MotoGP 2016

[actungbaby]

Agree totally. There was also a comment recently from Rossi that he didn't think Lozenge would be likely to change camps because that would take balls. A none too subtle dig, but also perhaps an attempt to goad him into changing.



Why do anything? Because it's a challenge. Perhaps Rossi left Honda in 2004 after having won two titles with them, because he knew that winning a third would be expected.

After you win the championship on the best bike, what is there to do next but win one on the second best?

Maybe Lozenge will emulate what Rossi did 12-13 years ago and win 2x in a row on a Yamaha, then switch to another manufacturer and try and win another.

yeah its the callenge they enjoy who think eddie lawson change to honda nsr 500 even though spencer,s chief had to cut sections out of the main

frame spars

[carbonhed]

The Honda seems to have issues putting the power down out of the slower corners. You could see Marquez's first bike in particular just winding itself up into a pogoing frenzy and getting murdered by the other bikes. Maybe COTA's will be even worse for them with it's long straights.... Ducati's first win for ages?

[george formby]

Can somebody explain the flag to flag rule and the bike change please? I assumed that it was to put all riders on an even keel should it have started raining... Were their concerns about the tires lasting the race:?

Anyhoo. K'in awesome round IMHO, all races had me entertained and some of the footage had me agog. Those damp patches...

[mulletman]

wasint it just i thought just locking the rear brake

Just re watched it and the rear was bouncing about , maybe that set off the front pogoing , both front and rear bouncing at the
same time just looked frightening.

[ellipsis]

Can somebody explain the flag to flag rule and the bike change please? I assumed that it was to put all riders on an even keel should it have started raining... Were their concerns about the tires lasting the race:?

Anyhoo. K'in awesome round IMHO, all races had me entertained and some of the footage had me agog. Those damp patches...

...t'was a Michelin decision...Reddings tyre was the catalyst for a lot of drama...have conclusive results come from Michelin yet that they had a fuck up or was it a panic reaction?...kind of funny in a sick, tongue up bum, big money and corporate world of viewing numbers, overriding the sport kind of way...

[Asher]

It was mentioned in the coverage but here is finally video of Bautista taking out one of his pit crew: https://www.facebook.com/GPOnecom/vi...2340245779699/


Rumor has it Pawi will have his 1st place stripped because he tested postive for high levels of methenamine in his blood.

[carbonhed]

It was mentioned in the coverage but here is finally video of Bautista taking out one of his pit crew: https://www.facebook.com/GPOnecom/vi...2340245779699/

Jesus! WTF was Bautista doing?

[Erelyes]

The least that Iannone could have done was pick his bike up and push it over the line behind Dovi to secure 14th.

Dovi proving a fighter as always. That overtake was incredible just for how clean it was.

I was worried this championship was going to be a pied piper procession with Lorenzo, but things are getting interesting!

[Reckless]

Jesus! WTF was Bautista doing?

Falling off in pit lane
They'll bring the pit lane speed down if that happens again

[Moise]

Because the Bridgestones were perfect

at PI in 2013. Yeah, right.

[mr bucketracer]

michelin are going to stop making retreads for motogp

[pritch]

As for Michelin...what a fuck up. If they cannot manufacture reasonable tyres then they need to be told to piss off until they can figure it out.

Similar thing happened with Bridgestone at Phillip Island only three years (or so) ago. How soon we forget.



Mat Oxley has reassessed the way the season might go following Argentina.

http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/ra...le-favourites/

[Drew]

Similar thing happened with Bridgestone at Phillip Island only three years (or so) ago. How soon we forget.



Mat Oxley has reassessed the way the season might go following Argentina.

http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/ra...le-favourites/

Bridgestone were caught out by a completely resurfaced Phillip Island though. Michelin just haven't got their shit together.

They had a year and a half to develop tyres. Said tyres don't actually need to be as good, but they shouldn't fly to pieces.

[speights_bud]

Said tyres don't actually need to be as good, but they shouldn't fly to pieces.

+1 on that. The Bridgestones at PI degraded and chunks tore off. They didn't completely de-laminate and explode!

[pritch]

Falling off in pit lane
They'll bring the pit lane speed down if that happens again

Petrucci crashed his bike in the change over too but he managed not to hit anyone..

Interesting situation with travel in Argentina. Apparently many of the paddock people have been living like refugeees in an air terminal in Argentina waiting for a flight. They finally got airborne this morning in a very ummm basic(?) looking aircraft.

Loris Baz just a few hours ago posted a photo of the flight cases containing the bikes and all the equipmant still sitting in the Argentinan countryside.

About now it won't just be Michelin people working overtime on their worry beads...

update: Some of the people are still on a bus, and will be for another eleven hours, before they get to the international airport.