Member Contributer Skids Posted July 17, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted July 17, 2016 Well, what a race! Brilliant timing from MM and skillful too to manage slicks like that. But hats off to CC. 2nd place and fastest lap of the race too. Real shame for SR, to lose 3rd on the penultimate corner but 4th place on a Pramac Ducati is no mean feat. VR was disappointing and as for JL..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choco Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Marquez is riding with wisdom beyond his years, a force to be reckoned with. Jorge maybe rubbing Yamaha's nose in it? Crutchlow finally rode to his potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted July 18, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted July 18, 2016 Go where ? MM YEAH BABY !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEBSPEED Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 22 hours ago, choco said: Marquez is riding with wisdom beyond his years, a force to be reckoned with. Jorge maybe rubbing Yamaha's nose in it? Crutchlow finally rode to his potential. I say it's because his wife wasn't there :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bosarge22 Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Rossi put the icing on the cake with his 3-4 lap refusal to come in. And his second bike had intermediates on it anyway. Unless MM does something really silly he will win this year. Cal had an awesome ride! MM dirt biking in the gravel was impressive as was his handling of slicks in mixed conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer jim v Posted July 18, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted July 18, 2016 1 hour ago, Bosarge22 said: Rossi put the icing on the cake with his 3-4 lap refusal to come in.... His fault for not coming in, although it must be hard to check out of the battle for the front. Team's fault for intermediates. Overall Rossi's problems are of his own making Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Interesting race. Marquez pulled off another one of his miracle rides. Miller did well, again! It's going to be very hard to stop Marquez now - if Lorenzo won every remaining race and Marquez finished second each time, he'd still take the title. However, Lorenzo and Pedrosa are both usually stronger in the second half of the season and there's another 3-6 riders who can run at the front in wet conditions, so it could still be opened up again. Rossi is a bit flaky, I can't see him being consistent enough to challenge for the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JZH Posted July 19, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted July 19, 2016 Marquez (and his team) played it brilliantly. At one point it looked like he was the only one on the track actually racing a MotoGP bike! Rossi not coming in when signalled was not the problem. He wanted to stay with the group he was racing against, so it was the safest option to come in when they did. The problem was that his second bike was shod with intermediates, which meant that the timing of his pit stop became irrelevant--intermediates were no match for slicks in the second part of that race. Of course, I heard that it was Valentino's choice to have intermediates on the second bike, and if true, it was all his fault again. His team should have made that choice for him, based on the track conditions as they developed during the race--not based on a best guess made before the start! In any case, I think it will be a long while before anyone opts for intermedates again... Gutted for Scott. He rode a great race. (As did Petrucci, before his crash and his bike lit on fire...) Ciao, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted July 19, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted July 19, 2016 So no Will Grigs on fire (again)!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted July 19, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted July 19, 2016 In the post race interview MM stated that to him and the team, it was as the intermediates didn't exist, they never rode with them and knew nothing of their characteristics. Essentially they were going straight to slicks, it was just a matter of how soon to come in. Crutchlow also ran a brilliant race. Coming all the way from the near back of the pack and beating the leading group he was following was awesome IMO. He said he was taking his cue when to come in based on watching Dovi and VR. If you watch the replay you can see him dive over at the last minute when he saw them heading into the pit. Another well played action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 ^ Very smart play by Marquez and team. Motomatters article on the race says that a few of the riders lost a lot of time figuring out how the intermediates worked because they'd never ridden on them before - Marquez didn't have that problem! Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest solutions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted August 13, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted August 13, 2016 Excellent qualifying today ahead of tomorrow's Austrian GP. The race could be an epic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted August 13, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted August 13, 2016 Yeah, that last minute squeeze in was something to see. For a split second it was a pole position, then the pole winner snuck by! Hoping to see some good racing tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted August 14, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted August 14, 2016 Just noticed that the top lines show up on the main page, inserting this to keep the main body from showing up. Hope it works! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow! Nice racing action in the beginning but ultimately the expected outcome came to pass but it was good to see JL and VR dice it up with the Ducs. Also glad MM was able to maintain his position even though Maverick was on his rear wheel for most of the race. I like the new MM2 (More Mature Marc Marquez), he still knows how to fight but more importantly, WHEN to fight. I would have preferred to see Dovi on the top step but you can't take away the win from Iannone, he ran a great race and was well composed and not riding "manic" like he usually seems to be. I'm sure the celebrations in Balongna Italy will off the wall! Congrats Ducati! Congrats Iannone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer CornerCarver Posted August 15, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted August 15, 2016 10 hours ago, Duc2V4 said: Just noticed that the top lines show up on the main page, inserting this to keep the main body from showing up. Hope it works! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wow! Nice racing action in the beginning but ultimately the expected outcome came to pass but it was good to see JL and VR dice it up with the Ducs. Also glad MM was able to maintain his position even though Maverick was on his rear wheel for most of the race. I like the new MM2 (More Mature Marc Marquez), he still knows how to fight but more importantly, WHEN to fight. I would have preferred to see Dovi on the top step but you can't take away the win from Iannone, he ran a great race and was well composed and not riding "manic" like he usually seems to be. I'm sure the celebrations in Balongna Italy will off the wall! Congrats Ducati! Congrats Iannone! Big Congrats to GiGi as well. Much hard work ahs gone in the past three years to get back to this point for that team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEBSPEED Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Did anyone else immediately think of Dumb and Dumber when they first saw Casey at the venue? Oztria. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duccmann Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Bet JL was hoping the two were going to take each other out--- glad for the maniac..... Nice double wheelie with his buddySent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspanglish Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Either that or the guy next to him is only 10 years old. The 10 year old in front of him is none other than Loris Capirossi... now on the Motogp safety commission... A great rider, albeit not known for towering greatly over anyone. Maybe he is a smidgen taller than Toni Elías... LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted August 16, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted August 16, 2016 6 hours ago, Auspanglish said: The 10 year old in front of him is none other than Loris Capirossi... now on the Motogp safety commission... A great rider, albeit not known for towering greatly over anyone. Maybe he is a smidgen taller than Toni Elías... LoL Met Loris at Silverstone Moto GP a few years ago - he is indeed, quite short. His girlfriend on the other hand, was very tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspanglish Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Met Loris at Silverstone Moto GP a few years ago - he is indeed, quite short. His girlfriend on the other hand, was very tall. IS tall(er than him 4 sure)!!Wife.Ingrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted August 17, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted August 17, 2016 22 hours ago, Auspanglish said: IS tall(er than him 4 sure)!! Wife. Ingrid. He must be stood on a box in that pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted August 21, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted August 21, 2016 Woooohooooo....what a RACE! Brilliant race from Cal, inspired tyre choice and a well deserved first win 35 years since Barry Sheene last won the premier class for Britain. Excellent from VR too and particularly the 2 Avintia's. And on top of out best Olympics ever, roll-on the British GP! And I've just seen the post-match programme and the Moto 2 & Moto 3 results....best day for British motorcycle racing in.......forever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayarearider Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I knew he could do it...Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer YoshiHNS Posted August 22, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted August 22, 2016 Wimps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted August 22, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted August 22, 2016 Just put on your raingear and RIDE!!! :-) Welll done lads!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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