MotoGP 2015

[carbonhed]

Tee-hee, is that your name for Bwadley Smiff ? A beauty !

Yeah. There's Smith living the dream racing in MotoGP week in week out dicing with multiple world champions... man he's got to be completely gutted that some pathetic losers on the internet are calling him names. Practically suicidal I imagine... or perhaps not

[Drew]

He has just won two in a row so it can't be too long...

I thought Hayden looked almost embarrassed to be standing in parc ferme as top production bike. He used to get in there 'cause he was on the podium.

You know what I mean. The guy has been a long time off the top spot, and now he's a contender.

[roogazza]

Tee-hee, is that your name for Bwadley Smiff ? A beauty !

He's a pom and like his bloody commentator pom mates deserves it.

I have to mute the TV often.

Wasn't he getting ready to win it after FP1 ??? Have a look on Crash.net it you can stand it.

Hope the health is looking up GD ??

[Erelyes]

That pass from Rossi on MM early on was a cracker! Although I read somewhere Rossi apologising for it as it was a bit of an accident?

MM's battle with Iannone was perhaps the best battle in the season to date... MM was his usual 'ride it til it crashes, then ride it a little more' self. Maniannonac was just the guy to dice with him.

Lozenge got his head straight and sure enough, off he fucked.

Second corner pile-up in Moto3 was a heart stopper, all I saw was a guy and a bike sliding in the middle of the track towards the pack, then one of the bikes in the pack going flying. Luckily that guy had hit a bike, not the rider.

[pritch]

Poor Bradders, you guys are picking on him, I thought he was doing well. He's doing better than his team mate anyway and that's his first priority. Apparently Espagero considers he is a star in waiting. He may have to wait a bit longer?

I agree about the commentary, Harris and BirtyGP were pissing me off too. Come to think of it, the GP website gives the option to listen to the ambient sound track. Just the noise of the bikes - no commentary. There's a little icon 2nd box in from the bottom r/h corner. Simple though it is, it may lead to a more relaxed viewing experience.

[Reckless]

MM certainly gets the fire going at times,kamakasi like !

Certainly had a couple brain fart moments there especially into that first corner?

That pass from Rossi on MM early on was a cracker! Although I read somewhere Rossi apologising for it as it was a bit of an accident?

Yes in the conference after he said he came in a bit hot and he apologised. But said if he had of braked more he would have lost the front and taken both of them down.

Lorenzo is back on track, Rossi hanging in there by charging late in the races, Dovi consistent and still lookin for the little thing that will get them 1/2 a sec.
Looks like Honda don't like loosing and are getting a little tied up so to speak. Cant see anything anywhere explaining what MM problem was?
Better race than last one, Bring it on

Edit oh here it is
The GP of France was a tough race for the Repsol Honda riders.
As Marc began to experience difficulty with the front, he lost places and by lap five he had dropped down to 6th place. He passed both Smith and Iannone into 4th place, then a battle ensued with Iannone with the two riders fighting for five laps and passing each other several times. Marc finally held on to take 4th and 13 important Championship points.

Marquez: "The temperature rose sharply; we had not ridden in such conditions at any time this the weekend. On the fourth lap I started to notice that I had a lot of problems with the front end. I think all the Hondas had the same trouble; in fact a lot crashed after losing front grip because we were really suffering. We knew that with a rise in temperature, conditions change, but we expected it to be for the better and this time it was for the worse. We must learn from this race and especially from the data we have gathered."

[Asher]

I think Kent and Leopard racing planned a very smart race. It wasn't too obvious but early in the race I saw Kent signalling to Ono to pull in behind him and Ono stayed close behind him until Kent got clean air. I'm guessing that Kent was using Ono as a shield so he didn't have to worry about defending his line and push to get to the front as fast as possible.
Also Baz did well, as did Miller (until he crashes), I can't see Bradl's contract being renewed and Melendri must be on anti depressants.

[roogazza]

Poor Bradders, you guys are picking on him, I thought he was doing well. He's doing better than his team mate anyway and that's his first priority. Apparently Espagero considers he is a star in waiting. He may have to wait a bit longer?

I agree about the commentary, Harris and BirtyGP were pissing me off too. Come to think of it, the GP website gives the option to listen to the ambient sound track. Just the noise of the bikes bikes - no commentary. There's a little icon 2nd box in from the bottom r/h corner. Simple though it is, it may lead to a more relaxed viewing experience.

Wish I had that option with Sky, By turning down the harsh accents I can still hear a bit of engine noise.
The chatter is over the top more so in Moto3.
Agree there,BS is doin ok,right where we'd expect I suppose 6th to 8th.?
I thought in the beginning Pol would have had him sorted ?
I'm still keen on seeing the Doocatis operate without the concessions,whos' riders incidently give pretty good interviews on the whole.
(I'd still keep the flag tho inspite of CC and BS).

