Joined Jun 2022
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Worcester
WHAT A RACE!
Bagnaia seals a MUST win to bag 25 points for his title charge!
Bezzechi comes home in second, what a circuit to claim your first ever MotoGP podium. Can we see Bez score another podium this year?
It was great to see Maverick Vinales back on the podium and good to see him happy again. After Germany I knew his confidence was going to grow massively.
My Rider of the Day: Aleix Espagaro!
What a ride from Aleix, he fell down to 15th after a collision with Fabio but made his way to 4th with a stunning two bike overtake on the final chicane!! My race of the season so far!
Bagnaia seals a MUST win to bag 25 points for his title charge!
Bezzechi comes home in second, what a circuit to claim your first ever MotoGP podium. Can we see Bez score another podium this year?
It was great to see Maverick Vinales back on the podium and good to see him happy again. After Germany I knew his confidence was going to grow massively.
My Rider of the Day: Aleix Espagaro!
What a ride from Aleix, he fell down to 15th after a collision with Fabio but made his way to 4th with a stunning two bike overtake on the final chicane!! My race of the season so far!
Joined Feb 2017
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Acadiana
FQ ... this was a baad day. From god to mere mortal. His confidence level was sky high coming to Assen and now it is in shambles. First oubraking himself, losing places. Then losing front end, crashing. Then high side, another crash. Gods don't do any of that.
Only a fresh victory can ease his mind and restore some of lost confidence. The worst part is he has to sit in this predicament for 5 weeks. I'm afraid it takes a heavy toll, mentally.
Only a fresh victory can ease his mind and restore some of lost confidence. The worst part is he has to sit in this predicament for 5 weeks. I'm afraid it takes a heavy toll, mentally.
Definitely a massive far cup, but if you look at the championship standings, it was a Fabio-esque far cup.
Fabio lost:
25 to Pecco (who cares)
20 to Bezzechi (who cares)
16 to Vinales (who cares)
13 to Aleix (manageable)
11 to B Binder (who cares)
10 to Jack (who cares)
……..
3 to Zarco (lol)
As far as monumental screw ups go, this wasn’t a bad one.
Yeah Assen is supposed to be a Yamaha track and they hang a goose egg on the scoreboard. Fabio might get away with this one, but Yam had a terrible weekend.
Joined Aug 2007
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Pomona NY
Quel Merde! And then they send him out again?
Aleix was on fire. Amazing to see him come good like this after so many years. Sure puts to rest the old cliche about riders getting soft/losing the fire in the belly after having kids. Much appreciate the way Aprilia has kept their nose to the grindstone all this time. For the longest time I just assumed KTM with all that Red Bull $ would the big up-and-comer.
Happy for Vinales but not betting any $ on him repeating these results any time soon.
Not worried about Fabs having a confidence crisis. I don’t think he’s that fragile. He’s got five weeks to get over it and will doubtless have a visit or two with Monsieur Le Psychiatre.
Aleix was on fire. Amazing to see him come good like this after so many years. Sure puts to rest the old cliche about riders getting soft/losing the fire in the belly after having kids. Much appreciate the way Aprilia has kept their nose to the grindstone all this time. For the longest time I just assumed KTM with all that Red Bull $ would the big up-and-comer.
Happy for Vinales but not betting any $ on him repeating these results any time soon.
Not worried about Fabs having a confidence crisis. I don’t think he’s that fragile. He’s got five weeks to get over it and will doubtless have a visit or two with Monsieur Le Psychiatre.
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Joined Jun 2022
11 Posts | 13+
Worcester
Quatararo Penalty
Can someone explain why Quatararo deserves a penalty?
Nakagami took out Bagnaia and Rins in Barcelona and received nothing
Nakagami took Rins out in Mugello received nothing
Bagnaia took out Martin in Qatar and received absolutely nothing
So how is that at all fair?
Another point to make is that Aleix didn’t get taken out of the race and he rode on to claim a brilliant 4th place…
Can someone explain why Quatararo deserves a penalty?
Nakagami took out Bagnaia and Rins in Barcelona and received nothing
Nakagami took Rins out in Mugello received nothing
Bagnaia took out Martin in Qatar and received absolutely nothing
So how is that at all fair?
Another point to make is that Aleix didn’t get taken out of the race and he rode on to claim a brilliant 4th place…
Joined Mar 2016
2K Posts | 2K+
FNQ
Smells a bit like match fixing, tightening the championship standings.
May not matter, jack has proven twice now that a long lap is hardly a penalty to these guys.
Joined Feb 2017
584 Posts | 370+
Acadiana
There is some reasoning behind this. Basically, they say if what rider did was reasonable and it just went wrong then there is no penalty. OTOH, if rider tried something crazy then it is punishable as irresponsible riding. How fair it is depends on stewards. They do have footage from all cameras (from all bikes and track cameras) and they have access to the telemetry. So assuming they are competent and know racing then it is quite possible to determine if rider was overly enthusiastic and took too many risks or not. In the end it is still subjective. And depends on how crooked stewards are. I still remember how they penalized Zarco for Morbidelli braking blunder. Zarco had no influential friends and this was his punishable offense ...
Weirder still that Mir and Oliveira collided on the grid. Then Mir and Marini collided at the start. No penalties. I guess no one went down, and no one had their race ruined, but it was an awkward and dangerous 2 minutes for Mir.
Joined May 2019
607 Posts | 459+
Where I am.
Joined Feb 2020
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Bendigo Vic
I was really impressed by how Aleix was able to stay upright with FQ losing the front and sliding into him.
He stood it up and braked hard, then into the gravel and through it.
Yep that ride back to 4th was seriously good. Fastest on the track and carved past a heap of riders [emoji41]
He stood it up and braked hard, then into the gravel and through it.
Yep that ride back to 4th was seriously good. Fastest on the track and carved past a heap of riders [emoji41]
Joined Feb 2020
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Bendigo Vic
Yeah he is a long way back points wise, but that one race made a big difference.
I still rate Pecco, he is very fast.
He has a better bike too.
Joined Aug 2007
11K Posts | 3K+
Pomona NY
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