MotoGP 2012

[Crasherfromwayback]

Confirmed 2012 MotoGP riders:

1. Casey Stoner - Repsol Honda
2. Dani Pedrosa - Repsol Honda
3. Jorge Lorenzo - Factory Yamaha
4. Ben Spies - Factory Yamaha
5. Valentino Rossi - Ducati Marlboro
6. Nicky Hayden - Ducati Marlboro
7. Cal Crutchlow - Tech 3 Yamaha
8. Andrea Dovizioso - Tech 3 Yamaha
9. Hector Barbera - Pramac Ducati
10. Karel Abraham - Cardion AB Ducati
11. Alvaro Bautista - San Carlo Honda Gresini
12. Stefan Bradl – LCR Honda


Riders shakled with heaps of shit that'll only get in the way...

13. Colin Edwards - NGM Forward Racing (Suter-BMW CRT)
14. Randy de Puniet - Aspar (Aprilia CRT)
15. Aleix Espargaro - Aspar (Aprilia CRT)
16. James Ellison - PBM (Aprilia CRT)
17. Anthony West - Speed Master (Aprilia CRT)
18. Michele Pirro - Gresini Racing (FTR-Honda CRT)
19. Danilo Petrucci - Ioda Racing (Ioda-Aprilia CRT)
20. Ivan Silva - Avintia Racing (Inmotec/FTR?-Kawasaki CRT)
21. Yonny Hernandez - Avintia Racing (Inmotec/FTR?-Kawasaki CRT)

CRT be fucked.

[pritch]

CRT be fucked.

Not perfect but better than just 12 starters. Or 10 if Hayden and Dovizioso don't get over their injuries in time.

An Australian journo was going to make a list of GP riders injured riding MotoX. He decided it would be easier to make a list of those who had not...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Not perfect but better than just 12 starters. Or 10 if Hayden and Dovizioso don't get over their injuries in time.

An Australian journo was going to make a list of GP riders injured riding MotoX. He decided it would be easier to make a list of those who had not...

I don't really agree that simply more riders = better if they're that far off the pace they're being lapped in no tim and basically getting in the way.

[Badjelly]

And now (courtesy of BIKE) something completely irrelevant:
BBC announcer commenting on Toseland's then latest crash after a whole series of unfortunate incidents,
“If he fell into a bucket of tits he would come up sucking his thumb.”

Mrs Jelly and I chuckled over that one when Jonathan first said it. It was a while back, probably in 2005, the year after Toseland's WSBK championship win on the Ducati.

[puddytat]

.

On a sadder note Mark Marquez is reportedly still bothered by the double vision that kept him out of the last race of the season. If the symptoms persist this could bring an end to a most promising career.

.”

NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, please noooooooooo....In my book this is the stand out rider of the last two seasons .If he can race this season I reckon he'll walk away with the title a bit like Elias in 2010. Not since Rossi have I seen such an outstanding young talent.

[pritch]

if they're that far off the pace they're being lapped in no tim and basically getting in the way.

Dorna see it differently. They see it as a matter of survival.

With a rapidly diminishing grid, and now some GP venues in serious doubt due to the economic situation in Southern Europe: currently one of the Spanish GPs and the Portugese GP, absolutely everything is up for consideration. Thus Lorenzo riding around the new Buddh circuit in New Delhi in the last day or so.
In full race leathers - on a Yamaha R15!

One thing that I was wondering is how the CRT bikes will handle the Bridgestones. Apparently Bridgestone have listened to the rider's comments and are intending to produce tyres not quite so temperature sensitive. Capirossi has been employed by Bridgestone to advise, and to liaise with the riders. (Although I haven't seen his actual job description :-)

I read somewhere that Ezpeleta mentioned something about a change to the tyre rules for CRT bikes in 2013? Can't find the reference now.

Another item of interest later in the year will be contracts silly season. All of the factory riders come off contract this year.

The only constant is change?

[Mort]

CRT be fucked.

Dead right there - the plan of course is to bring the works bikes down to the CRT level with no Dorna subsidies and forcing them to sell the bikes to teams and not lease them. But 21 is better than 10 or 12 (which would be the end of MotoGP) regardless...

[Crasherfromwayback]

. Capirossi has been employed by Bridgestone to advise, and to liaise with the riders. (Although I haven't seen his actual job description :-)

I think he's employed by Dorna and is simply giving Bridgestone a rev up from a safety point of view mate.

[Brian d marge]

Hoppers finger has gone

I know this aint gp , but I didnt want to start a new thread , and is , was ( is ) in Motogp





Stephen

[pritch]

Marc Marquez has had surgery on his right eye to treat paralysis of the superior oblique muscle. It's hoped he will be fit for Moto 2 test starting 8 Feb.

[Reckless]

be interesting to see how the first test turns out!

Colin Edwards doesn't seem tremendously positive here http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2012/E...re+sepang+test

oh and the Ducati GP12 said to be looked at more closely on Friday. 20 design staff been on it full time, no holidays allowed.
Similar to all the other bikes Id imagine now they have dumped Carbonfibre and joined same design as the rest.
Teaser vid here http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/late...ek+at+the+GP12

Love to see Ducati get up there and join Yamaha chasing the Honda's at the front
Not to long now

[rachprice]

Yeah poor Marquez....it seems his eye was more the reason why he stayed back in moto2

Cant wait to see what the new Ducati can do, I really hope they have better luck fixing it this season

[DidJit]

Is it testing time yet?!?

[Oscar]

Is it testing time yet?!?

No.

The new Race Director is coming around my place tonight for a coupla beers.

[DidJit]

Have one for me then.