MotoGP

[dirtypot]

Wonder if Rossi will retire if he wins the championship? Yes I know he has another year left in his contract. Would like to see him go out on top, not like Schumacher.

 

In a way I hope that he does.  Seeing him fade away is not the way for him to go.

[mtbride]

Double winglets as mentioned. It is to provide downforce to stop wheelying as mentioned.

Pretty hideous IMO.

Also why a made the tongue in cheek reference to propellor engines. For the bi-plane look..............

PA1810485_0008.jpg

 

https://motomatters.com/opinion/2010/08/02/those_ducati_winglets_what_are_they_real.html

 

Speculation that they have more to do with cooling ... and as an added benefit anti-wheelie

 

They've been there since Casey was still on the Duc

Edited October 15, 2015 by Kraggie

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Hmmmm. ..very interesting and entirely plausible.

 

Tx kraggie

[Gnarly]

FP1.... thanks Crash.net

 

1. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 30.047s [Lap 12/12] 331km/h (Top Speed)
2. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 30.395s +0.348s [14/15] 336km/h
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 30.572s +0.525s [15/15] 329km/h
4. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 30.669s +0.622s [11/12] 328km/h
5. Jack Miller AUS LCR Honda (RC213V-RS)* 1m 30.712s +0.665s [15/15] 329km/h
6. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 30.782s +0.735s [18/19] 339km/h
7. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 30.902s +0.855s [15/17] 334km/h
8. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 30.967s +0.920s [11/15] 339km/h
9. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 31.111s +1.064s [10/18] 334km/h
10. Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 1m 31.240s +1.193s [11/15] 330km/h
11. Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 31.260s +1.213s [8/13] 330km/h
12. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 31.385s +1.338s [14/16] 342km/h
13. Nicky Hayden USA Aspar MotoGP Team (RC213V-RS) 1m 31.506s +1.459s [13/18] 328km/h
14. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 31.670s +1.623s [10/15] 332km/h
15. Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14 Open) 1m 31.670s +1.623s [3/13] 330km/h
16. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14 Open) 1m 31.702s +1.655s [5/11] 324km/h
17. Scott Redding GBR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 31.772s +1.725s [10/15] 329km/h
18. Yonny Hernandez COL Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 32.121s +2.074s [15/16] 339km/h
19. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 32.173s +2.126s [14/15] 328km/h
20. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (RC213V-RS)* 1m 32.589s +2.542s [12/15] 324km/h
21. Loris Baz FRA Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha)* 1m 32.756s +2.709s [14/15] 325km/h
22. Toni Elias SPA Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 1m 32.959s +2.912s [11/14] 327km/h
23. Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 33.558s +3.511s [7/16] 325km/h
24. Anthony West AUS AB Motoracing (RC213V-RS) 1m 33.790s +3.743s [17/20] 321km/h
25. Damian Cudlin AUS E-Motion IodaRacing (ART) 1m 36.091s +6.044s [11/12] 308km/h
 

[Gnarly]

FP2 ...... Thanks Crash.net

 

