MotoGP 2024

[iYRe]

MM with lap records in practice already.

[onearmedbandit]

MM with lap records in practice already.

I liked Simon's comment - "I can't help but think that Marc just embarrassed the GP24 riders. I mean where is the next GP23? 9th with Bez.".

[iYRe]

I liked Simon's comment - "I can't help but think that Marc just embarrassed the GP24 riders. I mean where is the next GP23? 9th with Bez.".

There was a post with the Max speeds, the 24's and even KTm up around 335-8 - MM the slowest at 330 - but broke the lap record.

I sure hope Acosta is the next Alien.

[F5 Dave]

Poor Jack. Had a good sniff at a podium to be mugged at the end.

[iYRe]

Honda have ditched repsol and gone with castrol as a sponsor now..

Should have gone with Penrite, its betterer. :P

“We were the fastest today but now after the race, maybe we weren’t patient enough in that moment,” said Marquez.

“It’s true that it was super-tricky because I wasn’t able to overtake in a clear way against Bagnaia. I was always planning a very clear overtake, because I had the speed and I said ‘we will have more chances’.


“Always, I was trying to push, attack; then, when it was not possible, to cool down the front tyre, [then] attack again.


“I was doing always a bit the ‘elastic’ during the race, and on that second attack I saw that I was much faster.


“I tried to not give up and I tried to follow him, and just one-and-a-half degrees more in that corner [Turn 8] and I lost the front and I couldn’t save — it was very close.


“We are humans, we make mistakes, and today it was my turn.”

[onearmedbandit]

Honda have ditched repsol and gone with castrol as a sponsor now..

Should have gone with Penrite, its betterer. :P

I thought it was the other way around, Repsol ditched HRC.

[iYRe]

I thought it was the other way around, Repsol ditched HRC.

I thought that too, but the article I saw said they ditched them.. I guess it depends on who's publicist is writing the article

[onearmedbandit]

I thought that too, but the article I saw said they ditched them.. I guess it depends on who's publicist is writing the article

Two sides to every story, but maybe it was just the assumption that Repsol dumped them, maybe they offered less support and HRC dropped them.

[iYRe]

FWIW, I got the story from here: Honda Factory MotoGP Team Ditches Repsol, Says Hello To Castrol

[onearmedbandit]

Ah less support since Marc jumped ship. Makes sense for HRC to look to greener pastures then.

[iYRe]

Ah less support since Marc jumped ship. Makes sense for HRC to look to greener pastures then.

Yeah, I didnt get that far down the first time I read it, because it was on MSN and was heading down into the dodgy ads.

In other news.. MM says he was 1.5 deg leaned over more than normal in turn 8 and that's why he fell.. that is a fairly fine tolerance.

[F5 Dave]

You can't break up with me. I'm breaking up with you. So there.

[Grumph]

Ah less support since Marc jumped ship. Makes sense for HRC to look to greener pastures then.

i see what you did there. Castrol green vs Repsol orange.

[onearmedbandit]

i see what you did there. Castrol green vs Repsol orange.

Virtual chocolate fish for you good sir!

[iYRe]

Seems like there might not be racing in Valencia due to the flooding. Or they could move the race to another track.. heads up if you didnt know