MotoGP 2023

[Reckless]

Good race by the master at home
The rest had a few scraps pretty good overall sorta looking forward to the sprints more??

Bez will be pissed, so will KTM.

Interesting comments on Aliex thanks for the article onearmbandit
and didn't MM look pissed at the bike, sulked straight to his trailer, with the top brass following shortly after.
Aprilia might be a good option but MM does get 12 million Euros a year atm

Alex Marquez is lucky again he didnt take a few out that first corner he is trying to hard I reckon.
He cant keep shooting wide on entry and expecting a following rider not to be in the hole he just left DUH.

Sugilite I reckon they should drop Vinales from my observation. He simply can't tune the bike well enough or ride around an Issue and blames the mechanics for this shortcoming.
Pranged up Aleix out rode him all weekend.

At least this after race conference Martin didnt spend the whole time picking skin off his hands and arms - Someone should have word with that lad.

Next week we are up again

[BMWST?]

Germany.Will MM be even more determined to try for the podium!?!?!

[sugilite:Me]

For sure. At this track, I strongly believe MM can win. It would be good for the championship if he does imo.

[iYRe]

For sure. At this track, I strongly believe MM can win. It would be good for the championship if he does imo.

In an interview MM said he would be happy with top 10 or something similar

[sugilite:Me]

In an interview MM said he would be happy with top 10 or something similar

Odd, I've never seen MM look like he is riding for 10th

[iYRe]

Odd, I've never seen MM look like he is riding for 10th

Me either, I think he was just a bit miserable about the bike and its chances. If he wins, or even podiums it will cement his place as an alien no one else even comes close on the Honda. Hell, perhaps even stays on and finishes in top 10.

[BMWST?]

Me either, I think he was just a bit miserable about the bike and its chances. If he wins, or even podiums it will cement his place as an alien no one else even comes close on the Honda. Hell, perhaps even stays on and finishes in top 10.

so right...I reckon Rins is absolutely one of the best riders ,not to mention Mir,and they are all at sea .
That was also illustrated with Lorenzo and perhaps not quite so clear cut with Pol. They need to get some F1 expertise and actually listen to what mir and rins tell them. I dont think MM can really help them cos he is off the charts with what he can do. Is his feedback useable?

[iYRe]

Is his feedback useable?

His feedback and detail is amazing, so I heard. His crew chief said:

“I never spoke to Marc before starting to work with him in 2011 in Moto2,” he recalls. “But I was surprised at the first test in Jerez how such a young rider could stop and explain to me what was going on with the bike. He had zero experience with a four-stroke and a Moto2 bike. I’d worked and spoken with lot of riders but his comments were amazing.

“I didn’t expect that. It would be easy for me to say now ‘Oh, back then I saw he would do so much…’ but honestly, at that time, I had no idea how much he would win or achieve. But I did think he was someone special compared to the others. It was a big responsibility for me.”

Apparently MM has said he would have been a bike mechanic had he not been a racer. But yeah, I think the bike data from his bike isnt much use to the likes of Mir lol.

[pritch]

It's a nice day so I dusted off the bike and went for a ride. Came back, had a dup of tea and a chocky bikkie, and watched the GP. Not a bad afternoon.

[iYRe]

It's a nice day so I dusted off the bike and went for a ride. Came back, had a dup of tea and a chocky bikkie, and watched the GP. Not a bad afternoon.

haha, i took the tiger out from Pokeno to Matarangi for a job, then watched the GP when I got home yesterday. Downside was the stupid ticket while passing a car in a 90k "safer speed zone" on a relatively new, median barriered dual carriage way when there was no one else visible and the dude next to me decided it was a race. Oh.. and the pain in my legs was unbearable.. the first half of the ride out from Thames to Matarangi with lunch at the Coromandel Oyster Company was epic...

I dont think I can ride any more.. at least not till my hips are replaced (if)

[pritch]

I dont think I can ride any more.. at least not till my hips are replaced (if)

Good luck with the surgeries. Both of my knees are bionic.

[iYRe]

Good luck with the surgeries. Both of my knees are bionic.

thanks. I just gotta convince someone that its important lol

[Grumph]

thanks. I just gotta convince someone that its important lol

Don't get both done at the same time. Old mate did - and found he couldn't do the exercises required to get full movement.
Had to give up both racing and road riding.
One at a time and you've got a sound leg to work off when you exercise.

Also FYI - another mate got dropped off a surgery list locally. His (German) girlfriend started ringing contacts and they flew to Germany.
4000 Euro and one hip was done in a teaching hospital in Munich. Included 10 days accomodation.
Last i heard he was looking at going back for the other one.

[iYRe]

aww man, I could handle going to Germany!

[F5 Dave]

Well MM standing in the gravel with a look of - Dont make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry. Seriously looking like he was going to Hulk out.
Probably steroids, he was looking overly muscular I thought.