MotoGP Portimao
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Especially after Valencia .... watched a quick vid tonight as the teams did a track walk and just reminds you how much the circuit rises and falls, sometimes flattened a bit by TV coverage.
WSB bikes take off at Portimao, so a MotoGP bike might will really fly.
Also turn 1, if you can’t stop your bike this far into the season you’re going to have a long race on Sunday.
I’m properly excited to see these guys fighting for pride on this circuit.
WSB bikes take off at Portimao, so a MotoGP bike might will really fly.
Also turn 1, if you can’t stop your bike this far into the season you’re going to have a long race on Sunday.
I’m properly excited to see these guys fighting for pride on this circuit.
I love Portimao. If you haven’t been then you won’t really understand just how up and down it is. This weekend could be epic.
Turn 1 is OK, but the last turn onto the start / finish straight is something else, cranked over just throwing gears at it. In fact, every corner is just fantastic, it’s up, down all over the place, blind crests, braking hard as hell on steep downhills.
I love it and can’t wait to see the top riders go to a circuit they don’t know well at all.
Could be awesome
Turn 1 is OK, but the last turn onto the start / finish straight is something else, cranked over just throwing gears at it. In fact, every corner is just fantastic, it’s up, down all over the place, blind crests, braking hard as hell on steep downhills.
I love it and can’t wait to see the top riders go to a circuit they don’t know well at all.
Could be awesome
Not sharing the excitement guys, glad it's the last race, it's been a season of making the best of a crap year.
Glad the MotoGP championship is over, everyone can ride for themselves but I don't think it'll be "s
t or bust" incase they do a Marquez. Will be rooting hard for Sam but accept and will respect a Bastiannini win, he's a very good rider and deserves his promotion. I would like to see a McPhee win helping Ogura to the title, I think Arenas is too consistent for that though.
Glad the MotoGP championship is over, everyone can ride for themselves but I don't think it'll be "s
t or bust" incase they do a Marquez. Will be rooting hard for Sam but accept and will respect a Bastiannini win, he's a very good rider and deserves his promotion. I would like to see a McPhee win helping Ogura to the title, I think Arenas is too consistent for that though.hiccy18 said:
Not sharing the excitement guys, glad it's the last race, it's been a season of making the best of a crap year.
Glad the MotoGP championship is over, everyone can ride for themselves but I don't think it'll be "st or bust" incase they do a Marquez. Will be rooting hard for Sam but accept and will respect a Bastiannini win, he's a very good rider and deserves his promotion. I would like to see a McPhee win helping Ogura to the title, I think Arenas is too consistent for that though.
I can't wait for it, the racing has been one of the few things I've had to look forward to this year!Glad the MotoGP championship is over, everyone can ride for themselves but I don't think it'll be "s
t or bust" incase they do a Marquez. Will be rooting hard for Sam but accept and will respect a Bastiannini win, he's a very good rider and deserves his promotion. I would like to see a McPhee win helping Ogura to the title, I think Arenas is too consistent for that though.Agreed re Sam, hope he can do it but Bastianini is a likeable lad and very good at what he does, would have preferred Bez if not Sam but losing those couple of places on the last lap last week really did for him, can't really see past a Bastia title unless he bins it - which I guess is a real possibility on a brand new track (to them).
Moto3 I'm not really fussed who gets the title as for some reason can't particularly warm to either. Will be interesting to see how Ogura goes on the Moto2 bike next year, think I've probably just missed an announcement but is Arenas moving up too?
hiccy18 said:
Not sharing the excitement guys, glad it's the last race, it's been a season of making the best of a crap year.
Glad the MotoGP championship is over, everyone can ride for themselves but I don't think it'll be "st or bust" incase they do a Marquez. Will be rooting hard for Sam but accept and will respect a Bastiannini win, he's a very good rider and deserves his promotion. I would like to see a McPhee win helping Ogura to the title, I think Arenas is too consistent for that though.
Whaaaat?!Glad the MotoGP championship is over, everyone can ride for themselves but I don't think it'll be "s
t or bust" incase they do a Marquez. Will be rooting hard for Sam but accept and will respect a Bastiannini win, he's a very good rider and deserves his promotion. I would like to see a McPhee win helping Ogura to the title, I think Arenas is too consistent for that though.It's been great!
No MM pissing off into the distance every race. Back to back to back races. Championship only decided at the penultimate race and now we're off to a track nobody has any experience of on a MotoGP bike and most of the riders have never been to.
I was actually talking about Moto2 and 3 but all of them are gonna be great!
the cueball said:
Yeah I agree, quite fancy a go on it...
Has Aprilia sorted the rider out for next year yet?
Portsmouth to Santander then an easy days ride I think. Has Aprilia sorted the rider out for next year yet?
No news on Aprilia front but Savadori seems to be doing his best to hang on, although Aprilia times in FP1 were set on soft tyres vs mediums for the rest.
hiccy18 said:
Portsmouth to Santander then an easy days ride I think.
No news on Aprilia front but Savadori seems to be doing his best to hang on, although Aprilia times in FP1 were set on soft tyres vs mediums for the rest.
Through the Bay of Biscay? At this time of year? Pahahahahaha.No news on Aprilia front but Savadori seems to be doing his best to hang on, although Aprilia times in FP1 were set on soft tyres vs mediums for the rest.
No thanks.
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