Cheers Reckless - saves me doing heaps of maths working out nz times from the local ones. If Bastianini keeps up his recent form you would imagine there would be some awkward murmurs within the ducati camp
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Cheers Reckless - saves me doing heaps of maths working out nz times from the local ones. If Bastianini keeps up his recent form you would imagine there would be some awkward murmurs within the ducati camp
Low personal B.M.E.P.
In one of the press conferences after the British GP he pointed out that the first two - him and Martin - weren't wanted by Ducati next season.Originally Posted by jato
If he keeps up this form he and Martin will be poking Ducati management as hard as they can.
Might get interesting.
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Might get really interesting because I heard that the gp23's dont have some of the fancy bits that the 24's have. That is they dont have the latest traction control, ride height etc. There is a suggestion that some of these bits might end up on MM's machine in order to help him over come the power deficit he has and enable him to get a bit closer to EB and JM so Pecco has a better chance. MM thinks he's usually only going to finish 4-5th.
Sure will be interesting.
Also, Miller to Pramac Yamaha next year.
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Would be a risk that MM doesn't take points of Pecco. I mean, try taming the Tiger.
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Yeah I guess it would. But then it would be better to have #1 at the factory rather than Aprilia or elsewhere I guess.
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I wonder how many think the no1 should NOW stay with the bike.
With MM saying you have to ride it like it likes to be ridden, not how you like to ride it.
Plus the gap to the other bikes it is gradually becoming more and more about the bike and Aero not the rider.
You can't tell me someone like Binder wouldn't be further up without all the enhancement differences.
Bit Sad for the sport we are lucky we have got 4 bikes going at it hammer and tongs this season with the MM factor as a bonus.
Next season might be MM and Bagnia going at it and the others out back????
Thats not good
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Yeah I kinda think this whole ducati thing is spoiling the spectacle a bit.. even when MM was winning everything on the Honda, other brands were still giving a bit of a challenge...I wonder how many think the no1 should NOW stay with the bike.
With MM saying you have to ride it ride it likes, not how you like to ride.
Plus the gap to the other bikes it is gradually becoming more and more about the bike and Aero not the rider.
You can't tell me someone like Binder wouldn't be further up without all the enhancement differences.
Bit Sad for the sport we are lucky we have got 4 bikes going at it hammer and tongs this season with the MM factor as a bonus.
Next season might be MM and Bagnia going at it and the others out back????
Thats not good
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So Oxleys latest blog is enlightening.
Supposedly the GP24 uses the new much more grippy rear tyre, so much more effectively than the 23. Or the other bikes.
So 24s have often dropped a second from last year. A major step, so while everyone is a bit faster, they are a Lot faster.
Explains the relative competitiveness of all the field.
Also the new rear tyre caused most bikes issues getting to grips(sic) with it. And it pushes the front tyre more. The grip of rear makes the 24 faster. But it does make the balancing act more critical.
Which is why Bags and Jorge more likely to step over that line. As we have seen a fair bit this season.
Ahh.
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On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!
'Life's Journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out! Shouting, ' Holy sh!t... What a Ride!! '
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Acosta locked the front at, according to the on-board TV graphic, around 305kph or 190mph, and fortunately separated from his bike as it headed towards the inside wall.
That would make the arsehole pucker a bit ! He's young and ok !
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Crafer was saying that the larger crash came from Acosta not taking the bike back for repairs after the earlier smaller crash. A learning experience for the gifted young fella.Acosta locked the front at, according to the on-board TV graphic, around 305kph or 190mph, and fortunately separated from his bike as it headed towards the inside wall.
That would make the arsehole pucker a bit ! He's young and ok !
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10...ash-identified
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Some would say boring but I gotta say that Pecco is a master and a pleasure to watch.
Martin can't figure him out, seemed to have tried his best and simply got bettered.
Not by much, but just enough. Pecco forced a JM error in the sprint, then was just better in the race.
It is one thing to share data but I am wondering if by the way Pecco powered out of the corners better, his tech's are better at the actual programming for him.
Do they share the data or the programming I wonder? Sorta thinking about what struggles might be between MM and Pecco next year, interesting
IMHO Gives me some consolation for my high nerve cock ups seeing MM fucks up the start so bad at his level.
He engaged the start device, tried to warm the tyre and accidentally disengaged it, couldn't get off the line, then ran into Morbid into the first corner.
Bloody lucky there, I reckon.
That bloody Pommy commentary is starting to drive me crazy they wanna talk about everything but what is actually happening on track.
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Pecco's bike seems faster... he went past Martin like he was standing still.
Apparently MM had a broken valve on the front, he had to go back, get the tyre swapped to the rim and re-setup (something to with pressures). Then he engaged and disengaged the front ride height and supposedly it wouldnt re-engage. But then I have also heard that he forgot to re-engage it because he was worried about all the other stuff.
He made up 6 secs on Bastianini or something (maybe 4), in just a few laps.
On the commentary I was listening to they said (from the sprint) that supposedly they can see all Pecco's settings and can just replicate them.
Also they said MM was faster because of that heat treating on the tires. He said the normal ones are super sticky on the side then completely different in the middle and he doesnt like it, its like 2 different tyres.
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Yeah guys, I agree. Peccos bike does seem to have more power - at times.
In the sprint race he was jumping out most corners better when compared to martin.
When pecco passed martin in the long race, it looked for all the World like martin had stopped trackside to get a cappuccino!
It made we wonder if sneaky Gigi has set up some sort of F1 style push to pass giving peco extra revs or something? Unlike the sprint race, in the main race once peco was past, he did not seem to jump out the corners away from martin like he was consistently doing in the sprint race, rather peco just eased away over time. Hmmmmmm
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Yeah guys, I agree. Peccos bike does seem to have more power - at times.
In the sprint race he was jumping out most corners better when compared to martin.
When pecco passed martin in the long race, it looked for all the World like martin had stopped trackside to get a cappuccino!
It made we wonder if sneaky Gigi has set up some sort of F1 style push to pass giving peco extra revs or something? Unlike the sprint race, in the main race once peco was past, he did not seem to jump out the corners away from martin like he was consistently doing in the sprint race, rather peco just eased away over time. Hmmmmmm
Pecco said he was trying to ease away by 1 or 2 hundredth's each lap...
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