[carbonhed]

Bad day at the office for my man in Moto2 Alex Rins. Missed the start biblically from pole and then crashed out

Great ride by Kent and then smart enough to take the points rather than risk crashing out on a screwed rear tire.

[pritch]

Agree there,BS is doin ok,right where we'd expect I suppose 6th to 8th.?

(I'd still keep the flag tho inspite of CC and BS).

Some people seem to resent the emergence of a few poms but I was getting a bit sick of listening to the Spanish National anthem. Three Spanish flags on the podium was getting monotonous too. So a bit of God Save The Queen is fine by me. MotoGP needs a few more nationalities. I did note a recent article about how Frenchman Quarteraro was looking forward to his home GP at LeMans. The item was in Spanish though which spoilt the effect.

Oh, and the flag?

[Autech]

All the top Honda guys had front end issues.... maybe it's no longer the best bike on the grid?

Was waiting for Zippy and knobhead to notice that 90% of the Honda's had crashed on the front end...

Was impressed by Danny Kent - again. Started 31st on the grid, made it through the field to the lead group, joined the scrap then backed off. At that point he would have presumably used more tyre than the other three.

He would have been unaware that his two closest challengers for the championship had gone down, but his pit board had told him fourth was OK. All in all it was a display of both speed and brains. That combination can win championships.

That guy is showing some good talent this year, was good on the Mahindra last year but that Honda is really to his liking.

Poor Bradders, you guys are picking on him, I thought he was doing well. He's doing better than his team mate anyway and that's his first priority. Apparently Espagero considers he is a star in waiting. He may have to wait a bit longer?

I agree about the commentary, Harris and BirtyGP were pissing me off too. Come to think of it, the GP website gives the option to listen to the ambient sound track. Just the noise of the bikes - no commentary. There's a little icon 2nd box in from the bottom r/h corner. Simple though it is, it may lead to a more relaxed viewing experience.

I got my wife (French Canadian) to listen to Zippy butchering the corner names. Was very funny. As for the other dickhead telling everyone in the Motogp race that Quatararo had crashed in Moto3, was very unimpressed.

[Oscar]

I got my wife (French Canadian) to listen to Zippy butchering the corner names.

Considering the average Nu Zillander butchers their own language, this is a little bit arrogant isn't it?
Do people take the piss out of you wife’s accent/pronunciation?

[Autech]

Considering the average Nu Zillander butchers their own language, this is a little bit arrogant isn't it?
Do people take the piss out of you wife’s accent/pronunciation?

People? I'm not sure... Do I? Fuck yes! When she asks for the "Mixed eeerbs" (Mixed herbs) from the cupboard I pay her out big time.

When I was in Canada I had someone burst out laughing when I spoke, she was a tad crazy though.

Oscar must be the first person ever in this thread to defend Nick Harris, we have a champion!
Comes down to respect though, if I was paid to commentate (PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE!) I would at least make my best attempt to pronounce the riders names correctly. His butchering the French language was just another reason why he should be fired and I should be hired in his place.

[GD66]

the GP website gives the option to listen to the ambient sound track. Just the noise of the bikes - no commentary.

I saw they were introducing that feature but thought I would wait before signing up as users on a number of sites were reporting in the early stages that some of the options failed at times. If it's now accessible regularly, that is a dream come true for many.

Autech, if you get a start in the comm box I will have the bikes-only function disabled round at my joint, and gleefully join in again. I must say at least Birt has a clue, which helps. Commentary everywhere is in the doldrums, I watched some of the NW200 and they had Parrish and had also exhumed the execrable Richard Nicholls from the crypt, presumably because Huewen would have been doing the GP at Le Mans.

And Bwadley Smiff has looked pretty good at times, certainly got a cheer from me when he was looking the goods running in fourth in Texas for a while. As pointed out, he is knocking Pol off which is a clue. Someone must have spotted something exceptional about him, and I think in time he will get it happening. Certainly fires it up the road a lot less nowadays.

[Oscar]

People? I'm not sure... Do I? Fuck yes! When she asks for the "Mixed eeerbs" (Mixed herbs) from the cupboard I pay her out big time.

When I was in Canada I had someone burst out laughing when I spoke, she was a tad crazy though.

Oscar must be the first person ever in this thread to defend Nick Harris, we have a champion!
Comes down to respect though, if I was paid to commentate (PLEASE OH PLEASE OH PLEASE!) I would at least make my best attempt to pronounce the riders names correctly. His butchering the French language was just another reason why he should be fired and I should be hired in his place.

I'm not defending Nick Harris, I'm just a little tired of the whinging that goes on here.
Find the volume switch. If you have to rely on a twat like Harris to know what's going on, you should be reading Motocourse, not hanging out on the interweb moaning.

IIRC the only cock up I recall this year is the dif in the way one of them says Espargaro.

And BTW? Relying on a French Canadian for French pronunciation is a little like using an Aussie as a guide to proper English.
As far as the French are concerned, they can get fucked, and if Harris annoys them - all the better.