DSC67 1,465 Posted October 28, 2018 All three races provided some great action, definitely worth watching Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OveFundinFan 4,137 Posted October 28, 2018 Yamaha ended their drought of wins, last win was Assen 2017 when Rossi won, think its 17months. Good to see Ducati now has a rideable bike, Bautista did very well. I reckon Ducati gave hime the ride today for Alvaros dedication to the Ducati bike over the years. He did remarkably well today and hope he gets another crack in Sepang. Suzuki just need a bit more horsepower to race with the 3 other top teams on a regular basis. Pity Iannone is leaving - what are Suzuki getting rid of him for?? I seem to have missed that Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bendover 188 Posted October 29, 2018 On 10/28/2018 at 12:53 PM, OveFundinFan said: Yamaha ended their drought of wins, last win was Assen 2017 when Rossi won, think its 17months. Good to see Ducati now has a rideable bike, Bautista did very well. I reckon Ducati gave hime the ride today for Alvaros dedication to the Ducati bike over the years. He did remarkably well today and hope he gets another crack in Sepang. Suzuki just need a bit more horsepower to race with the 3 other top teams on a regular basis. Pity Iannone is leaving - what are Suzuki getting rid of him for?? I seem to have missed that Iannone has, unfortunately, got a bit big for his boots. Treating his team with contempt. Suzuki management have basically get fed up with his arrogance and temper tantrums (allegedly) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrs 3,290 Posted November 3, 2018 In case anyone missed today's announcement the start time of tomorrows Malaysian Motogp has been brought forward to 0500 GMT instead of the original 0700 start, due to the adverse weather forecast. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrs 3,290 Posted November 18, 2018 Amazing debut for fifteen year old wild card Turkish lad Can Oncu in the final moto3 gp of the season. Not only goes and wins it by the proverbial mile leaving the rest of them trailing, but on a wet track as well. And a very scary moment on the last lap. It'll be interesting to see how he goes next season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrs 3,290 Posted March 6, 2019 We're almost there, just four more days to go until the first motogp of the season on Sunday. It makes you feel that the world is coming back to life after hibernation. Lets hope we have three good races, though I'm not a great fan of racing under the lights. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruno 1,790 Posted March 6, 2019 Really looking forward to it,can only see another championship win for Marquez tho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OveFundinFan 4,137 Posted March 6, 2019 Just been watching the preview of the season. Its reckoned John McPhee has a good chance for Moto3, Sam Lowe for the Moto2, and Ducati having a good chance for the "big one" with Dovitzioso (backed by Petrucci) as Marquez has had little testing and Lorenzo even less (due to an operation from last year injury). Even Lorenzo says he will take 3 or 4 rides to get into the Honda. Ducati was good at the end of last year and they made improvements during the winter, whilst Honda are playing catch up. Marquez though is something special and could do it (even though I dont support him). I hope Yamaha have sorted their 2018 disappointments out and Rossi can have a go for that 10th title. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrs 3,290 Posted March 6, 2019 I seriously can't see McPhee taking Moto3, though I hope he proves me wrong, it will be interesting to see if the young Turk Can Oncu can repeat his form from the end of last season. It's incredible to think that I've seen the vast majority of Rossi's races over the last twenty five years from when he was just fifteen, and he's still there and I'm an old codger now, and what a performance it would be if he could pull off a few wins this year at forty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OveFundinFan 4,137 Posted March 8, 2019 The reason John McPhee is rated as potential moto3 champion by suzi Perry, Neil Hodgson, and one of the Laverty brothers is that he is a Moto 3 winner, got 2 podiums last year including 3rd in Valencia, the last round. And that he has changed teams. He will be back on a Honda engined machine which he favours (KTM in 2018) plus he will be sponsored by Petronas/Sepang International Circuit, so big sponsors hungry for Malaysian success. Hope he does well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrs 3,290 Posted March 8, 2019 10 hours ago, OveFundinFan said: The reason John McPhee is rated as potential moto3 champion by suzi Perry, Neil Hodgson, and one of the Laverty brothers is that he is a Moto 3 winner, got 2 podiums last year including 3rd in Valencia, the last round. And that he has changed teams. He will be back on a Honda engined machine which he favours (KTM in 2018) plus he will be sponsored by Petronas/Sepang International Circuit, so big sponsors hungry for Malaysian success. Hope he does well. I know he has a couple of podiums to his name, but unless they come up with a magic bike for him he'll be lucky to be in the top ten at the end of the year. Obviously Suzi and co are going to build him up to get more viewers for Moto3 as so many miss out on Moto2 and 3 and just watch the MotoGP. He's done well but he really has stood still over the several years that he has been in moto3and I think he lacks the aggressive edge that the young guns in moto3 have. With luck I'm wrong and he'll be world champ at the end of the season Just my opinion of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OveFundinFan 4,137 Posted March 8, 2019 I have same hopes as you, be nice to see a British world champ, been too long without. Crutchlow not going to do it, he may win an odd GP but not consistent enough, even on a works Honda. Maybe Sam Lowe can, he seems happier this year then for a few in recent past. We shall see. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrs 3,290 Posted March 9, 2019 21 hours ago, OveFundinFan said: I have same hopes as you, be nice to see a British world champ, been too long without. Crutchlow not going to do it, he may win an odd GP but not consistent enough, even on a works Honda. Maybe Sam Lowe can, he seems happier this year then for a few in recent past. We shall see. Roll on tomorrow, I've just remembered to log on to BT TV for the qualifying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OveFundinFan 4,137 Posted March 9, 2019 Qualifying Moto1 McPhee 5th, Moto2 Sam Lowe 6th, MotoGP Crutchlow 6th. Of those I think Sam has best chance of a win, but I dont rule out McPhee for a podium, he done a lot of laps at race pace, which is different to qualifying pace.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSC67 1,465 Posted March 9, 2019 3 hours ago, OveFundinFan said: Qualifying Moto1 McPhee 5th, Moto2 Sam Lowe 6th, MotoGP Crutchlow 6th. Of those I think Sam has best chance of a win, but I dont rule out McPhee for a podium, he done a lot of laps at race pace, which is different to qualifying pace.. Absolutely anything can happen in Moto 3 , which is what I love about it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
