses up as the ‘Rex Kwan Do’ instructor from Napoleon Dynamite, and the video also features many subtle MotoGP related jokes – watch out for the small cupboard under the stairs with the sign above it that reads “Reserved for Dani Pedrosa”

In a move away from his bright green/yellow design, Iannone is racing in a subdued white livery with a design that makes the bike look like a passanger airplane – complete with fake cockpit windows at the side and and ‘Iannone Airlines’ logo on the side.

Got to admire the balls for running with this livery, I can’t think of a single sane person who would willingly board a plane with Iannone as pilot, the self-proclaimed ‘Crazy Joe’. Great livery though.

Check out the images below from Ian Wheeler’s Twitter feed:

Edwards did a Q&A session with Julian Ryder and Matt Roberts on the stage at Silverstone in front of an audience of race fans, and his responses were funny…..and explicit – including jokes about Ben Spies, Jorge Lorenzo, and admitting to what he thinks about Cal Crutchlow’s girlfriend.

He claimed that he wasn’t on any powerful pain-killing drugs (for his broken collarbone) for this interview, but he must have been on the beer. Check it out below:

Colin Edwards entertaining the crowd at Silverstone:

As if he hasn’t cost Ducati enough money this year already!

Despite crashing another Pramac Ducati bike at the Le Mans MotoGP in France last week, the Ducati factory still obviously thought that Randy De Puniet had done enough to deserve a free Ducati Diavel.

He can’t quite believe it himself – look at his grin.

This is further proof (as if needed) that your job is rubbish, and being a MotoGP rider is quite clearly the best job in the world. If I went in to work each week and trashed the equipment, threw the expensive computers out of the window, and then crashed the bosses car in the parking lot, then I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be rewarded with a huge bonus.

Well done Randy.