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| Valentino Rossi |
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13 | 19.40% |
| Jorge Lorenzo |
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13 | 19.40% |
| Dani Pedrosa |
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8 | 11.94% |
| Marc Marquez |
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33 | 49.25% |
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He's loving lucky. Considering the amount of spills he's taken since last year it's amazing he hasn't sustained any major injuries. I imagine its building his ego to the point of where he thinks he can't be touched, which makes for great viewing and some amazing racing.
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Jul 12, 2014 07:54
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tjones posted:He's loving lucky. Considering the amount of spills he's taken since last year it's amazing he hasn't sustained any major injuries. He's actually calmed down quite a lot this year. It seemed like every practice session last year he threw it down the road testing where the limit was. This year he's only dropped it a couple of times. I guess he just takes advantage of the fact that he's still young enough to bounce without breaking.
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Jul 12, 2014 08:02
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One imagines he's going to be a sore middle-aged man, though. His body's going to be thrashed.
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Jul 12, 2014 08:13
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A sore middle-aged man with several MotoGP world championships, though.
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Jul 12, 2014 20:15
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Any ex-champion has a tired and ruined body in their middle age. Qualifying results below, race start 8 AM EST, 5 AM PST for MotoGP, thread full of spoilers tomorrow morning Q2 Results: Pos. Num. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev 1 93 Marc MARQUEZ Honda 1'20.937 2 26 Dani PEDROSA Honda 1'21.233 0.296 0.296 3 6 Stefan BRADL Honda 1'21.340 0.403 0.107 4 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Forward Yamaha 1'21.376 0.439 0.036 5 99 Jorge LORENZO Yamaha 1'21.508 0.571 0.132 6 46 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha 1'21.651 0.714 0.143 7 29 Andrea IANNONE Ducati 1'21.679 0.742 0.028 8 44 Pol ESPARGARO Yamaha 1'21.771 0.834 0.092 9 38 Bradley SMITH Yamaha 1'21.794 0.857 0.023 10 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Honda 1'21.906 0.969 0.112 11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati 1'22.120 1.183 0.214 12 69 Nicky HAYDEN Honda 1'22.647 1.710 0.527 Q1 Results: Pos. Num. Rider Bike Time Diff Prev Q2 69 Nicky HAYDEN Honda 1'22.374 Q2 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati 1'22.404 0.030 0.030 13 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ Ducati 1'22.411 0.037 0.007 14 45 Scott REDDING Honda 1'22.436 0.062 0.025 15 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Ducati 1'22.529 0.155 0.093 16 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA Honda 1'22.659 0.285 0.130 17 17 Karel ABRAHAM Honda 1'22.778 0.404 0.119 18 70 Michael LAVERTY PBM 1'22.845 0.471 0.067 19 5 Colin EDWARDS Forward Yamaha 1'22.888 0.514 0.043 20 8 Hector BARBERA Avintia 1'23.029 0.655 0.141 21 63 Mike DI MEGLIO Avintia 1'23.423 1.049 0.394 22 23 Broc PARKES PBM 1'23.428 1.054 0.005 23 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ART 1'23.484 1.110 0.056
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Jul 12, 2014 20:22
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Marquez also beat Stoner's 2008 Qualifying lap record. What is the fewest number of races that a championship has been decided in?
