2018 FIM Moto GP World Championship

[etusch]

Yeah, its too bad Johnny, that the regs have become so prescriptive,
& all machines must now run 4T fours of specified cylinder dimensions..

I recall seeing them 15 years ago, when there were 3s, 4s, 5s, (& 2Ts were still allowed!), it sounded great.

They are keeping competition alive by this way . You know, before the standart ecu Honda and Yamaha were unbeatable. Honda struggling at acceleration with standart ecu and still couldn't get good enough. Yamaha didn't suffer as much as Honda but last year and now they are struggling(I don't know why) . I think it would be easier for them if they could do everything themselves.
(ducati has a good power but when ducati using standart ecu and Honda and yamaha are not ducati can not go to pit after race with 5lt additional fuel)

[NathanOlder]

Any source of high-res pictures of Moto1, Moto2 and MotoGP grand prix?

Moto3 Moto2 and MotoGP

[johnny comelately]

Yeah, its too bad Johnny, that the regs have become so prescriptive,
& all machines must now run 4T fours of specified cylinder dimensions..

I recall seeing them 15 years ago, when there were 3s, 4s, 5s, (& 2Ts were still allowed!), it sounded great.

They are keeping competition alive by this way . You know, before the standart ecu Honda and Yamaha were unbeatable. Honda struggling at acceleration with standart ecu and still couldn't get good enough. Yamaha didn't suffer as much as Honda but last year and now they are struggling(I don't know why) . I think it would be easier for them if they could do everything themselves.
(ducati has a good power but when ducati using standart ecu and Honda and yamaha are not ducati can not go to pit after race with 5lt additional fuel)

As a way to stop the "class" distinction in F1, the Motogp Claiming Rule Teams had some great ideas that seemed wrong at the time but have worked.

In 2012 the MotoGP class saw the introduction of Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) to allow for participation by independent teams with lower budgets. CRTs were given twelve engines per rider, six more than the other teams and more fuel – 24 litres (5.3 imperial gallons) instead of 21 litres (4.6 imperial gallons) – but were subject to a factory team buying, or "claiming", their engines for €15,000, or €20,000 with the transmission.[19] The sport's governing body received applications from sixteen new teams looking to join the MotoGP class.[20]

[johnny comelately]

Argentina this weekend.................anyone............anybody know about it?..........anybody........
hang on Dorna run it and lo and behold they are owned by some investment funds.......ring a bell (get it?)

[digitalrurouni]

Argentina this weekend.................anyone............anybody know about it?..........anybody........
hang on Dorna run it and lo and behold they are owned by some investment funds.......ring a bell (get it?)

I do. I got a MotoGP subscription so yeah this weekend will be great what with MotoGP and F1 being on!!! Of course I gotta do my taxes too yuck but it will be a lot better now that Motogp and f1 are on!!

[johnny comelately]

Reigning World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea believes he is unlikely to receive a MotoGP offer that would “tick all the boxes” and make the switch viable at this point in his career. The Northern Irishman has claimed three dominant WSBK titles on the trot since 2015, after switching from Honda to Kawasaki. His emergence as Superbikes' marquee rider has meant he has been frequently linked to a move to grand prix motorcycle racing, having already contested two MotoGP races back in 2012 as Casey Stoner's stand-in at the Repsol Honda works outfit.

[johnny comelately]

Marc Marquez topped the second, mixed-weather MotoGP practice session at Termas de Rio Hondo, as championship leader Andrea Dovizioso ended up last.
from - https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/ ... ontent=www

[George-Jung]

Yeah, its too bad Johnny, that the regs have become so prescriptive,
& all machines must now run 4T fours of specified cylinder dimensions..

I recall seeing them 15 years ago, when there were 3s, 4s, 5s, (& 2Ts were still allowed!), it sounded great.

They are keeping competition alive by this way . You know, before the standart ecu Honda and Yamaha were unbeatable. Honda struggling at acceleration with standart ecu and still couldn't get good enough. Yamaha didn't suffer as much as Honda but last year and now they are struggling(I don't know why) . I think it would be easier for them if they could do everything themselves.
(ducati has a good power but when ducati using standart ecu and Honda and yamaha are not ducati can not go to pit after race with 5lt additional fuel)

As a way to stop the "class" distinction in F1, the Motogp Claiming Rule Teams had some great ideas that seemed wrong at the time but have worked.

