MotoGP 2014

[Shaun Harris]

dont care if its staged its still funny

Stephen

Jamie Wit is one of the funniest nicest guys I have ever met in the racing scene, spent a lot of time with him in the UK doing testing work with Suzuki's

[denill]

Commentators? I really do not care - MotoGP coverage is never assured for us and to just get it live, I will put up with anything.

If the only commentary is in Chinese, that's OK too. Actually that's a point.

[Oscar]

Commentators? I really do not care - MotoGP coverage is never assured for us and to just get it live, I will put up with anything.

If the only commentary is in Chinese, that's OK too. Actually that's a point.

I reckon listening to it in Chinese would be a hoot!

Listening to it in Spainish or Italian is pretty funny - they're so full on...

[ecko_nzed]

Thought you'd all watch with the volume turned down so you could do your own expert commentary

[Shaun Harris]

thought you'd all watch with the volume turned down so you could do your own expert commentary

i do not talk loud enough though

[Brett]

SOme interesting comments in this interview with Stoner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKRWGc1PpLE

[Crasherfromwayback]

SOme interesting comments in this interview with Stoner.

]

He looks pretty relaxed now eh. Good on him.

[Brett]

He looks pretty relaxed now eh. Good on him.

Yeah, can't help but think that he looks a lot happier. Miss watching him race though. Would still love to meet the guy.

[roogazza]

Costly Qatar for Lorenzo ?
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2014/Mar/140328993.htm

[Drew]

Something that comes to all of us.
Bastard huh !!

http://www.motomatters.com/blog/2014...mat_oxley.html

The linked article, makes comment on Rossi not qualifying well. He never has though.

Even when he was dominating the class. I mean when the other aliens either weren't there or hadn't caught up yet, he often wasn't sitting on pole spot for the start. The guy could be up to a second quicker every lap during the race though.

I've mused over it a few times, and the only conclusion I've come to was helped by watching practice. He seems to spend time working on sections of the track, rather than stringing one stinking hot lap together.

Last year when I watched the entire final qualifying at some track, Rossi spent longer on track than anyone else. They would come fit up another set of tyres every third lap, he wouldn't.

I'm no expert of course, but I wondered if he doesn't opt to use a harder tyre to more closely emulate race set up.

[Shaun Harris]

[QUOTE=Drew;1130700479]The linked article, makes comment on Rossi not qualifying well. He never has though.

Even when he was dominating the class. I mean when the other aliens either weren't there or hadn't caught up yet, he often wasn't sitting on pole spot for the start. The guy could be up to a second quicker every lap during the race though.

I've mused over it a few times, and the only conclusion I've come to was helped by watching practice. He seems to spend time working on sections of the track, rather than stringing one stinking hot lap together.






That is the way I have always seen him riding and planning Drew. Focus on the worst area first to make it better. A Stroud was always the same also with Quali sessions

[roogazza]

The linked article, makes comment on Rossi not qualifying well. He never has though.

Even when he was dominating the class. I mean when the other aliens either weren't there or hadn't caught up yet, he often wasn't sitting on pole spot for the start. The guy could be up to a second quicker every lap during the race though.

I've mused over it a few times, and the only conclusion I've come to was helped by watching practice. He seems to spend time working on sections of the track, rather than stringing one stinking hot lap together.

Last year when I watched the entire final qualifying at some track, Rossi spent longer on track than anyone else. They would come fit up another set of tyres every third lap, he wouldn't.

I'm no expert of course, but I wondered if he doesn't opt to use a harder tyre to more closely emulate race set up.

Yeah, he always seems to work towards race setup more.(guess they all do ultimately). His new Engineer apparently works in a 'different way' as he calls it. Being more of a data man than JB (whatever that means ?)
Hey, he's again proving to be a bloke who is willing to try things and take gambles with settings and people. His love of being there is obvious. You'd think at 35yrs old the clock is ticking, but he's still giving 100%.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yeah, can't help but think that he looks a lot happier. Miss watching him race though. Would still love to meet the guy.

Yeah I think he'd actually be quite an interesting chap to chat with. Rather meet his wife though.

[paturoa]

If you missed it on freeview sommett

[pritch]

OK so this is not strictly speaking MotoGP, but I've been reading a book loaned to me by Shaun and the "get stuck in and get on with it" attitude of the people therein reminded me of this. Had a bit of trouble finding it again until I used a Brit based search engine.

The sport psychologists sometimes recommend you visualise the style of a successful athlete you would wish to emulate. Bearing in mind that I have never seen a moving picture of Shepherd, but have seen many b&w stills, his is the style I would most like to copy. A modern racer would look silly circulating with a similar style to Shepherd's, but then I'd look silly riding around copying Rossi.

For those too young to remember, in the 1960s relations between the west and the eastern bloc were fraught. Shepherd really was risking his life leaving the border, the East German border guards were shooting people regularly.

The MZ factory had no hard currency and couldn't pay him one year so they gave him his Grand Prix bikes in lieu of cash. When he arrived at HM Customs he was forbidden to take the bikes in to Britain because the country of origin was the GDR.

I wonder how many of tody's GP stars could pull off an effort like this, the mechanical skills, the doggedness, the stamina, the resourcefulness and the sheer guts?

http://motorcyclelifeandtouring.word...uncategorized/