MotoGP 2012

[pritch]

Cortese - what a dick - but glad to see him since apologise.

Stoner says that some of Kent's KTM pit crew boycotted his podium ceremony. If that's true it's also exceedingly slack.

Kent says there were no team orders - he was just told not to take risks.

[Crasherfromwayback]

They may have been some hard passes on Cal, but hey, its racing. From what I saw they were all good, and Cal was giving back everything that he got until he ran out of gas.........

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Like I say...I've got no problem with it. Just the hypocrisy from Bautista. One of his passes reminded me of Simo carving Dani up last year. Diff being, Ctrutchlow didn't freak and pick the bike up like Pedro did. That's why he stayed on and Pedro didn't!

[Brian d marge]

Just back at the hotel after an awesome day at Motegi GP. Love it here. Was my 3rd Japan GP in 5 years.
Kent - well done after an epic Moto 3. Last lap madness and Salom - brain freeze. Cortese - what a dick - but glad to see him since apologise. Also as an aside those Moto3's actually sound fuckin' wicked live. Squadron of WWII bombers sure beats the annoying chainsaws of 125 2strokes.
Marquez. What can you say. That start line stall was scary. I had visions of a Simoncelli hit and dead all over again! Somehow he came through most of the pack in the first lap!! (Like he did a few years ago in 125).
MotoGP - respect. They are so loud and fast. Watching them live down the back straight of Motegi is a sight to behold. Even our beloved CRT's are awesome in the flesh!
Extra comments. Japanese are such foodies. My god the quality and selection of food available at the circuit. On the circuit tv they even have features about the different food for sale. Can't see that with greasy chips or hotdogs available in NZ.
Don't know if they ever showed some of the flag marshals when no racing - but some of them are crowd entertainers with little shows they perform when quiet. The marshals at Victory Corner (last corner) got the crowd in the grandstands to do a Mexican wave - leading by example.
Brilliant!

yup to all... esp speedway hambugers
unfortuantly Im banged out with work so , couldnt make it ....
the whole of course entertainment is great , esp , those wee electric bikes for the kids ...

Stephen

[carbonhed]

.............I had high hopes for Ben this weekend. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, far fetched hopes maybe, but hey, one can hope. To be honest I was really looking forward to seeing him get between Dani and Jorge. That would have been awesome. But instead does one lap, over cooks turn one and gets knocked on his ass by a wall. It seems like he's definitely got the speed, you can see that with QP, his biggest problem right now seems to be his lack of consistency. As is, he's not really competitive with the alien top 3-4, but watch out if he manages to find that consistency next year.............................................. ...but next year he'll be on the Ducati.

Seems kind of quaint to be expecting anything from Spies but to be hoping that he'd come good and take vital points from his team mate is just bizarre.

When Spies is fast he crashes... lots. I still think he's carrying a head injury.

[tail_end_charlie]

Seems kind of quaint to be expecting anything from Spies but to be hoping that he'd come good and take vital points from his team mate is just bizarre.

When Spies is fast he crashes... lots. I still think he's carrying a head injury.

Ok, to expect him to beat Jorge, yeah, that was expecting a lot. But I still maintain that Spies has the overall talent to do good, he just needs to find the consistency. Jorge crashed a lot his first few years in MotoGP, as did Stoner. Think I heard someone say at one point that its a lot easier to teach a fast guy to stop crashing than teach a slow guy to go faster.

Don't dismiss Spies quite yet.

[BIG DOUG]

If that was true about kents team not being at the podium thats pretty rank,he pulled a fair pass on cortese ,and cortese comes up ranting at him at the end of the race.If I was kent I would have punched the prick in the face at told him to go watch the video and see it was himself who caused what happened.

[denill]

If that was true about kents team not being at the podium thats pretty rank,he pulled a fair pass on cortese ,and cortese comes up ranting at him at the end of the race.If I was kent I would have punched the prick in the face at told him to go watch the video and see it was himself who caused what happened.

Are we are seeing more and more 'desperate' overtaking attempts? Even though it is rampant in the minor classes we saw one in Jerez awhile back by someone who should have known better and Bautista more recently.

In Rugby a head high tackle is dealt to. In MotoGP it's not. And I think I'd prefer to take my chances with a head high....................

[roogazza]

If that was true about kents team not being at the podium thats pretty rank,he pulled a fair pass on cortese ,and cortese comes up ranting at him at the end of the race.If I was kent I would have punched the prick in the face at told him to go watch the video and see it was himself who caused what happened.

+1 BIG DOUG, it's comical to see little men all angry. (I miss my job !!)
Also bordering on comical was poor old Spies and his getoff, a bit like his fellow American Hayden at Aragon.
Pedro is riding great, but needs a hiccup to beat Horhay to the "Silverware".

[Crasherfromwayback]

Pedro is riding great, but needs a hiccup to beat Horhay to the "Silverware".

Yeah he's found some real spine this year I reckon! Good on him. Gonna be tested next year by his own team mate once more!

[roogazza]

Yeah he's found some real spine this year I reckon! Good on him. Gonna be tested next year by his own team mate once more!

Although it's pretty close, the Honda still seems to have the edge on acceleration ? Horhay got the holeshot and Pedro was up alongside in no time.

[pritch]

Pedro is riding great, but needs a hiccup to beat Horhay to the "Silverware".

He is doing especially great, considering that if Stoner hadn't announced his retirement Pedrosa was probably out of a job.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Although it's pretty close, the Honda still seems to have the edge on acceleration ? Horhay got the holeshot and Pedro was up alongside in no time.

Nothing in it I reckon. Just maybe the fact that Pedro is only 48 odd Kg's!

He is doing especially great, considering that if Stoner hadn't announced his retirement Pedrosa was probably out of a job.

You reckon they wouldn't have just run three? Bloody shame Stoner fucked himself really. Could've been a really interesting three way battle for the title otherwise!

[puddytat]

Man, you got to feel for Jonas Folger in moto 3, lead from start to be taken out in that kamikaze move by some fuckwit that never had a chance of making it. Best race of the 3 I thought.
Man the onboard of MM in Moto 2 after he didnt get it into gear on the start was brilliant....those first couple of laps was just amazing riding.
I predict a win in his first MotoGP season....has anyone else been able to do that?

[tbs]

Quote from that Marquez article on crash.net.


Kallio's team-mate Scott Redding later suffered a painful, if self-inflicted, incident on his way to fourth in qualifying.

"The front tucked on me exiting the hairpin, I got on the gas to pick the bike up only for the rear to come round on me," said the Englishman. "It flicked me pretty high and I landed back on the bike so hard I thought I'd swallowed my own nuts!"

[Crasherfromwayback]

I predict a win in his first MotoGP season....has anyone else been able to do that?

Can't be fucked looking back into the stats. But I'd be bloody surprised if Rossi didn't. But he had factory equipment from the get go. Stoner set pole in only his 2nd or 3rd start in Moto GP no? Sat bike, on Michelin customer tyres...nearly won the race no?