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Why didn't anyone tell me MotoGP was so good? First time watching it, well at least while paying attention, and finally caught up to Silverstone. Assen was wild. I really enjoyed binge watching the entire season so far in a week and a half.
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The first time I watched MotoGP a guy head butted a seagull like 2 minutes into a race while leading, been a fan ever since.
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numberoneposter posted:Why didn't anyone tell me MotoGP was so good? First time watching it, well at least while paying attention, and finally caught up to Silverstone. Assen was wild. I really enjoyed binge watching the entire season so far in a week and a half. And this is a mediocre season!
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italian quid posted:The first time I watched MotoGP a guy head butted a seagull like 2 minutes into a race while leading, been a fan ever since. The first time I ever watched MotoGP just happened to be Catalunya 2009, I am just absolute dogshit at ever making time to watch more of it
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numberoneposter posted:Why didn't anyone tell me MotoGP was so good? First time watching it, well at least while paying attention, and finally caught up to Silverstone. Assen was wild. I really enjoyed binge watching the entire season so far in a week and a half. Boooy are you in for a treat with some classic races...
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gregbest90 posted:Boooy are you in for a treat with some classic races...
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numberoneposter posted:Any recommendations? The website I found has them going back to 2014 without too much hassle it looks like. Sepang 2015
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Aug 18, 2022 21:54
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2020 was a fantastic season but I haven't rewatched it so can't say offhand if any particular races were good or if it was just the craziness of the championship
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numberoneposter posted:Any recommendations? The website I found has them going back to 2014 without too much hassle it looks like. 2015 season 2017 season
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2015 in general is a great watch but make sure you watch the pre race build up in sepang, the atmosphere is just crazy. I'm pretty fond of 2017 and 2018. You've got Dovizioso coming good and Lorenzo adapting to the Ducati then falling out. I think 2018 was the year with that crazy race at Assen which is a much watch.
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Austrian GP 2021.
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Dorna announcing a new race format for next year, going to WSBK style superpole/half race distance sprint races on saturdays.
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echomadman posted:Dorna announcing a new race format for next year, going to WSBK style superpole/half race distance sprint races on saturdays. Stupid if true
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Aug 19, 2022 20:19
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Aug 19, 2022 20:34
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Countdown till someone kills themselves from burnout 40 races a year, christ
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I really dislike that racing seems to think it has to follow the baseball model of just plastering as many loving races down as possible as opposed to making a few limited number of races feel like an event, but the whole funding model is built around just pumping this poo poo out onto pay TV so it ain't gonna change
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Aug 19, 2022 20:38
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They had a perfectly good stable model that resulted in good races more often than not but they can't just leave it at that, have to squeeze every last drop off 'show' out of it, inevitably killing the golden goose in the long run
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Aug 19, 2022 20:41
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exactly, it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
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Bring back the IOM course to motogp racing. Whomever is left alive wins!
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Is gasgas taking over the Suzuki infrastructure for their team?
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It's literally slapping a sticker over a KTM and nothing else changes it's a very dumb glorified marketing exercise
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Specifically it’s the Tech3 KTM team being rebranded.
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Are they taking over a team or is KTM just adding another team a la Ducati ? I thought it was the latter...
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SocksAndSandals posted:Are they taking over a team or is KTM just adding another team a la Ducati ? former, er this is just rebranding tech3 if there's rumors about a new team I haven't seen them
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italian quid posted:It's literally slapping a sticker over a KTM and nothing else changes it's a very dumb glorified marketing exercise Oh haha didn’t realize it was just a rebrand. Just you wait, husqvarna joining motogp 2024. Kind of curious what’s going to happen to all the Suzuki physical stuff.
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SocksAndSandals posted:Are they taking over a team or is KTM just adding another team a la Ducati ? It's literally just changing the team name from Tech3 KTM to GasGas Tech3. They're claiming that it's now a true factory team but they got the current spec bikes already so I don't see anything changing, the KTM factory team is always going to get priority on parts.
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What an amazing ride by Sasaki.
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I don't hate that Chicane as much as I thought I would.
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Fabio is just on another level E: I just love the camaraderie between the riders at the end of the races. So refreshing to see this type of performance and sportsmanship going hand in hand SocksAndSandals fucked around with this message at 13:46 on Aug 21, 2022 |
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italian quid posted:It's literally just changing the team name from Tech3 KTM to GasGas Tech3. They're claiming that it's now a true factory team but they got the current spec bikes already so I don't see anything changing, the KTM factory team is always going to get priority on parts. Saying t3 will get factory spec bikes has been the way they've conned the last half dozen riders to go there, ktm management are pieces of poo poo. algebra testes posted:I don't hate that Chicane as much as I thought I would. Fabio's move there was Rossi-esque in the way he made something out of nothing SocksAndSandals posted:Fabio is just on another level Is it? It's been like this for half a decade, I'd rather see the biffo
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Absolute  move by Fabio in that chicane because he pulled Martin in to distract Miller so he could scoot away.
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Sasaki = rider of the weekend. What a comeback Chantra = would've taken first if he'd been allowed to, although it sounds like he didn't see the P2 board message lol Peco = easy looking win, but man what a comeback for Fabio New chicane is good.
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Slavvy posted:Saying t3 will get factory spec bikes has been the way they've conned the last half dozen riders to go there, ktm management are pieces of poo poo. If I was Oliveira I'd outright tell them to gently caress off, he got screwed by them before. They seem far more interested in how the riders act and what they say about the bike than what the bike actually can do. I do kinda wonder if there is a faction within the factory that realises that signing these sort of "Jackass all gas no brakes" style riders that can pull 1-2 results out of their rear end a year isn't going to fix the bike or put them anywhere close to winning a championship and thats why they're still trying to keep him despite treating him like complete poo poo his entire stint in MotoGP.
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I think they are taking the MX approach of cycling through riders until they find one that just gets on with it and makes it happen. I think this flows naturally from them being in total denial about how far back they are technically, and the related issue that they seem to think you can shotgun parts at the teams until something good comes out. Imo their problem is philosophical; both on a technical and human basis they're looking for one weird trick that will catapult them to the front instead of soberly looking at where they are and not dismissing rider complaints nor turning up their noses at just copying what the other brands are doing. A salutary lesson is Ducati, who experienced a huge uptick in results when they started listening to the riders as well as swallowing their pride and just doing whatever it takes to win regardless of whose idea it was. I think Oliveira's manager would be criminally stupid if he doesn't sign him up for RNF as soon as possible.
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quote:Asked about rumours that a seat next year was ‘not looking great’ for him, a despondent Gardner said in Austria: “No, it’s not. You just said it. Lmao
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lmfao So if Oliveira says no... Fernandez isn't exactly a loving world beater, Acosta definitely needs another year, and I can't see anybody else in Moto2 warranting a punt other than possibly Canet on a long shot if you've suffered a severe concussion that's affected your decision making. Great job KTM 👍👍👍
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Well Fernandez is out, by his own decision. Its a shame as Gardner, Binder and Oliviera all deserve better imo
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