1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 29.383s [Lap 17/19] 336km/h (Top Speed)
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 29.433s +0.050s [16/18] 331km/h
3. Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 1m 29.518s +0.135s [18/20] 330km/h
4. Andrea Iannone ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 29.544s +0.161s [18/19] 346km/h
5. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 29.579s +0.196s [16/20] 338km/h
6. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 29.876s +0.493s [18/19] 328km/h
7. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 30.021s +0.638s [17/21] 336km/h
8. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 30.032s +0.649s [20/20] 334km/h
9. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 30.041s +0.658s [19/21] 333km/h
10. Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 30.113s +0.730s [20/20] 328km/h
11. Jack Miller AUS LCR Honda (RC213V-RS)* 1m 30.127s +0.744s [17/20] 332km/h
12. Nicky Hayden USA Aspar MotoGP Team (RC213V-RS) 1m 30.184s +0.801s [18/21] 329km/h
13. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14 Open) 1m 30.278s +0.895s [19/20] 332km/h
14. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 30.451s +1.068s [16/19] 343km/h
15. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 30.552s +1.169s [17/20] 334km/h
16. Yonny Hernandez COL Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 30.660s +1.277s [17/19] 341km/h
17. Scott Redding GBR Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 30.773s +1.390s [19/19] 331km/h
18. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (RC213V-RS)* 1m 30.910s +1.527s [19/20] 330km/h
19. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 31.260s +1.877s [4/21] 327km/h
20. Mike Di Meglio FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14 Open) 1m 31.339s +1.956s [13/18] 330km/h
21. Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 31.577s +2.194s [17/21] 328km/h
22. Toni Elias SPA Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha) 1m 32.122s +2.739s [18/21] 328km/h
23. Loris Baz FRA Forward Racing (Forward Yamaha)* 1m 32.309s +2.926s [8/16] 323km/h
24. Anthony West AUS AB Motoracing (RC213V-RS) 1m 32.592s +3.209s [17/19] 324km/h
25. Damian Cudlin AUS E-Motion IodaRacing (ART) 1m 34.479s +5.096s [15/15] 315km/h
 

[Gnarly]

Iannone 346km/h !!!!!!

[Wannabe]

Those Dukes are fast in a straight line. Look at Andrea Dovizioso @ 343km/h.

[Pikey]

Mm has done the same this year as he did a few years back. Was it moto 2 first season where he should of won the championship but crashed to often and Bradl won it I think,I stand under correction ? But mm has done the same this season win it or bin it mentality .

 

Rossi has been consistent by out thinking everbody and just being consistent. He has by no way been the fastest rider majority of the time.

 

Damn I hope he wins the championship,most races are on a knife edge.

[Pikey]

Bring on the next 2 wkds.

Edited October 16, 2015 by Pikey

[mtbride]

Mm has done the same this year as he did a few years back. Was it moto 2 first season where he should of won the championship but crashed to often and Bradl won it I think,I stand under correction ? But mm has done the same this season win it or bin it mentality .

 

Rossi has been consistent by out thinking everbody and just being consistent. He has by no way been the fastest rider majority of the time.

 

Damn I hope he wins the championship,most races are on a knife edge.

 

He did have a few 2nd's etc. earlier in the season, but once he had no chance of winning the champ he started throwing it down the road, overriding a bike that has an obvious problem this year with too much rear wheel sliding into corners and overwhelming him. He even said he will go 110%, so it's not a surprise he has fallen this much this year. Honda seems to have 2 years of good design, then they lose it and go way too much into one direction and stuff it up.

 

But still my style of rider, wild and loose and almost out of control, awesome to watch, same as Casey was.

 

Rossi has been improving race by race this year, and now looking like he can actually match Lorenzo in late race pace and out thinks him easily.

[SeaBee]

Stoner?! Loose, wild and almost out of control?!   Are we talking about the same person? 

[Pikey]

Stoner?! Loose, wild and almost out of control?!   Are we talking about the same person?

 

stoner was smooth like jl & almost boring to watch.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

Yes, watching Stoner man-handle that Honda was a site to see!!!! Nobody would ever describe him as being a smooth rider.

If I am correct they are well under lap record pace which is around the 1min30 mark.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

Countless pictures on Stoner drifting around Catalunya, Phillip Island, Valencia, etc. Very rarely had both wheels facing the same direction, very similar to Marquez.

But I suppose thats smooth to some.

Watch JL, its like there is a groove in the track that he is glued to, thats a smooth rider. Pedrosa is probably the smoothest rider on board a Honda since perhaps Rossi himself.

[Pikey]

Which rider doesn't back it into a corner? Or SLIDE IT out for that matter.

 

Fixed????????

Edited October 16, 2015 by Pikey

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

Not really looking to debate the technical differences between backing a bike into a corner, or out.

Which BTW I would love an explanation on how you back a bike out of a corner?????

Easy to bash past riders compared to current ones, fact is, if Stoner was given a month of prep work(granted he was fit which he isnt) he would almost certainly be on for the win at PI.

Would be his 7th if I recall.....