MotoGP 2017

[Crasherfromwayback]

So Whitetrash and Choppa met the Suzuki GP riders this weekend been. Rins is a good cunt they reckon...Iannone however, was just a cunt.

That pissed me off a bit, now I'm back to supporting Rossi again.

Yeah cool, and a well deserved trip for them both. And yeah...Iannone does seem pretty full of himself.

[speights_bud]

...Iannone however, was just a cunt.

No surprises there. Have a look at Iannone's website, someone linked it last year. I'll try find the poem he wrote about himself....

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[speights_bud]

Yeah cool, and a well deserved trip for them both. And yeah...Iannone does seem pretty full of himself.

It's been updated to reflect the Change to Suzuki.

If I recall correctly one of the paragraphs originally finished with "I like to fuck"

BIOGRAPHY
Gather round.
My name is Andrea Iannone.
Motorcycle racer, in MotoGP.
I'm from Vasto, born in 1989.
August ninth.
I've got tattoos, rings. People think I'm a show-off.
But I've been giving them hell for years. To get here.
I started racing because Angelo was doing it. My brother.
Blood runs thick.
When we used to argue, my father would give us boxing gloves and lock us inside a room.
When the room grew silent he would open the door and put us in bed, exhausted.
My father believed in me.
I owe him everything. Do you understand everything? Everything.
On my first day of elementary school he said: “If you come home with bruises, then you'll get even more.
And remember that whoever starts it gets it twice as hard.�
So if someone got on my nerves, I'd have a go.
And I'd go nuts.
At a certain point he told me: what do you want to do, hang out with friends or be serious?
He sold everything to support me.
At 15, 2004, I was racing in both the Italian and Spanish championship.
I had a rough start, picked myself up, and with a few laps to go I fell. Because I didn't know how to control myself. I wanted to overdo it.
It's just who I am. I know no limits.
If I play cards I want to win even if I don't know the rules.
And if I lose I cry.
If you don't believe me, come experience it with me.
Feel for my ways, and everything will go...

They expelled me from private school.
I would open my friends' rooms with calling cards.
If they didn't let me go out, I would escape.
It's always better to apologize than ask permission.
I'll explain why later.
In the following season I made it to the 125 cc World Championships.
The first race I won was on 4 May 2008, in Shanghai. It was the greatest day of my life.
For now, of course.
The bike from that race is in my shed, in my headquarters, in Vasto.
My life lies in there.
I listen to Vasco. I listen to Club Dogo.
My favorite line is: “I break crystal glasses because I'm the best at doing it.�
Do you understand it?
You have to find your talent, whatever it is.
From 2010 to 2012 I raced in Moto2.
Then in MotoGP, Ducati Pramac Racing, two years, two years and after in the Ducati Team.
In 2017 i’m start a new experience.
I learned hear how to roll with the punches, be patient, work towards a goal.
I like my life.
I like how I dress.
I like my house in Vasto Marina.
In my shower I've got a mosaic portraying a dream girl.
In my living room a powerful stereo system.
I like my motorhome, the Audi RS6 Biturbo which I drive, it's a powerful one.
I like the sound it makes when I down-shift: it seems like firecrackers.
I like going out with my friends, small in numbers, trustworthy.
I like keeping my word.
I'll goof off one hundred times over, but if the one hundred and first time I give you my word, you better believe I'll keep it.
I like adrenaline, speed, when I pull ahead when I overtake.
I hate being touched.
I get up late.
I eat late.
I go to bed late.
Then I train.
My motto is: dare. Always dare.
I've learned to dare so that when the right moment comes I'll be ready,
it'll be a joke. And because of this it's better to apologize than to ask permission.
I've learned to speak my mind, even if it hurts.
I've learned to divide up the beast of Andre. The beast comes out when there aren't races and I can allow myself to do it. Otherwise I'm professional, concentrated.
A machine.
If you don't believe me come experience it with me
feel for my ways
and everything will go...
PISS OFF!

My name is Andrea Iannone
Motorcycle racer.

