Well they specialise in twins and triples for the road, so I suppose that covers both bases at one time.
Well they specialise in twins and triples for the road, so I suppose that covers both bases at one time.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
I just downloaded both MotoGP practice sessions. It's a pain that ThreeNow doesn't have all of the sessions on demand.
The forecast is for cooler temperatures than usual for the weekend, meaning a grippier track. More chatter problems for the GP24 riders?
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Just listened to Oxley Bom. The latter thinks Pedrosa will be interesting, he's not there to look like a has been. Somebody else suggest Acosta should follow Pedrosa, he'd learn a lot. Acosta doesn't give the impression that following anybody around is any part of his plans.
Jack Miller needs a good day or his career is going to end sooner rather than later.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Crutchlow will look like a had been in his wildcards, Pedrosa not so much as he's already shown last year.
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10...legend-pedrosa
As promised by yours truly lol. Kid is super smart, only KTM in Q2 too...
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You'd never go hungry with Nigella Gaz.
If it weren't for flashbacks...I'd have no memory at all..
Unless you're riding them a lot in testing or are a verified alien, climbing on a MotoGP bike as a wildcard is a waste of time now.
With the aero and the suite of electronic aids to be managed, they're now a totally different animal from even a Moto2 bike.
Pedrosa I exempt as he seems to be quite involved with the test programme. And his alien credentials are still valid.
P2 (or whatever they call it) is getting a bit silly now. I lost count of the crashes, it might have reached double figures. Thankfully no one was injured but some fast crashes - there are places on that track where you really don't want to come off.
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It begins....pole 93 for #93,and the first crazy save
Now we see the difficulty of keeping tyres up to pressure in mixed conditions. And the resulting time penalties.
I see riders who know the track are saying it develops "bleeders" where water comes back up through the surface.
Apparently it can vary lap to lap and they're saying this is the cause of the rash of crashes.
Don't know of any NZ circuits that do this.
One of the most bizarre races I've seen for a very long time...
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You'd never go hungry with Nigella Gaz.
If it weren't for flashbacks...I'd have no memory at all..
agree with the team being allowed to deal with tyre pressure but there is a "safety" issue.I dont remember the details but this business of altering the races after the fact is very damaging IMHO. How are the riders supposed to deal with it.Drop back to maintain the pressure? Do they know what the pressures actually are? Could there be a device that allows pressure to be altered slightly?
Can't answer those questions sorry. I went to GP's from 2005 for many years ,cost me a fortune lol.
I stopped just before covid so lost all my perks of being there in the pits and chatting with commentators and many Riders / Teams.
I had passes to everything,a very lucky boy.
we all know tyres are a major,something has to change ???
You'd never go hungry with Nigella Gaz.
If it weren't for flashbacks...I'd have no memory at all..
I can answer some of it. The factory - Michelin - mandate a minimum pressure which is monitored by a sensor in the rim. You're allowed a certain no of laps under the minimum before it incurs a penalty. The teams set the start pressure such that once warmed it should be above the minimum. Getting it above is predicated on being able to load the tyre enough to raise it's temp and thus pressure. If it's a cold day or changeable conditions you may not be able to get it warm enough.
This seems to be what's happened here.
It's complicated by the tyre performance falling off when the pressure goes too high. The teams will always try to run the tyres at the lowest pressure possible as this gives the best performance and rider feedback.
The minimum pressure set by Michelin is what they're happy to see the tyre used at. The aero used now is generating quite high downforce and Michelin is worried that overloading a tyre which is not up to pressure could see it come off the rim.
My own opinion is that they could safely drop the minimum a tad - but I'm not a tyre engineer, just a user.
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