|
2014 World Champion? This poll is closed. |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Valentino Rossi |
|
13 | 19.40% |
| Jorge Lorenzo |
|
13 | 19.40% |
| Dani Pedrosa |
|
8 | 11.94% |
| Marc Marquez |
|
33 | 49.25% |
| Total: | 67 votes | ||
|
Skreemer posted:Anyone follow Moto2? Nakagami is one of my favorite "also rans" in Moto2. The guy raced the wheel off the bike last year and generally came in way down the grid because he had used up his tires. He finished 2nd in Qatar 2014 and I was hoping maybe with the new team and a new year he'd be in the points. Looks like his team fitted an air intake that's not allowed and he's been disqualified. Oh man, that is super disappointing. I like the way he rides, and I thought this 2nd place finish was a good sign for the season. I hope he'll still be near the front, sideways bikes are cool. 
|
#
?
Mar 26, 2014 16:13
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 5, 2024 11:07 |
|
|
I'm pretty sure Nakagami will get a win this year, especially if he can ease up on his tires a bit more.
|
|
#
?
Mar 27, 2014 00:29
|
|
|
Like a boss Doohan, Ago, Vettel, Fittipaldi http://twitter.com/marcmarquez93/status/448801103023308803
|
|
#
?
Mar 27, 2014 00:47
|
|
|
Pop quiz: How many world championships between them without cheating and looking it up?
|
|
#
?
Mar 27, 2014 08:40
|
|
|
22, 24ish? I don't know Fittipaldi.
|
|
#
?
Mar 27, 2014 08:42
|
|
|
dreesemonkey posted:Since there isn't a specific dirt racing thread this past week's supercross race in Toronto was great to watch. I'm still several races behind, it's been an awesome season though. How many racing series have four previous champions duking it out at the front?
|
|
#
?
Mar 27, 2014 14:38
|
|
|
Zool posted:I'm still several races behind, it's been an awesome season though. How many racing series have four previous champions duking it out at the front? Yea it's nuts, the field is so deep when there are about 10 guys that could potentially win each week. If you haven't watched, check CBS sports for the 5 part "Supercross: Behind the scenes" documentary, it's really good. I think only 3 parts have been aired so far. There's some great shots in there, specifically one I remember is Vilapoto, Reed, Dungy, and Stewart all in the turn. That's like 9 championships right there going through a turn. Bad rear end.
|
|
#
?
Mar 27, 2014 18:23
|
|
|
I'm a lapsed viewer who returned to watching motorsports (F1 and MotoGP, mainly) and I have a newbie question: How come MotoGP isn't getting the attention it deserves, considering it has a cast of interesting racers, competitive races and spectacular crashes for the crashloving folk. Is it the lack of sponsors? Dorna not being as prominent as FOM?
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2014 13:24
|
|
|
I'd think that depends on where you are. MGP seems pretty big in South Euro and South America. There are a lot of reasons why motorsport takes a back seat to sportsballs in the US (venues unsuitable for other entertainment uses being a huge one) and even within that you've got the monolith of NASCAR and motocross / supercross stealing eyeballs from both F1 and MGP. A likely reason here is the down-to-earth nature of those series, allowing fans to cheaply re-enact their favorite parts - NASCAR has the most proletarian roots of any motorsport on the planet. F1 and MGP have always been exotic and obscure and packed with sneering wine-drinking Euros.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2014 13:45
|
|
|
I would guess because motorcycle use is possibly less prevalent in the US and therefore fewer people are interested in motorcycle racing. I have no stats to back that up, though.
|
|
#
?
Mar 30, 2014 23:15
|
|
|
The US has two GP races so MotoGP is doing pretty well in the states when compared to say ~2000 when we had a world champion and no races. Motorcycle racing will always be a niche sport here in the states and I'm fine with that. The real danger MotoGP faces right now is nobody but the Spanish is breeding much in the way of new young riders. Lots of Spanish national anthems being played in all three levels of MotoGP.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2014 04:20
|
|
|
Cycle Asylum › 2014 Racing Thread - Nobody But The Spanish Are Breeding
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2014 11:00
|
|
|
There's some Brits and Italians coming up. Still fairly Spanish though.. Honestly I don't mind, if they can ride well all the luck to them. I'll cheer for the Aussies first, but I still like watching everyone. Once they're racing doesn't matter where they're from - all look the same in their suits.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2014 11:08
|
|
|
I long to be a sneering wine-drinking Euro.
|
|
#
?
Mar 31, 2014 18:55
|
|
|
Rossi is hanging it up
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2014 00:51
|
|
|
ah yes, trusted news source motegp.com
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2014 02:22
|
|
|
You're no fun
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2014 02:26
|
|
|
I'm not gonna lie, motomatters had me for a few minutes this morning.
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2014 02:56
|
|
|
Dellikose posted:You're no fun WE DON'T JOKE ABOUT THE DOCTOR HANGING IT UP AROUND HERE, MISTER.
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2014 04:16
|
|
|
I'd laugh if Red Bull read it and went ahead with it. Seems like a logical idea, especially if they can actually buy the entire series for what it costs to run an F1 team for a year.
|
|
#
?
