MotoGP

[KingTJ]

Rossi you beauty......write him off at your own peril.

[bertusras]

Dominating performance from start to finish, gotta tip my hat for that one, masterclass!

[Iwan Kemp]

Have the "Yamaha favours Rossi now" rumoures popped up yet?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Have the "Yamaha favours Rossi now" rumoures popped up yet?

Lol. Give it an hour or 2. But you can clearly see he's been working on his initial game. First in quali, strong first half and just taking it up another level.

 

Plus it's the first race he had with the winglets

[cfcjim]

Binder, Lowes and Rossi: a lovely weekend, made my "Lying on the couch 'cause I've got a stinking cold." Much more agreeable.

 

I went off Rossi a bit after the "Incident". But I cannot help but enjoy his magnificent enthusiasm. So I think I'm back on message.

 

Fantastico!

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

Only read reviews, but looks like Rossi was unbeatable today. Interesting both Yamaha's battling with wheelset on the straights.

Great to see Binder get his first win, hope he can be consistent through to the end of the season and take the championship.

[bertusras]

 

But I cannot help but enjoy his magnificent enthusiasm. 

 

How happy was he today!

 

Interesting both Yamaha's battling with wheelset on the straights.

 

I'm awaiting the full story to still come. Dovi pulled off track very abruptly deeming the tyre unsafe to ride. The garage was very quick to get the tyre away from the cameras. So I do believe Jorge had a genuine issue today, but I think Rossi still had the upperhand, he was unflappable.

 

Edit: I take it back:

 

Edited April 24, 2016 by bertusras

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

 

 

 

How happy was he today!

 

 

I'm awaiting the full story to still come. Dovi pulled off track very abruptly deeming the tyre unsafe to ride. The garage was very quick to get the tyre away from the cameras. So I do believe Jorge had a genuine issue today, but I think Rossi still had the upperhand, he was unflappable.

 

Edit: I take it back:

 

https://twitter.com/DucatiMotor/status/724273876293791745

You thinking maybe some water with antifreeze may have been to blame for the traction issues?

Dovi is having such bad luck, had his teammate beat by the sounds of it too.

 

See Cal finished, must be raining in Spain tonight!!!

[bertusras]

water with antifreeze

 

Doubt they'll be running antifreeze, but water would still very much affect grip and Laverty was pointing furiously at the GP16 when he passed him.

[Patchelicious]

Only read reviews, but looks like Rossi was unbeatable today. Interesting both Yamaha's battling with wheelset on the straights.

Great to see Binder get his first win, hope he can be consistent through to the end of the season and take the championship.

Pick up that lip, it's not that bad ????

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

Pick up that lip, it's not that bad

 

No lip to pick up, but thanks for your concern. Like I said, I missed the race. Couldn't find a reliable streaming channel.

What I will say, again from reading reviews and the interviews, is that it was a good ride by rossi. Remember though that rossi is a wet weather spcialist of sorts and this was the strangest wet race ever.

Don't take it from me though, here is Pedrosa's comment:

“I was losing like I was riding in the wet. So all my riding around the seventy percent of the race was like riding in the rain, with the throttle, with the gears, with the angle, everything super smooth,” he said. “I didn’t watch the race, but I guess it was quite a boring race. The tire manufacturer need to come up with some ideas, because I don’t think the problem comes from the bikes.”

I do think Lorenzo could have been a bit more gracious in defeat and should have taken his beating a bit better, everyone had the same problems but it was like he was trying to convince himself he could've won. Nobody could have bested rossi yesterday. "If's" and "could've's" don't change the result. Championship is pretty tight actually, going to be a long season...........

[Long Wheel Base]

I am obviously over the moon about VR46 leading for all but about a second of that race but if i'm honest the real race happened a few hours prior to that when BRAD BINDER THE LEGEND went from last to victory. That is how its done. When he took the lead with 9(I think?) laps to go i thought the lead would still change a few times but he just dropped those okes like they where on bicycles. How did he still have tyres left?

[cfcjim]

Marquez took it well. But as far as Jorge is concerned: "Nada más que una victoria es una derrota."

 

He's said that before.

 

Y sí, hablo español.

[mazambaan]

After Moto3 the GP was a snorefest but lucky for FFWD.  I have no rider I really follow but Rossi was just masterful and grumpy Lorenzo also had a whine about his tyre, on the straights it seemed he said it felt like being in the wet.  Marquez starting to look like he's learning something about controlling himself so will be hard to beat for the title I reckon.  But Lorenzo and Rossi cannot be discounted just yet obviously.

[NotSoBigBen]

Those 'wings' on the MotoGP bikes are ugly and should be outlawed forthwith!

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Those 'wings' on the MotoGP bikes are ugly and should be outlawed forthwith!

Same. Also, traction control and ABS. They're racers, FFS.