MotoGP

[Wannabe]

What a damp squib.... 

[Wannabe]

I started watching the Ladies Mtb Worldcup racing, so I lost track of the MotoGP. What was the decision then, cancelled or to be run today?

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

But probably for the best.

Plays in Marquez's hands though, one less race to have to worry about.....

 

But on a serious note, can they please drop Silverstone now. It is a crappy track, makes for boring racing and why would you race there when you have a track like Donington!!!!!!

[Gnarly]

Petronas Yamaha Sepang Team:

Franco Morbidelli (End of 2020)

Fabio Quartararo* (End of 2020)

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

 

Petronas Yamaha Sepang Team:

Franco Morbidelli (End of 2020)

Fabio Quartararo* (End of 2020)

 

 

On second rate Yammies.......

[Patchelicious]

On second rate Yammies.......

Even the factory ones are second rate.

 

Wont be surprised if Rossi whips out and old YZR500 for the next round.

[Patchelicious]

But probably for the best.

Plays in Marquez's hands though, one less race to have to worry about.....

 

But on a serious note, can they please drop Silverstone now. It is a crappy track, makes for boring racing and why would you race there when you have a track like Donington!!!!!!

We are agreeing on things too often these days. Stop being so rational.

[Gnarly]

On second rate Yammies.......

 

Mordidelli getting and "A spec" Bike and Quartararo getting a "B spec" bike. Basically FM will be on exact same bike as VR and MV and FQ will be on the 2018 bike. Got something to do with cost running two "A spec" bikes and FQ needs settle into MotoGP. 

[bertusras]

But probably for the best.

Plays in Marquez's hands though, one less race to have to worry about.....

 

But on a serious note, can they please drop Silverstone now. It is a crappy track, makes for boring racing and why would you race there when you have a track like Donington!!!!!!

 

I don't know hey. I read a very objective review somewhere about Silverstone vs. Donington, and I don't quite know what the solution is.

 

The first half of Donington is magnificent, but the addition of the Melbourne loop just to meet Grand Prix distance feels so disconnected from the rest of the circuit. Silverstone on the other hand is wide and fast, and really gives these GP machines a chance to really stretch their legs. Silverstone is absolutely shite for anyone who's not actually on a motorcycle and racing, so from that point of view I also get it.

 

My proposal? Go to Portimao in the summer, everyone wins!

[Wannabe]

Wanted to say, what a bunch of woosies racing MotoGP...  

In the Sheene, Roberts, Spencer, Lawson, Rainey, Doohan, etc era, on wild, bucking 500cc two strokes, they would have raced.

And that on bikes without electonics keeping the bikes in check. The riders did it themselves, with skill and talent ......    

[Patchelicious]

Wanted to say, what a bunch of woosies racing MotoGP...  

In the Sheene, Roberts, Spencer, Lawson, Rainey, Doohan, etc era, on wild, bucking 500cc two strokes, they would have raced.

And that on bikes without electonics keeping the bikes in check. The riders did it themselves, with skill and talent ......    

We call them woosies until somebody dies, then we all scream for increased rider safety again. 

 

I wouldn't even ride my bicycle in that rain, never mind a 280bhp monster that is actively trying to kill me.

[Wannabe]

Obviously my comic sans is not big enough..........

 

They must just up their skills level to those of the old ballies on the 'strokers. 

Edited August 27, 2018 by Wannabe

[bertusras]

Wanted to say, what a bunch of woosies racing MotoGP...  

In the Sheene, Roberts, Spencer, Lawson, Rainey, Doohan, etc era, on wild, bucking 500cc two strokes, they would have raced.

And that on bikes without electonics keeping the bikes in check. The riders did it themselves, with skill and talent ......    

 

Don't you just hate it when facts get in the way of a good story

 

 

"This place is unique in that the track surface is very, very slippery, and when it has water on it you can’t ride on it. All the top riders felt it was too dangerous, and it is, and so we didn’t ride. It’s as simple as that. … We go to plenty of racetracks where we test all week, in the sunshine, and then it starts to rain; well, we put rain tires on and we race. This place, you can’t do that. Regardless of not testing or anything else, you just can’t ride in the wet, it’s just too dangerous. It was unfortunate."

 

Kinda sounds like a quote from Silverstone this weekend, but no, it's from Misano 1989, by a certain Eddie Lawson, who along with other skillful and talented riders such as Freddie Spencer, Ron Haslam, Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Randy Mamola and Mick Doohan, decided not to race that race due to unsafe track conditions.

 

[Wannabe]

Hook, line, sinker. 

[bertusras]

Hook, line, sinker. 

 

Are you trying to catch something in Lake Silverstone?

[Patchelicious]

Obviously my comic sans is not big enough..........

 

They must just up their skills level to those of the old ballies on the 'strokers.

I saw them, and maybe I should have used them too.

But I generally assume that the people who need them don’t deserve them in the first place ????