We'er clearly out of practice, posting the thread after FP2 I see the usual MotoGP suspects at the sharp end apart from Ducati. Jake top Brit in Moto2 but well behind the 2 rookies who came up from Moto3, Acosta and Fernandez and McPhee up there in his final season in Moto3. Curious to see a young brit, Josh Whatley, running at the back for Visiontrack. Could that be a contributory reason for Visiontrack dumping PBM ? Andy
Only caught a a bit and Ducati seem to be pretty poor at a circuit they normally go at. Also looks like they may have lost that top end power: not great given all bikes apart Honda seem to handle at least 10% better.
There is an article on the MotoGP web site where Tardotzzi tries to explain, https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2022/03/04/tardozzi-shrugs-off-bagnaia-2021-engine-rumours/408098. Andy
Isn't that the moto3 team Laverty has started running. Taylor Mckenzie is doing the marketing stuff i think
yes, Scott Ogden also rides for them and was running well at one point yesterday but he’s down in 20th or so now
Crash fest in Moto2 FP3 this morning. Some interesting technical stuff from Laverty in the commentary about over revving affecting the blipper on the Triumph. God, I'm an anorack Andy
I could listen to him all day tbh (and did yesterday lol) He was talking about how they all pick their engines out of a draw in moto 3 at the start of the season which I didn’t know either.
I think Laverty is the best for tech stuff and explains it very well, good to see a UK team in Moto 3
Btw how idiotic (and yes I know most are young) are they to be weaving like that in straights?! I raced a couple of guys who used to do that a saw one punt someone off and also pushed me into the wall at pembrey. If I’d have been a slight build I wouldn’t have been able to bash back
I think it was along the lines of ? he was meant to go moto2 last year but was asked by the team to stay in moto3 for Dixon to take the moto2 ride but this year is Mcphee last moto3 season as now to old as reached the age limit for a moto3 rider.
nope it’s his last season in m3 as he’s 27 (I think) and they’re saying most of the m2 contracts will be finalised over the first four rounds so he needs to start the season well.
Ducati 1-2, 4 in top 10 Concern of their demise may be premature…. And Marc back on the pace again… Cla Rider Bike Time Gap 1 Jorge Martin Ducati 1'53.011 2 Enea Bastianini Ducati 1'53.158 0.147 3 Marc Marquez Honda 1'53.283 0.272 4 Jack Miller Ducati 1'53.298 0.287 5 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1'53.319 0.308 6 Pol Espargaro Honda 1'53.346 0.335 7 Brad Binder KTM 1'53.350 0.339 8 Joan Mir Suzuki 1'53.407 0.396 9 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 1'53.411 0.400 10 Alex Rins Suzuki 1'53.481 0.470 11 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 1'53.635 0.624 12 Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 1'53.982 0.971
Anyone else getting frustrated with laps being nullified by yellow flag. Sam must be well pissed off.
Im getting frustrated by MM, I remember a few years back they called Hector barbera "The caravan" as he would always follow riders to get a result and the commentators would slag him of but as MM has now taken this way of riding since last year they seem to just think its fine or make a small joke in his favour, yes MM is a super talent but obviously struggling to get a result and yes i know its with in the rules.
Good results for the Brits in M2 1 13 Celestino Vietti Ramus Kalex 7 1'59.082 162.644 281 2 14 Tony Arbolino Kalex 7 1'59.194 0.112 0.112 162.491 284 3 22 Sam Lowes Kalex 7 1'59.226 0.144 0.032 162.447 280 4 12 Filip Salač Kalex 7 1'59.287 0.205 0.061 162.364 288 5 79 Ai Ogura Kalex 7 1'59.302 0.220 0.015 162.344 282 6 37 Augusto Fernandez Kalex 7 1'59.339 0.257 0.037 162.293 284 7 96 Jake Dixon Kalex 7 1'59.357 0.275 0.018 162.269 279 8 54 Fermín Aldeguer Boscoscuro B-21 6 1'59.359 0.277 0.002 162.266 279 9 40 Arón Canet Kalex 7 1'59.480 0.398 0.121 162.102 282 10 51 Pedro Acosta Kalex 3 1'59.528 0.446 0.048 162.037 284 11 6 Cameron Beaubier Kalex 7 1'59.551 0.469 0.023 162.006 282 12 9 Jorge Navarro Kalex 7 1'59.626 0.544 0.075 161.904 282 13 23 Marcel Schrotter Kalex 5 1'59.670 0.588 0.044 161.845 283 14 16 Joe Roberts Kalex 7 1'59.671 0.589 0.001 161.843 279 15 75 Albert Arenas Kalex 7 1'59.779 0.697 0.108 161.697 281 16 7 Barry Baltus Kalex 7 1'59.833 0.751 0.054 161.624 285 17 64 Bo Bendsneyder Kalex 7 1'59.971 0.889 0.138 161.439 282 18 35 Somkiat Chantra Kalex 2 2'00.213 1.131 0.242 161.114 279
