2024 Round 15: Pertamina Grand Prix of Indonesia - Pertamina Mandalika Circuit

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Well...that was a race.

Uh....

Yeah Jorge and Pecco are just intent on throwing away points every other weekend it seems.

I couldn't gamble on this stuff at all because they are so unreliable to watch.

If Pecco rides like this again next season, Marc is going to eat him up entirely.
 
JPSLotus said:
Gigi hasn't looked particularly happy this entire weekend.
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Not too many friendly calls with Herr Audi in his near future I’d imagine…


Interesting sprint. As I said, this weekend was Martin’s to lose and that’s exactly what he did. Bagnaia Lorenzo’d it because that’s what he had to do.
Ride of the day by M. Marquez. Didn’t have podium pace, but he finished there anyway.
A couple more laps and Bastianini would have won this. I’m looking at him as the favorite for tomorrow.
Bez is slowly starting to resemble his 2023 self. Shame about that aero stall. Shame also about Quartararo’s incident, he had top 5 pace.

Tomorrow will be eventful, I feel.
 
Just like I said a few days ago, Martín and Pecco are just gonna keep giving Enea and Marc enough chances to catch up. Bestia again ran out of laps in the Sprint to do his usual comeback show. And Marc in the podium after a terrible qualy, tradition.

Good stuff by Zarco, and that Honda looks really different from the one the others are riding. Have they found something?

Despite the howler, this result might help Martín tomorrow to not lose concentration. 25 points would be a decent haul.
 
Yeah you could see how Jörg was trying to get away from Frantisek before the crash.
Just completely unnecessary. He simply doesn't have the nerves to win this championship.

How about Marc from 12th to 3rd?
 
synn said:
Not too many friendly calls with Herr Audi in his near future I’d imagine…


Interesting sprint. As I said, this weekend was Martin’s to lose and that’s exactly what he did. Bagnaia Lorenzo’d it because that’s what he had to do.
Ride of the day by M. Marquez. Didn’t have podium pace, but he finished there anyway.
A couple more laps and Bastianini would have won this. I’m looking at him as the favorite for tomorrow.
Bez is slowly starting to resemble his 2023 self. Shame about that aero stall. Shame also about Quartararo’s incident, he had top 5 pace.

Tomorrow will be eventful, I feel.
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Another Ducati lockout and it feels like on some level there were no winners to be had in the sprint race. Just people collecting positions from the misfortune of others.

Marc did a hell of a race all things considered at what I consider a bogey track for him given the past here.

Agreed about Enea winning if he had another couple of laps to race. I think he will be quite strong in tomorrow's race. At least he can make things interesting if nothing else. Not convinced Martin has what it takes to win the GP. I see him burning through his tires early to try and get away much like he did last weekend.

Not convinced about Bez personally yet. But better late than never to show something. His Aprilia adventure is going to be fascinating to watch I will say.
 
Pecco Or Jorge.... ?
Well.. Mandalika Circuit in Indonesia, it will be an interesting event of Pertamina Grand Prix.
Time will answer who is the king of Road on Mandalika 2024...

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JPSLotus said:
Certainly won't be Marc since he still can't stop crashing around here.

Another terrible Q2 for him. He doesn't seem capable of fixing his qualifying problems any longer.
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I'm back after I got behind and have caught up. It is difficult to make predictions :) After qualifying and the start I thought that Martin would be untouchable. I'm really impressed if Martin only lost 7 seconds when falling off, which is what the commentators suggested. Acosta did well, but the KTM simply doesn't have the speed. (Except at the very end of the race).

Zarco did so well in qualifying, then lost most of that advantage at the start, going down to 11th.

When I started watching Q2, the first thing I thought was that there would be yellow flags and the riders needed to get a time on the board. For once I got it right. That lap by Martin was superb.

My prediction: Martin will definitely be back in the feature race tomorrow, and is still my prediction for the win.

Like @synn, I thought that Bagnaia was 'Lorenzo-ing' it. Winning at the slowest pace possible. Bagnaia seemed satisfied with tiny gaps over P2, but it worked. I feel that he was not only thinking of a points haul over Martin, but was aware of the risk that he bins it as well. At one point I wondered if we might see Bagnaia not fight too hard with a Marquez more prepared to take risks.

With a Ducati Lenovo 1-2, and with Marquez in P3, I think that Gigi will be very happy with the result, even if it wasn't obtained by the best possible route.
 
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synn said:
Bastianini looking menacing. 4 laps to go, now is the time to attack.
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I quite fancy Basta for a win tomorrow. He seems to be really comfortable with the bike at the moment, and he tends to do better over the longer race.

I would love it if Enea or Marc stole the championship from under the noses of Pecco and Jorge in the last few rounds!
 
Unfortunately my prediction that the championship will be decided by DNF's, in this case zero points after remounting, is proving correct. With Martin and Pecco taking tuns at DNF's its allowing Bastainini and M Marquez to reduce the championship gap.

Well done Zarco recovering from 11th to 8th. With Mir suffering some injuries, Zarco is currently the lead Honda and is running second in the Japanese cup
 

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