MotoGP 2018

[SaferRides]

If Jorge says he thinks the Ducati is as he wants it, I'm inclined to believe him.

He's not exactly motivated now, to try and win on it though. So we may never know.

Wonder what Honda are paying him though.

He's motivated all right. At the least, he will want to beat Dovi in every race from now on. Don't think he'll mind taking a few off Marquez either.

Everyone would love to know how he made the medium front last the race. Even Dovi couldn't do manage it, and despite following all those laps, couldn't figure out what JLo was doing.

Can't wait for Spain.

[pritch]

Everyone would love to know how he made the medium front last the race. .

Mat Oxley posted that the tyres were all overheating so the bike in front has a slight advantage over bikes that are following in that the front bike has more air on the tyre.


Iannone has signed a two year deal with Aprilia. The options for a satellite Yamaha team are now very limited.

Pons has sacked Barbera following the latter's conviction for DUI.

[carbonhed]

He's motivated all right. At the least, he will want to beat Dovi in every race from now on. Don't think he'll mind taking a few off Marquez either.

Everyone would love to know how he made the medium front last the race. Even Dovi couldn't do manage it, and despite following all those laps, couldn't figure out what JLo was doing.

Can't wait for Spain.

Absolutely. He'll be dying to put Dovi back in his place.

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya can't come soon enough. Hordes of highly motivated Spaniards.

[BMWST?]

i would never have thought that following another bike would impact on tyre temperature!

[pritch]

i would never have thought that following another bike would impact on tyre temperature!

I think the theory is that the front bike has undisturbed clear air. Bikes following have a mixture of exhaust gas and air and there's less air pressure because they are in a slipstream.

I'll accept that because I don't know enough to disagree.

[Drew]

I think the reality is that he pushed like all duck in the first three laps. Then he didn't need to maximize his strongest points on the track because he wasn't challenged.

He just cut lap after lap the way he does, and the rest all stressed the shot out of their hoops.

[Dadpole]

Dovi and Rossi were on the hard front. It turned to be the wrong choice whereas Lorenzo had the medium AND the chance to do the race he wanted IE: bugger off and do the corners how he wanted.

[BMWST?]

Dovi and Rossi were on the hard front. It turned to be the wrong choice whereas Lorenzo had the medium AND the chance to do the race he wanted IE: bugger off and do the corners how he wanted.

MM on hard front too.I cant get my head around how the compounds work now....

[jellywrestler]

MM on hard front too.I cant get my head around how the compounds work now....

soft is softer than medium,
medium is softer than hard.

make sense?

[SaferRides]

soft is softer than medium,
medium is softer than hard.

make sense?

Apparently it's not that simple in MotoGP - remember that Michelin is a French company!

Have a look at the Motomatters race report. The Honda riders could not find a front that worked when the track was hot, which is why Marquez spent half of FP4 trying a medium front, then crashed during the race on the asymmetric hard which wasn't.

[speights_bud]

Apparently it's not that simple in MotoGP

I think the descriptions of tyres we are given are very general terms.

I have heard riders comment based on numbers which must be compound keys. eg 'we tried the 34 but maybe the 36 was better' MM has mentioned words to that effect.

Ever since then I've wondered if the "soft" option is fixed to say numbers 26-30, medium is 31-36, hard 37-40 etc. Or is the "soft" description just given to the lowest number value tyre present.

Ie a "soft" in Malaysia could be the same as a medium compound in Philip Island.

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[BMWST?]

soft is softer than medium,
medium is softer than hard.

make sense?

thats the bit i do understand..i cant understand how the mediums or even softs can work better than the hards when the temperatures are high enough that tradionally the hard is the logical choice

[husaberg]

thats the bit i do understand..i cant understand how the mediums or even softs can work better than the hards when the temperatures are high enough that tradionally the hard is the logical choice

What constitutes each tyre compound is also varied for each track. Tires are not just effected by track temp some tracks place different demands on tires ie twisty tight vs open flowing or even the track friction or surface adhesion. what was a hard compond at one track might be softer than the soft at another.

[Dadpole]

Enough about tyres. Tell me about oil again.

[BMWST?]

Enough about tyres. Tell me about oil again.

but its important!The brand of oil isnt going to influence the result of the race.Unfortuanetely its the tyre management that will often be the governing factor.Throw in the odd quality control problem and a tyre can be the factor which decides the race!.