2017 Gran Premio Motul de la Comunitat Valenciana

Jumkie said:

Everybody is tweeting the riders to pull over for the Italian...

Dorna have canceled the press conferences over the firestorm talk of team orders have created...

Paddock under strict gag orders not to talk about team orders...

Race direction has warned riders to race clean...

Year end Ducati & Honda parties have been canceled...

Honda have promised to reveal telemetry that proves Pedrosa's 5th at Sepang was not team orders...

The Italian media have been rioting at Marquez's training camp...

If you live in a glass house don't throw rocks.

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Edit to add: a petition has been started demanding to drop the customary qualifying format and allow the Italian to start from pole position. The reason given is to rectify the obvious conspiracy of Phillip Island and Sepang. So far it's reached three-quarters of a million signatures...

Dorna have instructed their camera crew to compile footage for a "lap of honor" of the Italian... (for the Italian that returned after a Lazarethian near death comeback of Biblical proportions to compete in the Season Finale.)

Extra security have been posted in front of Marquez's garage to protect him from possible violence of the Italian's fan club members angry with the situation.

A new rule has been instituted effective immediately, warning riders not to say anything negative that would bring the championship into disrepute...



If you live in a glass house don't throw rocks.

JPSLotus said:

You forgot the GoFundMe to take out other riders.

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I don’t recall the details, what was this about?

If you live in a glass house don't throw rocks.

Jumkie said:

I don’t recall the details, what was this about?

If you live in a glass house don't throw rocks.

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Some fans started a GoFundMe to raise money that they then were going to pay to any rider who would take out Lorenzo so Rossi could become world champion IIRC.

elptxjc said:

Only needs P11 to win sir.


Did you guys skip math at High School? MM is 21 points ahead (282 vs 261); if Dovi doesn't win, MM wins by a point even with a DNF: 21 > 20. I'm not a betting man, but the odds of Dovi pulling that crap are astronomically small IMO. And if it happens, guess it was meant to be.

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Yes I forgot the point difference.

Has anyone got a list of positions at the end?
My choice is;
1st Dani
2nd Zarco
3rd anyone but Rossi.

If a dry race MM is world champ again, Dovi comes in 6th

Absolutely perfect weather predicted for the race. Sunny and 75 with low humidity .

Can anyone translate what Marquez said when asked about the flags? He ended up replying in Spanish - about 50mins into the conference

This thread is deader then Kevin Spacey' career. How many weeks til the race starts?

1. Double D. Desmo Dovi

2. Mav

3. Rossi

GRAN PREMIO MOTUL DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA
MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 3 Classification 2017
Cheste, Saturday, November 11, 2017

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev.
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 318.1 1'30.255
2 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 315.4 1'30.501 0.246 / 0.246
3 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 318.5 1'30.501 0.246
4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 318.1 1'30.603 0.348 / 0.102
5 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 317.9 1'30.846 0.591 / 0.243
6 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 320.5 1'30.883 0.628 / 0.037
7 43 Jack MILLER AUS EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 316.6 1'31.031 0.776 / 0.148
8 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 315.4 1'31.037 0.782 / 0.006
9 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 320.3 1'31.049 0.794 / 0.012
10 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 320.5 1'31.098 0.843 / 0.049
11 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 319.1 1'31.117 0.862 / 0.019
12 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 316.9 1'31.134 0.879 / 0.017
13 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 315.9 1'31.320 1.065 / 0.186
14 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati 321.4 1'31.402 1.147 / 0.082
15 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 316.8 1'31.407 1.152 / 0.005
16 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 320.3 1'31.460 1.205 / 0.053
17 53 Tito RABAT SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 316.8 1'31.522 1.267 / 0.062
18 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 322.1 1'31.593 1.338 / 0.071
19 22 Sam LOWES GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 310.2 1'31.595 1.340 / 0.002
20 36 Mika KALLIO FIN Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 318.1 1'31.617 1.362 / 0.022
21 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 319.4 1'31.704 1.449 / 0.087
22 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 324.3 1'31.710 1.455 / 0.006
23 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati 321.5 1'31.969 1.714 / 0.259
24 76 Loris BAZ FRA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 315.0 1'32.804 2.549 / 0.835
25 60 Michael VAN DER MARK NED Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 311.6 1'32.825 2.570 / 0.021
Weather Conditions:

| Track Condition: Dry| Air: 18º| Humidity: 43%| Ground: 15º
Records:

Fastest Lap: Lap: 20 Marc MARQUEZ 1'30.255 159.7 Km/h
Circuit Record Lap: 2016 Jorge LORENZO 1'31.171 158.1 Km/h

That's gonna make it harder for Dovi tomorrow. Coming from ninth in Valencia isn't going to be easy.

p4p1 said:

That's gonna make it harder for Dovi tomorrow. Coming from ninth in Valencia isn't going to be easy.

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Neither is coming from pole with Iannone and Zarco directly behind you.

MdubSTYLIE said:

Neither is coming from pole with Iannone and Zarco directly behind you.

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If I was MM I'd let them past then settle in and just wait, they'll more than likely take each other out, but I'd like Zarco to win after all he's won the last 2 years in moto2. I like Iannone, but he still holds a gun to his head and loves a bit of russian roulette.

Theo said:

If I was MM I'd let them past then settle in and just wait, they'll more than likely take each other out, but I'd like Zarco to win after all he's won the last 2 years in moto2. I like Iannone, but he still holds a gun to his head and loves a bit of russian roulette.

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The next bike on the grid is JLo. I would imagine he will try hard to get in front of Marc also. Marc is going to have a lot to think about during this race.

MdubSTYLIE said:

The next bike on the grid is JLo. I would imagine he will try hard to get in front of Marc also. Marc is going to have a lot to think about during this race.

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Who is directly behind JLo?

I haven't watched qualifying yet

Theo said:

Who is directly behind JLo?

I haven't watched qualifying yet

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1 93 Marc MARQUEZ
2 5 Johann ZARCO
3 29 Andrea IANNONE
4 99 Jorge LORENZO
5 26 Dani PEDROSA
6 51 Michele PIRRO
7 46 Valentino ROSSI
8 41 Aleix ESPARGARO
9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO
10 42 Alex RINS
11 44 Pol ESPARGARO
12 43 Jack MILLER

Dani knows what to do in these situations.

Bad for Dovi, he's just behind the biggest crasher in motogp, plus of course Rossi won't help, he's only in it for himself. No we need Pedro to do a 2006 overtake that goes .... and wipes JLo out before he can do the same to MM

I see that MotoGP NR2 is missing from the videos yet Moto2 is there.
Has there been an upset?

Theo said:

I see that MotoGP NR2 is missing from the videos yet Moto2 is there.
Has there been an upset?

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It was pretty status quo down to Marc tossing it d9wn the road.

MdubSTYLIE said:

It was pretty status quo down to Marc tossing it d9wn the road.

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He's making a habit of that, 27 times isn't it this year.

Theo said:

He's making a habit of that, 27 times isn't it this year.

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I didn't catch how many, but I did hear them say he has crashed the 2nd most this season. No one can beat then the crash champ. The COAT! Red coat.