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n8r posted:James Toseland is a better example of someone who came from WSBK and did jack poo poo. I got the impression, after speaking to a band-mate of Toseland's, that his true love was always music, and the injuries after his crash at Aragon were something he didn't want to repeat.
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Toseland never really had the chops for GP and was there because of his passport.
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Busted Leg and all, Rossi declared fit to race this weekend. I wonder if they are still going to give van der Mark a seat on a bike in the GP after promising it to him for over a week.
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Motorland Aragon this weekend, your starting lineup is: Vinales Lorenzo Rossi Crutchlow Marquez Pedraos Dovisioso I dunno about that Rossi guy, he didn't place higher than 10th in any of the practice sessions and still pulls a rabbit out of a hat and gets 3rd in qualifying. Lorenzo had to come through Q1 to get his spot. Secret technique to getting more seat/practice time on the bike?
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Sep 23, 2017 17:33
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Rossi is conserving his pain reservoir because he knows by about lap twelve he'll be feeling it big time. My prediction for him is he'll attempt to get to the front ASAP then use his canny ways to airbrake his plummet through the field in the second half of the race and get a solid top ten. Bonus points if he holds back MM to give vinales a fighting chance. We might actually get to see those two fight for the first time maybe? Lorenzo just needed to get his poo poo dialled in; I didn't watch FP4 but if he had a bad time there he probably won't do well in the race as tyre conservation hasn't been his strong suit this year.
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Slavvy posted:Rossi is conserving his pain reservoir because he knows by about lap twelve he'll be feeling it big time. My prediction for him is he'll attempt to get to the front ASAP then use his canny ways to airbrake his plummet through the field in the second half of the race and get a solid top ten. Bonus points if he holds back MM to give vinales a fighting chance. We might actually get to see those two fight for the first time maybe? Marquez probably could have placed a lot better if he didn't crash in turn 12. From the replays he went in WAY too hot and was all out of shape before he chucked the bike. One thing I've noticed is that Dovi only uses the "aero" fairing on the Ducati at certain tracks while Lorenzo always uses it. I wonder if that plays a role in some of the tyre conservation issues.
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Marquez crashed because he was at 110% riding a bike with a not-ideal setup. Part of his magic is being able to trade crash risk for speed to compensate for a crap setup like it's a video game. Dovi's style is super stop-go so he only benefits from it on the really twisty tracks and reaps the rewards of less drag on the straights; george needs it more because he relies on having a good front tyre feel a lot more, and he's used to riding a bike with a few km/h less than the others so the top speed penalty doesn't mean poo poo to him. Most of the tyre consumption this season has been the rear, not the front, and dovi is just really patient during the race and has worked to develop a really good connection with the throttle. In austria george said he'd switched to the most economical fuel map like a third of the way through the race whereas dovi stayed on full power the entire time and just managed it with his wrist. Lorenzo will get there, he just needs more miles to familiarise himself and learn to not get carried away when he creates a big gap in the first couple of laps. You can tell that when he sees +1 on his board he goes into yamaha hammer time mode and just annihilates his tyre. If you look at the 'ideal lap' sector times they're all over the place compared to usual; loving mika kallio was fastest in sector four and gammy-leg grampa rossi had two reds which tells you that nobody really got their bike dialled in perfectly so it'll be another warmup scramble followed by a tyre crapshoot in the race.
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Sep 24, 2017 00:49
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Go watch the last 2 - 3 laps of Moto2, the kind of scrap we normally look for.
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Sep 24, 2017 12:24
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Haha gently caress, the Honda boys earned that one.
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It's interesting seeing how the honda is the least setup-sensitive bike out there. Yamaha may as well write their season off as their bike just won't play ball with the michelins. Ducati seem to have the best package atm (never thought I'd say that) if they have the time to dial in their tyres correctly. On the weekends like the one just gone where there's limited setup time and wet weather carnage, honda always do well while ducati inevitably choose the wrong tyre and their bike jekyll/hydes itself back into an understeering piece of poo poo.
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Sep 26, 2017 02:57
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Once again, understanding tires is the blackest art in MotoGP...
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Marquez can apparently still ride like a lunatic while his tires are shredding underneath him so I'm not sure if that says something about the bike or more about him as a rider.
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 NICK HARRIS IS RETIRING!!Praise the gods and heavens and all that is holy and pray for Dylan Grey to take over. I need more Dylan. You need more Dylan. The world needs Dylan. When they had technical difficulties a few races ago and Dylan had to commentate the action himself from the pitlane it was thirty seconds of absolute heart-warming loving magic cause that oval office is motogp superfan number one and he gets to talk poo poo about it for his job and he knows it and loves it. Praise Dylan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHGiABZ6ITI
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Sep 29, 2017 22:34
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Absolutely blah blah indeed. I'll miss the guy but yeah, Dylan would be awesome in that role.
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Sep 30, 2017 00:43
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Steve Day might be the guy tho which would be worse
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I actually don't mind either, they're certainly streets ahead of the Sky and ITV Formula 1 crews and less "it's super early in the morning and we're punchy" than the Speed F1 crew, they're knowledgeable and enthusiastic and it definitely shows. But yeah Dylan is a smart happy puppy.
