MotoGP 2016

[mulletman]

Wow !!!!!!

[Autech]

Holy shit did the Honda boys fill the gap though. Epic race. Shame Rossi went boom but promising signs for Honda


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[Dadpole]

Holy flying buttocks... That was a race.

Rossi looked good until he took up smoking. Full marks to Marquez for that effort and 9 out of 10 for Lorenzo. (He loses a point for copying with a slipstream)

[carbonhed]

Awesome race between the two fastest guys on the grid. If only Lorenzo was better at the cut and thrust of dicing for the lead he may even have won it....

Nice work from Rossi`s fans during the podium celebrations. What kind of douches boo after a race like that?

[Drew]

Lorenzo did an incredible job to win that. Three faster riders behind and still taking the win is out of this world race craft.

Honda seem to have improved the bike under their riders.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Honda seem to have improved the bike under their riders.

I think the thing is a heap of shit. It's only the fact that MM and Pedro are that good that it looks ok. How badly did MM get dragged off by the Yam on the way to the finish line?

[Autech]

I think the thing is a heap of shit. It's only the fact that MM and Pedro are that good that it looks ok. How badly did MM get dragged off by the Yam on the way to the finish line?

It is a pile of poos, but it's smelling less and less.

I was watching the Yam out of the last corner and over the first rise 100m after it, I noticed JL's bike was popping a wee wheelie while MM's was staying flat as a pancake. While wheeling is not a good thing for drive I drew the conclusion that MM's bike was being strangled so much by the electronics that it wasn't even going quick enough at that point of the track to pop a wheel up. Honda need to fix that engine as the chassis isn't looking all that bad anymore.
In years past DP was talked about exiting that last corner and his ablility to get it stood up and on the gas, he's still doing that but losing out big time in wheel spin etc, poos bike.
Great battle tween him and Eeeaaahhnoni, good work by AI to keep him at bay, he put in a farking quick last lap to hold him off, clearly firing shots at Dook saying you chose the wrong guy (which they didn't).

MV needs to be sat down by Aleix and given a lesson in how to start a race, so disappointing to see him smashed every race off the line.
Suzuki need to get their heads read if they don't retain Aleix Espagaro, great first half of the race from him with his usual drop off at the end.

[puddytat]

That would have had to been the best racing in all 3 classes for a meeting so far this year....

[pritch]

Honda need to fix that engine as the chassis isn't looking all that bad anymore.

Not sure about that, Marquez' Honda was sometimes bucking and weaving where Lorenzo's bike was stable. Can't remember his exact words but MM said he abandoned his thoughts about riding for the championship and went back to win or bin.

Spare a thought for Alex Briggs, one of Rossi's mechanics, he must have experienced a wide range of emotions over the course of the weekend. His home in Queensland was being threatened by a bushfire, really close, as in just a few yards, and he couldn't help his wife and kids. The excitement and pleasure of Rossi's pole lap, the tension of the early part of the race, the despair of the blow up, and the relief when he heard the house and family were OK.

Yamaha says both bikes suffered top end failures, but some of the other pit crews say Lorenzo's bike threw a rod. At least Jarvis didn't try and sell the failures as ignition problems. This creates a potential drama for Yamaha, the engines are probably already back in Japan, or close to it, but the engine rules mean that they can't modify anything on the remaining engines. There is just one possible way out, they would need to convince the other manufacturers that there is a safety problem then they would be permitted to alter the design.

David Emmett passed mild criticism of Rossi for loitering on the racing line after his engine blew, potentially dangerous but his engine did not drop any oil, the belly pan contained only water.

Anybody who wasn't happy with the drama in those races is very hard to please.

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Anybody who wasn't happy with the drama in those races is very hard to please.

...too true...fucked off for Vale, but that's life at the top of the game...nearly fucked my knee jumping around at the end stage of that last lap...wow...

[Autech]

Not sure about that, Marquez' Honda was sometimes bucking and weaving where Lorenzo's bike was stable. Can't remember his exact words but MM said he abandoned his thoughts about riding for the championship and went back to win or bin.

Possibly more a sign of the electronics cutting in all the time rather than the chassis being a pile of poos. That said, isn't Marquez still riding around on a rusty old 2014 chassis?

...too true...fucked off for Vale, but that's life at the top of the game...nearly fucked my knee jumping around at the end stage of that last lap...wow...

I was so disappointed when that engine blew, we the fans were denied a humdinger of a battle by that failure. I feel like writing a letter to Yamaha.

Mrs was asleep at the other end of the house so I had to keep my shouting contained, still managed to jump about a bit though. JL haters need to shut their mouths and admire.

Poor old Jack Miller has been on facebook telling the haters to STFU, this crash apparently wasn't his fault. Tough at the top.

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What kind of douches boo after a race like that?

...probably obnoxious cocksucks like you...where do I collect my prize...you should try riding your throttle instead of throttling your cock...

[Doppleganger]

Big shame for Rossi, he was all over Lorenzo like a rash, if he'd made a pass stick he looked like he could have pulled away. Was always able to get back up to Lorenzo when the pass failed.

Awesome race and a stunning circuit

[Crasherfromwayback]

Big shame for Rossi, he was all over Lorenzo like a rash, if he'd made a pass stick he looked like he could have pulled away. Was always able to get back up to Lorenzo when the pass failed.

Awesome race and a stunning circuit

Yeah pretty stink result for the Old Boy. And yeah...the fast flowing tracks always provide the best racing eh!

[pritch]

the fast flowing tracks always provide the best racing eh!

Yeah I read somewhere recently, "Fast tracks provide the best racing." I'm a believer.

Oxley made a comment that if you are planning a visit to Mugello it should be in the next two years.
Changes of some sort are possible, but he didn't say what.

Stoner was at Mugello and is talking to Ducati about their testing programme. It was also reported that wildcard rides at Phillip Island and Sepang were topics to be discussed. Whether that is fact, or somebody had smoked the electric puha before consulting their keyboard, who knows. We'll all know in October.