MotoGP 2018

[carbonhed]

Ducati really had the bike to win that championship didn't they? Those three early season DNF's for Dovi really cost them. Plus once Lorenzo got his act together they had a team that could have ruffled MM's feathers and done it with relish.

So amidst all the backslapping for a good year I hope there's some realism about the championship that got away and the loss of the guy who could have won it in 2019.

[SaferRides]

3 minutes.... RUN RUN RUN

Still available at 3:50 pm.

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[Dadpole]

Doh.... I was looking at the closing time - not the closing date

So AMBLE AMBLE AMBLE ...

[SaferRides]

Ducati really had the bike to win that championship didn't they? Those three early season DNF's for Dovi really cost them. Plus once Lorenzo got his act together they had a team that could have ruffled MM's feathers and done it with relish.

So amidst all the backslapping for a good year I hope there's some realism about the championship that got away and the loss of the guy who could have won it in 2019.

Ducati, and Dovi, really missed the boat this year. Read what Jack Miller has to say about the GP19, bearing in mind that it's almost the same as this year's bike at the moment. Then look at what Bautista did on the GP18 at PI.

Then losing Lorenzo - shades of how they treated Stoner after he won the championship.

I would not be surprised if this year will turn out to be their best chance. Sounds like Marquez is very focused on improving the Honda for 2019.

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[BMWST?]

we should really be over at the 2019 thread guys but the motogop video feed may try to auto renew.I tried to look at my renewal option but the page crashed,so be warned

[SaferRides]

we should really be over at the 2019 thread guys but the motogop video feed may try to auto renew.I tried to look at my renewal option but the page crashed,so be warned

Good point.

I didn't get an autorenewal offer this year. Might be because I used PayPal last year? So the 1 Euro offer for the off season was great.

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[Dadpole]

There is a bit of talk about the unsubscribe thing crashing. You only need to have it done by March 4, so plenty of time - and if you forget then you will be forced to watch every session live to get your moneys worth.

[carbonhed]

Ducati, and Dovi, really missed the boat this year. Read what Jack Miller has to say about the GP19, bearing in mind that it's almost the same as this year's bike at the moment. Then look at what Bautista did on the GP18 at PI.

Then losing Lorenzo - shades of how they treated Stoner after he won the championship.

I would not be surprised if this year will turn out to be their best chance. Sounds like Marquez is very focused on improving the Honda for 2019.

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Absolutely. Unfortunately Honda have Marquez and Lorenzo and Ducati have Dovi and Petrucci. Oh shit for Ducati. Dovi and Petrucci seem like the kind of guys you'd like to have a beer with but Marquez and Lorenzo are cold blooded killers. WTF were Ducati thinking?

[pritch]

WTF were Ducati thinking?

They were thinking they had paid zillions for a total loser. If you recall, at the time the decision was made Lorenzo had done nowt. He signed for Honda then BINGO!. He won. I suspect that Honda got Lorenzo for a real bargain price?

[speights_bud]

Absolutely. Unfortunately Honda have Marquez and Lorenzo and Ducati have Dovi and Petrucci. Oh shit for Ducati. Dovi and Petrucci seem like the kind of guys you'd like to have a beer with but Marquez and Lorenzo are cold blooded killers. WTF were Ducati thinking?

If I had to pick 2 guys to have a beer with it wouldn't be Dovi and Petrux.

Try Miller and Crutchlow if you want shit to get real.

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[pritch]

If I had to pick 2 guys to have a beer with it wouldn't be Dovi and Petrux.

Try Miller and Crutchlow if you want shit to get real.

Crutchlow had the rep of being one of the funniest guys in the paddock. That's a Rossi quote. Miller has rubbed some hereabout the wrong way, but thank God we didn't have to grow up in front of TV cameras.

IIRC Laverty and some others joined the marshalls for a beer after the races at Phillip Island. I'd be happy to have a beer and listen to their war stories - pretty much any of them.

[speights_bud]

Crutchlow had the rep of being one of the funniest guys in the paddock. That's a Rossi quote. Miller has rubbed some hereabout the wrong way, but thank God we didn't have to grow up in front of TV cameras.

IIRC Laverty and some others joined the marshalls for a beer after the races at Phillip Island. I'd be happy to have a beer and listen to their war stories - pretty much any of them.

Yea Friday or Saturday (can't remember) night at PI they usually try and get some of the riders / famous names to drop into the Marshall shed for photos and a beer. Free booze for marshals each night.

It was during one of these drinking sessions I briefly held a brembo carbon brake pad from Dani's bike he'd binned earlier in the day. A Marshall had burned his fingers severely when he was clearing up the debris so one of the lads trophied it for him. It was super lightweight.

The staff got shitty when we helped ourselves to takeaway beers. Was supposed to be kept on site haha.

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[SaferRides]

If I had to pick 2 guys to have a beer with it wouldn't be Dovi and Petrux.

Try Miller and Crutchlow if you want shit to get real.

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Maybe a nice Chianti but not a beer!

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[sugilite:Me]

Absolutely. Unfortunately Honda have Marquez and Lorenzo and Ducati have Dovi and Petrucci. Oh shit for Ducati. Dovi and Petrucci seem like the kind of guys you'd like to have a beer with but Marquez and Lorenzo are cold blooded killers. WTF were Ducati thinking?

You are absolutely right, Petrucci is not championship contender material and Dovi really needs the planets to align like MM and Lorenzo to have bad luck in order for him to win a championship. What Ducati need to do is get a true champion on their bike. They need to buy Rossi out of his Yamaha contract and get him on what is now the best bike in the field. What a dream team that would make! An Italian rider on an Italian bike winning his 10th championship putting that record well outside MM's reach!

[carbonhed]

You are absolutely right, Petrucci is not championship contender material and Dovi really needs the planets to align like MM and Lorenzo to have bad luck in order for him to win a championship. What Ducati need to do is get a true champion on their bike. They need to buy Rossi out of his Yamaha contract and get him on what is now the best bike in the field. What a dream team that would make! An Italian rider on an Italian bike winning his 10th championship putting that record well outside MM's reach!

You're just trying to wind me up aren't you

Perhaps in a parallel universe somewhere?