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harperdc posted:I actually don't mind either, they're certainly streets ahead of the Sky and ITV Formula 1 crews and less "it's super early in the morning and we're punchy" than the Speed F1 crew, they're knowledgeable and enthusiastic and it definitely shows. But yeah Dylan is a smart happy puppy. They're not as good as Ryder and Co from the golden era, but I never minded them. As they said, better than most other sports.
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Sep 30, 2017 03:46
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And Johnny Rea can take the rest of the year off. Clinches the "threepeat" during race 1 in France. WSBK and FIM heard to be contemplating just simply banning J. Rea outright or forcing him to ride the Honda again.
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Race 2 to Davies. Eugene Laverty attempts to change next year's results by throwing his bike at Rea. Laverty's bike hit Rea in the foot damaging the right boot and rear brake lever. If anyone follows world supersport, their champion from last year and current championship leader, Kenan Sofuoglu, had a massive highside during the super pole and wound up with a "triple hip fracture". This makes that series a lot tighter. Skreemer fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Oct 1, 2017 |
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Sofuoglu is down? Mein gott I might have to start watching WSS again. He's more dominant than jray.
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Slavvy posted:Sofuoglu is down? Mein gott I might have to start watching WSS again. He's more dominant than jray. It's a conspiracy, Both Kenan from WSS and Toprak from World Super Stock 1K were injured on the same weekend and flown back to Turkey. In all seriousness though for Kenan, some folks are predicting "he'll be back for Jerez, no problem", while other folks are speculating at minimum it's season ending, if not career ending.
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MotoGP at the twin ring in Japan this weekend. It's been raining every session. Zarco is the only one that really got the yamaha moving, though he did it on one of 2 extra soft rear rain tires. Jonas Folger is hurt and the test rider they have to replace him is doing fairly well. Both Vinales and Rossi were languishing down near the 13th, 12th, and 11th spots for most of the free practices.
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Yamaha look to have paddled their way pretty far up poo poo creek. Based on what rossi says it isn't even practical for them to switch back to the 'old' bike T3 are running because too many other things besides the frame are different.
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It’s supposed to be chilly and rainy all loving weekend, which is fine because I like fall weather but bad because I was going to head to Fuji for the WEC  so yeah not going to be surprised if it rains or is mixed conditions in the race, OR if it’s dry and some riders struggle getting tires up to temperature.
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Rossi 12th, and Vinales didn't even make it into QP2. Zarco takes pole!
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Skreemer posted:Rossi 12th, and Vinales didn't even make it into QP2. Zarco takes pole! Just hope it’s still close after this race. Ideally, Marquez crashes out, dovi finishes late and Rossi and Viñales podium, but I’d settle for Marquez and Dovi still close.
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It's gonna be blazing sunshine and the tyres will do unpredictable poo poo and some random person will win in an unsatisfying non-battle.
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Skreemer posted:Rossi 12th, and Vinales didn't even make it into QP2. Zarco takes pole! Aw yiss.
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I would love for Dovi to win a championship but let's be real, this will be like Pedrosa's 'chance' in 2012 that fizzled out at the end.
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Marquez is just visibly a cut above everyone else; circumstance and inadequate machinery are the only things making this season look like a contest now that Yamaha's feet of clay have come home to roost in an extended metaphor.
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Slavvy posted:It's gonna be blazing sunshine and the tyres will do unpredictable poo poo and some random person will win in an unsatisfying non-battle. Sadly no, it’s still grey and pissy with rain all the way from Fuji through Tokyo up the hills to Motegi. WEC race at Fuji is underway and very wet, and it’s still cold and rainy around my apartment in the Tokyo area.
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I'll happily eat my words as I fist pump at the screen
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Best end to a race since .... well, the last time. Absolute balls out screaming at the TV madness. Fantastic.
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Redvenom posted:Best end to a race since .... well, the last time. Absolute balls out screaming at the TV madness. Fantastic. Fuckin same. Those last 6 laps were classic. Disappointed Zarco didn't finish top 5. Dovi earned the poo poo out of that win. Chris Knight fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Oct 16, 2017 |
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Chris Knight posted:Dovi earned the poo poo out of that win. He sure did. He's also gotten a pretty big psychological victory both for himself and for everyone else on the grid thinking marquez is untouchable.
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Marc is also loving this poo poo. Every race where 1st has been contested he is glowing during the interviews.
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Lorenzo he is not. Speaking of, had to laugh about his whining over Zarco overtaking him. Never change, George.
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Yeah that was a really good one. The bar I go to watch this stuff at had ~60+ bikers screaming and cheering at the screens.
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Slavvy posted:Lorenzo he is not. Gorgeous George needs to buy his own MotoGP bike, a decent race track and compete by his lonesome. Anytime the racing gets close he just disappears backwards. And complains. The race was amazing, c'mon Dovi you can win it!
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Kanye East posted:Gorgeous George needs to buy his own MotoGP bike, a decent race track and compete by his lonesome. Anytime the racing gets close he just disappears backwards. And complains. He needs to get the hell out of Ducati ASAP.
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