MotoGP 2015 News & Chat

Frank Bullitt · 26-06-2015 6:40pm

That new chassis must be working well for him.

Would love a win from him this weekend.

CJhaughey · 26-06-2015 11:15pm

Lorenzo down in 8th? they must have swapped settings!
The tyres are stiffer though so maybe that suits Rossi and conversely doesn't suit Lorenzo.
The Honda's look a real handful.
Amazing times for qualifying a lot faster than in previous years.
Suzuki on front row again, good for them, they have been working tirelessly on that bike and have made good progress.

pablo128 · 26-06-2015 11:27pm

CJhaughey wrote: »

Lorenzo down in 8th? they must have swapped settings!
The tyres are stiffer though so maybe that suits Rossi and conversely doesn't suit Lorenzo.
The Honda's look a real handful.
Amazing times for qualifying a lot faster than in previous years.
Suzuki on front row again, good for them, they have been working tirelessly on that bike and have made good progress.

Are Suzuki still on 24 litres? Credit to them all the same.

Infoanon · 26-06-2015 11:43pm

Incredibly close qualifying until Rossi put that stunning lap in. Rain is a strong possibility for tomorrow's race.

Infoanon · 27-06-2015 11:53am

Brilliant Moto 3 race,Moto 2 shaping up nicely ðŸ˜Š

pablo128 · 27-06-2015 2:07pm

Well that was boring enough until the end. Marquez sounded pissed in his interview straight after the race. He still can't see he's too aggressive. He might not have meant to hit Rossi, but he did. I'm delighted Rossi won.

Infoanon · 27-06-2015 5:42pm

pablo128 wrote: »

Well that was boring enough .

Seriously! Classic Moto GP race between Rossi and Marcquez and non stop action with 5 riders fighting it out for 5th and 6th.

Hotblack Desiato · 27-06-2015 5:45pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjmJRFeAD30

Frank Bullitt · 29-06-2015 6:57pm

What a race.

Seeing Rossi at Goodwood and the reception he got as well was fantastic. He has to be the most like and probably best person in motorsport, overall.

Bold statement but there ya have it!

Hotblack Desiato · 14-07-2015 1:32am

http://www.motogp.com/en/twitter_update/2015/07/12/difficult-weekend-but-i-had-docjohnhinds-riding-with-me-we/179945

john-hinds.middle.jpg

Infoanon · 14-07-2015 8:06am

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

http://www.motogp.com/en/twitter_update/2015/07/12/difficult-weekend-but-i-had-docjohnhinds-riding-with-me-we/179945

Nice gesture by Eugene and BT Sports gave the petition a good plug over the weekend.

funkey_monkey · 17-07-2015 12:57am

One of the best YT videos I've seen in ages - Cases from the Races, presentation by Dr John Hinds:

h3000 · 17-07-2015 10:03am

Awesome guy and great video. Thanks Funkey Monkey

h3000 · 28-07-2015 12:21pm

autosport.som wrote:

The Forward Racing MotoGP team will miss the next round at Indianapolis following the arrest of team owner Giovanni Cuzari.

Cuzari was arrested in Switzerland on corruption, money laundering and bribery charges earlier this month.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120128

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/120128

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/221432/1/forward-yamaha-to-miss-indianapolis-motogp.html

h3000 · 01-08-2015 11:08am

Bradl now parts company with Forward Racing.
http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/07/31/bradl-released-from-forward-racing-contract/180604

h3000 · 01-08-2015 2:45pm

Bradl off to Aprilia for the rest of the year.

Hotblack Desiato · 01-08-2015 7:55pm

Hard luck on Michael Laverty if so, but Bradl is wasted on the Forward Racing bike.

h3000 · 01-08-2015 8:04pm

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Hard luck on Michael Laverty if so, but Bradl is wasted on the Forward Racing bike.

It's a pity we won't see Michael back out on the bike.

The Aprilia is even worse though but by the looks of things he had little choice with Forward's situation right now.

Hotblack Desiato · 02-08-2015 1:36pm

At least it's a factory team though with the possibility of developing the bike, new parts etc.
They didn't have much expectation this year as the factory team came in a year earlier than planned.

Pugzilla · 02-08-2015 1:38pm

There's a serious lack of diversity amongst the riders. Too many spaniards and Italians, gets boring having the same 2 national anthems being played again and again.

