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KTM bagging another good, young rider. Considering his age, he'll make a good replacement when Viñales leaves.
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KTM bagging another good, young rider. Considering his age, he'll make a good replacement when Viñales leaves.
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Marc Marquez: ‘You do what the bike wants, not what you want’
With the aero killing the slide for the time being, anyone here believe that a smaller aero will be able to bring the slide back to life again in '27?
With the aero killing the slide for the time being, anyone here believe that a smaller aero will be able to bring the slide back to life again in '27?
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I actually think it's a blessing in disguise in that the atmosphere at Aprilia is more suited to get the best out of a personality like Martin, imo.
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It could be super good... or a disaster - Bagnaia talks Marquez' 2025 arrival
Watch in the video how softly Gigi strokes his bike!
Watch in the video how softly Gigi strokes his bike!
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Barni is both the best in WSBK and the tier below, WSSP.
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Why DiGi and Raul aint sacked for 2025 is just .........
Honestly I don't want Ducati to have too many bikes in WSBK so they don't dominate the same way they do in MotoGP.
In the German/Austrian telecast of the last race they mentioned the Bonovo team was planning "something with Ducati" as well.
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It's clear that various team owners disagree with you.
Digi? He had quite a run of consecutive top 10 finishes and is currently 8th in the championship. The only GP23 ahead of him is Marc Marquez. I don't know that I've ever seen a more dramatic turn-around for a rider who was all but out of the MotoGP paddock. Now Raul not being sacked may be a little ........ but he did show some life albeit briefly. Let's see how he does on the current spec Aprilia the rest of the way.
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Looks like Miller will get yet another lifeline. While I have nothing against him personally, his performances have not warranted this and yet another seat for an upcoming rider has been taken.
Bombshell turnaround as Jack Miller close to signing for new MotoGP team
Looks like Honda are trying to grab KTM's former technical director.
https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/n...acchini-in-advance-talks-with-honda/10644345/
Bombshell turnaround as Jack Miller close to signing for new MotoGP team
Looks like Honda are trying to grab KTM's former technical director.
https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/n...acchini-in-advance-talks-with-honda/10644345/
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I like Miller, but agree his performances don't merit more time in MotoGP. He can be fast (more before his time with KTM), but consistently drops places before the checker, regardless of race length. Before the sprints I thought maybe it was a physical or mental fatigue issue, and while he does do better in the shorter races, increasingly I think the problem is poor tire management. A lot is made of his experience and development skills, but tire management and consumption are so important, not just to the rider but to the engineering of the bike, I don't understand how his contributions can be so valuable. As others have stated, I suspect some strings have been pulled - Though I would guess not just to keep an Australian in the series for Aussies to cheer for, but a native English speaker to appeal to fans in all the (primarily) English speaking countries.
I think Jack is a good bloke, and gave his fans including me something to follow for more than a few years, good one lap pace and performances in the wet among them and his 4 race wins are better than many, including Simon Crafar who won one, creditable although that win was.
If he offers Parmac more than others in terms of development skills which is why Yamaha have acquired Pramac fine, but an Australian passport shouldn't be the reason for him being out there, I wish him well but don't get much from watching him finish 15th in the latter stages of his career, and I doubt many Aussies do.
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You've just reminded me that I have the videopass from MotoGP.com. And, can look back into the past.
Miller did all the race weekend development for the ride height device, so maybe there’s something he can contribute to Yamaha in that role. And in two years if the bike is competitive again, they can draft in Garcia.
From what I’ve read, Quartararo insisted that Yamaha brings in people who have experience with other bikes. Well, if all turns out the way we think it will, they’ll have riders with Suzuki, Ducati, KTM, Aprilia and even Honda experience. Which isn’t too bad at all.
From what I’ve read, Quartararo insisted that Yamaha brings in people who have experience with other bikes. Well, if all turns out the way we think it will, they’ll have riders with Suzuki, Ducati, KTM, Aprilia and even Honda experience. Which isn’t too bad at all.
I believe both Senna and Prost had each other’s data.
No salivating in this corner but I am looking forward to the battle.
I don’t care about the number of titles.
May the best rider win. Even if it turns out to be somebody else on a different bike.
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Why would you want DiGi sacked?
I guess that is it. I doubt Pramac or anyone else expects Pramac Yamaha to be immediately competitive, and there is perhaps not much point in putting a promising rookie on the bike in the short term, in fact it might be terminally damaging to such a rookie’s career, allowance being made for rookies to become accustomed to the class or for their bikes being uncompetitive in general doesn’t seem to be a current trend.
What is interesting is Pramac being prepared to take a role with Yamaha which involves being uncompetitive for a significant period of time, although it took years if not decades to get to where they have been with Ducati in recent years.
