MotoGP 2021

**pritch** · 4th April 2021, 13:42

A chunk of the Moto 3 field is starting from pit lane. Do they set up another grid in pit lane?

Rossi is starting from 21st on the grid. That's the furthest back he's been since Giberneau dobbed him in for sweeping the track. He might as well sweep the track again they can only put him back one place.

There was something of a sandstorm at one point. Teams were coating the surfaces of the air intakes with grease to catch some of the sand before it entered the airbox. That's gotta be a concern with the iimits on the number of engines available.

**mulletman** · 5th April 2021, 06:25

Bloody hell what a stunning GP !

Aaaaand
Pedro Acosta nice one man

**roogazza** · 5th April 2021, 11:38

Have just seen the 1st race (on Ch3 yesterday).
Pleasantly surprised with the Yam win, but man those Ducs are going to be hard to hold out at other tracks. Esp with the new young blood Duc have..
Any long straight or drag races out of very slow corners will make work hard for anyone not sat on a Ducati ?

Still hopeful the Petronas Yams can get up there.

**pritch** · 5th April 2021, 12:22

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Wow what a qualifying session that was. One JM very happy, the other JM not so much.

An entertaining race and I'm pleased for the rookie that after leading most of the way he at least made the podium. The Ducati team riders must be starting to look over their shoulders. If they're looking for the Pramac riders they'd be looking the wrong way.

When was the last time the old feller finished a race outside the points? I hope he can get things sorted 'cause this is getting sad.

**Autech** · 5th April 2021, 19:23

Originally Posted by mulletman

Bloody hell what a stunning GP !

Aaaaand
Pedro Acosta nice one man

I never thought I'd see a better ride than Binders from last to first, but that topped it.

Miller v Mir:

I hope it wasn't intentional but you can't exactly say Mirs hit on Miller wasn't slightly intentional, he'd have known when he biffed it in there that Miller would close the line, Miller was lucky to stay on board.
I do understand the frustration of the Suzuki and Yamahas though, they need to be a bit rough else they'd never get through

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**Dadpole** · 5th April 2021, 20:32

Miller v Mir incident carried more chance of injury than the handbags in the gravel during Moto3. That was embarrassing for both riders.

**Autech** · 5th April 2021, 21:12

Originally Posted by Dadpole

Miller v Mir incident carried more chance of injury than the handbags in the gravel during Moto3. That was embarrassing for both riders.

That whole race was simply dangerous, I hope they have words with their riders about weaving on the straight as someones gunna get seriously injured

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**onearmedbandit** · 5th April 2021, 21:58

Originally Posted by mulletman

Pedro Acosta nice one man

Amazing ride from a pit start! Looking forward to seeing him in action this year.

Originally Posted by pritch

An entertaining race and I'm pleased for the rookie that after leading most of the way he at least made the podium. The Ducati team riders must be starting to look over their shoulders. If they're looking for the Pramac riders they'd be looking the wrong way.

When was the last time the old feller finished a race outside the points? I hope he can get things sorted 'cause this is getting sad.

It was a great race, highly entertainig. With 3 laps to go a friends $10 bet on Martin at 278 to 1 looked like it was going to pay off handsomely. Rapt to see him get a podium too. Unfortunately I have to agree about Rossi, hopefully they can find the speed he needs.

Originally Posted by Autech

That whole race was simply dangerous, I hope they have words with their riders about weaving on the straight as someones gunna get seriously injured

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The whole race was dangerous? In my opinion the weaving adds to the battle. Sure the collision between Mir and Miller was at the extreme but I certainly don't want the riders being told to not weave and move on the straights.

**Autech** · 5th April 2021, 22:46

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

Amazing ride from a pit start! Looking forward to seeing him in action this year.

It was a great race, highly entertainig. With 3 laps to go a friends $10 bet on Martin at 278 to 1 looked like it was going to pay off handsomely. Rapt to see him get a podium too. Unfortunately I have to agree about Rossi, hopefully they can find the speed he needs.

The whole race was dangerous? In my opinion the weaving adds to the battle. Sure the collision between Mir and Miller was at the extreme but I certainly don't want the riders being told to not weave and move on the straights.

Sorry I meant the moto3 race, Motogp was all goods but Moto3 had some hairy as fohk moments with guys being run onto the astro turf metres off the pit wall, being hit mid straight etc...

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**onearmedbandit** · 5th April 2021, 23:10

Originally Posted by Autech

Sorry I meant the moto3 race, Motogp was all goods but Moto3 had some hairy as fohk moments with guys being run onto the astro turf metres off the pit wall, being hit mid straight etc...

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Ah gotcha, my bad. And yeah the Moto3 race was a mixture of hair-raising and damn dangerous.