KTM boss attacks Zarco's MotoGP Form

Hollywood · Nov 4, 2019

Segfault said:
If I was Ducati boss I'd aim for following lineup: Dovizioso, Lorenzo, Zarco, Bagnaia. All one year contracts. But I'm not Ducati boss, so heck with it.

I am not so sure they are planning on keeping Dovi, there has been talk that they are looking at Maverick and Miller for 2021. I also think they might make an offer for Marc Marquez, though it probably won't happen. Alex Marquez has been linked to a Pramac ride... I believe Bagnaia will get a factory bike next year (as the Pramac team are expected to have 2) and will be very interesting to see what he does on it.

Zarco will probably have offers from almost every manufacture (except KTM). the only thing that might hurt him is if he winds up on a Moto2 team that is not as competitive and struggles in that class.

as for Lorenzo, if he suddenly found himself with out a ride I do think Ducati would have some sort of offer with the help of a customer team.

RCV600RR · Nov 5, 2019

Zarco seems to have found a good psychologist, because suddenly he's right back in the top 10.

Or maybe it's because he's riding a bike that actually works?

SpeedLeague · Nov 5, 2019

I'd sure love to see Zarco land SOMEWHERE in MotoGP next year. It would be such a waste to see a rider with so much potential lose a year in his prime.

evo9 · Nov 5, 2019

Could Honda put a 5th bike on the grid for 2020?

Keshav · Nov 5, 2019

evo9 said:
Could Honda put a 5th bike on the grid for 2020?

While true they did it before with Dovi on the 5th bike, I expect it'd be more economical to buy Lorenzo out of his contract. There must be some provision or clause regarding minimum levels of performance that they could employ.

Hollywood · Nov 6, 2019

evo9 said:
Could Honda put a 5th bike on the grid for 2020?

they are already several months into their 2020 budget, and the first test is 10 days away. I think its to late for the factory todo anything. It might be possible for an independent customer team to form and use a year old bike.

Keshav · Nov 6, 2019

Hollywood said:
they are already several months into their 2020 budget, and the first test is 10 days away. I think its to late for the factory todo anything. It might be possible for an independent customer team to form and use a year old bike.

Absolutely not "calling you" on this. Just genuinely curious what your source is for this info.
Peace,
K

Hollywood · Nov 6, 2019

Keshav said:
Absolutely not "calling you" on this. Just genuinely curious what your source is for this info.
Peace,
K

I heard it mentioned a few times last season when teams were sorting themselves out for this year, that most teams begin their fiscal year around late summer. makes sense since the season used to end around then.

misfit · Nov 6, 2019

RCV600RR said:
Zarco seems to have found a good psychologist, because suddenly he's right back in the top 10.

Or maybe it's because he's riding a bike that actually works?

Psychologically, he could only go up. The 2018 Honda spec is likely more to his liking than the KTM.

Ingjr · Nov 8, 2019

RCV600RR said:
Zarco seems to have found a good psychologist, because suddenly he's right back in the top 10.

Or maybe it's because he's riding a bike that actually works?

Didn't work so well the last couple weekends. The KTMs were on top of him and his glorious Honda.

michaelm · Nov 8, 2019

Ingjr said:
Didn't work so well the last couple weekends. The KTMs were on top of him and his glorious Honda.

Yes, being far enough ahead of the KTMs to be taken out by another bike and rider who was ahead of them definitely proves what a hacker he is.

Ingjr · Nov 9, 2019

You've got to finish before you can call it a success. He's went well in one practice session so far other than that, mediocre at best.

Keshav · Nov 9, 2019

Ingjr said:
You've got to finish before you can call it a success. He's went well in one practice session so far other than that, mediocre at best.

Don't be absurd. He was taken out by another rider.

michaelm · Nov 9, 2019

Ingjr said:
You've got to finish before you can call it a success. He's went well in one practice session so far other than that, mediocre at best.

So you think trundling round in 15th, rather than demonstrating top 10 pace for most of a race on a notoriously difficult bike then being taken out by another rider who was also comfortably faster than the KTMs through no fault of his own, would have served his interests better/impressed prospective future employers such as Honda more ?.

misfit · Nov 10, 2019

michaelm said:
So you think trundling round in 15th, rather than demonstrating top 10 pace for most of a race on a notoriously difficult bike then being taken out by another rider who was also comfortably faster than the KTMs through no fault of his own, would have served his interests better/impressed prospective future employers such as Honda more ?.

Isn't Zarko riding the 2018 spec Honda, i.e., a much more rider friendly bike than this years?

michaelm · Nov 10, 2019

misfit said:
Isn't Zarko riding the 2018 spec Honda, i.e., a much more rider friendly bike than this years?

Still poor results for anyone not named Marc Marquez and not particularly friendly; to make it more so was part of the declared rationale for hiring Jorge.

evo9 · Nov 10, 2019

On the Sepang edition of after the flag. Crafar seems to hint Zarco may be getting more at Honda than just the 3 rides. Cue to 17:30 of the video

Segfault · Nov 10, 2019

Thanks for the link! BTW, this crash was a little mystery for me, now it is explained. Penalty for Mir was odd.

misfit · Nov 11, 2019

Segfault said:
Thanks for the link! BTW, this crash was a little mystery for me, now it is explained. Penalty for Mir was odd.

The contact with Rins and Miller was more questionable in my mind. The Mir/Zarco incident was unfortunate since they were both headed for the same piece of track where the gap was opening up.

It would be epic to see Zarco get a second chance.

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