MotoGP Mugello

[FourWheelDrift]

Iannone out of Suzuki suddenly finds speed to lead FP1, must have a contract on a stick waved in front of him. If Lorenzo doesn't stay at Ducati will he be out of MotoGP in 2019?

1 Andrea IANNONE ITA Suzuki 1'47.253
2 Michele PIRRO ITA Ducati 1'47.803
3 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati 1'47.961
4 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Yamaha 1'47.995
5 Jack MILLER AUS Ducati 1'48.035
6 Marc MARQUEZ Honda 1'48.035
7 Franco MORBIDELLI Honda 1'48.211
8 Valentino ROSSI ITA Yamaha 1'48.218
9 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati 1'48.219
10 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Honda 1'48.229
11 Johann ZARCO FRA Yamaha 1'48.272
12 Alex RINS SPA Suzuki 1'48.274
13 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Ducati 1'48.304
14 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia 1'48.384
15 Pol ESPARGARO SPA KTM 1'48.570
16 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Ducati 1'48.573
17 Dani PEDROSA SPA Honda 1'48.669
18 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN Honda 1'48.878
19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Ducati 1'48.920
20 Bradley SMITH GBR KTM 1'49.086
21 Tito RABAT SPA Ducati 1'49.181
22 Thomas LUTHI SWI Honda 1'49.460
23 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia 1'49.499
24 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Yamaha 1'49.650
25 Xavier SIMEON BEL Ducati 1'50.315

[Mr OCD]

FourWheelDrift said:

If Lorenzo doesn't stay at Ducati will he be out of MotoGP in 2019?

Rumour is he will be going to a new satellite Yamaha team.

[FourWheelDrift]

Andrea Dovisioso just set a new MotoGP speed record at 356.4 kph (221.45mph)

[FourWheelDrift]

Bad crash for Pirro at turn 1. Red flag.

[loose cannon]

Not good hope your ok Pirro

[loose cannon]

He is conscious thank god

[FourWheelDrift]

That was a big high side from the oddest off I've seen. Almost as if he did a 200mph stoppy!

[stew-STR160]

That was just scary. Glad he's ok.

[FourWheelDrift]

Boom, now Dovi's bike blows up and sets itself on fire. Same place turn1.

[FourWheelDrift]

Pirro, conscious, bruising and a dislocated shoulder but having a scan to check.

If you don't have a nervous disposition this is it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7B2H0jIAPA


Original had been taken down.

And so has that one so if you missed The Great Escape : 2018 edition it's on the BT Sport twitter feed here - https://twitter.com/btsportmotogp/status/100256927...

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Friday 1st June 21:29

[dibblecorse]

FourWheelDrift said:

Pirro, conscious, bruising and a dislocated shoulder but having a scan to check.

If you don't have a nervous disposition this is it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9G8BWXvcdk

F*** me. reminded me of Camiers huge off at Cadwell that scuppered his progress for a bit. He has minor injuries considering that rag dolling ....

[Tom Logan]

FourWheelDrift said:

Pirro, conscious, bruising and a dislocated shoulder but having a scan to check.

If you don't have a nervous disposition this is it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9G8BWXvcdk

A strange one, it looked like the front locked up initially.

[anonymous-user]

Tom Logan said:

A strange one, it looked like the front locked up initially.

It did; when the bike shook it's head going over the crest it knocked the pads back, so when the initial pull on the lever didn't start to slow the bike down he gave it a good old yank and locked the front. I was watching it live and when I saw him laid in the gravel surrounded by marshals holding sheets up I feared the worst so I was pleased when they announced he was conscious.

As an aside did anyone else catch JT testing the airbag suit? His reaction was priceless when it fired!

[FourWheelDrift]

"Paolo Ciabatti told us Michele Pirro asking whether he can get back to the track in time for practice tomorrow."

[Tom Logan]

Rat_Fink_67 said:

It did; when the bike shook it's head going over the crest it knocked the pads back, so when the initial pull on the lever didn't start to slow the bike down he gave it a good old yank and locked the front. I was watching it live and when I saw him laid in the gravel surrounded by marshals holding sheets up I feared the worst so I was pleased when they announced he was conscious.

As an aside did anyone else catch JT testing the airbag suit? His reaction was priceless when it fired!

Ah, thanks for that RF, not my imagination then.

So much for floating discs, eh?

[FourWheelDrift]

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/897318/1/ducati-...

"“He had a dislocated shoulder, so when they put it back, it was so painful for him that he woke up! "

[FourWheelDrift]

https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1002647753946796...

[oilbethere]

Nasty crash!

[Superhoop]

So what are the chances of Rossi being the lifeline for Lorenzo..?

I know Rossi said he didn’t want a team in MotoGP until he’d stopped racing, but with the current going’s on at Marc VDS, who looked most likely to take the customer Yamahas, could it be that VR46 move up to MotoGP earlier than planned and sign JL - it wouldn’t be bad for either party surely..?

[boxedin]

FourWheelDrift said:

Pirro, conscious, bruising and a dislocated shoulder but having a scan to check.

If you don't have a nervous disposition this is it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7B2H0jIAPA


Original had been taken down.

And so has that one so if you missed The Great Escape : 2018 edition it's on the BT Sport twitter feed here - https://twitter.com/btsportmotogp/status/100256927...

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Friday 1st June 21:29

Awful crash, even worse than:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHCqYL6hoyU