MotoGP Brno - with spoilers
Discussion
Can’t see a thread for this so thought I’d start one.
Marquez has just done the most amazing couple of laps in the wet on slicks. First flying lap was 2.3 secs slower than P1 on wets, second lap 1.3 secs faster, 3rd lap 1.4 secs faster, despite it starting to rain quite heavily. He’s 2.5 seconds faster than P2.
No matter what you think of him, he is absolutely incredible.
Marquez has just done the most amazing couple of laps in the wet on slicks. First flying lap was 2.3 secs slower than P1 on wets, second lap 1.3 secs faster, 3rd lap 1.4 secs faster, despite it starting to rain quite heavily. He’s 2.5 seconds faster than P2.
No matter what you think of him, he is absolutely incredible.
Nice to see Crutchlow playing along nicely with his team-mate :-)
Does he deserve a HRC bike, No! Ha ha!
https://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news-detail/mot...
Does he deserve a HRC bike, No! Ha ha!
https://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news-detail/mot...
Lindun said:
Can’t see a thread for this so thought I’d start one.
Marquez has just done the most amazing couple of laps in the wet on slicks. First flying lap was 2.3 secs slower than P1 on wets, second lap 1.3 secs faster, 3rd lap 1.4 secs faster, despite it starting to rain quite heavily. He’s 2.5 seconds faster than P2.
No matter what you think of him, he is absolutely incredible.
The rain stopped just before Qualifying 1 and was drying quickly. Sat at the track we could see a dry line developing before Quali 2 and there was no standing water that we could see. We were expecting a few to try slicks before the end. Then in the last couple of minutes it started raining on the last 2 corners but was still dry everywhere else. MM times it perfectly for slicks. Another 5 minutes and it was raining (again) over the whole track.Marquez has just done the most amazing couple of laps in the wet on slicks. First flying lap was 2.3 secs slower than P1 on wets, second lap 1.3 secs faster, 3rd lap 1.4 secs faster, despite it starting to rain quite heavily. He’s 2.5 seconds faster than P2.
No matter what you think of him, he is absolutely incredible.
First time here, it's like Spa, can be dry one side of the track and raining the other.
Zarco has been impressive all weekend.
Rossi's bike(s) sounding very different to Mavericks and everyone else. Down at the hairpin it is backfiring in the middle of the corner. Can only assume he has a different mapping to Maverick
Steven Odendaal's save in Moto2 FP3, then holding onto his bike (can't find a video that isn't slow motion on YT).
https://youtu.be/CvUhfejgpuU
Randy Mamola would be proud
https://youtu.be/GC-8Mwp-rTc
https://youtu.be/CvUhfejgpuU
Randy Mamola would be proud
https://youtu.be/GC-8Mwp-rTc
Neil1300r said:
The rain stopped just before Qualifying 1 and was drying quickly. Sat at the track we could see a dry line developing before Quali 2 and there was no standing water that we could see. We were expecting a few to try slicks before the end. Then in the last couple of minutes it started raining on the last 2 corners but was still dry everywhere else. MM times it perfectly for slicks. Another 5 minutes and it was raining (again) over the whole track.
First time here, it's like Spa, can be dry one side of the track and raining the other.
Zarco has been impressive all weekend.
Rossi's bike(s) sounding very different to Mavericks and everyone else. Down at the hairpin it is backfiring in the middle of the corner. Can only assume he has a different mapping to Maverick
It was dry in a lot of parts on the straights, but very wet in quite a few corners and tricky as hell when you consider that it was transitioning from dry to damp to soaking wet as you entered and rode through a corner. What Marquez did was nothing short of miraculous. Miller tried slicks and was still 2.5 secs slower before he fell off. First time here, it's like Spa, can be dry one side of the track and raining the other.
Zarco has been impressive all weekend.
Rossi's bike(s) sounding very different to Mavericks and everyone else. Down at the hairpin it is backfiring in the middle of the corner. Can only assume he has a different mapping to Maverick
Lowes and Booth Amos, both should be duped quite honestly, they crash nearly every weekend, Rumours are that Bulega has already signed fro Gresini, can't see anywhere for Lowes and quite honestly does not deserve a ride in Moto2 on this form, One lap pace but then every week seems to just fall back through the field, clearly no confidence and no idea how to set the thing up.
A Maq making Moto2 nearly as dull as GP to be honest
A Maq making Moto2 nearly as dull as GP to be honest
DuraAce said:
Might as well get a race started between all the safety cars! Come on! Let's get going....
Absolutely.All this fannying around is ridiculous, let the teams make their tyre choice and get them out on track.
You take your chances, you ride to the conditions, there are winners and losers.
This is farcical now.
You'd think we didn't have wet/inters available, nor the option of flag to flag racing and spare bikes!
Its damp at the start but absolutely dry beyond the first few corners.
This is worse than when F1 panic over a wet start FFS!
The black bmw will need a pitstop soon, he's done loads of laps!
You'd think we didn't have wet/inters available, nor the option of flag to flag racing and spare bikes!
Its damp at the start but absolutely dry beyond the first few corners.
This is worse than when F1 panic over a wet start FFS!
The black bmw will need a pitstop soon, he's done loads of laps!
Edited by DuraAce on Sunday 4th August 13:34
DuraAce said:
This is farcical now.
You'd think we didn't have wet/inters available, nor the option of flag to flag racing and spare bikes!
Its damp at the start but absolutely dry beyond the first few corners.
This is worse than when F1 panic over a wet start FFS!
The black bmw will need a pitstop soon, he's done loads of laps!
this is a practice for silverstone You'd think we didn't have wet/inters available, nor the option of flag to flag racing and spare bikes!
Its damp at the start but absolutely dry beyond the first few corners.
This is worse than when F1 panic over a wet start FFS!
The black bmw will need a pitstop soon, he's done loads of laps!
Edited by DuraAce on Sunday 4th August 13:34
chunder27 said:
Lowes and Booth Amos, both should be duped quite honestly, they crash nearly every weekend, Rumours are that Bulega has already signed fro Gresini, can't see anywhere for Lowes and quite honestly does not deserve a ride in Moto2 on this form, One lap pace but then every week seems to just fall back through the field, clearly no confidence and no idea how to set the thing up.
A Maq making Moto2 nearly as dull as GP to be honest
Has Booth Amos finished a race yet?A Maq making Moto2 nearly as dull as GP to be honest
h at me when I say GP with this bloke winning is boring?Gassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff