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MotoGP, Superbikes and Road Racing 2021

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Magown3


    I wouldn't say they're worried specifically, but they deffo know that it's going down to the line and EVERY SINGLE point will count at the end.

    The team probably still Pissed off they were refused the extra revs at the start of the season. It seems to be really hurting them The last three rounds.So they're looking for every edge they can.

    Rea Is getting a Lot of hate on social media. But I say don't hate the player, Hate the game.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Magown3


    Imagine if, at the end of the season, Rea won the title by less than four points. It will have been down to that one centimetre of green that toprak Went on in the Superpole race....

    Madness



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭tommyboy26


    Cracking race in the motogp fantastic battle for the win. delighted for bagnaia to get his first win. marc looking like his old self again



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭legrand


    Bagnaia... talk about cool heads under pressure. Amazing race craft.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Magown3


    Were the Moto2 and Moto3 races worth a watch? It's tough to find the time these days.


    Great MotoGP race tho. Who doesn't love a battle to the end. Anyone see what Fabio's excuse was?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭legrand


    3 is always worth a look, as usual expect the unexpected!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,012 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Moto 3 is always worth a watch. Races are a bit shorter aswell. 35 mins ish.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    Muahahahaha....... LOVE IT!!




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭legrand


    so many crashes in Q1 and 2. We could see some big names loose it early on and maybe some surprises. Pecco looking untouchable right now though.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,408 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Looks like Toprak has the measure of Rea so far. Even with the DNF he still leaves ahead of him. Only Jerez, Portimao and Argentina remaining. I can see JR losing out this year - Toprak and the R1 looks a better combination at the minute than Johnny and the ZX10.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Magown3


    I have to agree with you. Looks like he really has his work cut out this year. It's almost like he's back on the Honda again. He has to override the thing to get decent results. The Kawasaki could be in the bottom 2 bikes on the grid now. The superior straight line speed the Yamaha and the Ducati have over it is crippling them.

    He always goes well in Portimao but then again, Toprak is on such good form that it will be really close. Looking forward to the rest of the rounds.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,408 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Didn't they get a rev cut at the start of the year? Could that be overruled mid season or is that it until end of season?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Magown3


    There's only 3 rounds left so I doubt there'll be any changes before the end of the year.


    They homologated a bike that they thought would give them an EXTRA 500 revs and did all of their pre season testing with the extra revs only to be told they weren't getting them. I do not know the reason why



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


    Anyone checking out Rea’s vlogs? I’m finding them interesting enough.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,408 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Just watched a few there. Very good and nice to get some background stuff.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,408 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Retiring from WSB.

    Wonder where he will go next. He was unfortunate that he came up against Johnny on the Kwak, but to be the best, you have to beat the best.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


    The remaining of today’s racing in WSBK has been cancelled after a very serious accident involving Dean Berta Viñales in WSSP300 race. Fingers crossed for the kid but actions like this never sound good.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Magown3


    I hate to see those type of crashes when the rider ends up right on the racing line.

    It's Maverick Vinales' racing team, run by his dad. Dean was Mavericks cousin. Awful news. RIP



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    Only 15 years old the poor kid. What with Hugo Milan last moth too, aged only 14, I think it's time the FIM had a discussion about minimum age limits. 140mph is too fast for kids racing.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,408 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Looks like this is Toprak's year. Can't see Johnny overturning things now. All minor stuff though when compared to what happened to Vinales.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,408 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    And that might be it over...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Magown3


    Unfortunately I have to agree. Great race. My heart was in my mouth when I saw Rea sliding that fast. I was waiting for the tyre wall to appear from the right which it didn't thank God.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Magown3


    Well TR only scored 4? points so it's not the end of the world but it's another opportunity JR had to close the gap and failed.

    There's fewer races left too now. There's a glimmer of hope for him but TR just looking so fast and consistent JR is gonna need a bit of a miracle.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,408 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    It's out of Johnny's control now. He realistically needs Toprak to have a couple nightmare races which are unlikely to happen.

    Two unforced errors in a row from Johnny which is very rare, but the Kwak seems to need to be pushed harder than the other bikes to keep pace.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,408 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    What a freak crash for Toprak. Don't think I've ever seen anything like that happen before.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,408 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    I liked the burnout on top of where Toprak brushed. Top shitehousery.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


    Just tuned into Moto3 and there was an absolutely massive crash. Thankfully all riders walked away. Scary crash though.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 537 ✭✭✭Speedline


    Yeah I saw it. It was only 2 laps in after the race had previously been red flagged for another crash, where the rider was stretchered off.

    Thankfully everyone is relatively OK.



  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 60,479 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gremlinertia


    Deniz Oncu suspended for two races over the moto3 pile up thing. https://twitter.com/matoxley/status/1444770870229151747

    Can't see the team appealing that



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭legrand


    Hope Salac okay - no word yet that I can see on any newsfeeds. Looking at that fall I'd be surprised if returned this season.

    Another great result for Bastianini after some hand-bags between Mir and Millar

    M2 squaring up for a nail-biting season finish.

    Last 2 seasons have been great but back to the MM hegemony?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,408 ✭✭✭funkey_monkey


    Toprak looking untouchable this weekend - 0.5s clear of the field. Big crash for Johnny. Ducatis looking decent in comparison with the Kwaks too.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭Scotty #




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Magown3


    Watched it last night, very interesting. Would love to hear some of the numbers tho that teams are asking riders to pay.

    Another podcast I listened to recently "Chasin the Racin", they had a guy on who said that a Moto2 team came to him and offered him the chance to join the team for the last 3 races of the season and it would only cost him..........  €70,000

    And it was middling team, not a top runner.... absolute madness.

    That podcast is worth a listen to. They've had people on there like a medic that works at BSB rounds and John McPhee's mechanic. Very interesting to hear their stories and their views.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Magown3


    I must also say, there were some absolute cracking races last weekend.

    BSB final round. Was happy to see Taz take it and the way he took it made him deserve it even more.

    Jack Kennedy did the business again but there was a 5 lapper on Sunday where he had to start from the back of the grid and he went straight into beast-mode and smashed all of them. He was 0.03 off the win, needed another 50m or another lap to get the win.

    WSB race 2, Another beast-mode, this time JR. Savage racer. Love watching him ride the bike beyond it's capabilities.


    Catch them on Eurosport



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭legrand




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


    Isn't it amazing how many brothers and cousins are in top level motorcycle racing. I don't think you get it quite so much in 4 wheel racing.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


    I've been watching him a while now. I think he could have a great career commentating or even more so presenting in the future.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭legrand


    Eugene L confirmed 2022 with BMW along with Loris Bas



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭legrand


    Moto3 - what can one say, dear o' dear o' dear. A certain someone in the dog house big time!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,012 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Marc Marquez confirming he has double vision again after a concussion so will miss the weekend.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,773 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    Valentino Rossi's last race this weekend. The end of an era.

    #GrazieVale



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,012 ✭✭✭✭The Nal




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,467 ✭✭✭h3000


    Love to see these two guys smiling together


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,012 ✭✭✭✭The Nal


    Mad that Stoner is still only 36. Sad we didn't get to see him and Marquez go at it.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭legrand


    With Rossi on P10 might expect him to push and go for it but fear he'll bin it (hopefully not).

    Think we'll see some guard of honour.. that will be some sight if it happens.



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