MotoGP 2018

zeb said:
Yeah, you're right, short term memory
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To be fair 'tho, there's nothing about Doohan corner I like... Downhill breaking zone, off camber turn... I flinch involuntarily whenever MotoGP or Superbikes head through there.
 
Holy crap! I've never seen that Michele Pirro footage before! Yeah, Zarco's was tame by comparison. He skated along the grass on his back, not tumbled end over end which is far more dangerous. Not to diminish the severity and the possible horrible repercussions of course, but he got off lightly. Pirro was flung around like a rag doll. Crisis!
 
With Oliveira, Bagnaia and Mir all heading off to MotoGP next season, Binder has to be among the favourites for 2019. He's definitely more consistent than Baldassarri and Alex Marquez.
 
With Thomas Lüthi going down a division and Bezzecchi, Martin (Binder's new teammate), Di Giannantonio and a few others moving up it's going to be an extremely competitive season. Like it always is...not a F1 insomnia cure.
 
Awesome. Forgot it was this weekend. Not used to 3 on the trot :)

Then it allends in Valencia :(
 
thestaggy said:
No second Duke?
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Sorry, that was a screenshot of the Top20. It might have been lower down (or yeah, they're not running a second bike).

EDIT: Lorenzo was last in both sessions (3.5 and 5 seconds back in FP1 and FP2)
 
Agent_Smith said:
Sorry, that was a screenshot of the Top20. It might have been lower down (or yeah, they're not running a second bike).

EDIT: Lorenzo was last in both sessions (3.5 and 5 seconds back in FP1 and FP2)
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Surprised they didn't just let Bautista carry on riding the bike if Lorenzo is that slow. I wonder what happened to Michele Pirro? He usually got the third bike if they entered a wildcard.
 
Absolutely chucking it down at Sepang. Q1 has been red flagged. Hopefully it clears up soon.
 
Schedule for tomorrow has been changed to try and pre-empt the rain. MotoGP will be at 13:00 local time (7am CAT), Moto2 at 11:20 (5:20 CAT) local time and Moto3 at 10:00am (4am CAT) local time
 
So when I wake up for my morning P I can just go downstairs and watch some racing
 
Ah, didn't know about this!

Zarco on pole after Marquez penalty

Yamaha's Johann Zarco was Saturday bumped up to pole position for the Malaysian MotoGP, taking Marc Marquez's spot after the world champion was penalised for an incident involving Italian rider Andrea Iannone. Honda's Marquez clocked up the fastest lap and looked to have secured the 80th pole position of his career in a rain-hit qualifying session at Sepang, in which he had a minor crash. But after the race, he was hit with a hefty six-place grid penalty, meaning he will start in seventh. The Spaniard was sanctioned over an incident involving Suzuki rider Iannone, in which he was judged to have been riding irresponsibly and to have got in the Italian's way on a sharp corner.

The changes mean that Frenchman Zarco will now start in pole position in Sunday's Grand Prix while Italian legend Valentino Rossi will begin in second place. After a delay of over an hour due to a tropical downpour, Saturday's qualifying session got underway with Marquez clocking up the fastest lap time of 2min 12.161 sec fairly early on. Marquez managed to maintain his lead despite a crash after about 10 minutes, which saw him tumble out of the saddle as his bike slipped on a sharp turn. He got up unhurt, quickly changed to a new bike, and continued racing. "Today I take profit of one of my strongest points, that is I adapt really quick to the conditions," said Marquez. Zarco said he was hoping for another podium finish at Sunday's MotoGP, after he came third at Sepang last year.

"It would be nice to be on the podium tomorrow," he said.But there was disappointment for Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso, who crashed late on in the race, and ended up clocking only the fifth fastest time. The result dented his hopes of winning for a third time in a row in Malaysia and finishing the season as runner-up overall. He is currently second-placed in the overall standings with nine-time world champion Rossi -- who last won in Malaysia in 2010 -- just 15 points behind in third. Organisers decided to shift Sunday's Grand Prix forward by two hours to 1:00 pm (0500 GMT) in a bid to avoid the heavy rains that typically fall later in the afternoon in Malaysia. "For me it is a clever choice (to hold) the race at 1:00 pm. We will have more chance for a dry race," said Rossi. "If we wait until 3:00 pm, maybe we don't race." The sudden heavy downpours and humidity have long been a challenge for riders in the Malaysian Grand Prix. The last two editions of the race were both hit by torrential rains.
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powermzii said:
Interesting, I do recall seeing the incident and wondering if Iannone let him through
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Yeah, also saw it and remember the commentators saying something along the lines of it had happened to Marquez earlier in the season (can't remember who was on the receiving end that time). He'll probably still come through and win though :rolleyes:
 
Pretty hum-drum Moto2 race, but congrats to Bagnaia on a well run championship. Had a good chuckle at the end with that celebration fail. All the pomp and show and nothing came of it.
 
Agent_Smith said:
Pretty hum-drum Moto2 race, but congrats to Bagnaia on a well run championship. Had a good chuckle at the end with that celebration fail. All the pomp and show and nothing came of it.
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Kark funny.

Rossi awesome start... oooh who went down...
 
Zarco putting up a good fight. Marquez is gonna eat Rossi alive when the tire management comes into play... I hope Rossi can keep it up though... Marquez up 1/10 of a second...
 
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