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Jul 12, 2014 20:40
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Tough to compare cause there used to be a lot less races. Probably an Agostini championship tho. nsaP fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Jul 12, 2014 |
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Jul 12, 2014 21:05
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After this race there are a max of 225 points left and if Marquez wins he will have at least a 77 point lead, assuming he wins at indy after the break he'll have at least an 83 point lead with 200 points left max, if he wins each race after that, that puts him to 87-92-97-102 point lead with available points dropping from 175-150-125-100, at which point he's mathematically unassailable by the japanese race That's presuming that either Vale or Dani take all the second places from now on, which is unlikely, so barring an accident that takes him off the bike for a few races i think Marquez will have it sewn up by Misano or Aragon
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Jul 12, 2014 21:55
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echomadman posted:at which point he's mathematically unassailable by the japanese race By this I assume you mean the championship will be buttoned up by Motegi, and not implying Marquez is the second coming of Douglas MacArthur
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Jul 12, 2014 22:10
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Snowdens Secret posted:By this I assume you mean the championship will be buttoned up by Motegi, and not implying Marquez is the second coming of Douglas MacArthur Either/both Some great racing in the Moto3 and Moto2 so far, hope the weather holds off for the GP race. echomadman fucked around with this message at 11:51 on Jul 13, 2014 |
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Jul 12, 2014 22:16
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Holy gently caress that start from the pit lane.  edit: bet Marquez still wins it. 
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Jul 13, 2014 13:02
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darth cookie posted:Holy gently caress that start from the pit lane. I'm rooting for Bradl getting a podium spot in this race. That was a great start. e: And Smith crashed again. He really has no luck. Collateral Damage fucked around with this message at 13:10 on Jul 13, 2014 |
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Jul 13, 2014 13:05
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Collateral Damage posted:e: And Smith crashed again. He really has no FTFY. Aleix Espargaro is due for a proper team to ride for.
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Jul 13, 2014 13:20
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darth cookie posted:FTFY. Sucked for Bradl, he was on slicks but the rest of the bike was still configured for rain.
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Jul 13, 2014 13:47
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Christ, the full song is even more annoying, I guess I should thank BT Sport for only playing that 4 second clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSZVs82NBoM
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Jul 13, 2014 14:17
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Race did make for an interesting case study about top qualifiers starting at the back of the grid.  Kind of makes qualifying pointless but it created a lot more passing which is great on TV.
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Jul 13, 2014 19:13
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I watched the Fox Sports broadcast and thought it was going to be terrible, thankfully they switch off to Gregory Harris, Dillon Grey, etc for the actual race. Race was boring aside from the start.
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Jul 14, 2014 01:36
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Are those guys the default Dorna commentators? I'm glad they don't use the same chucklefucks speed used, talk about loving clueless.
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Jul 14, 2014 06:03
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Greg and Dillon are, yeah.
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Jul 14, 2014 06:35
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Slim Pickens posted:Are those guys the default Dorna commentators? I'm glad they don't use the same chucklefucks speed used, talk about loving clueless. They use them for American races. It's infuriating.
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Jul 14, 2014 11:29
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 Wiping is going to be a problem …! Poor Lucy , hahahahaha http://twitter.com/calcrutchlow/status/489111787250675712 Lol. At least he still provides off track entertainment nsaP fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Jul 16, 2014 |
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Jul 15, 2014 19:36
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Is that follow up surgery to the one he had earlier this year?
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Jul 16, 2014 02:06
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Tragic masturbation incident afaik
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Jul 16, 2014 02:13
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Hey Cal, who's got two thumbs and isn't winning squat this racing season?
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Jul 16, 2014 02:14
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Rumors that Lorenzo might go to Ducati seem pretty funny. Talk about killing your career. It must be a pretty big bummer to be anyone other than MM right now though, knowing you probably won't win a championship for at least a few years.
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Jul 16, 2014 02:59
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Oh I dunno about Crutchlow either btw but seeing as we just started the summer break before Indy I'd say yeah, getting follow up surgeries done.
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Jul 16, 2014 03:01
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hayden. posted:It must be a pretty big bummer to be anyone other than MM right now though, knowing you probably won't win a championship for at least a few years.
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Jul 16, 2014 19:43
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 http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2014/Surgery+on+both+arms+for+Crutchlow Double arm pump surgery.
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Jul 16, 2014 21:47
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KTM entry for 2017 http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-racing-news-moto-gp/ktm-ceo-confirms-entry-into-2017-motogp/25345.html gently caress, yes!
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Jul 31, 2014 16:21
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I'm not following the pricing or the number of bikes sold. No way they sell 100 bikes just in the MotoGP grid so I'm guessing they are going to do a Desmosedici style bike as well as a full GP bike?
