MotoGP 2020

zeb said:
Pol's attitude after the red flag was borderline disgusting. He's a bit self entitled by the looks of it and as mentioned he didn't keep his cool after the restart. Wonder if Honda is having second thoughts.
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Yeah, I agree. I understand at first being frustrated, he never saw why it had been red flagged. However, once he saw the footage surely you must think ''Okay, four riders are lucky to be alive, I understand now''. Yet he carried on pouting and then bombed Miguel out of the race.

I think he is also rattled and frustrated by Brad. Pol has essentially built that team to where it is, he has been the standout KTM rider since their arrival. Now the new kid comes in and steals his thunder.
 
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I thought I saw Maverick lift a hand to protect himself. Turns out he took both hands off his handlebars to cover himself. That was a terrifying incident.

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thestaggy said:
I think he is also rattled and frustrated by Brad. Pol has essentially built that team to where it is, he has been the standout KTM rider since their arrival. Now the new kid comes in and steals his thunder.
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100%. His star is fading and the downward slope started after Brad's win last weekend.
 
All the angles.

The third shot is from Vale bike, the sixth is looking back from Mav's.

 
I'm still interested in the Espargaro - Oliveira incident. That one onboard shot we got from Espargaro's bike didn't really show much. Commentators saying it was his fault though...
 
Agent_Smith said:
I'm still interested in the Espargaro - Oliveira incident. That one onboard shot we got from Espargaro's bike didn't really show much. Commentators saying it was his fault though...
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Pretty much a repeat of Brno. Pol ran wide, the other guy slips up the inside, both riders converged on the same part of the track.

My personal opinion; the rider running wide is the one that should check. In Miguel's case, he is blinded to what is happening on the outside as he is leaning in to the corner and would have no way of seeing Pol. Same for Zarco in Brno. Pol should've had both Zarco and Miguel in his peripheral vision.
 
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I managed to avoid the internet all afternoon and watch recordings of the races last night. All I can say is that Rossi is lucky to be among us this morning and Binder rode well forcing a lot of his opposition to bite the dust in front of him with his Jedi mind tricks lol. Moto2 crash was also very very scary.

I love Brno.
 
There is the one shot where Franco's bike is literally right in between Rossi and Vinales... Its still crazy looking at it all

About Pol, it wasn't just him, even the reaction of the garage (and they had all he footage) was shocking... Surely these teams and riders know red flags don't just come up out of nowhere
 
powermzii said:
There is the one shot where Franco's bike is literally right in between Rossi and Vinales... Its still crazy looking at it all

About Pol, it wasn't just him, even the reaction of the garage (and they had all he footage) was shocking... Surely these teams and riders know red flags don't just come up out of nowhere
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He was still visibly frustrated. It is an emotional roller coaster to be in the zone and position to win and then have to start again. Takes experience to tether those conflicting emotions and focus. Pol was frustrated and pushed too hard to compensate for the minor errors he was making because of that and it all ended in tears. The commentator called it a couple of laps before it happened.
 
Stefan Bradl to stand in again at the Styrian GP this Sunday for Marc Marquez.
 
powermzii said:
Surely they are using him to test parts - his race pace isn't anywhere near challenging the top guys
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Lol probably. Maybe also to scoop up any constructors points on offer. Although at this point their championship is well over.
 
If you guys have been following, things got a little spicy after the weekend's race, with a few riders taking to social media/the media in order to take jabs at one another. FIM now wants to step in and sort things out.

Aleix Espargaro and Danilo Petrucci had a sparring match on Twitter after Petrucci felt that Aleix interfered with his qualifying. Morbidelli called Zarco a ''half assassin'' in the Italian press after they had supposedly hugged in the medical centre and discussed things. Oliveira questioned Pol's intelligence via Twitter as well.

Statement from the FIM MotoGP™ Stewards

Following several incidents both on and off track during the last two Grands Prix in the Czech Republic and Austria, the FIM MotoGP™ Stewards began to summon the riders involved in order to better understand the circumstances of each situation, in addition to analysing video footage of the incidents in question.

Since it was not possible to organise all the hearings at the end of the Austrian GP MotoGP™ race on Sunday the 16th of August, the members of the FIM MotoGP™ Stewards panel, composed of Bill Cumbow, Freddie Spencer and Ralph Bohnhorst, will continue to summon the riders concerned as soon as possible ahead of the BMW M Grand Prix of Styria.

Danilo Petrucci (Ducati Team) and Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing Team Gresini) each attended a hearing on Saturday at the Austrian GP.

Johann Zarco (Esponsorama Racing), Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT), Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) and Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Tech 3) will now each meet with the FIM MotoGP™ Stewards on Thursday the 20th of August at the Red Bull Ring.

The FIM's mission is to support riders and contribute to their safety and education, as well as to apply any sanctions required by the FIM Regulations.
A press release will be issued after the hearings.
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Brad 7th in FP1. Much better showing than this time last week. If he qualifies well, he's in with a serious shout of a podium.
 
I see Zarco has been given a penalty for his driving from last weekend. Will start the race in Pit lane
 
Modifications have been made to turn 3 in light of last week's crash. Barrier has been extended further with airbags placed in front.

MotoGP tweaks Red Bull Ring Turn 3 barriers after horror crash

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Cal Crutchlow believes it brings more problems and feels that the whole piece of track (turns 2 & 3) needs to be reworked if they want to make riders feel safer.

The difficulties in making the Red Bull Ring safer for MotoGP

"I [Cal Crutchlow] was on the track today riding my bicycle, so I was able to see it first-hand where it's going to.

"It blocks your vision a little bit in the last part of the corner to tip in, but it's safer than what we had last week in an extent of there was no barrier there, it stopped at a certain point where they've extended it as much as they can in in the safest way possible for this grand prix here.

"But I still believe that corner needs to be changed."
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Its a shame though, because this track seems to produce exciting racing.
 
In terms of hard breaking into a tight corner, it's no different than a lot of corners preceded by long straights on the calendar (think turn 15 in Sepang or turn 1 at Mugello). I hesitate to use the phrase 'knee-jerk reaction', but you do have to wonder if this has been blown somewhat out of proportion. Yes, it was a horrific accident and the riders are lucky to have escaped relatively unscathed (both physically and mentally) but was this not just a freak accident?
 
Agent_Smith said:
In terms of hard breaking into a tight corner, it's no different than a lot of corners preceded by long straights on the calendar (think turn 15 in Sepang or turn 1 at Mugello). I hesitate to use the phrase 'knee-jerk reaction', but you do have to wonder if this has been blown somewhat out of proportion. Yes, it was a horrific accident and the riders are lucky to have escaped relatively unscathed (both physically and mentally) but was this not just a freak accident?
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Pretty much yeah. Caused by an accident on a straight - the bikes will of course continue straight, and the chances of them crossing the racing line at the next turn are extremely high.
 
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