MotoGP 2023

**Reckless** · 20th June 2023, 14:07

Originally Posted by pritch

How things have changed. When Gigi Dall'Igna went to Ducati the bike was a dog. If a rider criticised the bike, Ducati sent him to a psychologist.

A comparison was made to Honda. Unlike Ducati their engineers didn't take criticism of the bike as a personal insult. They were happy he had proved a direction to their work.

On that basis we can assume that the Honda engineers must be absolutely overjoyed at the moment.

The Ducati riders talked about this after Pecco made a joke about team orders if Martin caught up in the championship at the post race conference.
Pecco stated he didn't want team orders because it undervalues the worth of being World Champ.
They also seemed to infer Ducati simply wouldn't allow it.
Ducati supply the bike, ALL information is shared between all riders, and its up to the rider to make the bike his own. Was the stated Ducati position.
If I hadn't just bought a new Kawasaki I'd have a look at a Ducati out of respect for this alone.
Its working in results and the Best bloody PR you can have

**F5 Dave** · 21st June 2023, 13:16

Peco must have forgotten which button to push, amongst the many, that retards the ignition of any satellite bike 5* if GPS shows they are in front of him

**F5 Dave** · 21st June 2023, 13:26

Originally Posted by Reckless

. . . .
But I didnt like his lack of empathy when he walked past Johan to get back to the pits after the prang.
Big issues there with the rider and the bike - watch this space

So we watched that prang with Zarco and thought Geez! One minute your hands are full, the next the front of the bike is cut off while you are spat, presumably still holding some alloy tubes.
What sort of dent must that put in Pramac budget? Sod all left of the bike I bet.

So. . . Maybe I didn't see it from enough angles. From MMs cockpit whilst piling north of 250 perhaps: all of a sudden Zarco appears out of pitlane exit. SHIT!!!. Anchors! Bang.

Did I imagine this wrong? Need to see aerial view of track to see if that is right. .if it was, don't they control pit exit like you would expect on any club day practice?

Also the put out those foam barriers to protect Zarco, top move. But we're they facing backwards? That could just be faulty memory.

**Grumph** · 21st June 2023, 17:03

At the moment when they gave him the OK to leave pit lane, they probably didn't realise it was MM approaching. From what i've seen of the layout, the pit lane exit leads to the outside of the turn. Unless someone fucks it up completely a rider on a normal lap shouldn't come near the lane.

Current common sense says - give that bastard room to crash on his own. If I was CoC at a GP, there'd be a warning to marshals to keep other riders away from him.

**husaberg** · 21st June 2023, 18:26

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

So we watched that prang with Zarco and thought Geez! One minute your hands are full, the next the front of the bike is cut off while you are spat, presumably still holding some alloy tubes.
What sort of dent must that put in Pramac budget? Sod all left of the bike I bet.

So. . . Maybe I didn't see it from enough angles. From MMs cockpit whilst piling north of 250 perhaps: all of a sudden Zarco appears out of pitlane exit. SHIT!!!. Anchors! Bang.

Did I imagine this wrong? Need to see aerial view of track to see if that is right. .if it was, don't they control pit exit like you would expect on any club day practice?

Also the put out those foam barriers to protect Zarco, top move. But we're they facing backwards? That could just be faulty memory.

not the same incident but same corner and near the same incident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHDMIp6Mqh8

**F5 Dave** · 21st June 2023, 18:27

I searched and couldn't really see the exit and then got bored looking.

I'm just thinking if there was a large closing speed and you see someone appear from the left and get your spider sense that they may do something stupid like drift out into the racing line you might grab the front brake too hard, even MM must get the hebyjebies sometimes.
Ahh, who knows. Bet Zarco won't do that again.

**Grumph** · 21st June 2023, 19:27

I'd be prepared to bet on either Marquez doing it again.

**onearmedbandit** · 21st June 2023, 20:19

MV almost took out Alex Marquez with a similar crash, no one seems to be giving a hard time about it. Talking to the Moto2 rider in our discord group, he said that all the riders are aware of the danger of pit exit as losing the front is a common crash at that area.

Simon talking about Pecco putting himself in the danger area.

**F5 Dave** · 22nd June 2023, 12:27

Huh, thanks for posting. It's always hard as pits are usually on the outside of a track unlike Philip Island where they have an underbridge.

I'd say the onus is on the chap pulling out, from that perspective I don't think that was MMs fault at all. Thanks for posting that view.

**Reckless** · 23rd June 2023, 13:01

Acosta Def going to MotoGP = WHERE???

My bet = KTM on Pol's bike with Gas Gas.

Your Guess =

**onearmedbandit** · 23rd June 2023, 13:52

It's a question causing a lot of debate online. From what I understand there's only one KTM rider in MotoGP whose contract is up for renewal at the end of this year, Augusto. Pol has a strong relationship with KTM, he'd be hard done by if he got the boot especially with a year left on his contract. Of course there's mutterings about Acosta joining HRC too.

**actungbaby** · 24th June 2023, 11:46

Originally Posted by Reckless

Its not quite a Kalex chassis Simon interviewed one of the Honda team guys and he said it was made by Kalex to strict Honda specs.
Honda supplied all the parameters for the Manufacture.
Basically he was saying it was a Honda Chassis made by Kalex not a Kalex design as everyone is assuming.
We are all assuming they are trying Ideas from others but it appears they are not

Sooooo Maybe therein lies the issue??

Thanks for cool info .well guess makes sence protypes are secret .so dimesions be hidden.
But whats the point of that.

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**actungbaby** · 24th June 2023, 11:55

Originally Posted by onearmedbandit

It's a question causing a lot of debate online. From what I understand there's only one KTM rider in MotoGP whose contract is up for renewal at the end of this year, Augusto. Pol has a strong relationship with KTM, he'd be hard done by if he got the boot especially with a year left on his contract. Of course there's mutterings about Acosta joining HRC too.

Of course hrc need new rider.
Anyone cant see that well.
Oh spark sport doing freebies
On site so just make up account. Well proberly dont have too .go take a look .free practice one and two.

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