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Jul 31, 2014 16:28
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n8r posted:I'm not following the pricing or the number of bikes sold. No way they sell 100 bikes just in the MotoGP grid so I'm guessing they are going to do a Desmosedici style bike as well as a full GP bike? That's what I inferred as well. Hopefully we'll see this a few more places soon and it'll firm up. I'd be very happy if in 2017 we had: Honda Yamaha Suzuki Ducati Aprilia KTM Just need to get Kawasaki back in the mix (well, outside from the odd chassis).
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Jul 31, 2014 16:35
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http://www.speedweek.com/motogp/news/60919/KTM-Chef-Stefan-Pierer-Wir-fahren-2017-MotoGP.html Seems like they're talking about doing a similar thing to the Desmo RR quote:Translated article snippets: I gotta say...only selling bikes, not running a team? Completely different frame design? Yeah, it's nice to see the manufacturers in GP but this seems a bit nuts. Then again, they've been doing okay in the lower class so they can't be completely nuts, right? I guess we'll see.
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Jul 31, 2014 18:44
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Steel frame GP sounds cool. Worked well for Ducati for a time. I wonder what sort of tech KTM uses to control the consistency of the frame stiffness, since that was a complaint with the Ducati steel bike. That may be a problem they don't encounter with the lower power moto3 frame that they will have to figure out with the GP model. Needless to say that MotoGP in 2017 with new tires and the control ECU will be a different ballgame than it is today.
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Jul 31, 2014 19:25
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http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/race/motogp-race/the-problem-at-ducati/quote:Another mechanic told me about the overabundance of 7mm, 8mm, 9mm and 10mm nuts and bolts on the Desmosedici.
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Aug 1, 2014 00:31
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Nothing wrong with 8mm or 10mm IMO. But odd sizes? That there's an affront to God e: oh, I read the article and that's basically the point they're making, derp Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Aug 1, 2014 |
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Aug 1, 2014 00:38
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/race/motogp-race/the-problem-at-ducati/ This just reaffirms Stoner was the best rider to ever turn wheel on a modern GP bike. Pity he wasn't cut out for the politics.
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Aug 1, 2014 04:52
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/race/motogp-race/the-problem-at-ducati/ Are we counting Indian-made Triumphs? Because, well
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Aug 1, 2014 05:12
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Z3n posted:This just reaffirms Stoner was the best rider to ever turn wheel on a modern GP bike. Pity he wasn't cut out for the politics. To me, there is no doubt he'll go down as the best rider of the 800 era.
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Aug 1, 2014 05:18
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nsaP posted:To me, there is no doubt he'll go down as the best rider of the 800 era. Pity he was such an asshat personally. I still remember when he had a go at Valentino when Vale accidentally wiped him out on one of his first rides for Ducati after Stoner moved to Honda. Valentino came into his pit garage to apologize, which I thought was pretty sporting of him, and Casey was a bit of a jerk about it.
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Aug 1, 2014 05:22
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I don't think he ever considered Rossi to be genuine to him. Rossi played a lot of media games and Stoner got poo poo on cause he was the first one to come in an unseat Rossi. I don't think anyone really considered Hayden a challenger, he was just consistent and caught Rossi on an off season. Rossi saw him as a threat and the narrative followed. Stoner needed someone savvy with the public opinion and the media helping him along, but he couldn't be bothered with all of that and it hurt him. I really don't think he was a dick personally, I think he didn't have the PR personality that's common with riders now and I think he was the enemy in the GP narrative. Rossi isn't just an exciting character, he's smart and he knows how to sell his brand and self. Just watch a GP race intro when the cameras go from rider to rider in the garage. Before Rossi I don't remember many waving or acknowledging the camera, they were all aloof and stoney faced. Now they're all smiley glad hands lifting their drink bottles. nsaP fucked around with this message at 05:30 on Aug 1, 2014 |
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