2025 Silly Season
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MotoGP, Sachsenring: occasione per Gardner sulla Yamaha al posto di Rins
MotoGP: Il pilota australiano del team GRT, attualmente impegnato in Superbike, potrebbe prendere il posto dello spagnolo, infortunatosi al polso domenica scorsa ad Assen
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GPOne reports that Remy Gardner might take the place of Rins at the Sachsenring.
I like the sound of this, if he does well, he might have an outside shot at one of the Pramac seats.
I have no problem with Stefan Brad per se, he actually beat Mm for a moto 2 title iirc, but being considered a stalwart as a Honda moto go test rider in recent years, is hardly high praise, given the quality of the bike for the last several years. It may well have nothing to do with him, but the bikes have been disastrously bad however stalwart he may be as a test rider.
To be fair to him, there’s no evidence that they paid any attention to his feedback at all, except maybe very recently.
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HRC copying KTM and Yamaha, by signing a test rider who has a decent ammount of mileage and known for giving good feedback. It does feel as if the momentum is, albeit slowly, swinging away from the Italian peninsula.
Next year could be the last Ducati Cup in a while.
Next year could be the last Ducati Cup in a while.
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Probably get paid more as a Honda test rider than he did with Aprilia
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GPOne reported that Uccio says he wants to keep DiGi. Perhaps a GP25 might be an incentive for DiGi to stay?
I think Yamaha would be better off to take Morbidelli as one of the Pramac riders as Morbidelli has Yamaha experience and would help the team to adapt to Yamaha quicker than a rider that has no Yamaha experience.
Morbidelli has said he is open to being in Pramac Yamaha next year, so its up to Yamaha
I think Yamaha would be better off to take Morbidelli as one of the Pramac riders as Morbidelli has Yamaha experience and would help the team to adapt to Yamaha quicker than a rider that has no Yamaha experience.
Morbidelli has said he is open to being in Pramac Yamaha next year, so its up to Yamaha
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Me too, I'm glad they're giving someone relatively fresh a chance rather than some long retired test rider.MotoGP, Sachsenring: occasione per Gardner sulla Yamaha al posto di Rins
MotoGP: Il pilota australiano del team GRT, attualmente impegnato in Superbike, potrebbe prendere il posto dello spagnolo, infortunatosi al polso domenica scorsa ad Assen
GPOne reports that Remy Gardner might take the place of Rins at the Sachsenring.
I like the sound of this, if he does well, he might have an outside shot at one of the Pramac seats.
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Oliveira wants a 'Factory' bike. In that case staying with Trackhouse or getting a Pramac Yamaha seem to be his choices.
Miguel Oliveira wants “factory bike” or similar as talks “with other brands” have begun
Miguel Oliveira wants “factory bike” or similar as talks “with other brands” have begun
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I imagine that Stefan Bradl was used a lot to ride the bike around to see what breaks first.
Espargaro at Honda should be a good move for Honda. If they listen to him. Not only does he have recent experience on the Aprillia including winning races and winning championships on it, but he was also with the team as it moved from nearer the back of the grid to challenging for a championship. And I suppose it's not a biggie if he comes in from a test session one lap early.
There are quite a few factory level bikes on the grid now. And, it seems that year old Ducatis are better than some factory bikes. I suppose that the real factory teams come with factory salaries as well.
Espargaro at Honda should be a good move for Honda. If they listen to him. Not only does he have recent experience on the Aprillia including winning races and winning championships on it, but he was also with the team as it moved from nearer the back of the grid to challenging for a championship. And I suppose it's not a biggie if he comes in from a test session one lap early.
There are quite a few factory level bikes on the grid now. And, it seems that year old Ducatis are better than some factory bikes. I suppose that the real factory teams come with factory salaries as well.
According to Davide Brivio (I think), the way the Japanese factories traditionally used test riders was to test the endurance and reliability of the parts. Only when they were deemed bullet proof were they handed to factory riders. This is why they traditionally only tested at Japanese tracks and the riders themselves were much slower than the race riders.
Ducati came along and changed the game with Pirro, who had comparable speed to their race riders, tested parts at tracks that they race at, and handed over parts in rapid succession to Pramac, and then the factory team. This is one of the key reasons behind their rapid progress.
Fast forward to now and everyone has adopted the same approach.
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Or they are giving a former Moto2 world champion, who is having a good season in WSBK a possibility to make Pramac/Yamaha's decision about next season a little more difficult.
They’ve done it before, giving Garett Gerloff and Mickey van der Mark rides; both of whom failed to impress.
Remy at least has prior MotoGP experience and knows the tyres.
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SBK, Toprak: "I know BMW isn't happy, but I want the MotoGP in 2025"
SBK: "We've had several meetings and, within a week, the situation will be clear. If I don't succeed in the MotoGP in 2025, I'll try again in 2026."
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SBK, Toprak: "I know BMW isn't happy, but I want the MotoGP in 2025"
SBK: "We've had several meetings and, within a week, the situation will be clear. If I don't succeed in the MotoGP in 2025, I'll try again in 2026."
That escalated quickly. The ink has barely dried on the contract, and he’s letting BMW know he will never stop trying to leave. Did BMW tell him they aren’t going to MotoGP?
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I can't remember a silly season being sillier.
Anyone care to jog my memory?
Anyone care to jog my memory?
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Makes sense, Remy has MotoGP experience so would have less adaption than another WSBK rider, though I'm not expecting to see him or any other substitute rider in the points
We are still missing the breaking of contracts this year but yeh
Lorenzo signing for Ducati before we turned a wheel in anger, Iannone T-Boning his teammate one time too many and getting the boot to make way for Lorenzo, Suzuki committing Seppuku by removing the well performing A. Espargaro to make for the human torpedo (And NERFing their development direction in the process), Aprilia doing the exact same thing replacing Bradl and Bautista ( half redeeming themselves by signing A. Espargaro but canceling it out by giving up on Sam Lowes after 10 minutes)… if I remember correctly, the 2016 silly season gives this one healthy competition.
