MotoGP 2018

[BMWST?]

Well, Yamaha don't think so either mate...Rossi and Mavric etc etc.

and look how that works out lately

[Crasherfromwayback]

and look how that works out lately

It's not really the main prob though is it? MM being too good for all and sundry is the main issue for the rest.

[Autech]

It's not really the main prob though is it? MM being too good for all and sundry is the main issue for the rest.

Yup the new evolved MM is almost unstoppable with that Honda under him, settling for 4th now and then will keep him in the title for many years to come I think.

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[BMWST?]

It's not really the main prob though is it? MM being too good for all and sundry is the main issue for the rest.

yes i guess so my scenario at Honda is really that Dani supports MM cos he cant beat him regularly

[pritch]

There were some interesting comments from Miller who followed MM for a few laps. He saw one of MMs miracle saves but he said that MM was losing the front on nearly every corner.

I haven't yet seen the final times but at one point even Syahrin was ahead of Vinales and Rossi who were both languishing way down the order while Zarco was at the top. Even allowing for the fact that the factory riders were testing various parts and Zarco probably having nothing to test was chasing fast times, David Emmett commented that was not a good look.


https://motomatters.com/results/2018...day_final.html


https://motomatters.com/results/2018...ned_times.html

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yup the new evolved MM is almost unstoppable with that Honda under him, settling for 4th now and then will keep him in the title for many years to come I think.

lk

I'd say as long as he doesn't fuck himself up, the man will win more titles than the Old Boy.

[onearmedbandit]

I'd say as long as he doesn't fuck himself up, the man will win more titles than the Old Boy.

Have to agree mate.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Have to agree mate.

If he wins it this year, is that #7?

[Autech]

If he wins it this year, is that #7?

Cunt would still get expensive insurance premiums too

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[pritch]

Cunt would still get expensive insurance premiums too

I've wondered what they pay for insurance premiums. Jamie Whitham was told to avoid Czech hospitals 'cause they were third world standard. He crashed at Brno and awoke as he was arriving at the hospital, he told his wife, "Get me out of here."

She rang the insurance company and they sent an executive jet with a medical team on board to pick him up and fly him back to England. I don't think you get that sort of service with the insurance you buy from the travel agent. The riders may well pay more in premiums than most of us earn in wages?

[Autech]

I've wondered what they pay for insurance premiums. Jamie Whitham was told to avoid Czech hospitals 'cause they were third world standard. He crashed at Brno and awoke as he was arriving at the hospital, he told his wife, "Get me out of here."

She rang the insurance company and they sent an executive jet with a medical team on board to pick him up and fly him back to England. I don't think you get that sort of service with the insurance you buy from the travel agent. The riders may well pay more in premiums than most of us earn in wages?

Thats the kind of insurance you want
Was making a joke about him being under 25 btw.

I'd think that under their racing contracts that kind of stuff would be covered off, be poor form for a team rider to miss something due to not having their shit sorted

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[WALRUS]

Yup the new evolved MM is almost unstoppable with that Honda under him, settling for 4th now and then will keep him in the title for many years to come I think.

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Unfortunately I have to agree with you. I'm kinda bored with MM's dominance tbh

Fingers crossed we get a champion not from Spain this year

[Drew]

Unfortunately I have to agree with you. I'm kinda bored with MM's dominance tbh

Fingers crossed we get a champion not from Spain this year

I was the same with Rossi...until he started getting beaten. That's when I became a fan.

[WALRUS]

And that's where all my hypocrisy lies haha! I've been a Rossi fan since the late 90's and almost definitely always will be :P Same with Bayliss and Foggy in WSBK haha!

I felt the same way about Stoner though, and Lorenzo (especially when he was in 250's, he made that class boring for me), so it's probably just your run-of-the-mill bias against whoever is beating your favourite rider/team.

They're all incredibly talented riders and far, far beyond my skill level but yeah, I'm hoping that we get a year a bit like 2016, with heaps of different winners, on different machines and teams.

I would still love to see if MM can still be dominant if he switched to a Suzuki, KTM, or Aprilia etc. I remember that was part of the reason why Vale left Honda after 2003, everyone was just saying it was the bike.

[Autech]

And that's where all my hypocrisy lies haha! I've been a Rossi fan since the late 90's and almost definitely always will be :P Same with Bayliss and Foggy in WSBK haha!

I felt the same way about Stoner though, and Lorenzo (especially when he was in 250's, he made that class boring for me), so it's probably just your run-of-the-mill bias against whoever is beating your favourite rider/team.

They're all incredibly talented riders and far, far beyond my skill level but yeah, I'm hoping that we get a year a bit like 2016, with heaps of different winners, on different machines and teams.

I would still love to see if MM can still be dominant if he switched to a Suzuki, KTM, or Aprilia etc. I remember that was part of the reason why Vale left Honda after 2003, everyone was just saying it was the bike.

I have a feeling if MM went to Ducati he'd kick arse, KTM and Aprilia if they keep there grab it by the balls and thrash it mentality he'd do well also. He wouldn't make a losing bike a winner though as lets not forget he's brilliant, but so are all the others out there.

Where I think he'd fail is if he went to Yamaha or Suzuki, he's shown no real ability to adapt his riding style drastically since he joined Motogp apart from realising when he doesn't have the pace and settling for a lower place. 2015 was case and point where the bike wouldn't do what he wanted so he biffed it out and reverted to an older frame for a few years that could have potentially set back the development of the Honda to be more ridable for the rookies that have come along and failed.

His riding style while very entertaining to watch would be very hard to achieve on another bike, he'd be a bit like Lorenzo and would have to reinvent himself. I see him staying with Honda until he's at least 30 and racking up a fair few titles, then going wherever he pleases from there. Got to look at the talent coming through though in the form of Bags, Mir, Rins + Zarco (already there), Olivera etc, at any stage he will be the one to be shown a few new tricks from the next alien to come through the ranks. Happened to Rossi when Lorenzo, Pedrosa and Stoner crashed his party so it may very well happen to him. Joan Mir is my pick for the next guy to bring something new to the sport.