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Oliveira is out in Argentina due to injuries sustained in the Portimao round, being taken out by Marc Marquez. He damaged a tendon in his leg and something else. Won’t require surgery but needs time to heal. Marquez, originally, was not penalized, but the race stewards decided to give him a double long lap penalty in Argentina but he isn’t racing because he broke his thumb and just had surgery. So the stewards changed this penalty to a double long lap penalty the next time he races, whatever round that is. HRC have appealed this. Not the penalty but the change of the penalty from Argentina to the next round he races. Just Marc and HRC trying to scam and have the penalty served at the next round as he wouldn’t be racing anyways. Handbags 2023. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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Penalty well-deserved, hope FIM holds to it. That was a rough ride. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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I’d rather see Marc sitting in his garage with a 1 race suspension. Might give him a bit of pause next time he wants to dive bomb his fellow racers. He is the only reason he’s getting a DLL penalty. ___________________________ No thanks, I've already got a penguin. | |||
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Maverick was penalized more severely for revving his engine in anger. Of course it was Yamaha not FIM who handed out that punishment but it’s interesting to think about. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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Maverick fastest in the first session in Argentina. He stayed at the top of the time sheets for almost the entire session. Fabio is properly fucked and it’s looking like another shit year for Yamaha. Franco did well early on staying towards the top. This round definitely looks like it will be between Aprilia and Ducati. Aleix won last year so the Aprilia works well at this track. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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Rins is getting Marquez’s bike chassis for Argentina. He might be a rider to keep an eye on for a surprise performance this weekend. He has been fast at this track in the past. Rins to get MM’s factory Repsol chassis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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Factory team uses a different chassis per rider? Rider preference, or team giving new stuff to #1 first? The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Factory teams get all the new/ latest and greatest hardware. Satellite teams generally but not always run the bike the factory teams had the previous year. This helps offset the enormous cost of MotoGP and the failure of Suzuki to secure a satellite team was a big factor in their exit. Yamaha may be next to quit I fear. Sometimes factory teams stumble with development so the previous year bikes can be surprisingly competitive when the factory bikes take a step backwards. One recent example of this is the difficulty Bags & Ducati had with their new factory package and how they ended up reverting partially back to the previous years bike. Though this year Bags & Ducati seem to be on point with development. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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I had Rins & Mir backward, my mistake. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Binder from 15th in the Sprint. He made up 12 places on the first lap. Incredible riding. Really stoked for him and KTM. Brad is a class act and deserves it. Rode like a mother fucker the last lap to hold off Bez. Marco was faster. Another lap and he would have got him. My VR|46 guys had 4 of the top 6 positions in the race. Bez, Marini, Morbidelli, and Bagnaia. Valentino Rossi’s effort with the academy is truly stunning. Bring on the full length race tomorrow. And very happy to see Franco at the front the whole race. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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Don’t forget that the Honda beast has chewed up and spit out another great rider. Mir is probably not riding today because of it. Gonna be tough for either Japanese bike to compete with the Euro bikes. ___________________________ No thanks, I've already got a penguin. | |||
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Bez does it! VR|46 lives, first win for Valentino as team owner. Master class race by Bez. Massive win, huge gap to 2nd. Annihilation! Great ride by Zarco as well. No where to 2nd. And Franco is showing like he’s coming back to the front again. No idea what happened to Aprilia. This was their circuit and I guess the rain fucked them up sideways. Bez leads the championship as well. Ducati lock out the podium. HRC and Yamaha, who used to dominate this sport, are proper fucked. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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Setting up everything to race when you don’t have any healthy riders has to suck.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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 That wasn't a gap to 2nd, that was a spanking. Good to see FM back at the front, seemed like he'd been languishing at the back for quite a while now. Miller put in a good defense in the closing laps. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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It’s a race week!! When in Texas…   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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https://www.motogp.com/en/news...e-americas-gp/452200
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Seems so random when a team will field a replacement rider vs not. Thanking on the F1 side, it's a rarity to not have both cars on track, as team points scored = major $$ implications at the end of the season. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Marquez is out too. Complications from the surgery/thumb/ligament. Rinse/repeat. Watching FP1 at COTA live. Fabio is fast. Track has grip, but the ruts in the track (piss poor foundation) and some bumps. Rear wheel is coming off the ground coming out of turn 1. Almost MX style like last year. If rain hits this weekend, could be a catastrophe. This time of year in my home state, it can flood down. IIRC, 2013 was the first year and I don’t know how, but they’ve escaped the hard rains we get in the Spring for 10 years. Anyways, Fabio looks fast, so does Alex Marquez and Pecco. Rins doing really well, as he always does here as well. Jack Miller rounding out the top 5 of consistency in the first session. People put in softs at the end which fucked up the real story so the finishing order is different but those are the 5. Pecco did not even bother with the softs and still finished 7th during the last 10-15 minutes of the session which was a quasi qualifying session for QP2. Will be interesting what the riders have to say tonight about the track at the safety commission. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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How's it looking through the esses? IIRC that was a really bumpy issue & resulted in a penalty or 2 last year for the bike standing up & forcing them to shortcut T3 or 4. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Pecco throws it away again. Miller was starting to come to the front, and he crashed out too. Congrats to Rins. Superb ride and Honda’s first win in 2 years. Happy to see Luca get on the podium. B2B VR|46 team success. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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