[Ducati] Assen *** SPOILER ***

[Rob Allen]

On 6/27/06, Rainer Genschel <rgenschel at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Not sure if it was smart of Nicky to risk so much, given the championship
> situation, while for Colin it was an understandable all or nothing.
>
>
That's why it was such a huge shock ending -- better than any thriller I've
ever read.  :)  I fully expected Nicky to just coast out the rest of the
race, give Colin the win, collect his 20 points, and call it a day.  Who was
it in 3rd, Nakano?  He was so far back that Nicky could've just knocked 2-3
seconds off his pace and strolled in to the finish.

He even said in his post-race interview that people were telling him he
should take it easy and just post a higher standing than his closest
competitors -- who were injured anyway, and running well behind the
leaders.  (Aside: huge props to Rossi for pulling an eighth place finish out
in spite of what was obviously a lot of pain.  I was a little annoyed when
he pushed Capirossi off the track during his pass, but hey, that's racing.)
But Nicky also said that it was important to HIM to get a win -- more
important, it seems, than his championship standing.  No question, the Kid's
a competitor.

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