In 2012 the MotoGP class saw the introduction of Claiming Rule Teams (CRT) to allow for participation by independent teams with lower budgets. CRTs were given twelve engines per rider, six more than the other teams and more fuel – 24 litres (5.3 imperial gallons) instead of 21 litres (4.6 imperial gallons) – but were subject to a factory team buying, or "claiming", their engines for €15,000, or €20,000 with the transmission.[19] The sport's governing body received applications from sixteen new teams looking to join the MotoGP class.[20]

Source: Wikipedia

[johnny comelately]

MotoGP Argentina qualifying practice - conditions wet. Miller on slicks

1 43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing DUCATI Q2 1’47.153 8 8 318.5
2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA Q2 1’47.330 6 7 0.177 0.177 309.9
3 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA Q2 1’47.365 6 7 0.212 0.035 314.7
4 53 Tito RABAT SPA Reale Avintia Racing DUCATI Q2 1’47.681 6 7 0.528 0.316 312.3
5 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI Q2 1’47.743 6 8 0.590 0.062 309.7
6 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA Q2 1’47.754 7 7 0.601 0.011 314.4
7 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini APRILIA Q2 1’47.845 7 8 0.692 0.091 316.7
8 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team DUCATI Q2 1’48.247 5 6 1.094 0.402 312.9
9 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA Q2 1’49.044 8 8 1.891 0.797 314.0
10 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL HONDA Q2 1’49.304 7 7 2.151 0.260 316.7
11 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA Q2 1’49.326 8 8 2.173 0.022 310.1
12 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI Q2 1’49.975 6 7 2.822 0.649 309.1
13 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team DUCATI Q1 1’49.878 8 8 (*) 0.750 311.5
14 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team DUCATI Q1 1’50.063 6 7 (*) 0.935 0.185 318.1
15 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini APRILIA Q1 1’50.175 6 7 (*) 1.047 0.112 312.5
16 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM Q1 1’50.324 7 7 (*) 1.196 0.149 308.9
17 10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing DUCATI Q1 1’50.364 7 7 (*) 1.236 0.040 313.4
18 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing DUCATI Q1 1’50.449 6 8 (*) 1.321 0.085 318.5
19 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team DUCATI Q1 1’50.606 8 8 (*) 1.478 0.157 313.9
20 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS HONDA Q1 1’50.833 7 7 (*) 1.705 0.227 307.7
21 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM Q1 1’51.007 8 8 (*) 1.879 0.174 310.3
22 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS HONDA Q1 1’51.012 8 8 (*) 1.884 0.005 305.7
23 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA Q1 1’51.142 8 8 (*) 2.014 0.130 307.0
24 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU HONDA Q1 1’51.387 8 8 (*) 2.259 0.245 312.4

[johnny comelately]

The works Yamahas get another flogging showing their lack of confidence in their electronics by this -

It was a relative disaster for the Movistar Yamaha squad as wet weather again proves to be the M1’s undoing. Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi finished in ninth and 11th places respectively. Both were notified of other riders’ change to slicks but opted to stay out on wets, and were two seconds off the pace, give or take.

[J.A.W.]

Splendid effort by Jack Miller to snare pole, shows he's got nerves of - Doohan calibre - steel!

[etusch]

Miller did what we generally see from marquez. I like that headline " Miller was a passenger on slicks"

[etusch]

It was a good and strange race. I am MM93 fan but this race, I don't know what to say. He couldn't do clean overtakes.

[adb]

Strange race, was there some info on this start? What was the reason for this grid?

Marquez' speed caught him out, combine speed, catching up from ride through and trickiness of turn 13, a recipe for disaster.
Zarco/Pedrosa wasn't that much different, only that Zarco managed to JUST put a wheel in front and Dani stood up

[NathanOlder]

Marquez now needs to learn the hard way. He needs a ban. He does what he wants time and time again. Stalled on the grid, bump started it (illegal) , turned around are drove the bike in opposite direction (illegal) , retook his original place then started on the grid (illegal). Drove through Aleix Esp (illegal) . Drove Rossi off the track (illegal) .

In the end he lost a 5th place (about 12 pts)

A joke.

And that's after the shambles at the start!