| Author | Message | ||
     Rocket_in_uk |
In the context of this conversation you attempted there to say Rossi admits Marquez is that good it's not the Honda which makes him unbeatable by Rossi. What Rossi actually said was "They have a small bike advantage compared to us but Marc is the only one able to squeeze the Honda at 100%." So in fact Rossi is saying the exact opposite to what you imply, which is Marquez is riding the Honda 100% which presents a small advantage over the Yamaha. I would assume therefore, Rossi is suggesting he himself is riding the Yamaha 100% also. This is how he knows the Honda has a "small bike advantage". Rocket in England | ||
| Trojan |
I don't think we will know the answer until 2016 at the earliest, when the rules change again and limit electronics and bring in new tyres. Until then Honda will retain their advantages and Yamaha will play cathc up. Personally I think there is more to it than just a bike advantage. if you look at just how easily Marquez was able to overtake Pedrosa and Lorenzo on the brakes into the first chicane it looked almost too easy for him. He appears to be able to brake later and accelerate earlier than either the other Hondas or the Yamahas, and that is purely down to his ability and machine control. Rossi is the closest to him but I doubt he can beat Marquez in a straight fight right now  Mugello may still hold some fears for Marquez after his 209mph get off last year, but I doubt it. | ||
| Rocket_in_uk |
I'm hoping to drive down to Mugello next Thursday. Be great to be there - and see Rossi win! I just priced the tickets. I nearly fell off me chair!! £230 each. Rocket in England | ||
| Trojan |
£230!!! Do you get to have a pillion ride with Rossi and share his motorhome for that price? Makes Donington seem like a freebie this weekend (though I doubt we'll get the sunshine of course!) | ||
| Stevel |
Rocket, I'm going to Bruno this tear, Check out those prices as well! | ||
| Jaimec |
Indianapolis is a BARGAIN!! | ||
| Court |
Donnington looked like a bargain this weekend and there are some way cool places to stay . . I was seriously thinking about trying to reschedule a weekend event. . . . I'd still like to make couple races. One thing we can all agree on about WSBK . . . Buell has never dangled better opportunities for great travel! | ||
| D_adams |
There's always Road America at the end of May. Surely you can make it to that one. Might not be at the same level of competition, but it's still racing. | ||
| Jaimec |
We're talking about MotoGP here. Don't get side-tracked. | ||
| Crusty |
One thing we can all agree on about WSBK . . . Buell has never dangled better opportunities for great travel! No!!! They picked the wrong airline to use. And they don't know the right kind of food to order. And there could have been better hotels to stay at. Obviously, they need to get somebody in charge of travel arrangements who knows what to do and do it right! | ||
| Trojan |
Buell has never dangled better opportunities for great travel! Surely you mean EBR? | ||
| Rocket_in_uk |
I liked the part where Erik said there's about 70 odd freebie tickets to give out every race. Can't imagine who got the Donington ones seeing as I mentioned it here and the postman's not brought me a couple  Surely you got at least a couple of freebies with all you do for Buell / EBR Matt? Rocket in England | ||
| Rocket_in_uk |
If this rain persists maybe EBR will get a result! Rocket in England | ||
| Trojan |
Surely you got at least a couple of freebies with all you do for Buell / EBR Matt? Errrr, yeah right The tickets must have got lost in the post along with the OBE and lottery winnings! | ||
| Jaimec |
So... Michelin is coming back; this time as the sole tire supplier. This WILL be interesting. Can we just skip the rest of this year and go to when everyone is riding on Michelins again (many for the first time)? | ||
| Trojan |
Business resumes as usual.......... Mugello MotoGP free practice one - conditions dry 1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'48.004 17 19 340.2 2 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'48.386 8 17 0.382 0.382 340.9 3 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'48.434 21 21 0.430 0.048 347.2 4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'48.518 16 17 0.514 0.084 343.8 5 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'48.665 15 17 0.661 0.147 339.6 6 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA NGM Forward Racing FORWARD YAMAHA 1'48.743 14 14 0.739 0.078 338.2 7 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP HONDA 1'48.925 20 20 0.921 0.182 339.4 8 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Ducati Team DUCATI 1'48.980 11 19 0.976 0.055 343.2 9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini HONDA 1'49.030 6 13 1.026 0.050 341.5 10 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'49.030 15 20 1.026 341.3 11 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'49.203 8 18 1.199 0.173 338.7 12 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 YAMAHA 1'49.308 15 18 1.304 0.105 340.1 13 5 Colin EDWARDS USA NGM Forward Racing FORWARD YAMAHA 1'49.818 18 18 1.814 0.510 330.3 14 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Ducati Team DUCATI 1'50.030 12 14 2.026 0.212 343.7 15 7 Hiroshi AOYAMA JPN Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 1'50.143 20 20 2.139 0.113 326.9 16 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Energy T.I. Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'50.189 9 15 2.185 0.046 338.2 17 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Cardion AB Motoracing HONDA 1'50.327 15 16 2.323 0.138 328.2 18 45 Scott REDDING GBR GO&FUN Honda Gresini HONDA 1'50.440 11 17 2.436 0.113 326.3 19 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing AVINTIA 1'51.396 13 15 3.392 0.956 320.3 20 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing AVINTIA 1'52.164 4 15 4.160 0.768 327.1 21 70 Michael LAVERTY GBR Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 1'52.748 15 18 4.744 0.584 326.1 22 23 Broc PARKES AUS Paul Bird Motorsport PBM 1'53.775 11 16 5.771 1.027 317.3 23 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Drive M7 Aspar HONDA 1'55.369 5 6 7.365 1.594 322.8 Not classified 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA IodaRacing Project ART Air: 16° Ground: 20° Humidity: 82% | ||
| Jaimec |
Any idea why Nicky only completed six laps? | ||
| Trojan |
I haven't seen any mention yet why Nicky only did a few laps. I'm sure there will be something later today on it when the teams issue their press releases though Nothing on why Pedrosa was a poor 11th or Lorenzo 6th either yet. I'm sure neither will be very happy! | ||
| Court |
>>>>I'm sure there will be something later today on it when the teams issue their press releases though Doubtless announcing their withdrawal from the series due to this sub-par performance. Well . . he had a good run. | ||
| Trojan |
Doubtless announcing their withdrawal from the series due to this sub-par performance. I think you should leave irony to the Brits This is MotoGP, so there are no BAD teams in here. Even the Avintia or PBM bikes are faster than any production bike you can possibly imagine. EBR are not here but in WSb, where they are promoting their superbike against other manufacturers similar products (in terms of capacity, power and marketing at least) yet they are still 5 seconds off the pace after 5 rounds and 30kmh slower than the others. Maybe EBR really should consider missing a couple of rounds and trying and develop the bike in private testing so it can return and at least try to be competitive? As they are now they are just turning up every week with no improvement. So please explain how they are allegedly making progress? Back to MotoGP.... | ||
| Crusty |
EBR are not here but in WSb, where they are promoting their superbike against other manufacturers similar products (in terms of capacity, power and marketing at least) yet they are still 5 seconds off the pace after 5 rounds and 30kmh slower than the others. Maybe EBR really should consider missing a couple of rounds and trying and develop the bike in private testing so it can return and at least try to be competitive? As they are now they are just turning up every week with no improvement. So please explain how they are allegedly making progress?  | ||
| M2typhoon |
Christ Trojan... You sound like a damn broken record in every single post on BadWeb. Between you and Rocket, it's getting ridiculous man. | ||
| Court |
My point exactly. Scratched records get binned. If I had even a hint of that level of negativity in my life . . . I'd implode. But . . . like politicians the sail blows with the prevailing wind of the day and topic to suit the needs of the naysayer. | ||
| Rocket_in_uk |
Hey steady on tarring me with Matt's brush. He's far more learned in these matters than I, and has good reason no doubt to comment as he does, and often. Personally I thought I'd been rather restrained. Rocket in England | ||
| Jaimec |
Can we get back to MotoGP again?? Rain-soaked FP2. What's the forecast for the weekend? | ||
| Court |
>>>What's the forecast for the weekend? Regardless of the weather . . . I'll bet it'll include dark clouds. :-) | ||
| Jaimec |
I'm hoping for an EPIC battle between Rossi and Marquez with Rossi coming out on top for a change... | ||
| Trojan |
Christ Trojan... You sound like a damn broken record in every single post on BadWeb. Between you and Rocket, it's getting ridiculous man. I was only replying to Courts pointless barbed comment As I said...back to MotoGP  | ||
| Jaimec |
Just read that Nicky's wrist is bothering him. His participation in the race is questionable at this time, and he will be going in for surgery on it next week. | ||
| Gschuette |
Marquez is not surprising me at all this year but I must say I am shocked that Rossi is the number 2 guy. He must be loving that flexy frame Yamaha built for him! |
