MotoGP 2016

[sugilite:Me]

That was always going to be the case early on. The Honda is hard on the front end whereas the Yamaha is more of an all-rounder and the Ducati has always been built like it was designed for Michelins, ie all about the rear tyre.

Whether the riders can adapt enough is the question. Relying less on the front tyre should squeeze the field up a bit.

I'm "guessing" Michelin must have done some improvements on the front tyre as riders do not seem to be complaining at this test. MM and DP are complaining that the motor is still too aggressive. I honestly thought Honda would have had that well sorted by now.

[Reckless]

Day 2 times
Times as of 1230 Malaysian Time – 1530 EDST

Danilo Petrucci 2m00.095
Hector Barbera +0.29
Jorge Lorenzo +0.73
Marc Marquez +0.74
Scott Redding +0.95
Andrea Iannone +0.95
Maverick Vinales +1.32
Dani Pedrosa +1.38
Yonny Hernandez +1.54
Casey Stoner +1.60
Andrea Dovizioso +1.62
Valentino Rossi +1.81
Pol Espargaro +1.89
Tito Rabat +2.23
Cal Crutchlow +2.23
Stefan Bradl +2.27
Bradley Smith +2.51
Loris Baz +2.51
Katsuyuki Nakasuga +2.61
Aleix Espargaro _2.65
Alvaro Bautista +2.78

[Pumba]

Loris Baz photos from FB

[mr bucketracer]

omg thats bad

[carbonhed]

Loris Baz photos from FB

Holy crap.

They're building him a new bike from the ground up.

[pritch]

And so to the overhaul of Race Direction. Or how to double your troubles. And how is someone on Dorna's payroll not a Dorna employee?


https://motomatters.com/news/2016/02...tion_to_b.html

[HenryDorsetCase]

Loris Baz photos from FB

So the rear tyre just decided to have a wee holiday and put him into the shrubbery? Crikey. He looks OK though which is good.

[HenryDorsetCase]

And so to the overhaul of Race Direction. Or how to double your troubles. And how is someone on Dorna's payroll not a Dorna employee?


https://motomatters.com/news/2016/02...tion_to_b.html

Oooooh oooooooh. I could do it. I'm an officer of the Court, and a barrister and solicitor in good standing. Plus I like motorbikes.

Where do I sign up.

[merv]

So the rear tyre just decided to have a wee holiday and put him into the shrubbery? Crikey. He looks OK though which is good.

Memories of Barry Sheene at Daytona 40+ years ago.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Memories of Barry Sheene at Daytona 40+ years ago.

yeah. that was chunking if I remember that caused instability that led to his getoff. The key difference is that Barry was in hospital for months. Those X Rays of the webwork of steel in his legs are horrific. Baz walked away.... a testament to luck, great safety gear and improvements in track safety. But you're really spinning the roulette wheel in a 180mph getoff. Power to him. If he was a cat he would have used one of his lives.

[roogazza]

Always thought he wasn't coming back and here it is from the horses mouth.
https://t.co/6tNwU0N0xK

Maybe he just needed to compare himself to the big boys or ........ ?

[roogazza]

yeah. that was chunking if I remember that caused instability that led to his getoff. The key difference is that Barry was in hospital for months. Those X Rays of the webwork of steel in his legs are horrific. Baz walked away.... a testament to luck, great safety gear and improvements in track safety. But you're really spinning the roulette wheel in a 180mph getoff. Power to him. If he was a cat he would have used one of his lives.

Years ago I saw Nakano come down at around 300kph on a Kawasaki at Mugello.
Little fella bounced well.

[puddytat]

Years ago I saw Nakano come down at around 300kph on a Kawasaki at Mugello.
Little fella bounced well.

I think he still holds the record for the fastest "off"...

[carbonhed]

Always thought he wasn't coming back and here it is from the horses mouth.
https://t.co/6tNwU0N0xK

Maybe he just needed to compare himself to the big boys or ........ ?

"I am not looking to put in a soft tyre and go for a laptime. This is something you do when you want to crush the opposition, I don’t need to do that at this point."

Hmmmm...

Good laptime though. Less than a tenth off Rossi. That's got to be a major carrot if he's riding today.

[yod]

"I am not looking to put in a soft tyre and go for a laptime. This is something you do when you want to crush the opposition, I don’t need to do that at this point."

If he's not trolling I'm a dutchman lol

I got 5 bucks and a bag of chips that says he's having a little smirk in a back room somewhere that he's rocked up, been handed the keys to a bike and tyres he's never used and he's 0.082 behind Rossi on day two

That's gotta be pretty satisfying