Apr 2, 2014 06:31
|
|
|
It might actually be better if Red Bull ran it, but who knows.
|
|
#
?
Apr 3, 2014 02:56
|
|
|
Honestly it'd probably get better coverage in the states, which would be nice. Not sure how I feel about BT's coverage. Commentators were a pretty big step down.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2014 06:29
|
|
|
The BT commentators give me the shits, especially how they pronounce the Espargaro names and how they focus so drat much on the british riders. We get it, you're british, there's another 20 odd guys on the grid though.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2014 07:56
|
|
|
Not that we really needed any more convincing, but here's more evidence why road racing is the best racing: (click for frickin huge)
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2014 20:29
|
|
|
I don't really consider myself a hardcore racing fan though I certainly keep tabs on a lot of it, and it's surprising how many of those tracks I recognize and can name from memory.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2014 20:55
|
|
|
Before I was really into bikes I always considered the Nurburgring to be the holy grail. The IOM just loving dwarfs it.
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2014 21:35
|
|
|
The only track I've ever been on isn't even in there 
|
|
#
?
Apr 6, 2014 22:54
|
|
|
KodiakRS posted:Not that we really needed any more convincing, but here's more evidence why road racing is the best racing: So are they really all to scale? I had no idea Tsukuba was so small.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 01:16
|
|
|
Shimrod posted:The BT commentators give me the shits, especially how they pronounce the Espargaro names and how they focus so drat much on the british riders. We get it, you're british, there's another 20 odd guys on the grid though. The B in BT sports probably has a lot to do with that, its not like the BBC and Eurosport guys didn't prattle on about the plucky brits all the time too.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 02:25
|
|
|
echomadman posted:The B in BT sports probably has a lot to do with that, its not like the BBC and Eurosport guys didn't prattle on about the plucky brits all the time too. Yeah, they did, but not that much.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 02:30
|
|
|
The BT guys pronounce Aleix's name correctly, finally. Toby Moody and his "Alex Es-spag-a-row". They were a bit worse at gushing over Brits too, Hodgson telling Smith 'You did us proud' when he crashed out was a cringe.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 02:37
|
|
|
Nitramster posted:So are they really all to scale? I had no idea Tsukuba was so small. Yeah, A lap of Tsukuba is only 1.27 miles long. Basically half the length of a lap at Indy.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 02:48
|
|
|
Shimrod posted:Yeah, they did, but not that much. I seem to remember two quite lengthy pre-race segments in a single year from the BBC on Cal, plus the constant lengthier interviews with Cal on the grid.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 03:46
|
|
|
nsaP posted:The BT guys pronounce Aleix's name correctly, finally. Toby Moody and his "Alex Es-spag-a-row". Its how they say the last name that annoys me. They pause for every syllable. Maybe I'm thinking of different old British presenters. I mean the ones who work for dorna and do the commentary for the official feed, on the motogp website. They're the ones we aussies get even with Darryl and dipshit doing pre-race stuff and catching us up after breaks.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 05:21
|
|
|
hayden. posted:I seem to remember two quite lengthy pre-race segments in a single year from the BBC on Cal, plus the constant lengthier interviews with Cal on the grid. Cal's pretty entertaining, though, and watching the little Spanish boys try to remember the English words for "good race, bike ran well, thanks <brand name here>" gets old. I'm sure if I was a native Spanish or Italian speaker that British sports TV would be unbearable.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 14:24
|
|
|
Snowdens Secret posted:Cal's pretty entertaining, though, and watching the little Spanish boys try to remember the English words for "good race, bike ran well, thanks <brand name here>" gets old. I'm sure if I was a native Spanish or Italian speaker that British sports TV would be unbearable. I loved the Australian kid, Jack Miller's comments after the Moto3 race. In the MotoGP live feed, while everyone else is spouting generic crap about brands and giving 110%, he's talking about the end of the race and says "I thought, just gently caress it..." and it was so nice to hear someone not just saying rehearsed bullshit. I know that English would be hard for the non-native speakers, but at the same time, it's good to hear someone who can and will actually express themselves.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 19:35
|
|
|
Rossi will, he's good with the press but he also has very honest commentary sometimes. Julian Ryder is entertaining but not very knowledgeable and the other BT guy is a tool. I miss Toby Moody, which is a sentence I thought I'd never say.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 19:49
|
|
|
Saying Ryder isn't knowledgeable is quite a funny opinion and there's been 1 race. Give BT time. http://www.amazon.com/MotoGP-Season-Review-2013-Officially/dp/0857334085 Note the author, 10 years running.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 21:13
|
|
|
Yeah Ryder knows more about motogp than just about anyone else in the announcing booth.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 21:22
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 5, 2024 11:07 |
|
|
What Ryder lacks, as did Moody, is the mindset of being a racer. They try but never quite get there and you could see that when Mamola used to do the pit lane reporting, or when they had a guest rider commentating. BT has 2 riders, plus Jules now. Once they sort out the hiccups and get into a zone I think this will be great coverage. I Will miss Spaulders monotone droning though.
|
|
#
?
Apr 7, 2014 22:02
|
|