Max Headroom · 02-08-2015 1:53pm

Pugzilla wrote: »

There's a serious lack of diversity amongst the riders. Too many spaniards and Italians, gets boring having the same 2 national anthems being played again and again.

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Pugzilla · 02-08-2015 1:54pm

Max Headroom wrote: »

Heres one you'll never hear....nah nah nah nah nahhhh...nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah...etc..:P

Batman

Max Headroom · 02-08-2015 3:04pm

Pugzilla wrote: »

Batman

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Hotblack Desiato · 02-08-2015 5:56pm

Pugzilla wrote: »

There's a serious lack of diversity amongst the riders. Too many spaniards and Italians, gets boring having the same 2 national anthems being played again and again.

If that's where the greatest number of good young riders coming through is, well of course they're going to be over-represented in MotoGP

Spain in particular has put a lot of effort into developing young riders.

Also because there is much more media interest in MotoGP in those countries, it's easier to get sponsors and they get a better return on their investment.

MotoGP is about merit first and foremost (much more so than rent-a-drive F1) and if you don't have the talent to be there you will be found out, or hurt yourself, pretty quick. There's no sense in any argument that inferior riders should get a go because of the country they're from.

Pugzilla · 02-08-2015 6:25pm

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

There's no sense in any argument that inferior riders should get a go because of the country they're from.

Where did I say that?

It's still not good for any sport to be dominated by 2 countries.

Pugzilla · 02-08-2015 6:41pm

Having 4 races held in Spain doesn't help either. I'm aware that this partly due to the popularity of Moto GP there and also due to Dorna being a Spanish company.

It's a shame the Chinese GP wasn't financially viable and that Brazil hasn't made the calendar.

Hotblack Desiato · 02-08-2015 7:56pm

I know you didn't say that, but there are good reasons why there are so many Spanish and Italian young riders coming through, I'd like to see other countries giving them a run for their money but the current commercial realities make it unlikely.

Again the number of races in Spain is down to commercial reasons. Italy has 2, the US has 2 due to the importance of its motorcycle market to manufacturers, not due to numbers of riders from there or mainstream media interest from there.

It's a bit of a vicious circle, countries which don't have much mainstream media interest in bike racing don't produce the sponsors, that makes it harder for young riders to progress, which leads to less media interest...

The BBC gave it a good go but it was disappointing that it never got anything like the public interest or wider media interest that F1 does.

Infoanon · 02-08-2015 9:36pm

Pugzilla wrote: »

Having 4 races held in Spain doesn't help either. I'm aware that this partly due to the popularity of Moto GP there and also due to Dorna being a Spanish company.
.

In fairness to Dorna they also 'place' riders eg Stefan Bradl to Aprilla, Yonny Hernandez to Ducati.

funkey_monkey · 02-08-2015 9:47pm

That has always been the problem with bikes though. Foggy won WSB 4/5 times and never got much adulation within GB for it outside of motorcycle circles. I remember on SPOTY the presenter joked to him about having better luck next time if he won the world title again.

British riders are dominating WSB, but cannot make the transition to MGP. You rarely see(n) the Laverty's during the MGp coverage because they are so far down the field. Therefore, they cannot generate any home media interest because they are not at the sharp end.

The simple fact is that Spain and Italy are producing the best riders because that is how they gear up their young rider devleopment. The best of the GB riders in MGp classes went to the Spanish feeder championships at an early age - they didn't waste their time going through BSS, BSB, WSS & WSB.

I still don't see any real action from other countries to replicate what the Spanish & Italians are doing with young rider development. Financial backing is as mentioned a big part of it, but no one is going to put big money down on someone to rattle around at the back of the field and get little air time.

Bikes and mike sports are just niche activities in most countries. In Spain it rivals football and the Italians love it too. Here it is a footnote in a side menu beside a 2 page spread on the upcoming GAA/soccer game.

frostie500 · 03-08-2015 8:55am

Few things worth noting is that while Spain and Italy have won every MotoGP race this year they have only won two out of 18 races with France, Britain, Portugal, Germany and Belgium all having won races this year in moto2 and moto3.
the young riders in the CEV championship are of different nationalities because their countries are now making an effort to be more progressive with sponsorship and to help riders. Spain dominated for years because they had the money to support riders, now it's a lot more even. It'll take time before you start seeing new riders win the top class but that's mostly because Lorenzo, Marquez, Rossi and pedrosa are so special

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