Moto GP Le Mans.

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Rins signed for two years at Suzuki. Would be nice to see Zarco seal his first win here.
Autocorrect on title!

Edited by oilbethere on Thursday 17th May 20:54

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Looks like the Yamaha's are off to a good start.

Race.
Vinales
Zarco
Rossi

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Rea tipped for GP? I think Suzuki have looked at the success of Tech3 taking a gamble with rookie riders and why not? Pedrosa has only survived due to Repsol sponsorship.

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Rawwr said:

And in the last 10 years has won 7 more races than Rossi. Pedrosa's point scoring average in that period has been 14.31 per race, whereas Rossi's has been 14.15. Even if you push the stats back another year to include both of Rossi's championship winning seasons, that puts them on an equal amount of wins with 27 each.

Just for fun, Stoner has won 28 in the same period (4 years) and Marquez has won 38 (6 years)

He may not have won a championship but to hint that he doesn't deserve his seat is quite a leap.

Edited by Rawwr on Saturday 26th May 11:06

Yet he's failed to win a championship. The only bloke to win a race and look like he's lost a tenner and found a pound! I've warmed to him more over the years but other people have deserved his ride. Perfect number two though as he's added no pressure to the number 1 rider.

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DuraAce said:

He did win 3 lower class world titles though. 2nd in mgp 3 times (I think?), would've won at least one title if it weren't for bad luck/injury.

Who should be on the 2nd Repsol bike then?
(bearing in mind 93 wins everything as it is, he calls the shots in that team, no way would he allow 99/46 to come in for example IMHO.)
You can't have 2 hrc bikes on the top step of the podium, not sure what else the poor lad can do to be honest!

Win a title?

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Gavia said:

Those dismissing Pedrosa are fools IMO, they miss the whole point of what a great rider he is, with the worst timing possible. If he’d been around at the right time a la Criville / KR JR, then he’d have at least one MotoGP title to his name. The amount of people calling for acrutchlow to get the Repsol baffles me, he’s won a couple of races amd has a far worse track record than Pedrosa over every season (I’ve not checked that but pretty certain it’s correct).

You're missing the point. Pedrosa had been on a title winning bike for years, what has he won?

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Rawwr said:

Who, specifically?

Younger riders from Moto 2?
Look at the success of Tech3 mixing it and beating full factory teams. Honda have been more than happy Pedrosa but have put all their eggs in one basket.

If Marquez was out for the rest of the season would Pedrosa win it? Would he fk.