MotoGP 2015

**carbonhed** · 29th October 2015, 17:31

Originally Posted by sil3nt

Stoner Ducati 2017
http://gpxtra.com/2015/10/27/casey-s...ucati-in-2017/

Must be a slow news day.

Would love to see him back though!

It would be great to see him back but that story's just pure speculation.

In other news Vale has untangled his knickers and will now front at Valencia... well not so much "front"... more like loiter at the back of the class menacingly.

**Shaun Harris** · 29th October 2015, 17:37

Originally Posted by carbonhed

It would be great to see him back but that story's just pure speculation.

In other news Vale has untangled his knickers and will now front at Valencia... well not so much "front"... more like loiter at the back of the class menacingly.

If he wins the champs now, he is the god of all gods! He will win the champs in 2016 for sure. No one can adapt like he can, and that is what it is gunna take in the 1st year back of Michi tires

**Dave-** · 29th October 2015, 17:56

So Rossi can enter qualifying? and slow George and Marc down cause there's no rule against it?

**carbonhed** · 29th October 2015, 18:00

Originally Posted by Shaun Harris

If he wins the champs now, he is the god of all gods! He will win the champs in 2016 for sure. No one can adapt like he can, and that is what it is gunna take in the 1st year back of Michi tires

Love is a wonderful thing.

He won't win this year and Marquez will squish him like a bug next year.

**sil3nt** · 29th October 2015, 18:03

Originally Posted by Dave-

So Rossi can enter qualifying? and slow George and Marc down cause there's no rule against it?

Fairly sure there are rules for impeding riders in Qualifying.

**carbonhed** · 29th October 2015, 18:11

Originally Posted by sil3nt

Fairly sure there are rules for impeding riders in Qualifying.

And Rossi's already picked up a point this year for doing it.

**husaberg** · 29th October 2015, 18:12

Originally Posted by Shaun Harris

If he wins the champs now, he is the god of all gods! He will win the champs in 2016 for sure. No one can adapt like he can, and that is what it is gunna take in the 1st year back of Michi tires

I have an idea based on what was decades of past collaboration that the Michelin tires will still suit the Hondas. Maybe even more so than the Yamahas. That's purely speculation of course.
Then again Michelins in the past have never really suited a hard charging front style that a lot of the riders enjoy Now so as you say a few might struggle as the vast majority are without the 500GP and dirt background.

**Shaun Harris** · 29th October 2015, 18:48

Originally Posted by husaberg

I have an idea based on what was decades of past collaboration that the Michelin tires will still suit the Hondas. Maybe even more so than the Yamahas. That's purely speculation of course.
Then again Michelins in the past have never really suited a hard charging front style that a lot of the riders enjoy Now so as you say a few might struggle as the vast majority are without the 500GP and dirt background.

The past is the past, and it is now a whole new ball game. Every thing is new to michi now realy

**Digitdion** · 29th October 2015, 19:13

Rossi should have a problem with the bike , pop back into the pits . Get back out there lol and behold right with Lorenzo of course. Even though he is a lap behind he could take Lorenzo out. Just a racing incident. It's in the rules that even though he is a lap behind he can still race Lorenzo.Do a slightly better job than last week and bingo he is champ again.
Can they take points off Rossi if this was to happen?

**Shaun Harris** · 29th October 2015, 19:21

Originally Posted by Digitdion

Rossi should have a problem with the bike , pop back into the pits . Get back out there lol and behold right with Lorenzo of course. Even though he is a lap behind he could take Lorenzo out. Just a racing incident. It's in the rules that even though he is a lap behind he can still race Lorenzo.Do a slightly better job than last week and bingo he is champ again.
Can they take points off Rossi if this was to happen?

You have been quite sensible until now mate

**Badjelly** · 29th October 2015, 19:44

Originally Posted by Digitdion

Can they take points off Rossi if this was to happen?

Oh, yes.

10 char 10 char

**husaberg** · 29th October 2015, 20:00

Originally Posted by Shaun Harris

The past is the past, and it is now a whole new ball game. Every thing is new to michi now realy

All very true but the more stuff changes the more it sometimes stays the same.
The different tyre construction approaches by Michelin and Bridgestone appear to be the same as the old days of the Dunlop's vs Michelins.

"we’re still trying to improve the front, as we still have some issues and we have to continue improving.”Michelin Racing’s Technical Director Nicolas Goubert after testing Aragon 2015

Again after Aragon testing

The crash, along with others, suggests there are still several problems with the Michelin tires which need ironing out. The front, Goubert acknowledged, still needs some improvement, and the French tire maker is working on a range of compounds to solve the issues. Testing during the current season, with bikes set up mainly for Bridgeston es, is still a tricky affair, as the character of the two tire brands is so radically different. The Bridgestone front is incredibly strong and very planted, and can be trusted implicitly into corners, while the rear does not excel in producing grip and drive. Michelins are precisely the opposite, the rear being outstanding, while the front does not have the grip of the Bridgestone. MotoGP bikes are set up with a rearward weight bias for the Bridgestones, the front not needing any help to gain grip. The opposite is needed for the Michelins, the front needing all the help it can get, while the rear grips and drives easily. The real testing of the Michelins will start at Valencia, on the Tuesday after the race. From then, the teams will be focused entirely on the Michelins, and will start work on setting the bike up around the new tire brand.

From memory Michelin always favoured a stiffer carcass construction and it allows a softer rubber and the others favoured a softer carcass and harder rubber compound.

**Moise** · 29th October 2015, 20:05

Originally Posted by Shaun Harris

He know's his shit that guy. I note an earlier poster on here said that the writer DID NOT see Rossi knee him off, ( That is because he did not) as the rest of the world has seen via all the vids of it

Sorry, thought I'd posted this on KB: https://mobile.twitter.com/ben_djork...78049306161152

Could be of course that Marquez's helmet hit him just below the knee and it was purely a reflex action.