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Aprilia has been hot and cold, never really know how to predict how they are going to do. Ogura had a good weekend at the first GP, but will he be able to keep it up on a bike that lacks consistency? Yamaha has slowly and consistently improved, and I think they will surpass Aprilia by the end of the season.
 
Hollywood said:
Aprilia has been hot and cold, never really know how to predict how they are going to do. Ogura had a good weekend at the first GP, but will he be able to keep it up on a bike that lacks consistency? Yamaha has slowly and consistently improved, and I think they will surpass Aprilia by the end of the season.
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I can get on board this prediction. I have one, KTM will be the worst bike on the grid by seasons end. Unless Honda chooses to sit on their hands again this season.
 
MdubSTYLIE said:
I can get on board this prediction. I have one, KTM will be the worst bike on the grid by seasons end. Unless Honda chooses to sit on their hands again this season.
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I am not going to bet against KTM because their company is in financial trouble. They still have some good riders, as well as good engineers and race techs, and most importantly they want to win. Nothing from Honda the last couple seasons makes me think that they want to get back to winning races.
 
Hollywood said:
I am not going to bet against KTM because their company is in financial trouble. They still have some good riders, as well as good engineers and race techs, and most importantly they want to win. Nothing from Honda the last couple seasons makes me think that they want to get back to winning races.
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No argument from me there. But KTM is not doing any updating correct? They do have the better riders and a great support team but the bike is as good as it is going to get right now. Honda, who knows. Maybe they will update things maybe not. But they seem to be at a better starting point than they have in years.
 
I'll bet against KTM precisely because they are in financial trouble.

Not being able to develop the bike in this day and age is cutting your own throat. Sure they may finally be able to do upgrades and the like, but their engine is frozen. So if they got that wrong, it won't much matter in my opinion.

Question is how good are their riders outside of Acosta and Binder? No offense to The Beast but he didn't exactly show much on the Ducati, and Mav is well what you're going to get with him.
 
MdubSTYLIE said:
No argument from me there. But KTM is not doing any updating correct? They do have the better riders and a great support team but the bike is as good as it is going to get right now. Honda, who knows. Maybe they will update things maybe not. But they seem to be at a better starting point than they have in years.
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I dont believe that they are not developing the bike. They have engineers on staff, they have drafting software, 3D printers, CNC machines, and raw materials. They have the ability to design and produce parts and components at a cost of nothing. If Pedro wants different rear sets, then one of the engineers can draft them up and punch them out on the CNC machine.
 
Sennas_Caress said:
I'll be bold and predict another Marquez double....
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I'm between that, and MM/Pecco. Can I choose after the first practice?:p Anyway, if Pecco doesn't claw back to at least 2nd in the next 2 races, his chances to win the championship will be seriously jeopardized IMO. Now we know Alex is on an inferior bike. Not by much, but inferior nonetheless.
 
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Marc and Pecco are so close that I'd rather not choose but if I was forced to I'll go Marc.

And after all this speculation where we are largely making the same prediction, someone out of the blue like Morbidelli takes it :)
 
Track conditions were suboptimal. Lots of people might have been keeping their powder dry, but Marc on top again. Zarco 2nd, Marini ahead of Mir?! Vinales is top KTM and Bastianini dead last among regular riders?!

Unexpected session.
 
What happened to Pecco? I thought he was good in bad conditions. The other GP25s in 14th and 16th:oops:. That can't be good for his confidence. But looking really good for the bros. I assume Pecco should improve dramatically in dry conditions... but what's the weather forecast for the weekend?
 
Thank you for posting those results. Dry conditions, I assume? At least Pecco seems to be improving, but I didn't expect him to be that low. We'll see where he ends up after qualy is over. Diggi is right behind Marc, and so is 'baby' Marquez. So Pecco is the slowest GP25, but not by a lot. I don't think he gets any pressure from the team to improve, right? He probably puts way more pressure on himself.
 
The start of 2025 season is showing the real value of Ducati GP24... And of Pecco Bagnaia.
He won his first MotoGP title with blatant help from Ducati fellow riders on a superlative GP22, the second with a revised GP23 not available to other competitors, he lost the last in a two bikes championship (2 out of the potentially championship winning bikes were out of contest because of never fast (Bastianini) and a severely preseason injuried (Morbidelli) contenders).

I Hope that Pecco finds the solution to his problems, but I'm afraid he'll fall too many times in the process of running After MM.

I also think that Ducati went all in on MM ti secure the best non-ride-height-device MotoGp rider for the next change of technical rules.

I'm glad too see Bez performing in the top 5, and I'm curious to see if Martin was himself pumper by GP24 performance or if he had that sparkle of talent. Aprila always liked low grip conditions.


Anyway... It's just the second weekend of the season... Let's how It gets!
 

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