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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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 My DVR [YTTV] recognizes that the race was today, but shows it due to record on the 22nd, wtf. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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The tire pressure stuff is biting a lot of teams this season. Front ends are folding like laundry. I am certain that enforcement of the rules is catching a lot of teams that may have played fast and loose in the past. Overall, a decent race. Nothing spectacular other than the amount of pressure Rins put on Pecco, which eventually pushed him into his mistake. I’m pretty sure Bastianini would be leading the points had MM93 not punted him back in Portimao. Mav still hasn’t figured out how to launch his bike and it’s killing his career. The guy can ride the wheels off with a lighter fuel load at the end but races are typically won within the first 5 laps or so (barring a spectacular dismount at the front like today). The Moto 2 race was absolutely amazing. Pedro Acosta and Tony Arbolino are gonna put on a helluva a show for the rest of the season barring any injuries. They’ve got some talent and Pedro just makes it look easy. ___________________________ No thanks, I've already got a penguin. | |||
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Hulu didn't record it for me either and I set it manually. | |||
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Link FIM president Jorge Viegas believes Suzuki will return to MotoGP at some point following the Japanese manufacturer's exit from the series at the end of 2022.  | |||
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Key takeaway there. I wouldn't bet on them returning in the next decade. Suzuki as a brand hasn't been focused on bikes in a long while. They're slow to make changes and when they do, they're already outdated ___________________________ No thanks, I've already got a penguin. | |||
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^^^^ there are few things on earth that I would Unfortunately I don’t think it will happen. Suzuki corporate threw away one of the most competitive teams and best bikes in Grand Prix racing. You don’t just quit a team like that without repercussions. Realistically it would take them years to rebuild a competitive team. Also consider, who the hell wants to invest time, energy, blood sweat and tears for a team that might quit again out of the blue. Would you sign on with a team like that? The whole quitting thing is disgraceful and infuriating and it makes it pretty damn hard to get excited about the brand or its future. To be 100% honest I’m still quite angry about the whole thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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