I’m at an airport can see the results but not what happened to Rossi??

SPOILER ALERT !!!

Freaking Borenzo took out Dovi, Vinales and Rossi in one rookie douchebag move.
Wasn't there a guy always screaming about other riders not being safe ??
Oh yeah...it was Borenzo.

Mad

* Last updated by: Maddevill on 6/16/2019 @ 4:53 PM *

im gonna have to watch this one after the fact, sounds like a good race to watch

Thanks Mad!

What a shame.
Race was shaping up to be a cracker until Lorenzo played "knock the skittles over".

Imagine if Marquez had done that?
Same disappointed but respectful reaction from Rossi?
Nah. He would have sent his little fat faggot mate out to call for Marquez's head!

Still, this was one of Rossi and Vinales's best opportunities and I really wish it didn't happen.

But my boy Marquez does surge ahead in the 2019 Championship with a lead of 37 points.
So maybe I should buy Lorenzo a beer when he comes to Phillip Island...

* Last updated by: yannih on 6/16/2019 @ 10:00 PM *

Japan invites Lorenzo over to a head game party. The present is a pair of knee lockers off the sides of the tank. Lorenzo picks off one rider after the other until he looses the front end and takes out those vying for podium positions. Tire compounds and an abrasive track was not a factor. The novice in me would tiptoe thru the tricky turns to gather points-is the end game. Others play their game their way.

Pass of the race was Q-Man motoring away from Patrucci on the inside. Novice raw talent showing the veteran how to put a fork in it.

Rins was a consistent top 5 finisher when he entered the gp community. Q-Man out of the gate shows he's running fast if not faster numbers than the field. The show ain't over yet.

Catalunya Crash Fest Course... seems to be a rider's track with a twist.

Signed,
NOLTT

Valentino Rossi again couldn't make Q2 in Assen and last qualifying Yamaha by far (P14).
Quartararo unbelievable rookie...
Next year he will be a massive threat to Marquez and thats good...

This is going to be a good one. I'll pick Rins to win.

Big call Hub but fair enough.
Vinales is up there with Marquez but seeing as you've put yourself on the line I'll say the rookie Quartararo for a breakthrough win.

* Last updated by: yannih on 6/30/2019 @ 5:38 AM *

Well. Assen was very entertaining. I won't spoil anyone's surprise.
But I do have some advice. Watch the Moto3 race. Freaking bananas.

Mad

Well if you haven't seen it by now you won't...

Any opinions on Rossi taking Nakagami out?

And Hub, I'm not use to you being incorrect???

Is there any footage from an external camera of the Rossi /Naka crash?
The only thing I've seen was Rossi's onboard and that seemed to show Rossi ahead of Naka. Then you can see the camera shake due to impact. I'm curious about what happened. I hope Nakagami is ok. Rossi seemed concerned in the gravel.
Freaking Remy Gardner seemed to throw a good chance at a podium away pretty bad in Moto 2.

Mad

Is there any footage from an external camera of the Rossi /Naka crash?
The only thing I've seen was Rossi's onboard and that seemed to show Rossi ahead of Naka. Then you can see the camera shake due to impact. I'm curious about what happened.

Freaking Remy Gardner seemed to throw a good chance at a podium away pretty bad in Moto 2.

Yeah, I just heard that.
And I just can't believe Remy would make so many mistakes... after all, his dad was such a calm type
of guy....

Mad

Fuck motogp. Moto3 are the races. Canet came from 22nd and lead. The racing is such a pinball position, you can't keep up with all the passing going on. Like NASCAR on steroids. The second half of the year is going to be interesting with this class.

Somewhere in MM there is a weakness. If I were Q-man, I'd follow his ass for the whole race and find that gap to sneak thru. This round my pick goes with MM, Q-man, Mav, and Rins for the darkhorse.

Fuck MotoGP???
Are you on hard drugs Hub?
Still the best show on earth.
Or is it because your man Vale can no longer qualify to save his life or finish a race of late?
And now his frustration is starting to take out and injure other riders.

Marquez is very hard to go by with a record of 9 straight wins at Sachsenring so he is my pick.
I think the only rider that can beat Marquez is Marquez himself.

And Hub, you've named half the paddock there in your picks.
How about one rider for the race win please...

* Last updated by: yannih on 7/7/2019 @ 7:06 AM *

* Last updated by: yannih on 7/7/2019 @ 7:04 AM *

... is it because your man Vale can no longer qualify to save his life or finish a race of late?

It was Canet coming from 22nd to finish top 3 in moto3. See that kind of racing in motogp? No. Then Binder from 17th to podium in moto2. That was more a come from the back pattern going on for the day's racing, right? Did I think someone from the back would make the proverbial 3 [adding motogp] being the charm and Rossi would come from the back and podium? Hardly. I just see 3 dominate riders for this season. For me, they are MM, Q-man, and Rins. That makes motogp just as interesting. Right now, MM is on his way to break a few gp stats. Good for him. Like I said, I'm more looking at the future down the road racers. To me these are the races... nice and tight, not run away racing.

Well, it's break time for gp. Let's see who comes back without missing a beat. No, I didn't pick half the field. I picked the fastest qualifiers was all. If you're going to remain fast for the weekend, most likely it will carry over on race day.

