2024 MotoGP Round 7: Gran Premio d'Italia Brembo - Mugello

mylexicon said:

Paging Red Bull KTM. Has anyone seen KTM?

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mylexicon said:

These practice times are intriguing. Unfortunately, I’m not in a situation where I can watch practice, but Rins in 2nd and Oliveira as the top Aprilia are interesting results!

It’s no secret that I would like for the championship to tighten up, but hopefully Martin will stay in a good headspace. Though I rate Pecco highly and believe his championships were earned, it’s possible to make the argument that his opponents have blundered their way to making him a 2-time champion, particularly if you’re analyzing 2022. Martin needs to be a legitimate contender, along with Marc for the entire season. No more public bluster and outlandish mistakes when the heat is turned up.

Paging Red Bull KTM. Has anyone seen KTM?

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JPSLotus said:

He had a unique ability to make it look as if he were going slower than he really was and yet when you looked at the lap times, he was ungodly fast.

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MichaelBolton said:

Pecco gets hit with a 3 position grid penalty for his incident with Lil' Márquez, so he'll start in 4th at the very best in the full race (don't know if it also applies to the sprint). Not a fan of Pecco's response admitting no fault and calling Alex a "showman", cocky Pecco is worst Pecco, I prefer his "we work in silence" side. All this after he gestured like a madman the previous year because Marc was towing him, which isn't as serious as this recent incident. The way he had a go at Alex makes me think if Pecco is also playing a part in keeping Marc away from a factory seat.

They tested here recently, they have a jump-start in terms of setup. I'll wait a couple of extra GPs before popping up the champagne.

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MichaelBolton said:

Pecco gets hit with a 3 position grid penalty for his incident with Lil' Márquez, so he'll start in 4th at the very best in the full race (don't know if it also applies to the sprint).

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MichaelBolton said:

Pecco gets hit with a 3 position grid penalty for his incident with Lil' Márquez, so he'll start in 4th at the very best in the full race (don't know if it also applies to the sprint). Not a fan of Pecco's response admitting no fault and calling Alex a "showman", cocky Pecco is worst Pecco, I prefer his "we work in silence" side. All this after he gestured like a madman the previous year because Marc was towing him, which isn't as serious as this recent incident. The way he had a go at Alex makes me think if Pecco is also playing a part in keeping Marc away from a factory seat.

They tested here recently, they have a jump-start in terms of setup. I'll wait a couple of extra GPs before popping up the champagne.

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mylexicon said:

These practice times are intriguing. Unfortunately, I’m not in a situation where I can watch practice, but Rins in 2nd and Oliveira as the top Aprilia are interesting results!

It’s no secret that I would like for the championship to tighten up, but hopefully Martin will stay in a good headspace. Though I rate Pecco highly and believe his championships were earned, it’s possible to make the argument that his opponents have blundered their way to making him a 2-time champion, particularly if you’re analyzing 2022. Martin needs to be a legitimate contender, along with Marc for the entire season. No more public bluster and outlandish mistakes when the heat is turned up.

Paging Red Bull KTM. Has anyone seen KTM?

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MichaelBolton said:

Pecco gets hit with a 3 position grid penalty for his incident with Lil' Márquez, so he'll start in 4th at the very best in the full race (don't know if it also applies to the sprint). Not a fan of Pecco's response admitting no fault and calling Alex a "showman", cocky Pecco is worst Pecco, I prefer his "we work in silence" side. All this after he gestured like a madman the previous year because Marc was towing him, which isn't as serious as this recent incident. The way he had a go at Alex makes me think if Pecco is also playing a part in keeping Marc away from a factory seat.

They tested here recently, they have a jump-start in terms of setup. I'll wait a couple of extra GPs before popping up the champagne.

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mikesbytes said:

Haven’t seen 4 manufacturers in the first 4 places for quite some time, probably won’t happen in qualifying but if it does I’ll be pleasantly surprised

Shall we start an MM conspiracy discussion as it was his brother who was involved in Bagnaia’s penalty?

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michaelm said:

You don't have to raise such a conspiracy theory, it is already being run on motorsports.com. Hard for Alex to arrange in advance for Bagnaia to be dawdling on the racing line though I would have thought.

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michaelm said:

I agree and said something similar in my previous post made when I had not read this post of yours. This was my reaction as well, whether because of the Valentino connection or otherwise he doesn’t like MM, and extends that to his brother. I suspect MM is still somewhat intrinsically faster than him, so there is that as well. Somewhat telling that he apparently would prefer Martin over MM.

Whatever is going on with negotiations behind the scenes MM sounds fairly bullish about this race weekend at one of his non-favoured tracks, says he has top 3 pace which I am inclined to believe as whatever anyone thinks of him he has never been much of a one for idle boasts. He remains respectful of Bagnaia as he has been all season, even after Portimao, and says Bagnaia looks to have an advantage over the field.

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