I am no fan of HRC but I cannot help but admire HRC President Yasuharu Watanabe for being so blunt about rumors that Honda may quit Grand Prix motorcycle racing. During a recent interview he said “ Honda never quits MotoGP! ”

Bravo lad. Shame Suzuki brass doesn’t have the same unshakable confidence and doesn’t value motorcycle racing at the top level.

You can hate on HRC (it’s easy given the slump) but you have to admire their commitment to motorcycle racing. When they are down they don’t punk out an quit like Suzuki.

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Anyone know how to easily translate a whole Japanese webpage into English?
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It’s fun to daydream…..

Boring race, MOST EXCELLENT race result.

I was smiling watching that podium celebration.

Boring indeed! You could even see the spectators at the track just wandering around not watching the race. That’s telling to me

Aleix hunted him down and once past, that was it. Good race to me. Mav finally getting on the podium was good to see.

Will be interesting to see if the Aprlias have the pace for the entire race tomorrow as you know the Ducati does.

Mav on the podium was a direct result of him getting off the line like he was supposed to. Damn near impossible to get on any step if you start on the front row, bugger the start and have to fight the rest of the race only to recover maybe 5-8 places. That’s where he’s been forever. If he ever starts consistently, he’ll be a weapon, until then though, he’s a solid mid pack guy.

What a race!!!!!

It got off to a horrific start but it’s sounding like Pecco is going to be ok. His teammate surprisingly was not so lucky. Just a rotten year for the beast.

History was made today.

Anyone know why they switched bikes there during the celebration?

A few good dog fights after they settled in. Hate seeing stuff like that happen but I am glad Pecco wasn’t rotated 180 degrees on the track.

Dorna/FIM are gonna have to do something about this aero nonsense. The dirty air causes the bikes to act like they’re on ice. That turn 1 incident was a perfect example of it. Same thing happened with Jorge Martin yesterday, he just didn’t take out anyone in that incident.

They should ban the stupid looking aero.

Well Mav led the race for most of it. So, so much for that. Aprilia 1-2. They deserve all the credit too as catching and surpassing the Japanese being as small as Noale is, incredible. I think the bike swap was we did this together and it didn’t matter who won and who got 2nd. Milestone for Aprilia.

Pecco’s incident brought on massive PTSD. July 2011, I meet and hang out with Marco Simoncelli for quite a while at Laguna. Great conversations and one of the nicest and sincerest people I have ever met. Couldn’t believe we got to speak for so long on GP, other riders, rules, Valentino. Then 3 months later I would see his lifeless body on track in Sepang. A low slide, but the HRC Traction Control decides to kick in at the worst moment and re-grip, and turn the bike into a bowling ball right into the racing line of Colin and Vale. Moments later tears were flowing. I got that panic today watching Pecco back spinning around multiple bikes only to see Brad run right over him. I never want to see that shit again. Horrific to watch. Last time similar happened Marco died. Glad Pecco is OK, but fuksakes. Aero is a problem but that turn is so dangerous to me the track needs to be changed. Catalunya is one of the top tracks on the calendar but something needs to be done. Multiple years in a row of this.

Very excited to see Bags next round hit that first practice. Scary scary shit.

Once again, let down by YTTV, race didn't record...

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Takahashi to replace Rins for Misano

Bradl, Pedrosa, Pirro wildcards for Misano

I’m super stoked to see Dani on the grid again!!

Pecco has been ruled fit for this weekend’s race!

These guys are modern day gladiators. The amount of blunt force trauma they endure and keep fighting is nothing short of astounding.

Something that isn’t often discussed is the mental strength that is required to race at this level. Racing has its astronomical highs and rock bottom lows. The confidence, strength and ability to forget about bad things that happened even as short as an hour before makes these guys a VERY rare breed.


I was worried following the exit of Suzuki that my interest and excitement in this beautiful sport would wane. Those fears were completely unfounded. The double podium by Aprilia and the celebration by Aleix and Maverick has been the highlight of my season. Honda isn’t going to bring the fight to Ducati. Yamaha is struggling as well. KTM has made tremendous progress and will be a powerhouse in the future. Watching Aprilia and KTM fight with all those damn Ducatis on the grid has been a lot more fun than I was expecting.

Watching Pecco get hit on track, I was amazed he wasn't more banged up

It was a bummer to see Suzuki go, but I've become an Aleix/Aprilia & Miller/Binder/KTM fan since.

Mugello and PI are the best tracks (Assen was until they ruined it building the hotel and the back portion and fucking the layout up) to me and my favorites on the calendar. But Misano is a great track and looking forward to racing on home soil as it pertains to my riders. I hope Valentino shows up again for this one. I’d love an Italian to win and have a flag on the cool down displaying my avatar. RIP Sic.

Dani Pedrosa, Brad Binder and Pecco…WOW! What a show you guys put on today! That was intense !!!!! That rear tire slide by Binder was just insane!

Great race today!!

Highlight of the weekend was definitely watching Dani. He's still got what it takes and made everyone behind him look like fools!

Good race, Pedrosa definitely rider of the day along with Martin.
DP so close to the podium. Otherwise, a weekend to forget for KTM.

So many track limits warnings too, never seen so many since I started watching in 2020.

I have never screamed at my TV so much during a race. Dammit Dani I wanted SOOOOO badly to see you get that podium.

He definitely seemed to have the pace until the last couple laps, and Pecco had a few hiccups that got Dani close.

They mentioned more than once the CF chassis on his KTM, tester that Miller & Binder weren't running?