MotoGP 2012

[BMWST?]

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?

Pretty sure he podiumed in his first year too

[Reckless]

Cant help thinking Lorenzo is racing for second and the championship! Not sure that he couldn't have given Pedro a better go in the last race. Fair enough? but it might come back to haunt him. Unless he HAS to be careful so he doesn't blow an engine??

Spies has simply lost it. Had high hopes for him but that was just dumb. Maybe he simply cant beat the monster bikes and would rather throw it away? Dunno from day one he has never settled with the Moto GP bike everything about it seems wrong for him.

Jeepers talk about moto 2 stealing the show! Damn that was exciting!! Queeraz can certainly handle a bike Grudgingly I gotta give the guy the respect that ride deserves. If he can adjust to the GP bike he'll go well. Imagine it the young (Marquez) and the old (Rossi) fighting it out. Two generations be interesting to see how either one goes next year.

[puddytat]

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?

Yeaah, I can remember watching him back then & being most impressed as he harassed the arses of the factory boys...was surprised that he had to do 2? seasons on a sat bike.
Crutchlows also podiumed in his first season.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yeaah, I can remember watching him back then & being most impressed as he harassed the arses of the factory boys...was surprised that he had to do 2? seasons on a sat bike.
Crutchlows also podiumed in his first season.

And he did so before control tyres. Spies?

[Mental Trousers]

Rule #1: Don't crash into your team mate.

Danny Kent didn't. He made a perfectly executed, safe pass, as did the guy following him. It was Cortese that rammed Tonucci trying to undo the pass that fucked up.

As for the team boycotting their own rider, I'd tell them to get fucked. There were no team orders and he did nothing wrong.

[steveyb]

Rule #1: Don't crash into your team mate.

Danny Kent didn't. He made a perfectly executed, safe pass, as did the guy following him. It was Cortese that rammed Tonucci trying to undo the pass that fucked up.

As for the team boycotting their own rider, I'd tell them to get fucked. There were no team orders and he did nothing wrong.

True enough, but the really smart guy really would have ridden for the team and the rider who could have won the championship and try for a win at the next races.
I know he had every right and all that and the pass was clean, but I still reckon it was a wee bit dumb. He could have gotten second and stuffed up Tonnucci and then legitimately demanded team orders for the next races.
I just think it was dumb.
But as for the team boycotting the podium, that blows and Danny has every right to tell them to get fucked for that, after he gets told to get fucked for messing up Sandro.
I guess at the end of the day it shows that teams are not really teams in motorbike racing. I wonder why they bother setting them up?

[Brian d marge]

Danny Kent moto2 sometime soon

Stephen

[Cleve]

My photos from Motegi. A little bike porn and (expecially for Crasher) - some of the locals as well...

[Cleve]

more from Motegi

[Shaun]

Danny Kent moto2 sometime soon

Stephen

Deal done Tech3

[DidJit]

My photos from Motegi. A little bike porn...

[Badjelly]

Sandro Cortese has apologised for his tantrum and congratulated his team-mate:

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/185...r_conduct.html

Good on him.

And on another subject there's this article on Stuff with a very appropriate headline

Spies' lot not a happy one, survey finds

but it's not about MotoGP at all!

[Mental Trousers]

True enough, but the really smart guy really would have ridden for the team and the rider who could have won the championship and try for a win at the next races.
I know he had every right and all that and the pass was clean, but I still reckon it was a wee bit dumb. He could have gotten second and stuffed up Tonnucci and then legitimately demanded team orders for the next races.
I just think it was dumb.
But as for the team boycotting the podium, that blows and Danny has every right to tell them to get fucked for that, after he gets told to get fucked for messing up Sandro.
I guess at the end of the day it shows that teams are not really teams in motorbike racing. I wonder why they bother setting them up?

It's always a problem. Bike racers aren't employed to finish second. The will to win is why they're there.

[merv]

more from Motegi

Just because they've got slant eyes doesn't mean you should display those girls sideways does it?

[tbs]

Watching Dani approach his grid spot before the race start, just before he got there he gave a short sharp jab on the front brake. I've seen him do this before. Does he have a lock-down mechanism to lower the front end of his bike as part of his launch control?

After the race, when he did his victory wheelie, his bike was bouncing along the track on the back wheel. It looked like massive chatter. Anyone notice or know why it was doing that?

b.