Moto GP

[whisty]

Maybe we'll have two brothers as Honda team mates in the top tier, if it's not announced already Hodgson said he was 99.999999% sure it was happening. That should be interesting. 

[The Nal]

New Ducati 😍

[The Nal]

Will 2020 be Valentino Rossi's final season in MotoGP?

MotoGP's factory Yamaha team has ended speculation about one of the sport's brightest young talents and hinted at the end for arguably its biggest ever star.

In two quick-fire press releases, issued one after the other Wednesday, Yamaha first announced that Petronas Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo would join the factory outfit after the upcoming season, and then that Valentino Rossi would ride "his last full season" for the team.

[whisty]

Will there be a 2020 Season 🙄

[charlierc]

6 hours ago, whisty said:

Will there be a 2020 Season 🙄

Least MotoGP didn't try to do a Formula 1 and send everyone from Europe to Australia only to cancel on the day of first practice after the teams (except for Red Bull, apparently) refused to race following a positive test by a McLaren employee.

Though I guess F1 has learned from that and not tried to go full steam ahead to Bahrain next weekend.

[The Nal]

That looked really bad for Marquez. Just pushed it too far. Really nasty crash.

[eFestivals]

17 hours ago, The Nal said:

That looked really bad for Marquez. Just pushed it too far. Really nasty crash.

who cares? motogp is boring, moto3 is where it's at.

[The Nal]

2 hours ago, eFestivals said:

who cares? motogp is boring, moto3 is where it's at.

Moto3 was the best race of the weekend. Again. 

[eFestivals]

22 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Moto3 was the best race of the weekend. Again. 

I love how there's nearly always skittles at the end. They might as well toss a coin for the winner.  

[LJS]

5 hours ago, eFestivals said:

who cares? motogp is boring, moto3 is where it's at.

Nice to agree with you, Neil!

[LJS]

Marquez planning to race this weekend. He is crazy.

https://www.autosport.com/motogp/news/150790/marquez-declared-fit-to-ride-at-andalusian-gp

[The Nal]

1 hour ago, LJS said:

Marquez planning to race this weekend. He is crazy.

https://www.autosport.com/motogp/news/150790/marquez-declared-fit-to-ride-at-andalusian-gp

Madness. They're different creatures though. I remember Lorenzo broke his collarbone on a Thursday in Assen, flew to Spain the same day, was operated on Friday morning, had a metal plate put in and flew back to Assen in the afternoon. Rode in the race on Sunday and finished fifth.

[whisty]

Moto 3 eh, maybe I should stop deleting them and watch a couple  

With the amount of races left, Quartararo prob only has to finish second to Marquez for the rest of the season and it's his.

 

[The Nal]

Great to see Rossi competitive. Somewhat anyway. Still slightly of the pace but Ill take it.

Speaking of Rossi, and Quartararo, love this.

[LJS]

Marquez to miss Czech GP

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/53643763

Well, that should certainly make the rest of the season interesting as Marquez tries to catch up!

[The Nal]

1 hour ago, LJS said:

Marquez to miss Czech GP

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/53643763

Well, that should certainly make the rest of the season interesting as Marquez tries to catch up!

An he still has nerve damage in his shoulder from the operation earlier this year. His other shoulder is knackered too and now hes had two major operations on his arm in 2 weeks.

You'd wonder if he should sit out this season and recover and extend his career. He wont last long this rate.

[whisty]

Rossi was blessed this afternoon, I f I was him I'd be looking at me armchair and slipperts! The crashers looked ok, hope they all recover including the Moto 2 guy, that looked really horrible. 

I watched Moto3,  yes it was exciting especially with the brit interest

 

[eFestivals]

11 hours ago, whisty said:

Rossi was blessed this afternoon, I f I was him I'd be looking at me armchair and slipperts! The crashers looked ok, hope they all recover including the Moto 2 guy, that looked really horrible. 

yeah, crazy crashes.   

11 hours ago, whisty said:

I watched Moto3,  yes it was exciting especially with the brit interest

 

it was a tamer race than it usually is.

[The Nal]

The crashes yesterday looked like something from The Matrix.

Rossi called it "the biggest scare of my career" and had a talk with Zarco (who caused it) after. Rossi wasn't happy with him. A miracle all were ok. 

[The Nal]

Moto GP certainly wasn't boring this weekend!

 

[eFestivals]

36 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Moto GP certainly wasn't boring this weekend!

less-spectacular crashes tho.  

Mind you, having to step off the back of a bike at 140mph takes some bottle, even when there's a wall coming towards you. 

[The Nal]

27 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

less-spectacular crashes tho.  

Mind you, having to step off the back of a bike at 140mph takes some bottle, even when there's a wall coming towards you. 

Shows how safe the sport is when Vinales can just walk away from this. 

 

[The Nal]

Another Moto3 last lap that made me dizzy.

[whisty]

First Moto 2 race I watched last weekend. Surprised to see Sam Lowes up there, pole tomorrow, 4 meetings left, be lovely to see a home boy world champ. What’s happened to Quarterero, hes panicking or the bike! 

[The Nal]

This season has been very 2020. Iannone banned for 4 years, Marquez out for the rest of the season, 4 DNF's in a row from Rossi and 2 races missed with Covid from the last 6 races and the likely champion has only won 1 race.