MM is going to win so it's more a given for the day's race... BORING!... is the Rossi of this era. It's not that I don't want to see him break records, but I'm rather looking for the one up and comer that is going to break MM's records. All I did this round was fill in the podium slots. Figured MM was a given, then fill in the other who?

Yep. All very fair calls.

I certainly understand Marquez winning all the time could be considered boring but to me it's brilliant.
I watch all the riders, especially the brilliant new Rookies, but want to see Marquez break every record in the book.

But I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy Marquez consistently winning with Rossi finishing lowly race after race.
I love seeing the Doctor squirm at post qualifying and race interviews when he is so slow and finishing right down the field.
Add to this his team mate Vinales is also showing him up big time race after race.
As I've said many times before on this forum, he is and always will be a champion, but after his ridiculous, false, "blame someone else for your own issues" accusations against Marquez in 2015, I revel every race that Rossi has to watch Marquez decimate him on the track.

Marquez never engaged in responsive negative rhetoric, even when Rossi would not shake his hand when offered.
He just let his talent on the track and results do the talking.

So in this particular case, payback has been shown to be an absolute bitch...

* Last updated by: yannih on 7/9/2019 @ 3:07 AM *

And now Rossi says "the problem is not on his side" regarding the latest string of poor results.
What a twat...

Calm down. He also said that Quatararo and Morbidelli as well as Vinales prove the bike is competitive. He said that is was up to him to figure out what the problem was. That they were just "faster" than he was.
Give the hate a break.

Mad

Calm down. He also said that Quatararo and Morbidelli as well as Vinales prove the bike is competitive. He said that is was up to him to figure out what the problem was. That they were just "faster" than he was.
Give the hate a break.

Hate huh?
How about fact!
More than happy to debate with you Mad, but please get your facts right first and put away the "Protect Rossi at all costs no matter what" attitude.

The 40-year old has been strangely subdued from the Italian Grand Prix, but is adamant the problem is not at his end.
For the legions of Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) fans, it has been a worrying start to 2019. Not since the dark years at Ducati has the illustrious Italian struggled through the first nine races of a premier class campaign, with his comments in Germany expressing confusion.It was from the French Grand Prix in 2018 when the Italian started regularly outclassing factory stablemates Maverick Viñales and Johann Zarco. From there he picked up four podiums and cemented his second place in the title race.

This year the contrast has been profound. After his usual low-key preseason, Rossi sprang into life at Round 1, finishing 0.5s off race winner Dovizioso in Qatar and taking back-to-back second places in Argentina and Austin.

But from there he’s been far from his best. Race performances at Jerez and Le Mans were undermined by poor qualifying performances. Mugello and Assen – so often happy hunting grounds in the past, producing a combined total of 19 Rossi wins – were unmitigated disasters, with the nine-time World Champion unable to find comfort aboard Yamaha’s ’19 M1, especially in those tracks’ fast, flowing sections.
Only Barcelona offered up some light. Yet even there his race lasted less than two laps thanks to Jorge Lorenzo’s (Repsol Honda Team) Turn 10 crash.What’s more perplexing was the speed of team-mate Viñales and rookie sensation Fabio Quartararo from the Italian Grand Prix. The former racked up Yamaha’s first win at Assen before adding a convincing second place in Germany. Meanwhile the latter has been a constant threat in free practice, amassing two podiums and three pole positions.

Yet Rossi’s early season promise has fizzled out. He was a full 20 seconds slower than his 2018 race time at the Sachsenring as he struggled to a distant eighth place behind rookie Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar).

“It looks like the bike needs a different setting compared to last year,” he said after the race in Germany. “But for me and also for Franco [Morbidelli – Petronas SRT Yamaha] it's more difficult to use this type of setting, that is more where Maverick and Quartararo are very strong.”

Despite his age, Rossi was insistent the issue is not at his end.

Source:- MotoGP.com interview with Valentino Rossi.

Mad, if one is not big enough to admit there is an issue then it will never be fixed.
And apparently blame for Rossi's lack of pace is anywhere but on him.
Anyone who believes it's not Rossi's issue when others on Yamaha's are leaving him in their dust are simply blind to fact.
And lets not forget Rossi's substantial advantage of being on factory machinery while others that are beating him are not!

Not only are the Doctors best days behind him, he is showing all how not to continue into the twilight of a career...

I stand by my comment.
What a twat!
More than happy to be proved wrong...

* Last updated by: yannih on 8/3/2019 @ 1:14 PM *

Did you watch the press conference? I also stand by my comments. The others prove its not the bike. He knows that he will have to adapt. I admit, I like Rossi. I also like Marquez, Dovisioso, Miller and many others.
Except Lorenzo. Fuck that guy...

I kid...

Mad

Well, here we go again.

Marquez's qualifying last race at Bruno with slicks in very dubious conditions was unforgettable and possibly the best I have ever seen.
And the race was a non event with Marquez again smashing the pack.
Nice.

Now Austria and qualifying about to start.
Go Marquez and Qman...

* Last updated by: yannih on 8/10/2019 @ 6:41 AM *

Go Marquez and Qman...

And see Hub, I didn't pick the field but just the 2 that finished as top qualifiers...

* Last updated by: yannih on 8/10/2019 @ 2:31 PM *

And I tried.
I really tried not to be negative but I can't help it.

Rossi a back end of Qualifying 2 10th position and a 4th row start.
Terrible shame that...

* Last updated by: yannih on 8/10/2019 @ 7:09 AM *