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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Crutchlow wacky rear end network made me double post. Marquez went down in the same spot, They were pointing at Bautista leaving oil on the track. Though Rossi went through the same area just fine. AND MotoGP.com just posted it: quote:Crutchlow headed straight for hospital after qualifying to get a definitive verdict on a possible vertebrae injury and was given good news as a scan revealed no fracture, meaning he will be able to line up in Sunday’s race. Skreemer fucked around with this message at 18:48 on Aug 5, 2017 |
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Rain/dry track hilarity. Oh and Ianone crashed in the pits when trying to bike swap.
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MotoGP Calvinball rules there for the first few laps.
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Aug 6, 2017 13:31
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I was surprised how much Rossi recovered after he stayed out so long on wets. Few other guys did that too, don't know if it would've possible on Bridgestones.
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Yeah same. Rossi pulled a horseshoe outta somewhere. Great moves by Marquez though.
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I don't understand what happened with Lorenzo. He was leading the race, and yeah he delayed on going in, but not as much as Rossi. I guess he had the right pace on the wet tires, but wasn't able to replicate it on the slicks? Just seemed weird to do so well and then so bad.
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hayden. posted:I don't understand what happened with Lorenzo. He was leading the race, and yeah he delayed on going in, but not as much as Rossi. I guess he had the right pace on the wet tires, but wasn't able to replicate it on the slicks? Just seemed weird to do so well and then so bad. The Ducati is REALLY sensitive to tire compounds.
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hayden. posted:I don't understand what happened with Lorenzo. He was leading the race, and yeah he delayed on going in, but not as much as Rossi. I guess he had the right pace on the wet tires, but wasn't able to replicate it on the slicks? Just seemed weird to do so well and then so bad. What happened is his team send him a text to pull into the pits thinking he had about a lap to go. But they misjudged his position on the track so he got the message a few corners before pit entry. As he pulled into the pits they were still swapping out suspension stuff so he ended up waiting 15 seconds while they hosed around and then going out on a bike with a half wet/half dry setup. His team hosed him over at the race he had the best chance of winning at thus far. Classic ducati.
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That sucks. The commentators completed ignored him after the pit stop, was frustrating they didn't mention or catch that.
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Apparently if Rossi wins here, that makes 30 unique tracks that he's posted a win at.
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After a first corner crash fest, There was a great fight for places 2-3, with a few different folks attempting to take 4th. Poor Olivera had a terrible highside after using up his tires getting to 4th. Go Dovi, a flick of the wrist at Marquez dismissing Marquez to second place in the last corner. Those freaking Hondas and Ducatis are so much faster than everything else on the track. Skreemer fucked around with this message at 13:44 on Aug 13, 2017 |
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That was a super entertaining race and I got a big kick out of the difference in attitude between Marc and Dovi in the post race interviews.
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That was a fantastic race. Yamaha fumble again.
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Holy poo poo that Dovi/Marquez battle! Not a dull moment all the way to the last couple turns. Nice to see Zarco up in fifth as well. Chris Knight fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Aug 16, 2017 |
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Aug 16, 2017 01:47
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German round of WorldSBK this weekend. I can't watch both races until tomorrow.
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Announced today that Moto2 rider Takaaki Nakagami is moving up to MotoGP next year with LCR Honda (shock). News here: https://twitter.com/takanakagami30/status/899198989349736449 Not shocking, he has a major sponsor behind him (Idemitsu) and Honda hasn't had a Japanese rider in the top level since Aoyama left.
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Nakagami has his moments and is usually pretty good at the start of the race, but once the tires start to go off, his pace drops off a lot. He also doesn't seem to be nearly as aggressive as most of the other riders. He's a solid 5th through 8th place finisher though, that can steal a few podiums here and there when conditions and luck are just right.
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WorldSBK Germany: Race1 Davies, Rea, Sykes Race2 Davies, Rea, Melandri Not much real excitement. A few spots of rain near the end of race 2, but pretty much status quo.
