MotoGP 2018

[WALRUS]

I wish. A heap of my mates are all riding over for it.. I'm sitting in the office.. Insuring shite :P

I haven't been to the Island since 2007! Too long!

[Autech]

Go Miller.

Big crashes for the Repsol boys. Dani Crashed at turn 1! Fuck that!

[pritch]

Go Miller.

Big crashes for the Repsol boys. Dani Crashed at turn 1! Fuck that!

Marquez said he had trouble there too, but Crutchlow went down big time, multiple fractures in leg and foot requiring immediate surgery and probably a couple of plates.

[Autech]

Marquez said he had trouble there too, but Crutchlow went down big time, multiple fractures in leg and foot requiring immediate surgery and probably a couple of plates.

I am struggling to think of a worse corner to crash at one the whole calendar (excluding those with close walls that is).

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[pritch]

For the "My bike hasn't got one of those" list. Rossi's bike has a little gadget fitted to the clutch lever, thought to be a sensor?

[WALRUS]

It's undoubtedly a doo-hicky.. It connects the ooja-whatsit to the thingamajig

[roogazza]

Marquez said he had trouble there too, but Crutchlow went down big time, multiple fractures in leg and foot requiring immediate surgery and probably a couple of plates.

Not a surprise for him ? maybe his front over heated pffft ! or was it the lack of a carbon arm ?

[SaferRides]

Maybe another Honda front tyre drama - too cold for the medium? Remember Turn 1 is the first right since MG.

[pritch]

Not a surprise for him ? maybe his front over heated pffft ! or was it the lack of a carbon arm ?

Now now Gazza. The temperature was too low for the tyres to operate as designed, they were behaving erratically and most of the riders were unhappy.

Phillip Island is usually rated as one of the few remaining circuits that requires the riders to be brave. Arriving at turn 1 braking from warp speed wondering what the tyres will do this time must be something else.

This could affect race day if the weather doesn't warm up. The programme has been moved back two hours to a 4.00PM start for MotoGP to make live viewing more accessible to viewers in Europe. Previously when run at this time the temperature has dropped dramatically at about 4.00 giving everybody problems. There are probably safer places to have tyre probems?.

[speights_bud]

During the Moto2 fp3 that's just finished the commentary team talked about a rider who's engine exploded in the last lap of the Japanese GP. I went back to the video of Moto2 Japan but couldn't find anything.

Anyone seen any info?

Apparently it's smashed his shin and the boot looked like it had a shotgun wound...

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[HenryDorsetCase]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwjy...Tq2SqCIsoVuLjg

here's an onboard lap with Simon Crafar which I enjoyed watching.

takehomes for me: S1000RR is FAAAAAAAST - I saw 275 indicated on the clock, and
Simon can ride a bit.

[pritch]

https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/mot...alian-gp-2018/

[roogazza]

Now now Gazza. The temperature was too low for the tyres to operate as designed, they were behaving erratically and most of the riders were unhappy.

Phillip Island is usually rated as one of the few remaining circuits that requires the riders to be brave. Arriving at turn 1 braking from warp speed wondering what the tyres will do this time must be something else.

This could affect race day if the weather doesn't warm up. The programme has been moved back two hours to a 4.00PM start for MotoGP to make live viewing more accessible to viewers in Europe. Previously when run at this time the temperature has dropped dramatically at about 4.00 giving everybody problems. There are probably safer places to have tyre probems?.

yeah pritch haha , jumping off at turn one would make the eyes water I guess. But I haven't been back to P.I. for years mainly because of the weather there.
Brilliant track tho huh ?
Fingers crossed for the Yams, for me at least?

[BMWST?]

Not a surprise for him ? maybe his front over heated pffft ! or was it the lack of a carbon arm ?

Maybe another Honda front tyre drama - too cold for the medium? Remember Turn 1 is the first right since MG.

correct MM fastest n FP3

[pritch]

I haven't been back to P.I. for years mainly because of the weather there.

Brilliant track tho huh ?

Yeah the weather there is like the weather here; four seasons in a day.

Having read that David Emmett item a few posts back, and seen the comments from Rossi and others about requesting a change in the calendar, it seems something does need to be done.

Dorna claim it's the F1 round being held in March that prevents this round moving to that part of the year. Never mind that the WSBK round is early too.

If there is to be a Korean round, as has been suggested, it might be an idea to do the four Asian GPs before Phillip Island which could move the event back to early/mid November. If they moved Valencia forward and finished the season in Australia that could move it back even further. That wouldn't guarantee warm weather but it would definitely increase the chances.

It is a great track, as someone else said it was designed with a pencil rather than a mouse.