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ahaha gotcha
Frankly I'm surprised that nobody noticed that I posted three race topics with the 2018 date. I don't wear a watch and never write checks or have calendars in the house and I sorta lost track. Been expecting the usual ....... comments about old age etc etc.
Frankly I'm surprised that nobody noticed that I posted three race topics with the 2018 date. I don't wear a watch and never write checks or have calendars in the house and I sorta lost track. Been expecting the usual ....... comments about old age etc etc.
I did notice but didn't have a log in yet to bring it up :spin:
No doubt. The main problem for them at the moment is Marquez. Rossi would've won a few races this year already if Marquez weren't in the field...
Not sure if my opinion matters much but, 1 race. Rossi would have won 1 race if not for Marquez.
More so Marc tried to let him win at least once but he couldn't stop Rins from spoiling the party.
Thanks - it was Argentina. You're right.
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Frankly I'm surprised that nobody noticed that I posted three race topics with the 2018 date. I don't wear a watch and never write checks or have calendars in the house and I sorta lost track. Been expecting the usual ....... comments about old age etc etc.
Kesh you're getting old m8, me I'm just as bad I forget what day of the week it is now, letv alone year or month
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Wonder what's the deal with those tires. Not rain tires. ???
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those are rarely-seen slicks with a few "holes" that are good for the slight-rain conditions. They do not have the shape nor the hardness of the actual rain tires.
I guess they mounted them as it was raining between the end of the moto3 and the beginning of the motoGP FPs but due to the very high asphalt temperature (over 50 degrees celsius) the track was basically dry as the rain was evaporating almost immediately.
I am however pretty sure that JL rode the FPs with normal slicks.
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There are periods, em-dashes and commas all throughout the paragraph mate. Perhaps what with you living in a socialist paradise, posh folks can afford to learn to use such flash punctuation.
BTW - don't ever try reading Finnegan's Wake!
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Tyres look like Pirellis.
Unfortunately it doesn't seeem to make much difference.
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He's got a damn good management team behind him that got him the job in my eyes....
I saw it happening donkey's years ago when Roger (hairnet) Burnett stopped racing and went into rider management.
You only have to look at football players who are bloody useless but secure lucrative deals through their representatives.
Moto GP will change for the better me thinks in the future as talent will prevail rather than some Mr tin pot 10% bullshiiting manager, the rookie talent this year is proof of the pudding :band1:
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Lorenzo had enough of a track record to make Honda interested in my opinion. The curiosity of his signing had more to do with him signing with a team that was clearly already focused on the already hugely successful MM, rather than his potential for delivering.
I think we all expected a struggle at first, but not to the extent that we're currently witnessing.
I think we all expected a struggle at first, but not to the extent that we're currently witnessing.
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Considering it took a whole season and then some to see anything out of him on the Ducati, I didn't think his swap to the Honda was going to be hugely different timing wise before results begin to come.
The Honda may share the Ducati engine layout but they are essentially two completely different motorcycles, so for Jorge an entirely new motorcycle to learn. If anything Id say the Marcsentric Honda is going to be the harder of the two beasts too tame.
Take me out of that. I never thought it. And I let this clear since the contract signing.
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Correct me if I'm wrong (yes . . . it's happened before
) but isn't the Honda a V-4 and the Ducati L-4? My understanding is the L-shape is what's held the Ducati back since forever because it makes it so freakin' hard to figure out the right place for the weight to rest and also it's made it the wheelbase over long being the chief reason why it doesn't turn as well as the Yamaha and Suzuki.As to Lorenzo - aside from the obvious reasons, his crash bummed me out because, while I'm not crazy about him as a human,
I admire the .... out of him as a rider, and my eyes were out of my head this morning seeing him up front, in 4th position
and pushing toward the front - with his new seat and new tank. I want to believe in miracles, and besides how great would it
be to have him up at the front for the rest of the season?
I'm not wishing any DNFs on Marquez for the sake of keeping the championship interesting . . . but I'm not thinking
it wouldn't help. Having said that - I've probably ruled out a jinx.
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