MotoGP 2018

[roogazza]

There was certainly a shitload of gorgeous women in Spain when I went to Valencia. Some young kid with the initials MM won the 125 title there...

Nice Pete, maybe time to do it again ? you could sell off one of your collection each year to pay for it.

Is that shoulder of yours still in a state of being mended ? If not ,heal well.

I rode yesterday !!!

[pritch]

This is FP2 and some have slightly better positions on combined times but Dovi is way down whatever. If the forecast rain arrives he and Lorenzo will be in trouble. JL is behind Syahrin again, I feel a Dear George coming on.

1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 325.0 1'39.395
2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 325.7 1'39.799 0.404 / 0.404
3 53 Tito RABAT SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 324.8 1'40.346 0.951 / 0.547
4 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 316.8 1'40.455 1.060 / 0.109
5 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 319.3 1'40.494 1.099 / 0.039
6 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 320.6 1'40.510 1.115 / 0.016
7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 317.9 1'40.577 1.182 / 0.067
8 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 318.0 1'40.592 1.197 / 0.015
9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 320.5 1'40.766 1.371 / 0.174
10 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 314.0 1'40.800 1.405 / 0.034
11 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 314.2 1'40.839 1.444 / 0.039
12 43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 316.9 1'40.842 1.447 / 0.003
13 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 327.3 1'40.863 1.468 / 0.021
14 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 319.4 1'40.974 1.579 / 0.111
15 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 318.0 1'41.198 1.803 / 0.224
16 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 315.6 1'41.257 1.862 / 0.059
17 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 323.5 1'41.334 1.939 / 0.077
18 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 314.4 1'41.357 1.962 / 0.023
19 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 322.6 1'41.784 2.389 / 0.427
20 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 313.8 1'41.832 2.437 / 0.048
21 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 320.5 1'41.867 2.472 / 0.035
22 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 314.4 1'41.898 2.503 / 0.031
23 10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 320.3 1'42.242 2.847 / 0.344
24 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 319.4 1'42.973 3.578 / 0.731

[Crasherfromwayback]

Nice Pete, maybe time to do it again ? you could sell off one of your collection each year to pay for it.

Is that shoulder of yours still in a state of being mended ? If not ,heal well.

I rode yesterday !!!

Hahahaha. Nah. Not wanting to part with any of the family just yet mate. Need to finish the build on a few of them, then just enjoy them for a bit. Shoulder is coming along great thanks mate. Will be back on a bike the coming summer all going well. Hope you enjoy the season!!! MM nearly binning it leaving his pit...

http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2018...-termas/254233

[roogazza]

Crashalot made a big ERROR following his best friend in for slicks in Qual 1 .
One lap and MM was in again to change back?
#35 probably would've had a better result staying out there and not blindly following the Joker/Gambler ?
You'd be crazy to bet against #93 blowing thru the grid.He has that ability.

The Kiwi/Aussie cross breed did bloody well for pole. Race however is another thing altogether.

[mulletman]

Millers pole lap was entertaining as was his previous

[ecko_nzed]

Millers pole lap was entertaining as was his previous

How he managed to stay on staggers belief. Then set the fastest lap the following lap! I would have shit myself and headed straight for the pits to change leathers and get a hug from someone

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[pritch]

Crashalot made a big ERROR following his best friend in for slicks in Qual 1 .
One lap and MM was in again to change back?
#35 probably would've had a better result staying out there and not blindly following the Joker/Gambler ?

Ummm can't follow your reasoning there Gaz. Jackass did the same thing, but he stayed out and made it work. His crew must've got a thrill, wondering where he had gone then suddenly - wham! He's on pole.
Just a shame we all missed his final lap.

[roogazza]

Ummm can't follow your reasoning there Gaz. Jackass did the same thing, but he stayed out and made it work. His crew must've got a thrill, wondering where he had gone then suddenly - wham! He's on pole.
Just a shame we all missed his final lap.

True pritch he did. Can only guess it was drying fast cos MM only did one lap. Time was almost up too but Miller gambled and it worked.
Are we still claiming he's a kiwi or has that died out ?
Do you think Crafar has improved on the mic. His speech is quite slow but I think needs more grunt?

[Dadpole]

The bits I saw of Millers lap were white-knuckle stuff. I was sure he was going to bin it but the freak held it together in a way that Marquez would applaud. I won't pick him for a podium though...

My pick (more guesswork than science) is:
MM
VR
DP

[Crasherfromwayback]

The bits I saw of Millers lap were white-knuckle stuff. I was sure he was going to bin it but the freak held it together in a way that Marquez would applaud. I won't pick him for a podium though...

My pick (more guesswork than science) is:
MM
VR
DP

Here' ya go then.

JZ

MM

DP

VR


MV

[pritch]

True pritch he did. Can only guess it was drying fast cos MM only did one lap. Time was almost up too but Miller gambled and it worked.
Are we still claiming he's a kiwi or has that died out ?

Do you think Crafar has improved on the mic. His speech is quite slow but I think needs more grunt?

I don't know that it was drying, I suspect turns 7 & 8, or whichever ones were wet, put MM and CC off. The clips that showed Miller there showed that he should have been put off too but wasn't. He eventually realised he couldn't feed it any gas at all there and he just had to coast through that section on his last lap.

Not sure if anybody here is claiming Miller, but that might be not unreasonable considering Pavlova, Phar Lap and Lorde. Etc etc.

Crafar still sounds muddy. I thought it was his mike but when he holds it out to Pedrosa, Miller et al, they sound fine. It might be his technique. Only his second attempt though, here's hoping he improves.

There was some whinging about Race Direction's decision re the Canet incident, which alas I haven't seen. Mike Webb announced that it was a racing incident, Jeremy McWilliams apparently disagreed and said that there should be a rider in Race Direction. It was pointed out that Capirossi was on the panel now, but so is Uncini who won a 500cc title. I can't remember which year McWiiliams won a world title?

[Autech]

My 2 fav riders in spots 1 and 2.

Fuck yeah.

Awesome ride by Jack and showed some maturity despite the madness, he basically knew that he could make up enough time in the dry sections to allow for massive scary moments in the 2 wet corners. That and to go all in is the only way on slicks or they don't work.

All the pundits are calling for a dry race but who knows, so I will give my wet vs dry pics

Wet:
DP (looks like he may have sussed his wet dramas)
MM
JM

Dry:
MM
CC
DP

Mixed:
MM
Some cunt behind MM
The other cunt behind the cunt behind MM

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[Autech]

Circus

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[EJK]

Circus

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I think I know who you'll hate from now

On that note, OH THE DRAMA!!! This race was pure madness.

9/10 for entertainment value.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I think I know who you'll hate from now

On that note, OH THE DRAMA!!! This race was pure madness.

9/10 for entertainment value.

Fuck Cunting Crutchlow! I had good money on Zarco and thought I was in the money! MM was doing well until he did the silly move on Rossi. Should be disqualified for that. LOl. JUst saw MM go to apologise to Rossi, and Rossi's BF waved him off! Great to have your partner stick up for you eh! When Rossi made the noddy move on Stoner and took him out, he was allowed to apologise and seem like the good guy. Pity his team isn't so sporting.