MotoGP Misano

[Centurion07]

What? No thread on this already?! Shame on you!

Are Lorenzo & Marquez going to have a decent race this weekend or will Rossi win it like he did last year?

Another walkover for Mr Kent?

Will Sam finish the race?

[StuB]

Centurion07 said:

What? No thread on this already?! Shame on you!

Are Lorenzo & Marquez going to have a decent race this weekend or will Rossi win it like he did last year?

Another walkover for Mr Kent?

Will Sam finish the race?

It's Italy! Ducati will be strong, the Spaniards will want to beat the Italians, the sun will shine, the grid girls will be bella donna's! What's to worry about?

DK just needs to circulate & get points, but everyone will expect a win.

Who knows what Lowes will do. I don't know if he's just exceptionally unlucky or a magnet for mis-fortune.

[egor110]

If it's dry lorenzo will win and what better place to beat rossi than Italy.

Will the lowes-aprillia deal be announced?

[Wooderson]

Bradl has the Aprilia seat for 2016 and Lowes should be confirmed to take the other seat 2017/2018.

For next year, he'll be drafted into the already competitive Gresini Moto2 team, who have won a few races this year and are podium contenders.

Seems like a very smart move - good on him.

[Centurion07]

egor110 said:

If it's dry lorenzo will win and what better place to beat rossi than Italy.

I dunno, he didn't have enough to beat Rossi last year, and Marquez fell off trying to stay with him too.

[egor110]

Next years provisional calendar :

20 March Qatar* Losail International Circuit
03 April Argentina Termas de Río Hondo
10 April Americas Circuit of The Americas
24 April Spain Circuito de Jerez**
08 May France Le Mans
22 May Italy Autodromo del Mugello
05 June Catalunya Barcelona - Catalunya
26 June Netherlands TT Circuit Assen
10 July Germany Sachsenring
17 July Great Britain Silverstone Circuit
14 August Austria Red Bull Ring - Spielberg
21 August Czech Republic Automotodrom Brno**
11 September San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
25 September Aragón MotorLand Aragón
09 October Malaysia Sepang International Circuit
16 October Japan Twin Ring Motegi
23 October Australia Phillip Island
06 November Comunitat Valenciana Comunitat Valenciana

[egor110]

Lorenzo about to go out with wings on his bike!

[FourWheelDrift]

And goes fastest


Didn't stop his bike from wheelying though.

[obscene]

They've finally chucked Indy then. That was always a dull track.

[WaferThinHam]

Great to see Brno staying!

[Centurion07]

egor110 said:

Next years provisional calendar :

20 March Qatar* Losail International Circuit
03 April Argentina Termas de Río Hondo
10 April Americas Circuit of The Americas
24 April Spain Circuito de Jerez**
08 May France Le Mans
22 May Italy Autodromo del Mugello
05 June Catalunya Barcelona - Catalunya
26 June Netherlands TT Circuit Assen
10 July Germany Sachsenring
17 July Great Britain Silverstone Circuit
14 August Austria Red Bull Ring - Spielberg
21 August Czech Republic Automotodrom Brno**
11 September San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
25 September Aragón MotorLand Aragón
09 October Malaysia Sepang International Circuit
16 October Japan Twin Ring Motegi
23 October Australia Phillip Island
06 November Comunitat Valenciana Comunitat Valenciana

That's my hols sorted then: Austria combined with Czech Republic along with popping over to Barcelona & Assen, maybe Valencia & Le Mans and of course, Silverstone.

Although last time I planned holidays around MotoGP, Argentina wasn't ready in time & messed up all my plans!

[tight5]

egor110 said:

Lorenzo about to go out with wings on his bike!

Rossi to get them tomorrow .

[Centurion07]

What exactly do they do again? Or is it a case of the Doctor's Dangle and no-one can actually definitively say?

[egor110]

Centurion07 said:

What exactly do they do again? Or is it a case of the Doctor's Dangle and no-one can actually definitively say?

It shifts the weight back under hard braking doesn't it?

[FourWheelDrift]

Centurion07 said:

What exactly do they do again? Or is it a case of the Doctor's Dangle and no-one can actually definitively say?

Gigi DaLl'igna says on the Ducati it is supposed to keep the front end from lifting too much under power (anti-wheelie) and so use less anti-wheelie software which drains power. So more power to the rear tyre.

[mckeann]

egor110 said:

It shifts the weight back under hard braking doesn't it?

No, absolutely not

[Centurion07]

He runs a MotoGP team and I don't so.....

but I would be amazed if they do anything measureable. Surely the speed at which the front of the bike lifts under power is not enough to take advantage of the aerodynamic resistance these wings offer? Or is it just the extra weight they add?

[Reardy Mister]

I thought they were motogp's attempt to add downforce in corners. Hence the ducatis running them to keep that dodgy front planted.
It was alluded to in one of the Faster docus.

[mitzy]

Hoping for a Rossi win and kent

[egor110]

mckeann said:

egor110 said:

It shifts the weight back under hard braking doesn't it?

No, absolutely not

Really?

Surely it works the same as putting your hand out a car windown.

You dangle your leg , it drags you back over the seat and adds weight to the back wheel?