MotoGP 2016

[Dadpole]

All of which should inspire Dovizioso and Iannone to perform?

Dovi has been trying to perform. It's a conspiracy I tells ya.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Lorenzo

MM

Pedro

Rossi

Dovi

[Dadpole]

I give up. Show me an arse kicking competition and I will pick the one-legged guy.

[pritch]

I give up. Show me an arse kicking competition and I will pick the one-legged guy.

Amen to that. Still, it doesn't cost anything so...

JL
MM
Rossi
Dovi
Pedro

[Autech]

Fucked if I know, but I just read some tea leaves and they say:

JL
DP
AD
VR
MV

MM - DNF

[Crasherfromwayback]

MM - DNF

Wishful thinking every round so far Bro?

[Reckless]

I know we all knew this but I didnt think he'd actually do it. Ah well good for the sport and be a damn good reshuffle. Bets who will get the top bike next year?
Ducati will be happy although one of their riders wont lol. With the new Bike and team attitude if he jells with the bike we might even see it win a title?



After three incredible titles, 41 races wins and 99 podiums together, Jorge Lorenzo and Yamaha will part ways after the 2016 season.
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces that its partnership with Jorge Lorenzo will be discontinued at the close of the 2016 MotoGP™ season, when Lorenzo will move on to new racing challenges.

Since Lorenzo joined the Yamaha Factory Racing Team in 2008, Lorenzo and Yamaha have enjoyed eight fantastic seasons of racing together, during which time they have won three MotoGP™ World Championships (2010, 2012 and 2015), clinched 41 race wins and have been on the podium 99 times out of 141 races contested.

Yamaha is extremely grateful for Jorge's contributions to its racing successes and looks forward to sharing more memorable moments during the remaining 15 MotoGP™ rounds of 2016, their ninth season together.

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. wishes Lorenzo the very best in his future racing endeavors and reconfirms the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team’s full support on his campaign to achieve his fourth MotoGP™ title.

Having already reconfirmed Valentino Rossi for 2017-18, Yamaha will announce the future Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team riders’ line-up in due course after securing the services of the second rider.

[Oscar]

He's got the best corner speed and smoothest technique in the business.
But he's never been a scrapper and he never had to ride a bike that was trying to kill him.

[pritch]

The big interest now is who will replace JL with Vinales the almost unanimous pick. It is thought by some though that Suzuki will want to keep Vinales. In that case the field is wide open. There is talent in Moto2 but they should go to Tech 3 rather than direct to Yamaha.

There is an awful lot being written on the subject but it's all guess work. Including this.

[Cosmik de Bris]

He's got the best corner speed and smoothest technique in the business.
But he's never been a scrapper and he never had to ride a bike that was trying to kill him.

He who? Perhaps quoting a post might help with the mind reading act.

[carbonhed]

He who? Perhaps quoting a post might help with the mind reading act.

Lorenzo. Try to work harder on your mind reading :-)

News just in... Stoner to Yamaha for 2017!















Just kidding.

[Oscar]

He who? Perhaps quoting a post might help with the mind reading act.

The previous posting Numbnuts.

[Erelyes]

Dowsing. Palm reading. Astrology. Putting numbered boxes inside an octopus tank. Pick your method, it's gonna be that hard to call!

Um...

JL
MM
AI
MV
AD

Rossi DNF

[pritch]

He's got the best corner speed and smoothest technique in the business.
But he's never been a scrapper and he never had to ride a bike that was trying to kill him.

There is really only one guy fits that description.

Not sure about the "scrapper" comment though, can't remember back to him and Simoncelli slugging it out in 250s. Just remember Barbera punting 58 into the gravel, because that pissed me off at the time.. The pundits say Lorenzo's problem when scrapping is that he can't use his normal lines and corner speed 'cause the other riders might be using that particular piece of track.

[Oscar]

There is really only one guy fits that description.

Not sure about the "scrapper" comment though, can't remember back to him and Simoncelli slugging it out in 250s. Just remember Barbera punting 58 into the gravel, because that pissed me off at the time.. The pundits say Lorenzo's problem when scrapping is that he can't use his normal lines and corner speed 'cause the other riders might be using that particular piece of track.

Yeah, I probably should have prefaced it by saying that's what he's grown into.