Great ride by Dixon. Even the sprint race was a yawnfest. Very much like F1 now: admire the inch-perfect riding and skills, tactics and bike doing a lot, very little actual overtaking after a lap or two and, if there is, it’s not covered as it’s towards the back of the grid.
That was the year Troy Bayliss was given a wild card ride on the Ducati to celebrate his WSBK title and pissed off into the distance. He won by a country mile. Andy
Just read that all ten riders who left the MotoGP grid before the start have been awarded ride-through penalties to be applied in Qatar.
^^^^^^^^ Unfortunately not an April fool joke... https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1...rid-gamble-new-footage-reveals-miscalculation
Let’s face it hes always been a complete fucking idiot when it comes to the rules of the sport he participates in (and everyone else abides by).
Absolutely bloody hilarious With 10 riders all having to complete a penalty loop within, is it 3 or 6 laps ?, is going to cause mayhem at Qatar. 1 utter twat and 9 brainless sheep. I wonder what the fall out is going to be Andy
Great!! Should make it even more watchable. Who doesn’t like a bit of high speed chaos! Can’t wait Gotta love MM. If he’s not bashing fairings, he’s making the grid run about like headless chickens. Dunno what they pay him but it’s not enough
Never a dull moment when MM is involved. I’d actually warmed to him a bit of late , having rebounded from serious injury etc etc. However after that debacle on Sunday I think my first impressions of him were correct in that he is ultimately a bit of a knob. ( a very fast knob mind you ! ) Not only that ,but the stampede by the rest of the pack and the spineless actions at the time of the Stewards left me a bit deflated. Overall it ruined what could have been quite a race. On another note I’m disappointed with Acosta’s lack of progress. I know the bike is a pig but his DNF count is getting farcical now. He’s a huge talent but he’s really struggling at the moment. Alderguer and Ogura have also proved me wrong so far. Well impressed with their first few outings.
Sorry mate where does it say the ride through penalties are being applied in Qatar? I seem to be missing that part?
Good point - I had read the article too quickly. This one says a bit more: https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1066563/1/cota-motogp-grid-chaos-not-fair-we-need-clear-rule ...but it seems as if the grid chaos was why the race was delayed & re-started for safety reasons. Hopefully we'll all know what's what prior to Qatar.
