MotoGP 2018

[Crasherfromwayback]

Not sure what race exactly last year, Phillip Island? Not even sure if he was on the podium. But Rossi was absolutely ecstatic. When interviewed he had eyes like pickles on a fork and was struggling for words due to his excitement. After all these years his passion has not dimmed and he loves a tough day in the office. Bikes through and through. Absolutely.

Yep. There's many things I admire about the man, even though I'm no fan. Hope he wins a few races this year to spice things up.

[ellipsis]

Yep. There's many things I admire about the man, even though I'm no fan. Hope he wins a few races this year to spice things up.

...I'm the forlorn cunt that wants him to win the lot...Vale

[george formby]

Yep. There's many things I admire about the man, even though I'm no fan. Hope he wins a few races this year to spice things up.

I think this year could be a real vindaloo. Lots of big questions to be answered and it seems a lot of development has happened. I'm hoping for more competitive bikes on the grid to match the available rider talent. I'm more of a Yamaha fan than a Rossi fan but I hope they have figured out how to maximise tyres better for the benefit of both parties.

Wrong thread, I know, but how long for one rider to win two races? The longer the better for my motogp subscription bang for buck meter.


Are we there yet?

[Reckless]

Live timing 40 mins to go

[Reckless]

Final places. Missed the screenshot of the full grid like above but
Millar will be very happy in 5th.
Rossi only one to jump a few places 12th to 8th in the last hour.
Nakagami doing good for a newbie
Vinales is 18th and will be pissed as

Top 10 or 12 within 1 second of each other at this early stage of the game.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Bring it on I say. The queer cunt that writes Dear George might have to suck a fat one this season.

https://www.superbikeplanet.com/moto...-results-2018/

[pritch]

Vinales is 18th and will be pissed as

Dunno, he did a lot of laps yesterday.
MM: 75
Smith: 71
MV: 70
CC: 65

All the above might have felt a bit drained by the last hour when people started changing to sticky tyres. Sepang and Buriram are brutal places to test.

From Oxley on Twitter.
"Bumped into a top MotoGP rider in the hotel.
Him: You doing Thailand and Qatar tests?
Me: No, next time for me it's the Qatar race.
Him: Lucky you."

So while they have a dream job, it is hard work.

My only ride in Malaysia, on a YDS2 wearing zero safety kit, was extremely pleasant but you needed to watch out for the water buffalo.

[Crasherfromwayback]

but you needed to watch out for the water buffalo.

That code for the local ladies?

[pritch]

That code for the local ladies?

Not at all, the local ladies could appear quite graceful but are mostly muslim so wouldn't be likely to socialise. The buffalo just appeared particularly unyeilding and seemingly didn't feel the need to bother too much about traffic.

[pritch]

Further to the comments about MV's lap times. Apparently he is not a happy chappie. Rossi was very chipper after Day 1 but much less so after day 3.

Haven't seen any coments from the Honda camp. Maybe the Ducati dudes are happiest. Two more tests to go before the serious action starts.

david Emmett will be posting a series of srticles on the test on his Motomatters page.

[Reckless]

Dunno, he did a lot of laps yesterday.
MM: 75
Smith: 71
MV: 70
CC: 65

All the above might have felt a bit drained by the last hour when people started changing to sticky tyres. Sepang and Buriram are brutal places to test.
.

Those lap times are best over the whole day Pritch fastest for the day not the last hour

[Reckless]

Great New about Crafer

Matt Oxley's first write up

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/o...tent=day3tests

[BMWST?]

courtesy motomatters times as at 2 30 pm local time

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Time	Diff	Prev
1	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati GP18	1:58.830
2	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda RC213V	1:59.009	0.179	0.179
3	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda RC213V	1:59.052	0.222	0.043
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati GP18	1:59.169	0.339	0.117
5	43	Jack Miller	Ducati GP17	1:59.346	0.516	0.177
6	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:59.348	0.518	0.002
7	93	Marc Marquez	Honda RC213V	1:59.382	0.552	0.034
8	5	Johann Zarco	Yamaha M1	1:59.511	0.681	0.129
9	53	Tito Rabat	Ducati GP17	1:59.547	0.717	0.036
10	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki GSX-RR	1:59.615	0.785	0.068
11	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati GP18	1:59.819	0.989	0.204
12	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha M1	2:00.018	1.188	0.199
13	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda RC213V	2:00.071	1.241	0.053
14	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati GP17	2:00.205	1.375	0.134
15	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia RS-GP	2:00.234	1.404	0.029
16	21	Franco Morbidelli	Honda RC213V	2:00.526	1.696	0.292
17	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha M1	2:00.555	1.725	0.029
18	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati GP16	2:00.574	1.744	0.019
19	36	Mika Kallio	KTM RC16	2:00.719	1.889	0.145
20	10	Xavier Simeon	Ducati GP16	2:00.784	1.954	0.065
21	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Suzuki GSX-RR	2:01.120	2.290	0.336
22	12	Tom Luthi	Honda RC213V	2:01.126	2.296	0.006
23	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia RS-GP	2:01.158	2.328	0.032
24	38	Bradley Smith	KTM RC16	2:01.214	2.384	0.056
25	68	Yonny Hernandez	Yamaha M1	2:01.223	2.393	0.009
26	33	Kohta Nozane	Yamaha M1	2:01.385	2.555	0.162
27	32	Katsuyuki Nakasuga	Yamaha M1	2:02.077	3.247	0.692

yamaha may be in the same trouble as lasy year apparently there wasnt much difference between monday and tuesday and the Yammies went from th e to p to mid feild.I read somewhere zarco want to keep his old bike

[Reckless]

Watching after the flag on the GP site, sooo impressed with Simon Crafars perspective/input/opinion.
Great choice!

[Autech]

Few riders comments on Lorenzo on the 18 -

"He's riding it like the Yamaha" in relation to how he is getting it to turn. Here's hoping he snatches the title to show the haters up

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