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Posted: 15:17 - 29 Jan 2014 Post subject: MotoGP 2014 - General thread |
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Testing starts next week - Anybody got any predictions?
Personally I'm waiting to see how well Bradley Smith does after ending the last test in 2nd, I'm also curious to see how well Pol does (I'm going to say very - I know they had to raise the M1 footpegs up because he kept on leaning too far...)
Ducati... Who knows. Don't know if we'll see a revamped bike at the tests, anyone got an idea? I know they're not releasing the colour scheme until after Sepang 2. We don't know if they're running Open or Factory, either.
New crew chief for VR. Will it make a difference? Hard to believe with Lorenzo as a team mate that Yamaha will cater for VR's tastes. Hopefully Yamaha can find a little something to compete with Honda.
Marquez has got to be title favourite. Pedrosa to retire with broken fingernail.
Redding has a good benchmark of Hayden. However, the customer RCV was well down on the Factory bike at the pre-season Valencia. I hope it doesn't stay that way.
I'd have to say the clock is ticking for Bautista. He stepped up a bit last year, but...
Lastly, anyone know who the BT Sport team will be?
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bEN_ wrote: | Apparently it's looking like it's going to be Toby and steve doing the commentary as i read somewhere julian ryder has quit from commentating, not sure how much truth there is to that.
i hope the BT coverage is decent and they actually put some effort into it |
I really hope you mean Steve Day instead of that leathery old cunt Parrish?
Old Git Racing wrote: | I think Lorenzo will be well fired up for this season. Think it hurt him being beaten by the kid last year and he rode well at the end, between him and Marquez but Lorenzo for me.
Rossi to pack in during the season, Pol replaces him.
Cal to carry on Ducati's dismal form to start with but improve as the season gets going and Audi influence comes through.
Pedrosa to try really hard as he does but get injured doing it, dumped by Honda after the season
Bradley to just be Bradley, promise a lot but not really deliver, get dumped at the end of the season, Pol to beat him, maybe a podium.
CRT or whatever its called this year to be surprisingly close to the big boys, Scotty to do well.
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I agree with most of that, but I'm really hoping BS pulls something out the bag. He's had a lot of bad press but I think he can do quite well. Much like Cal in his second season, this is the time for him to show what he can do - especially in the first half of the season before Pol really gets to grips with the M1.
Who to replace Pedrosa then? The optimist in me can't help but hope that if Redding proves his worth... |
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As soon as I go onto that site and try and watch anything I'm getting loads of pages opening and it's asking me to install a load of crap?
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They'll be in Sepang now for shakedowns but not much insight will be gained. It's happened before where early tests didn't show the best overall bike/rider.
Hopefully the Open Class bikes will ruffle the full prototypes when racing gets underway on March 23rd.
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It's testing time!
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Hayden 18th, Redding 22nd, so the proddy Honda is looking pretty limp. Nice one. |
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Motogp.com posted the timings:
https://www.motogp.com/en/TestResults/MotoGP+Sepang+Test+2014
Was going to mention Iannone being faster than the Factory Ducatis as well, but also both NGM Forward bikes and both Tech3s are beating them? Winter went well in Bologna I see
Other worrying things: Hayden almost exactly as slow as Aoyama isn't good, Redding -3s on Bautista, Suzuki's test bike -3s on the leaders.. and the Paul Bird team apparently forgot the ignition keys for their bikes.
Factory Yamaha still half a second off Marquez over a lap, it's encouraging to see Rossi posting competitive times to Lorenzo but I'm really hoping they can close the gap and not end up spending the whole year fighting for 2nd place with Pedrosa. ____________________ Well, I've wrestled with reality for 35 years, Doctor, and I'm happy to state I finally won out over it. - Elwood P. Dowd |
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It is ridiculous that marquez breaks all the records and even one for the fastest crash in the same year he wins the championship.
He's got a years experience this season so you'd think he'd be more consistent and crash less but I don't think he's going to turn into mr sensible somehow
He is at his best in a battle so I hope we get to see plenty of that this season. ____________________ GSXR600 |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 10 years, 100 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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