MotoGP 2015.......official thread

[FourWheelDrift]

Colin Edwards ended Saturday's Michelin tyre test as fastest

http://www.crash.net/motogp/livecommentaries/5388/...

[FourWheelDrift]

Zarco (Ajo) fastest on day 1 of the Moto2 test at Valencia. Lowes 2nd quickest

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/214555/1/moto2-za...

[egor110]

FourWheelDrift said:

Zarco (Ajo) fastest on day 1 of the Moto2 test at Valencia. Lowes 2nd quickest

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/214555/1/moto2-za...

lowes was using a aluminium frame today and rest of the season but he's using last years carbon the res of this test session.

[Dare2Fail]

egor110 said:

lowes was using a aluminium frame today and rest of the season but he's using last years carbon the res of this test session.

Swing arm rather than frame, no?

[egor110]

Dare2Fail said:

Swing arm rather than frame, no?

yeah just swing arm, he must of been bored yesterday as he was answering lots of tweets.

bit strange that he's testing the carbon swing arm the rest of the test session, surely last years results proved it's crap why keep plugging away trying to get it working when out the box the aluminium arm was much much faster.

Re melandri supposedly wanting to leave gp and head back to wsbk, what a wasted opportunity for guinters, you know he'd of helped develop the gp bike , they could of even gambled on chaz davies .

[Lincsblokey]

Rumour has it Aprilia are trying to get M-lav out the Tyco BMW contract.

[FourWheelDrift]

Moto3 testing times from yesterday - http://www.crash.net/motogp/results/214551/1/valen...

Danny Kent on the Leopard Racing Honda (was the tail end Keifer racing team last year) 2nd quickest.

[tight5]

First race of the year -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg3pnOl9jI0

at the new track in Thailand, SBK goes there this year and MotoGP may be going there next year.

[egor110]

tight5 said:

First race of the year -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg3pnOl9jI0

at the new track in Thailand, SBK goes there this year and MotoGP may be going there next year.

Looks pretty crap, like your typical f1 track with turn after turn after turn squeezed into as tiny a plot of land as possible to save money.

[FourWheelDrift]

Bradders won

Who'd have thunk it

[FourWheelDrift]

Moto2 times from today's test from Jerez. Lowes again 2nd quickest.

http://www.crash.net/motogp/results/214728/1/jerez...

[egor110]

FourWheelDrift said:

Moto2 times from today's test from Jerez. Lowes again 2nd quickest.

http://www.crash.net/motogp/results/214728/1/jerez...

That's with the aluminium swing arm?

Last week his test plan was day 1 aluminium then back to the carbon job for the rest of the test.

[FourWheelDrift]

Carbon fibre yesterday, both carbon (am) and aluminium (pm) back to back today and fastest.

http://www.crash.net/motogp/results/214749/1/jerez...

All today's sessions - http://www.motogp.com/en/TestResults/Moto2+Jerez+2...

[MissChief]

egor110 said:

tight5 said:

First race of the year -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg3pnOl9jI0

at the new track in Thailand, SBK goes there this year and MotoGP may be going there next year.

Looks pretty crap, like your typical f1 track with turn after turn after turn squeezed into as tiny a plot of land as possible to save money.

Agreed. Looks very dull. Obviously designed as a car track first. Constant radius corners with long straights. Compare it to the likes of Philip Island with long sweepers designed for bikes.

[Mini1275]

Although early, Fabio Quartararo really is looking like the next big thing.

Quarter of a second under the Jerez lap record in Moto3. He was under the Moto3 lap record in Valencia at the last test, too.

All at 15 years of age.

[MissChief]

Anyone found a bookie that I can bet on Moto2 and Moto3? Everywhere I've looked only has MotoGP and, as expected, Marquez is odds on.

[tight5]

Lowes has been in the top 2 in all 6 sessions !

[MissChief]

And on an 'unliked' chassis. Look how many Kalex bikes there are compared to the Speed Up he's riding.

[998420]

MissChief said:

And on an 'unliked' chassis. Look how many Kalex bikes there are compared to the Speed Up he's riding.

Hugely impressive, unless I am missing something

In such a close class with so many great riders, wtf is he doing there ?

[tight5]

998420 said:

In such a close class with so many great riders, wtf is he doing there ?

Kicking their arse !