MotoGP 2022

Luke7777 said:
BB in his familiar 15th spot after FP2 :)
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Well done to both Binders especially Brad of course.
Mission 1 accomplished for Darryn. Finished the first race. Also beat two other rookies which is another feather in the cap.
 
It wasn't discussed much by the Dorna commentators much last year, but Bestia showed this ability to make his way through the field on multiple occasions. Like 15th - 5th - that is a rare skill which shows a rider who is able to work with and around his machine. That showed immense potential but I didn't expect the win this early. Top work on his part.

I would have liked to see more of the Pecco/Martin battle before the crash. Production/Direction is never great at Qatar.

FP2 was the best session of the weekend.
 
Three pairs of brothers this year: Brad & Darryn, Alex & Pol, and Marc & Alex!
 
Well, that didn't take long. Darryn is already upsetting people.

Gardner slams Darryn Binder's Qatar MotoGP "disaster" riding​

“I didn’t feel bad and felt I could probably go with them. But I had Darryn in between us and I just couldn’t get past him.

“He was kind of riding like he was on a Moto3 bike, just all over the shop and was coming back on line without looking and going wide. He was just a bit of a disaster to get by him. Unfortunately, I lost that group.

“Regarding Darryn, hopefully I can catch up with and have a chat with him. These aren’t Moto3 bikes and we’re not fighting for first, we’re fighting for last. So, we don’t need to be riding like complete monkeys out there.
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“I don’t know what he’s unhappy about,” Binder said when asked about Gardner’s problems. “Me and Remy battled in the race, we passed each other a load of times.

“And especially in the last lap I gave it a good go, it’s the first race of the year. Sure, we’re only fighting for 15th but at the end of the day I wanted to beat him, I wanted to be the first rookie and I wanted the one point.

“So, I gave it a good lunge up the inside, I didn’t ride into him or anything.

“I don’t know, I have to hear what he has to say, I don’t understand exactly what he is meaning. But from my side I was racing.
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Agent_Smith said:
I saw that Gardner interview on MotoGP and my first thought was that it did sound like a bit of a whinge. That being said, we saw zero of the action at the back during the race so it's difficult to say whether he has a point or not.
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True, we saw nothing of the racing at the back, which is unfortunate.

I wouldn't be surprised if Darryn was riding aggressively, it is his style after all.

Anyhoo, he finished the race and mixed it up the two rookies who are highly regarded.
 
thestaggy said:
True, we saw nothing of the racing at the back, which is unfortunate.

I wouldn't be surprised if Darryn was riding aggressively, it is his style after all.

Anyhoo, he finished the race and mixed it up the two rookies who are highly regarded.
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I was thinking about this the other day and was wondering if the telemetry on these bikes would be able to detect violent swerves left or right when the bike was traveling in a straight line or unusually harsh breaking into a corner. If not, then it would be almost impossible for stewards to rule on irresponsible riding if it wasn't caught on camera as it would boil down to a case of 'my word versus yours' in any dispute.
 
Wah wah wah, Remy has always been a whinger and now also ran to daddy who criticized Darryn. On what grounds other than his baby boy's word no one knows.
He did it last year with Cameron Beaubier as well. If he gets triggered every time he's challenged on track he should find a new sport.
 
zeb said:
Wah wah wah, Remy has always been a whinger and now also ran to daddy who criticized Darryn. On what grounds other than his baby boy's word no one knows.
He did it last year with Cameron Beaubier as well. If he gets triggered every time he's challenged on track he should find a new sport.
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Haha! Or he's not used to wheel to wheel racing anymore, given his and Raul's dominance last year during Moto2. Suddenly, when you're not a second faster than everyone else and you have to fight for your positions, it's a different story :ROFL:
 
Agent_Smith said:
I was thinking about this the other day and was wondering if the telemetry on these bikes would be able to detect violent swerves left or right when the bike was traveling in a straight line or unusually harsh breaking into a corner. If not, then it would be almost impossible for stewards to rule on irresponsible riding if it wasn't caught on camera as it would boil down to a case of 'my word versus yours' in any dispute.
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Well, aside from the incriminating video evidence, Yamaha could see that Vinales was abusing his bike in Austria last year, but I am not sure how advanced the telemetry is and whether it can track steering inputs the way F1 does.
 
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Hi

Is MotoGP Unlimited on Amazon Prime in SA and in undubbed form? Apparently not available everywhere and the dubbed version is supposedly unwatchable.
 
JFR46 said:
Hi

Is MotoGP Unlimited on Amazon Prime in SA and in undubbed form? Apparently not available everywhere and the dubbed version is supposedly unwatchable.
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Just logged into motogp.com as some redditards said it can be watched there as part of the subscription.

This isn't the case, you're pointed to Prime. However, with a spare email address you can sub to Prime for a free 7 day trial so that's what I'm going to do.
 
Top 10 combined times from FP1 & FP2 at Mandalika

1. Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) – 1:31.608
2. Franco Morbidelli (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP™) + 0.030
3. Johann Zarco (Pramac Racing) + 0.285
4. Jorge Martin (Pramac Racing) + 0.296
5. Enea Bastianini (Gresini Racing MotoGP™) + 0.313
6. Jack Miller (Ducati Lenovo Team) + 0.357
7. Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia Racing) + 0.400
8. Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 0.409
9. Miguel Oliveira (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) + 0.441
10. Alex Rins (Team Suzuki Ecstar) + 0.498
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Not on this list but just out of the top 10 is Dovi. Just missed out on a top 10 by 2 tenths. Quite the impressive performance from the seasoned vet. Darryn had a far more productive session, being 1.4 seconds off Quartararo's time (compared to over 3 seconds off Pol's FP1 time).
 
Brad on fourth for the start tomorrow.

Fabio and the Pramac Ducatis on the front row.
 
I was frustrated with Brad because I thought he had taken a risk leaving his run late when Aleix fell, but damn. What a lap. He could be a serious contender for the win on a track with meh levels of grip.

Darryn only .1s off of Raul and Remy. After Remy and his dad had a whinge about Darryn, good to see him on Remy's coattails again and lets hope he can stick Remy in the race. :p
 
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