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Skreemer posted:Nakagami has his moments and is usually pretty good at the start of the race, but once the tires start to go off, his pace drops off a lot. He also doesn't seem to be nearly as aggressive as most of the other riders. He's a solid 5th through 8th place finisher though, that can steal a few podiums here and there when conditions and luck are just right. Zarco and Folger have led me to give up attempting to guess which m2 riders might turn out to be good in the premier class, he might turn out to be absolutely brilliant.
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Slavvy posted:Zarco and Folger have led me to give up attempting to guess which m2 riders might turn out to be good in the premier class, he might turn out to be absolutely brilliant.
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Folger wasn't 'really good' he was the one who picked up the scraps when rins, Lowes, luthi and zarco were doing something else. Tito Rabat has the highest scoring season in m2 ever and routinely trounced zarco before leaving to finish last in every race in gp.
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Promoting riders from moto2 makes the most sense especially compared to WSBK or moto3. Making that leap is still super tough and some riders take to it better than others. A rider getting the nod because of his passport happens all the time, so who knows how it will go.
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Zarco then went on to beat the poo poo out of rabat the next year in moto2 . I'd say rabat is a disappointment rather than you can't tell if someone will be good from moto2.
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BitcoinRockefeller posted:Zarco then went on to beat the poo poo out of rabat the next year in moto2 . I'd say rabat is a disappointment rather than you can't tell if someone will be good from moto2. What about lowes and rins? Do you think tom luthi would be any good in gp if he moved up?
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This weekend MotoGP is at Silverstone. Go listen to the British announcers gush about how important this race is on the calendar, and how great it is that all those Brits are racers, and how those Brits are great racers.
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WorldSBK is looking at attempting to level the field with a spec ECU in 2019 and possibly a rev limiter:quote:
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Skreemer posted:This weekend MotoGP is at Silverstone. Go listen to the British announcers gush about how important this race is on the calendar, and how great it is that all those Brits are racers, and how those Brits are great racers. Should still be at Donnington imo. Even though, I believe that's Donnington's choice not MotoGP's.
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algebra testes posted:Should still be at Donnington imo. It's the FIM's choice; donington facilities aren't at motogp level. However they just changed owners so hopefully fingers crossed in a couple of years they'll stop going to lovely old silverstone and go to arguably the best british track (I say arguably because cadwell park exists).
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Brands Hatch is the best UK track.
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Talking about Nakagami, and he goes and outright wins a race. Another tire gamble race, folks are switching compounds on the grid. Holy gently caress, go Dovisioso. Skreemer fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Aug 27, 2017 |
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There's one of the DNFs we needed to spice things up
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That was a hell oi a Moto3 race too. It was terrible but warranted to end on a red flag. I hope that Juanfran Guevara is OK. Also to add, go Cadwell Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33r-GQ23s2s Skreemer fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Aug 28, 2017 |
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Brands Hatch is still better, a stupid jump doesn't mean a track is great. Back when WSBK raced at Brands there were some pretty great battles there. BSB has always been trash, but unfortunately WSBK is trash now as well so who cares about any of it. I'd contend that Silverstone is a better bike track than Donnington aside from that really cool downhill left/right that Donnington has. The whole second half of the lap at Donnington is garbage.
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nsaP posted:There's one of the DNFs we needed to spice things up Hell yeah. Also the first hrc engine failure in donkeys years.
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Dang way to go Dovi! And Zarco to 6th overall, nice. Chris Knight fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Aug 29, 2017 |
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And if you haven't seen the news yet, Rossi broke his leg.
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Skreemer posted:And if you haven't seen the news yet, Rossi broke his leg. And Crutchlow tried to cut his fingers off! 
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FFS guys, it's mid-season, tone it down a bit when not on track.
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Skreemer posted:FFS guys, it's mid-season, tone it down a bit when not on track. Mat Oxley had a bit about this, and his suggestion was basically that to be who they are and to have the mentality they have as racers just doesn't leave much room for that kinda thinking. The same attitude that says "gently caress yeah lets go thrash mx bikes because I want to" is probably the same attitude that says "gently caress yeah I can make that pass".
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