MotoGP 2015

[Drew]

Prob only because Pedro knew it was coming and was smart enough to sit back and let him do it time and time again. As I said...looked like the Rossi of 07. Never said it was clean though...I'm all for it! As far as MM goes...I didn't say you had said that. Plenty of diddle fiddlers here that have though.

With the exception of his turn seven brilliance, looked like Pedro didn't need to do anything different from his normal line to get back past. He must have been consistently lapping very close to flat out throughout the whole race. Impressive stuff.

I think Rossi will win the championship this year, and although he was the first to adopt Marquez' style and take it to him, it seems that Jorge is still the faster rider on equal machinery. Jorge is not as likeable in my eyes, but I still gotta take my hat off to him.

[Autech]

MM Breaks his hand. Well prob a little bone in it or something

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/0...raining/185984

To me, this means Japan is all about 2 riders only. JL and VR, Bring it on


Haha Broken hand, They meant to say, he broke his little pinky on his left hand, wippy doo doo

Marquez it turns out can crash anything with two wheels .

MM wont let that slow him down lol, the guy's a freak.

Lets look at Motegi the last few years.

2014 JL, MM, VR and DP all finishing within 3.1 seconds of each other (can't remember this race very well but must have been epic).
2013 JL, MM, DP and VR in 6th.
2012 DP, JL VR 7th.

Taking this into account I will be surprised if JL doesn't smash the others going on his current form and previous results there. DP seems to do well there as well so I would think he might be ahead of VR. MM will depend on his fitness and whether the hand hurts him too much.
Unless it rains...

I think Rossi will win the championship this year, and although he was the first to adopt Marquez' style and take it to him, it seems that Jorge is still the faster rider on equal machinery. Jorge is not as likeable in my eyes, but I still gotta take my hat off to him.

I hope so, they all need to work out what it is JL is doing in the first 2 laps to build that gap if they want to finish ahead of him in the dry. He just gets off the line and fucks off. MM seems the only one able to stick with him, but has chucked it down the road a few times already this year trying to match JL's pace. JL must just close his eyes and fucking hammer it for the first few laps and hope the tyres hold.

[pritch]

Jorge is not as likeable in my eyes, but I still gotta take my hat off to him.

Yeah, I have read several references to his being up himself(?) and he doesn't come across as very loveable. He did grow up in front of cameras though and how many of us would have looked good doing that?

The guys who put the Motopod podcast together are amateurs, basically they are fans. They can only attend a GP when the circus comes to near where their contributors lives. Generally they have only been granted the odd interview with a satellite team manager or rider. The PR people from the factory teams haven't seen fit to give them the time of day.

Until last year - one of the Motopod guys gained access to the Yamaha hospitality and asked somewhat deferentially, and I suspect with no great expectation, if he could please interview somebody.
"There's Jorge Lorenzo sitting over there, why don't you interview him?"
That must've seemed almost like winning Lotto.
JL gave a good interview and I gave him credit for that. Plus, as you say, you have to doff the titfer for the way he can ride.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I think Rossi will win the championship this year, .

Nah. I think Lorenzo will sneak in. But full credit to Rossi if he does win it!

[Shaun Harris]

Nah. I think Lorenzo will sneak in. But full credit to Rossi if he does win it!

it is gunna come down to hand full of points only eh, unless one of them gets taken out, or crashes out them self under pressure, and that would be JL only I say IF IF IF at all. I am convinced Yamaha would want it to be Rossi, to kind of say fuk u to honda and Ducati, but would prefer it to be JL, as I am convinced the winning bonus will be a lot more of a payout to VR than JL. Seriously does not matter apart from too the fans anyway, as racing does not sell motorbikes like it did pre 1990's

[pritch]

Nah. I think Lorenzo will sneak in. But full credit to Rossi if he does win it!

I can't post a link, I'm in the process of downloading a new OS for the lap top, but Mat Oxley's latest is out at Motor Sport magazine.

He says JL has bested VR 3 to 2 at Motegi when on equal machinery. Last year VR beat JL.at Philip Island, Sepang and Valencia.

The fat lady is still in her dressing room.🎵

[husaberg]

He says JL has bested VR 3 to 2 at Motegi when on equal machinery. Last year VR beat JL.at Philip Island, Sepang and Valencia.
http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/ra...uff-to-happen/
The fat lady is still in her dressing room.��

Yes but Those fat ladies I should note generally sing opera in Italian.
It will be very interesting to see who wants it more and what risks each will be willing to take.
For me Rossi needs to beat JL into playing his own game by taking the start and forcing Lorenzo into a race. To do this he needs to qualify fast on the front row.
This won't happen If he lets him control the race from out front.
As for the Stats well before this year when was the last time Rossi won a wet race. or a race in the British GP but he did both at the same meeting

[Autech]

To quote the crowd at every race track they go to in the world. "Rooosssiiii rosssiiii ROSSSIII ROSSSSSIIII".

[Shaun Harris]

Yes but Those fat ladies I should note generally sing opera in Italian.
It will be very interesting to see who wants it more and what risks each will be willing to take.
For me Rossi needs to beat JL into playing his own game by taking the start and forcing Lorenzo into a race. To do this he needs to qualify fast on the front row.
This won't happen If he lets him control the race from out front.
As for the Stats well before this year when was the last time Rossi won a wet race. or a race in the British GP but he did both at the same meeting

Bang on, we are all seeing the NEW Rossi, and he can ride a bike a lot looser than JL can, if it comes down to that close a fight. jl will spin out and throw his toys out of the cot haha. I would love to see him shed a tear, i would piss my pants instsntly

[husaberg]

Bang on, we are all seeing the NEW Rossi, and he can ride a bike a lot looser than JL can, if it comes down to that close a fight. jl will spin out and throw his toys out of the cot haha. I would love to see him shed a tear, i would piss my pants instsntly

Yeah but that link that was posted balanced the looseness with the fuel consumption Rossi uses more fuel due to the looseness and is larger (which is something I never considered.)
Lorenzo's smooth style I guess suits the 20 litres.
But if he can make it a dogfight my money would be on Rossi.

[Shaun Harris]

Yeah but that link that was posted balanced the looseness with the fuel consumption Rossi uses more fuel due to the looseness and is larger (which is something I never considered.)
Lorenzo's smooth style I guess suits the 20 litres.
But if he can make it a dogfight my money would be on Rossi.

Obviously rellivent to nature of the track though, more flowing tracks VR and fuel is fine, stop go though, he guzzles it

[husaberg]

Obviously rellivent to nature of the track though, more flowing tracks VR and fuel is fine, stop go though, he guzzles it

Yeah granted, but they are on the same track and same bike so with only 20 litres to play in this day and age of electronic fuel management Lorenzo will always have a HP advantage.
According to the blurb the highest fuel consumption track is actually Motegi.
He's giving away 4 inches to Lorenzo and about 10 inches to DP.

[Shaun Harris]

Yeah granted, but they are on the same track and same bike so with only 20 litres to play with Lorenzo will always have a HP advantage.

No mate, as I said above, diff tracks use diff amounts, in some cases Yes, JL has the HP, but in others, it is the same. Take a look back at some of there speed trap times, some tracks nothing in it at all, meaning VR was not running lean loosing hp

[Askor]

To quote the crowd at every race track they go to in Spain "Baaaap Baaaaap baaaap baaaaapp".

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[Autech]

^^^

Hahaha, the above is in reference to the recent WSBK round where there was a chap in the crowd walking around with a megaphone making high pitched motocycle noises.