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Tough luck for Davies this week at Assen. Even with Rea getting penalized, he still couldn't turn it into a win. Though in race one it was the bike suddenly losing power under Davies versus a fault of his own. Heart breaker as it was shaping up to be a bit of a fight on the last lap when the Ducati gave up. Race two was back to status quo Rea out front and everyone else fighting for what was left. Good job on Van Der Mark pulling off a fourth place with his teammate Lowes right behind him. They haven't been going the greatest and it was a good sniff at the podium for that team. In the Wolrd SuperSport, I don't think that the bike and Jacobsen are coming together at all. It looks like he can gide the heck out of the thing, but either he or the bike just doesn't have that extra bit to be truly competitive. In the 300 super sport class, if you watch only one race of this class, watch the Assen round. They had Scott Redding in the booth with the commentators talking about how crazy things were getting on the track. Ana Carrasco Pulled into the lead too early, she had the moves and the bike to stay out front for two laps but in the slow corners everyone was getting swallowed up by the pack hounding the leaders. People were coming from eighth and getting into the lead. Sanchez on the number 25 machine should be penalized for continuously going beyond the track boundaries and making up places. He did got one penalty and "had to drop two places" but there were so many lead and place swaps after two laps, nothing more was heard of it except "they'll look into it later." I can see the argument for racing incidents pushing him off line but he was doing it when he had clear space too.
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Poor Hayden, even in his winning season the guy couldn't catch a break. Good luck to him, let's hope for a miracle of modern medicine.
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Go Zarco, third on the grid. Lorenzo didn't even make it into Q2, hell he was 6th in Q1. Back to status quo?pre:Pos. Num. Rider Nat KM\H Time Gap 1st/Prev. 1 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA 303.0 1'31.994 2 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA 302.1 1'32.100 0.106 / 0.106 3 5 Johann ZARCO FRA 300.0 1'32.229 0.235 / 0.129 4 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR 302.9 1'32.300 0.306 / 0.071 5 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA 300.6 1'32.493 0.499 / 0.193 6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA 307.5 1'32.726 0.732 / 0.233 7 45 Scott REDDING GBR 306.6 1'33.119 1.125 / 0.393 8 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA 302.4 1'33.399 1.405 / 0.280 9 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE 303.7 1'33.517 1.523 / 0.118 10 38 Bradley SMITH GBR 296.4 1'33.629 1.635 / 0.112 11 43 Jack MILLER AUS 299.3 1'33.756 1.762 / 0.127 12 76 Loris BAZ FRA 298.8 1'33.955 1.961 / 0.199 Skreemer fucked around with this message at 18:34 on May 20, 2017 |
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May 20, 2017 18:13
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Holy crap, 8 riders didn't finish The GP. Also this marks the point where all of the top riders have binned it in at least one race.
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Honda changed the motorcycle top page as well: http://powersports.honda.com/
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WorldSBK Race weekend Race 1 Sykes Haslam Lowes Chaz Davies fell and rejoined getting 8th. Rea had a high speed crash when the rear of the bike came around and flicked him off. He uncharacteristically shagged out the rear tire pushing hard most of the race to stay out front, first chasing Chaz, then to keep ahead of Sykes.
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WSBK race2 Rea Sykes Davies Lowes Rea streaked away and never looked back, Sykes had to fight through the field but didn't really get close. Davies got into another incident, this time not his fault but ended up dropping through the field and have to ride out of his skin to get up to third. WSSP SOFUOGLU MAHIAS CLUZEL STAPLEFORD KENNEDY There was a good battle between Mahias/Cluzel and Stapleford/Kennedy. No one was even close to Sofuoglu through, when he's on the bike, no one seems to be able to catch him. SSP300 The top 3 had a really good race. Lots of place swapping and were a step above. The rest unfortunately didn't do so well, there were a lot of retirements to mechanical failure.
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Starting Grid for Mugello: Vinales Rossi Dovisioso Pirro (WTF?) Pedrosa Marquez Lorenzo Bautista Petrucci Rabat Zarco Espargaro A. Crutchlow Barberra Folger Iannone Baz Espargaro P. Miller Redding Abraham Lowes Smith Guintoli Poor Lorenzo has Michele Pirro AND Dovizioso ahead of him on the starting grid. I know Lorenzo went top for at least a minute or two of FP3. He seems to be able to get to a point on the Ducati, but just cannot breakout and get the few extra tenths needed to get near the front of the grid. Skreemer fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Jun 3, 2017 |
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Triumph announced as the engine supplier for Moto2 in 2019. Out is the Honda 600 CBR RR motor breathed upon by Moriwaki then doled out to the teams. The new motor is going to be the 765 triple from Triumph. http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2017/06/03/triumph-announced-as-moto2-engine-supplier-from-2019/230116
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If you want to watch one Moto3 race all year, watch this one.
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While I agree with your sentiment, some folks really eschew watching the lower classes when it comes to racing. Which is weird to me, because generally if you want close and unpredictable races, the up and comers is where it's at. Holy poo poo did Mattia Pasini ride like a madman. Where he was making moves on both Marquez and Luthi was just amazing, the set up on the last lap to go from 3rd to 1st was just drat amazing. Skreemer fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Jun 4, 2017 |
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The Yamahas are getting smoked out there. Not a single Yamaha made it through to Q2 automatically. Rossi's front tire after FP4 Skreemer fucked around with this message at 13:18 on Jun 10, 2017 |
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If I can find a better capture later I'll post it. Last lap incident between Rea and Davies at Riviera Di Rimini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieiszk3lWJ0 I hope Davies is OK.(and Rea still got 3rd on the podium) Skreemer fucked around with this message at 16:02 on Jun 17, 2017 |
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Jun 17, 2017 15:56
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Wirth1000 posted:Reminded me of Melandri's crash way too much I was thinking Simoncelli...
