MotoGP 2016

[Autech]

Bloody hell...


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[carbonhed]

Carnage... meh.

Man against boys. You should get double points if you murder them by more than ten seconds

[Crasherfromwayback]

Spewing. Had a cheeky $20.00 on Crazy Joe. Thought for a time there he was gonna catch Lorenzo! Lorenzo is simply too good there. The Honda's appear to still be shit.

[EJK]

Spewing. Had a cheeky $20.00 on Crazy Joe. Thought for a time there he was gonna catch Lorenzo! Lorenzo is simply too good there. The Honda's appear to still be shit.

Have to admit, his lap times were stunningly consistent.

Seems once he starts at the front, he stays at the front. I'll stop boo-ing him from now.

[carbonhed]

Spewing. Had a cheeky $20.00 on Crazy Joe. Thought for a time there he was gonna catch Lorenzo! Lorenzo is simply too good there. The Honda's appear to still be shit.

Looked like Marquez was smoking the back tire up as soon as he got back on the gas mid turn. How can that bike still be so shite?

Crazy Joe

[Autech]

I made a $1mil wager with myself when I saw Crashlow overtake Pedrosa that he would bin it, nek minnet, crash...

Very strange race, so many DNFs, just glad Dani used his head n didnt go for a slide.


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[Crasherfromwayback]

Crazy Joe

They're all tucking the front. Just like the Michelins of old. No feel at the limit.

[pritch]

They're all tucking the front. Just like the Michelins of old. No feel at the limit.

Several of the riders have commented. One theory supports you, it says everything feels Ok so you push a little more and down you go without warning.

Some attributed the crashes to track repairs. The repairs having less grip than the rest of track

Smith had the most detailed theory. He thinks that the tyre pressures rise causing the problem. They now have mandatory minimum pressures but then with the MotoGP race happening at the warmest time of day, with full fuel loads, and with people braking just a bit harder, the pressure rises past its best working range making the tyre that little bit less flexible. This is possible because the crashes mostly occur well into the race, unlike with Bridgestones it would usually be soon after the start while the tyres were still cold.

Smith does point out that this is just his theory, but he says from Mugello tyre pressure sensors will be mandatory so there will be data to confirm his theory or otherwise.

Whatever, that synchronised crashing display was spectacular.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Smith had the most detailed theory. He thinks that the tyre pressures rise causing the problem. r.

I would've thought they'd be using nitrogen, hence not have too much of a variation in pressures when hot.

[roogazza]

Is it me, or are the sunglasses Jorge is touting in the post race interviews getting gayer every week?

What struck me was how pale he looked (like a 12 yr old gamer who never sees the sun?)
I'm bronzed compared to him and I'm a 'ginger' !!!!

Still, can't argue he does the business.
BUT HEY !!!!! Go Vale !

[Crasherfromwayback]

Still, can't argue he does the business.
BUT HEY !!!!! Go Vale !

That's the second podium he's had handed to him this season.

[Badjelly]

I would've thought they'd be using nitrogen, hence not have too much of a variation in pressures when hot.

I don't want to re-open the debate about whether and why nitrogen is better in tyres than ordinary air (or dry air, or helium, or sulphur hexafluoride) but nitrogen is still a gas and it expands with temperature according to the ideal gas law, so the pressure will rise as the tyre heats up.

[sugilite:Me]

That's the second podium he's had handed to him this season.

Not sure it was handed to him, Rossi did come through the field and pass MM and Dovi to then pull slowly away. Lorenzo was simply too good today - in a class of his own.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Not sure it was handed to him, Rossi did come through the field and pass MM and Dovi to then pull slowly away. Lorenzo was simply too good today - in a class of his own.

And he did something a shitload of others didn't do! Gonna be a great scrap all year hopefully!

[roogazza]

That's the second podium he's had handed to him this season.

MM and AD had been passed tho .
But I was remembering how people were saying, last year was his biggest chance at his 10th Title ?
He's in the mix,so this could very well be his year ?