From www.andreaianonne.com

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[pritch]

So Whitetrash and Choppa met the Suzuki GP riders this weekend been. Rins is a good cunt they reckon...Iannone however, was just a cunt.

That pissed me off a bit, now I'm back to supporting Rossi again.

There are exceptions but most of the riders reportedly think they're God's gift. Well, after all, they have probably been told that ever since they can remember.

Ianone is apparently trying to project himself as a bad boy - possible over compensation? Some of the stuff he was posting on social media looked a bit odd by Kiwi standards. Very arty but...

Having said that, even the ones regarded as stuck up can surprise and be pleasant on occasion. The Motopod podcast guys are basically amateurs, like us they are fans, normally they only get to interview the Manager of a satelite team if they are very lucky. When one of them suddenly got the chance to interview Lorenzo in the Yamaha hospitality, JL was civil and gave a good interview.

[Moise]

First day of testing at PI and no posts???

Marquez and Rossi fastest. What a surprise.

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[ecko_nzed]

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[pritch]

Pos #
1
25
m. Viñales
1:28.847
2
93
m. Marquez
+0.462
3
35
c. Crutchlow
+0.478
4
19
a. Bautista
+0.564
5
4
a. Dovizioso
+0.636
6
41
a. Espargaro
+0.654
7
94
j. Folger
+0.817
8
46
v. Rossi
+0.827
9
42
a. Rins
+0.955
10
43
j. Miller
+0.991
11
5
j. Zarco
+1.033
12
29
a. Iannone
+1.100
13
17
k. Abraham
+1.295
14
9
d. Petrucci
+1.303
15
99
j. Lorenzo
+1.350
16
26
d. Pedrosa
+1.398
17
8
h. Barbera
+1.505
18
45
s. Redding
+1.588
19
44
p. Espargaro
+1.798
20
76
l. Baz
+2.005
21
22
s. Lowes
+2.048
22
38
b. Smith
+2.857

[mulletman]

I see the Dukes are hitting 340 plus this morn.

Gimmee live video

[pritch]

I see the Dukes are hitting 340 plus this morn.

Gimmee live video

I seem to recall reading that there are no cameras at Phillip Island currently. That does seem a bit odd in the circumstances but...

[mulletman]

I seem to recall reading that there are no cameras at Phillip Island currently. That does seem a bit odd in the circumstances but...

'There will be video updates midway thru the day and another in the afternoon' and a 'comprehensive highlights package at the end of the day'
So they're there...

[pritch]

Vinales will be happy, Crutchlow too, Folger will be ecstatic, Ducati are not happy, Rossi is unhappy.

https://motomatters.com/results/2017...st_friday.html

[Autech]

Folger is doing bloody well. Never stood in moto2 really but has shown he deserves that bike already. Yamaha must be such a strong package that rookie riders can jump aboard n smash out competitive times. Compare that to the riders that jump on the Honda n its a stark contrast.


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[Reckless]

The young fellas are showing the old Guard their tails during these rounds of testing
MM and Vin are riding the wheels off their bikes.
This could well be the year we see a changing of the guard aye?

Secondly no reports through 3 rounds of test that the tyres are causing any Issues.
Looks like Michelin have stepped up which is positive for the season.

From the testing we MIGHT see MM and Vinales a few tenths quicker the young blood coming through and some very frustrated old guys chasing their tales.
Mind you everything can change race day how many times last year did Rossi "find something" on the morning of the race?

[pritch]

I've been waiting for some enlightened comment from the pundits but so far there is very little.

Apparently the Ducati riders are having trouble getting the bike to turn (still?). They are missing their wings?

A couple of the other factories tried the new "concealed wing" fairings, from memory Suzuki and Aprilia have joined Yamaha in this.

Both Yamaha riders were testing two different frames back to back, and all the teams had extra tyres to test for Michelin.

A lot of theYamaha testing was on worn tyres because that's what was giving them problems toward the end of the race last year.

David Emmett said that Crutchlow has a very fast race pace.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Apparently the Ducati riders are having trouble getting the bike to turn (still?). They are missing their wings?

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Can't see the lack of wings having anything to do with that.