MotoGP 2023

[iYRe]

Miller used to joke about being a Kiwi.

After that Sprint race this weekend's Safety Commission might be better attended than is usual?

Start from the pits is what i have heard. Crafar said Honda need so sort their shite out. MM is always going to try and perform miracles to win, and the bike is being ridden at 110%. That's gonna end up bad... sucks for everyone really.

[jato]

easy to figure out who wins Dick of the weekend ... he's always been on that fine line but on this occasion he needs a serious reality check

[pritch]

Start from the pits is what i have heard. Crafar said Honda need so sort their shite out. MM is always going to try and perform miracles to win, and the bike is being ridden at 110%. That's gonna end up bad... sucks for everyone really.

Two long laps. Marquez' says his front brake locked the wheel so he let go the brake and bam! It's not totally stupid but there was an accident so there has to be a penalty.
That and a suspected broken finger.

https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2023/...ncident/450930

[Autech]

Sprint race: Kinda good viewing but already have 1 rider out because of a crash caused by someone else. This is just the beginning, we'll be losing riders to injury every weekend. I didn't watch qualifying as there was a race to watch, so they got the same amount of viewing from me.

GP: Marquez, greatest rider ever etc etc... Fuckwit. Pretty good viewing though overall, just soured by MM being a bit ambitious once again. Miguel was on for a good result The scary thing to take away is I think Bagniaia had more in the tank, the doocatis gunna be even harder to beat this year.

[Reckless]

Damn good viewing basically increased it to two days viewing for me rather than the Q sessions and the race.

Bags looked too good in both races he is going to be hard to beat.
Really good racing with a heck of a lot of guys in the mix Aprilia etc and ones we didn't expect like the KTM's.
With some riders still very fresh to their new bikes.
I think that was one of the best MotoGP weekends I have seen in a while.

One thing I have really missed when with Sparksport is the rider conferences and the Q&A after.
This one a MUST Watch if you have a subscription. https://www.motogp.com/en/videos/202...ference/450924
Some really good rider opinions on MM, that corner and the weekend as a whole. Impressed again how Bagnia handled himself in this environment as well.

How the hell can we fit watching Moto2 and 3 in on top?? I got bikes to work on Jeepers? Track day on Thursday


UPdate: Marquez to miss Argentina GP
After surgery to repair the broken first metacarpal in his right hand, Marc Marquez will miss the second round.
Tags MotoGP, 2023, GRAN PREMIO MICHELIN® DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA, Marc Marquez
Upon returning to Spain for further checks, Marc Marquez was diagnosed with a displaced intrarticular fracture of the base of the first metacarpal of the thumb of the right hand. The #93 immediately underwent surgery at the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid with Dr. Ignacio Roger de Oña leading a team consisting of Dr. Samuel Antuña and Dr. Andrea Garcia Villanueva.

[pritch]

UPdate: Marquez to miss Argentina GP
After surgery to repair the broken first metacarpal in his right hand, Marc Marquez will miss the second round.
Tags MotoGP, 2023, GRAN PREMIO MICHELIN® DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA, Marc Marquez
Upon returning to Spain for further checks, Marc Marquez was diagnosed with a displaced intrarticular fracture of the base of the first metacarpal of the thumb of the right hand. The #93 immediately underwent surgery at the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid with Dr. Ignacio Roger de Oña leading a team consisting of Dr. Samuel Antuña and Dr. Andrea Garcia Villanueva.

And since his double long lap penalty specifically mentioned Argentina, that would appear to be that.

[iYRe]

And since his double long lap penalty specifically mentioned Argentina, that would appear to be that.

Not as silly as he looks then, lol

[pritch]

Not as silly as he looks then, lol

Some are questioning the ability of the FIM stewards. "Incompetent" was one verdict.

[iYRe]

Some are questioning the ability of the FIM stewards. "Incompetent" was one verdict.

Maybe it will give honda a chance to do something with the bike so he isnt riding at 150% all the time.. only some of the time.

[Autech]

Really don't understand how Nakagami got a race ban and Marquez not?

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[iYRe]

Really don't understand how Nakagami got a race ban and Marquez not?

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He claims, and so I expect that there must be evidence of, his front wheel locking up so he had to release. That might be the mitigating factor... who knows?

[onearmedbandit]

Sprint race: Kinda good viewing but already have 1 rider out because of a crash caused by someone else. This is just the beginning, we'll be losing riders to injury every weekend. I didn't watch qualifying as there was a race to watch, so they got the same amount of viewing from me.

GP: Marquez, greatest rider ever etc etc... Fuckwit. Pretty good viewing though overall, just soured by MM being a bit ambitious once again. Miguel was on for a good result The scary thing to take away is I think Bagniaia had more in the tank, the doocatis gunna be even harder to beat this year.

If we take MM at his word, he says he wasn't even going for a move on Martin, that the front momentarily locked. If that's the case, and we have no evidence to the contrary, then how does a mistake make him a fuckwit?

[Reckless]

If we take MM at his word, he says he wasn't even going for a move on Martin, that the front momentarily locked. If that's the case, and we have no evidence to the contrary, then how does a mistake make him a fuckwit?

Vinales said in his post-race I posted above he saw them going in to hot and backed off to leave himself room to go up the inside, so he already saw it from behind.
Locking the front means you were in way to hot in the first place then having to release and skittle two riders.
I guess if you do it and regain yourself it's a mistake, if you knock over two riders, you're a fuckwit LOL.
The day before he's a hero for passing two bikes one corner next day a fuckwit because he knocks two out.


We all know as racers who we are a little afraid of because the red mist when the visor comes down makes them unpredictable.
I guess that might be a way they look at MM.

Update: Doesn't say what the injury is? Leg?
Injury forces Miguel Oliveira to sit out Argentina GP
The Portuguese rider won't appear in Termas after his clash with Marc Marquez in Portimao
Tags MotoGP, 2023, GRAN PREMIO MICHELIN® DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA, Miguel Oliveira
Local hero and MotoGP™ rider Miguel Oliveira will not be participating in the upcoming Argentina Grand Prix due to a recent injury. Following his crash at the Portuguese Grand Prix, Oliveira underwent further testing in his hometown where further damage have been revealed, which doesn’t allow him to start the second GP of the season.

[iYRe]

I thought it was an injury to the arm/shoulder area - they were knee down on the inside.

[Autech]

If we take MM at his word, he says he wasn't even going for a move on Martin, that the front momentarily locked. If that's the case, and we have no evidence to the contrary, then how does a mistake make him a fuckwit?

Because he's been doing it for years, I remember them talking about him not leaving a margin on brakes for riders in front back in 2013. Basically he brakes in exactly the same spot regardless of traffic. If his front wheel locked I guess he wasn't leaving a margin for safety? Hence, fuckwit.

Same old Marquez unfortunately, they really need to punish him properly at some stage.

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