MotoGP 2016

**Drew** · 16th November 2015, 17:34

Originally Posted by roogazza

Yeah, what did Jim say,''ya just a pack of fucken arseholes" ? (at Bathhurst one year).

"You're nothing but a bunch of arseholes" was the line I think. Quick search didn't show it up.

**roogazza** · 16th November 2015, 17:40

Originally Posted by Drew

"You're nothing but a bunch of arseholes" was the line I think. Quick search didn't show it up.

Probably , pardon my ''French" !!!!! lol

**Erelyes** · 16th November 2015, 18:20

"I'm just really stunned for words, I can't believe the reception. I thought Australian race fans had a lot more to go than this, this is bloody disgraceful. I'll keep racing but I tell you what, this is going to remain with me for a long time, you're a pack of arseholes."

**pritch** · 16th November 2015, 18:47

Originally Posted by Drew

Despite being a Rossi fan, I think that's fucken rough. Booing is just shithouse.

Well, it would be shithouse if Lorenzo hadn't actually provoked it. During the podium ceremony at Sepang when Rossi's name was mentioned Lorenzo made a series of thumb down gestures. That's what kicked off the booing.

I don't know what he did at Jerez but it was a bloody good trick getting booed in his own country.

**caspernz** · 16th November 2015, 19:21

Yeah I can recall watching Bathurst when Jim Richards won under weird circumstances. His speech on the podium was on the money I reckon.

The whole MotoGP farce in 2015 season seems a bit off, as in hard to tell what the go really is. Viewer numbers are up, so maybe it's got a bit of manufactured drama about it? World Superbikes appeal more to myself, so why should I care really...

**Crasherfromwayback** · 16th November 2015, 20:58

Originally Posted by Autech

Yup none of those cunts could ride like that. Give applause.

He should take a page out of Jim Richards book next time.

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Originally Posted by roogazza

Yeah, what did Jim say,''ya just a pack of fucken arseholes" ? (at Bathhurst one year).

Think Stoner may told a few that one year too. Donnington perhaps?

**pritch** · 19th November 2015, 20:42

http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/ra...corner-speeds/

**Autech** · 20th November 2015, 08:32

Originally Posted by pritch

http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/ra...corner-speeds/

Slow em down they say... Sounds like a Tui ad to me!

**Shaun Harris** · 20th November 2015, 08:42

Originally Posted by Autech

Slow em down they say... Sounds like a Tui ad to me!

LOL, kinda yea. But the safety issue;s at some of the trucks is getting rather risky now with there corner speed. And it is a lot cheaper to make bikes go slower, than it is to modify race tracks

**Mental Trousers** · 20th November 2015, 10:15

Same issue they've been having for many years with those 4 wheeled billboards, the F1 cars. They need to slow the cars down because get so fast they're not driveable and seriously dangerous so they bring in rules that ban something, make them slower while hopefully not taking away from the spectacle, the prestige and the lap times.

**Badjelly** · 20th November 2015, 12:19

Remember the last time they made a serious effort to reduce speeds in MotoGP, by reducing capacity from 1000 to 800? Result: less powerful, peakier engines and consequntly higher corner speeds, with the added bonus of more high-side crashes, until the electronics improved and the riders adapted (think Air Lorenzo). Now the preferred solution is apparently to reduce the wheel rim width and therefore contact patch size. What could possibly go wrong with that?

Actually I'm not sure what could go wrong with reducing the rim width, but what I do know is that MotoGP engineers and riders are ingenious people and technical changes often have perverse consequences.