MotoGP 2026

[iYRe]

Conditions were probably at there best as there is so much rubber down. Bez and Ogura were impressive tho. Is Marc sandbagging a bit re his fitness? No doubt he was crook though.

Yeah Bez was at the end of the day and MM/etc was earlier - I think Marc was like pretty early in the testing.

I think Marc will just be doing enough to get him in the top 3 or top 5, and knowing he has more.

I am also pretty sure the only reasons he'll do 2027 is if he doesnt win this year, he doesnt crash badly, or he wins this year and still feels good. Its harder to recover, and each injury means he loses some more, has to adapt more just to be fast. It really is a testament to the guy that he has got this far TBH.

[pritch]

What you!!!?
[Shit eating grin beaming back from MM].

BANG BANG BANG as they play dodgems.

But I won't see it unless youtube..

I did see short clips of the 24hr on YouTube. There was a distinctly hairy incident on the mountain and the marshals seemed to be missing in action. There was an incident which left damaged cars on the track. Then when one was trying to turn to face in the right direction he was hit hard by another car arriving at speed. This left an injured driver crawling across the track just around a blind bend. He had to do it without help from the marshals. His car was on fire but it seemed to take minutes for someone to grab an extinguisher.

I know the Marshalls basically do the job for a cut lunch but this clip could be used to teach how not do it. I mentioned this to a former Motorcycling NZ official half expecting an argument but he said there had been a lot of comment about the lack lustre performance of the marshals in this incident.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC0-R_cqWqQ

[F5 Dave]

They were waving flags but the important bit is what happened 3 corners before..

I waved flags as Raymond Roche blew his Dooklattery sky high. At a Superbike manfield round.

[iYRe]

Let the racing begini