MotoGP 2014

[pritch]

What the actual fuck?

His front wheel is tucked in.

Bullshit.

This afternoon on Twitter there was a video clip of what is purported to be the same incident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKHTwpTx61k
He is, however, after a second look wearing a different hemet? I haven't been to Brno so can't say about the track.

That did end in a disgraceful dismount, he was unhurt, picked the bike up on his own and rode away.
The explanation of the clip may appear gratuitous but I'm anticpating that Dorna will have the clip taken down.

[GD66]

Always thought Micks style looked weird/awkward. But hey, it sure worked for him.

You could HEAR Mick in tight left-handers...at Southern Loop, Siberia and T11 at The Island, he used to drape himself on the ground, foot, ankle, and leg, and particularly after the short shift and drop in on its side at T11 you could easily hear him dragging his way round the corner. Wicked !

[carbonhed]

Us mere mortals are on our arses every time this happens.
Seems normal for this freaky kid.

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That is just unbelievable isn't it? It is a privilege to watch.

[BMWST?]

What the actual fuck?

His front wheel is tucked in.

Bullshit.

yet he is still on the gas hard enough to pick up the front wheel

[speights_bud]

This afternoon on Twitter there was a video clip of what is purported to be the same incident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKHTwpTx61k
He is, however, after a second look wearing a different hemet? I haven't been to Brno so can't say about the track.

That did end in a disgraceful dismount, he was unhurt, picked the bike up on his own and rode away.
The explanation of the clip may appear gratuitous but I'm anticpating that Dorna will have the clip taken down.

You know what, knowing Marquez I wouldn't be surprised if it was almost deliberate. Practising for the unplanned has already been evident in his pre-race practices. collecting data for passing the limit, looked like a pretty controlled slide to me...

[Reckless]

Well had to stay away from the net for a day or two because of other commitments but really pleased I didnt know the result.

Moto 3 all I can say is WOW poor young miller. I thought he did everything right except for the last corner? 5th but one of the best races you could watch.
Moto 2 the least good watch again.
Moto GP really pleased for Danny. He out rode all of them. Somehow (after 10 perfect races) they completely Screwed up the set up of MM bike??
JL rode well but got beat fair and square. Rossi he went in with what he thought was a bad set up but it turned out ok and the finger cant have been easy.

Very Good nights racing all in all!

[eelracing]

You know what, knowing Marquez I wouldn't be surprised if it was almost deliberate. Practising for the unplanned has already been evident in his pre-race practices. collecting data for passing the limit, looked like a pretty controlled slide to me...

Bloody spectacular to watch but is he really in control?
I can only cast my mind back to Simoncellis fatal accident and remember it was in similar circumstances.
Simo had basically washed out the front and should of just slid out into the sandtrap.
But whether he fought it or fell off the side and unweighted the front it suddenly gripped and...well we know the rest.

[Drew]

There's no fucken control over that, I don't care who you are. His foot is off the outside peg, he is literally getting off the bike.

It's luck. Ask anyone who's done something similar.

[pritch]

It's luck. Ask anyone who's done something similar.

You may be right but MM wouldn't admit it because seeing that will worry his opposition.
Then again there is what Gary Player said when a TV type described one of his shots as lucky. "The more I practice, the luckier I get."

[speights_bud]

Of course he is, the question is whether it's deliberate or not...

[Autech]

I remember a race in Moto2 where Marquez lost the front like that and pushed the bike up with his elbow...

Speaking of Moto2, is anyone else finding it, not boring, but not as interesting this year as in previous years?

[Drew]

Of course he is, the question is whether it's deliberate or not...

Nobody crashes a bike on purpose, and that's what he did. Look how far he rolled off the bike before it hooked back up. He was a gone, and luck prevailed.

It aint like the old days before riders hung off the inside, and sledged the front to the apex to scrub off speed.

[Badjelly]

Bloody spectacular to watch but is he really in control?
I can only cast my mind back to Simoncellis fatal accident and remember it was in similar circumstances.
Simo had basically washed out the front and should of just slid out into the sandtrap.
But whether he fought it or fell off the side and unweighted the front it suddenly gripped and...well we know the rest.

Exactly my thoughts.

[carbonhed]

So the black line on the way in is from the front sledging across the track?

[BMWST?]

Nobody crashes a bike on purpose, and that's what he did. Look how far he rolled off the bike before it hooked back up. He was a gone, and luck prevailed.

It aint like the old days before riders hung off the inside, and sledged the front to the apex to scrub off speed.

You dont know what he was doing,we already know he pushes the front like no one else on the way in to the apex,i think he WAS seeing what would happen if he pushed it more,it was a slow corner