MotoGP 2025

[sugilite:Me]

Only 2 Ducatis in the top 10, and two KTM's on the podium, and yet for me, quite a boring race as it was so evident Marc was on a whole different level from everyone else. He appears to have mastered very well the art of just going fast enough to win the race.
Congratulations to Martin for a solid 7th on his much awaited return. 3 Aprilias in the top 10!

Marcs attitude is spot on me thinks....

"“So, I have 10 races to go, I need to keep the same mentality where the team needs to keep the same spirit and try to do our maximum.

“But the records, I don’t care. I just want to be world champion again.”"

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10...after-brno-win

[iYRe]

Only 2 Ducatis in the top 10, and two KTM's on the podium, and yet for me, quite a boring race as it was so evident Marc was on a whole different level from everyone else. He appears to have mastered very well the art of just going fast enough to win the race.
Congratulations to Martin for a solid 7th on his much awaited return. 3 Aprilias in the top 10!

Marcs attitude is spot on me thinks....

"“So, I have 10 races to go, I need to keep the same mentality where the team needs to keep the same spirit and try to do our maximum.

“But the records, I don’t care. I just want to be world champion again.”"

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10...after-brno-win

Yeah the press conference was interesting, it was worth a watch. They asked Bez would he like more power, or more speed.. he said no, more holidays heh

[BMWST?]

in the first few lap when Marc was following Bez, any on board footage showed that MM is so easy on the initial opening of the throttle at high lean angles.As soon as the bike is more upright he nails it.

[SaferRides]

Marcs attitude is spot on me thinks....

"“So, I have 10 races to go, I need to keep the same mentality where the team needs to keep the same spirit and try to do our maximum.

“But the records, I don’t care. I just want to be world champion again.”"

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/10...after-brno-win

I hope someone at Ducati writes a book one day and tells the full story of why they signed Marc and not Jorge. I read somewhere that the Dorna CEO tried to talk them out of it as he could see what was going to happen.

Really good to see Bez doing well, one of my favourite riders.



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[SaferRides]

Interesting interview with Simon Crafar: https://m.gpone.com/en/2025/07/22/mo...tect-them.html

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[iYRe]

I hope someone at Ducati writes a book one day and tells the full story of why they signed Marc and not Jorge. I read somewhere that the Dorna CEO tried to talk them out of it as he could see what was going to happen.

I read that they knew that the 25 would be a bit tricky, especially early on and they knew that MM would ride around those issues, and then next year when it is the same bike and the others have caught up some more MM will be the only one who can extract that little bit more - that's why they didn't go with Martin

[Reckless]

I read that they knew that the 25 would be a bit tricky, especially early on and they knew that MM would ride around those issues, and then next year when it is the same bike and the others have caught up some more MM will be the only one who can extract that little bit more - that's why they didn't go with Martin

Ducati had no choice when he rode the wheels off the GP24 at Gresini.
Martin is also a bit of a head case, he is passionate, not surgical like MM, if you get what I mean.
The Aprilia vs JM debacle proves it no further evidence required LOL
The paddock will be a lot closer knit than what we hear in the media. They no what's up.

If Honda hadn't fucked up their bike I wonder where MM would be with world titles now???
MM is the best and age/injury curbing his compulsive habits have only made him better.

It is up to the others to chase and catch up Bez is doing ok
Pedro's brilliance is getting him there as well

Ps
Had a lucky escape at Hampton Trackday Saturday, Blew a hose on NO1 bike, 1/2 way through 4th session, the guy behind told me as he got sprayed. Prob did 3 laps after that.
Pin hole squirting out through the fairing, but only lost 300ml water and temp still only 77 deg, still Cold enough as can run up to 90 in summer racing- PHEW could have grenaded the engine

[iYRe]

Did you see the interview with Martin where they asked what was the best advice he got while injured? He said Marc came to him and told him not to make any decisions while injured..

So yeah I think they are all a bit closer than people think - they are, you know, 20 odd of a few trillion people... not even many of the top riders can do what these guys do. They should be a band of brothers off the racetrack I reckon.

[sugilite:Me]

Interesting interview with Simon Crafar: https://m.gpone.com/en/2025/07/22/mo...tect-them.html

Cheers for the link - great article

Ducati had no choice when he rode the wheels off the GP24 at Gresini.
Martin is also a bit of a head case, he is passionate, not surgical like MM, if you get what I mean.
The Aprilia vs JM debacle proves it no further evidence required LOL
The paddock will be a lot closer knit than what we hear in the media. They no what's up.

I was told by a paddock mechanic insider, when MM rode Martins bike the day after he finished with Honda, he set better times than Martin, so Ducati went Uh Oh, and the GP23 he and others were allocated was a snapshot of the bike before the upgrades that made it considerably better. Hence why MM was pretty much the only one that could win on the deliberately nobbled GP23!

Ps
Had a lucky escape at Hampton Trackday Saturday, Blew a hose on NO1 bike, 1/2 way through 4th session, the guy behind told me as he got sprayed. Prob did 3 laps after that.
Pin hole squirting out through the fairing, but only lost 300ml water and temp still only 77 deg, still Cold enough as can run up to 90 in summer racing- PHEW could have grenaded the engine

Yikes, glad you found out about it before she blew!
I once entered a hare scramble on a KX125, I was leading the class when they suddenly ended the race due to noise complaints etc. My bike has been getting peakier and peakier throughout the race, I had no idea why. Turns out the one time I let a bike shop replace my piston, they only used gasket goo instead of an actual gasket on the water pump cover - so was leaking badly. Had the race been run any longer, the only thing I would of won is a blown engine

Did you see the interview with Martin where they asked what was the best advice he got while injured? He said Marc came to him and told him not to make any decisions while injured..

So yeah I think they are all a bit closer than people think - they are, you know, 20 odd of a few trillion people... not even many of the top riders can do what these guys do. They should be a band of brothers off the racetrack I reckon.

What good advice, and yeah, they for sure would be band of brothers when bad injuries strike.

[F5 Dave]

23 deliberately knobbled?
The 2024 tyre worked great with the 24 but knobbled the 23. As evidence, it knobbled the KTM, the Honda, the Aprilia and well, Yamaha, . . .hard to tell.

[SaferRides]

The GP24 will go down as one of the great bikes of all time. Just look at how well the GP24 riders have done this year.

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Yeah the press conference was interesting, it was worth a watch. They asked Bez would he like more power, or more speed.. he said no, more holidays heh

Thanks, it was one of the better ones, although Acosta looked like he'd rather be anywhere else.

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[BMWST?]

Ducati could see what Marc was doing on the gp23 vs the 24s. They didnt want him on any other bike but theirs. Aided a bit by marc saying that a factory bike was the only bike he wanted. So to keep him from going t KTM or Aprilia theu chose him over Martin.

[iYRe]

Thanks, it was one of the better ones, although Acosta looked like he'd rather be anywhere else.

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He seems a bit like an angsty teenager.

If he took some lessons from marc, he'd end up a legend

[iYRe]

I see today that while not official, it seems Yamaha have/are paying Rins out of his contract and will offer the factory ride to Jack Miller. People seem to think this is a done deal even though its not announced officially.