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EX250 Type R posted:Simoncelli was hit directly in the head with a bike traveling perpendicular to him, this only bares a superficial resemblance. In this instance, Rea ramped the bike right off Davies back/speed hump.
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Zarco gets pole at Assen.
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Moto3 was a good race, too bad for Bensnyder at the end. Mir lost it in the last few corners and there was a mad scramble for first. Say what you will, this GP race was pretty good. That battle for 3rd when Crutchlow showed up. Go Petrucci, and 115 wins for Rossi. Skreemer fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Jun 25, 2017 |
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Jun 25, 2017 22:36
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What's the bets on places for the Deutschland GP? FP1 they are already going pretty fast and there is less than a second separating the top 16 riders. Though it's only FP1.
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It keeps raining/not raining, no one is having fun. In Moto3 news Jorge Martin had a massive high side and broke a bone in his ankle. This time he won't be taking pole and converting it into anything but a race win.
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New surface, new tyres, and all that gets to be fun and games because it was pouring down during QP1 and it's a soaked track but not actively raining for QP2. Marquez, Petrucci, Pedrosa, Crutchlow, Folger, Lorenzo, P. Espargaro, A. Espargaro, Rosse, Dovisioso, Vinales, Bautista Skreemer fucked around with this message at 13:57 on Jul 1, 2017 |
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Either way both the factory Yamahas are going to be poo poo in the race unless it's completely dry and someone pulls a rabbit out of a hat. If you have a motogp.com account you can watch Jorge Martin get flicked off his bike: http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2017/06/30/watch-jorge-martin-s-frightening-moto3-crash-in-fp2/233580 Skreemer fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Jul 2, 2017 |
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Slavvy posted:What I don't understand is if they have two rossi frames and two vinales frames why not give rossi the two he prefers and vice versa. Because newer is better. The other guy does great on the new chassis, and he likes it a bunch, plus the math says it's a lot better, so you better use it until we switch you back because you complain too much and start fighting for the lower places. BTW Go Tech3 Yamaha. 2 podium finishers for the year.
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Jul 2, 2017 13:51
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WoldSBK at Leguna Seca this weekend. Freaking Chaz Davies is riding even after the crash and getting immediately run over by Rea. Chaz is setting decent times too.
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Davies wins race 1 with Rea close behind. Davies set up a good pass on Sykes into the corkscrew and pushed him way out and both Davies and Rea took over at the front and Sykes couldn't keep up the pace,
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Rea, Sykes, then Davies in Race 2 At Laguna Seca today. Now both MotoGP and WorldSBK are in their summer break. No racing for a bit unless you get a chance to watch the Suzuka 8 hour race.
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Rea made race 2 boring. During the interview after race one Rea stated he knew what the issue was and they were going to set up the bike for race two with a different weight distribution and that doing so would keep him out front and keep the tires under him a litter better. Lo, and behold, Perfect set up and no one could catch him. I swear they created the inverted field for race 2 just so the Rea/Kawasaki combo wouldn't reign again this year. It hasn't seemed to stop him.
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I guess the other manufacturers and riders need to step up, or simply pray that Rea has a long series of really off days.
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MotoGP is back with the GP of the Czech Republic. Qualifying just finished and it's Marquez, Rossi, and Pedrosa on the front row. pre:Pos. Num. Rider Bike Time Gap 1st Prev. 1 93 Marc MARQUEZ Honda 1'54.981 2 46 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha 1'55.073 0.092 0.092 3 26 Dani PEDROSA Honda 1'55.119 0.138 0.046 4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati 1'55.441 0.460 0.322 5 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda 1'55.489 0.508 0.048 6 99 Jorge LORENZO Ducati 1'55.552 0.571 0.063 7 25 Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha 1'55.663 0.682 0.111 8 9 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati 1'55.738 0.757 0.075 9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati 1'56.027 1.046 0.289 10 5 Johann ZARCO Yamaha 1'56.075 1.094 0.048 11 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia 1'56.355 1.374 0.280 12 76 Loris BAZ Ducati 1'56.624 1.643 0.269 Q1 Results: Q2 9 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati 1'56.220 Q2 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati 1'56.454 0.234 0.234 13 42 Alex RINS Suzuki 1'56.460 0.240 0.006 14 94 Jonas FOLGER Yamaha 1'56.540 0.320 0.080 15 43 Jack MILLER Honda 1'56.543 0.323 0.003 16 8 Hector BARBERA Ducati 1'56.685 0.465 0.142 17 17 Karel ABRAHAM Ducati 1'56.786 0.566 0.101 18 44 Pol ESPARGARO KTM 1'57.034 0.814 0.248 19 38 Bradley SMITH KTM 1'57.042 0.822 0.008 20 29 Andrea IANNONE Suzuki 1'57.245 1.025 0.203 21 53 Tito RABAT Honda 1'57.288 1.068 0.043 22 22 Sam LOWES Aprilia 1'57.465 1.245 0.177 23 45 Scott REDDING Ducati 1'57.517 1.297 0.052 Skreemer fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Aug 5, 2017 |
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Dirt Road Junglist posted:Crutchlow He go to the docs yet or is he still running from them around the paddock and proclaiming his vertebrae is not broken.
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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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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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German round of WorldSBK this weekend. I can't watch both races until tomorrow.
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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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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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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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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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