MotoGP

[Pikey]

Brad you are da man...winning a moto 3 race is pretty special. But winning a moto 3'race like that is freakin world class..what a talent ????????????????????

[Gnarly]

Brad you flipping biscuit!!!

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Brad you are da man...winning a moto 3 race is pretty special. But winning a moto 3'race like that is freakin world class..what a talent ????????????????????

Got in from my rode just a tad late, but managed to tune in to get his post race interview. Sounds like it was a blinder of a last lap!

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

And 7 HUNDREDTHS of a second separating the top 5!?

[Pikey]

One of the best moto 3 races ever. A master class ride to coin a moto gp phrase !

Lots bumping and fairing bashing..awesome.

[Pikey]

And 7 HUNDREDTHS of a second separating the top 5!?

i think at one point 1 sec covered first 15 places or so and that was after 10 laps.

 

Apologies 2 seconds

Edited May 22, 2016 by Pikey

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

What a race! 10 laps of absolutely stunning riding.

[Pikey]

 

What a race! 10 laps of absolutely stunning riding.

brillant!

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

Great MotoGP race!!!! Marquez really fluffed that last corner though.

[bertusras]

Great MotoGP race!!!! Marquez really fluffed that [second] last corner though.

 

Fixed it. After that bike bucked and weaved under gas out of Biondetti 2 he lost it. He was never gonna win the drag to the line.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

Fixed it. After that bike bucked and weaved under gas out of Biondetti 2 he lost it. He was never gonna win the drag to the line.

True, have to take my hat off to him though. Pedrosa obviously rides within that Hondas limits, no unnecessary risks. MM rides that thing at 130%. He is SOOO talented!!!

Lorenzo was on form, considering he only really had the race today after the warm-up fiasco. Building up a good record at Mugello, maybe not as good as Rossi's in the early 2000's but can definitely see a Duke winning there in 2017.........

 

Interesting seeing LCR reiterated they would like to stay with Honda. Seems to me the Suzuki is a far easier bike to ride and its competitive too.

 

Sad to see the mass exodus of fans halfway through the race, they missed a cracking ending.

[KingTJ]

Great race...lorenzo was brilliant on the brakes down the start Finnish straight and in to the first corner....pity Rossi had bike troubles, Because he was looking very good, and I think he would have taken the win, but thats racing..Mm was riding the ???? of his bike

[Gnarly]

Sad to see the mass exodus of fans halfway through the race, they missed a cracking ending.

 

Guilty as charged.... but I did have a 5 year old nagging me to go to the bike park. He did end up clearing the middle first jump on the BMX track... so worth it.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Great race...lorenzo was brilliant on the brakes down the start Finnish straight and in to the first corner....pity Rossi had bike troubles, Because he was looking very good, and I think he would have taken the win, but thats racing..Mm was riding the of his bike

yeah, Rossi seemed to be sizing him up into that first corner all the time. Brembo data was showing Rossi as the top dog as far as late brakers go, so I reckon it was part of his "pressure him till he cracks or make him think I can't take him on the first corner" tactic. 

 

Really, really bummed that Rossi's engine gave up. Makes 2 DNF's and now 47 points behind Jorge, which is a huge gap by anyone's reckoning. 

 

I think that this was Lorenzo's best race to date. Must hav been working on that side of things from a mental standpoint, as it seemed as if despite MM harrying him all the time, he just carried on racing his race, taking his lines and just being SUPER smooth.

 

Could also see after the race how hard he worked - his body language as he stopped on the circuit spoke volumes.

 

Really disappointed with the result, but that's what happens when Rossi goes out like that. Reckon he would have taken it in the end had the motor not ended like that. 

 

Very good race though. 

[sawystertrance]

brillant!

New Avatar? Sore loser? 

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

yeah, Rossi seemed to be sizing him up into that first corner all the time. Brembo data was showing Rossi as the top dog as far as late brakers go, so I reckon it was part of his "pressure him till he cracks or make him think I can't take him on the first corner" tactic. 

 

Really, really bummed that Rossi's engine gave up. Makes 2 DNF's and now 47 points behind Jorge, which is a huge gap by anyone's reckoning. 

 

I think that this was Lorenzo's best race to date. Must hav been working on that side of things from a mental standpoint, as it seemed as if despite MM harrying him all the time, he just carried on racing his race, taking his lines and just being SUPER smooth.

 

Could also see after the race how hard he worked - his body language as he stopped on the circuit spoke volumes.

 

Really disappointed with the result, but that's what happens when Rossi goes out like that. Reckon he would have taken it in the end had the motor not ended like that. 

 

Very good race though. 

 

Lots of "if's" "would've" and "could've's" doing the interweb rounds following the race.

I suppose one could say that IF VR's bike didn't go bang he COULD'VE got past JL but also that maybe he COULDNT and WOULD'VE fallen or taken them both out trying.

I think based on the JL and MM fight at the end I also believe that JL COULD'VE held VR at bay or he COUDLD'VE straight up gotten back past him SHOULD he have been overtaken by VR. You also have to consider the dynamic HAD MM caught up and then battled with VR leaving JL to get away. So yes the race could've been different, it may have been an epic but I think the ending was great and made up for the loss of VR

Suppose we will never know.

VR did look like he was sizing JL up but it also looked like they were both at the limit so a lunge may have ended badly too.

I suppose we could say that IF Iannone got off the line better everyone WOULD'VE been racing for 2nd anyway. Fastest lap on the last lap, impressive!!

 

See a couple of forum trolls complaining about VR not getting off the track when his engine lunched itself. Smoke everywhere, possibly oil. recipe for disaster...........

 

I see MM is now talking championship, he does seem to be making that Honda dance to his tune now!!

Edited May 23, 2016 by Steven Knoetze (sk27)