[Closed] Moto GP 2012

Brno great last lap 😀 Good job Cal

How will Rea do on Stoners bike?

Spies being linked to a Gresini ride I thought he was going to go to BMW in WSB but moron dwarf cretin has been given another year.

Wherever Spies ends up next season I hope he gets paid on the number of laps he completes. Will be a cheap year for his team boss...

So, who's going to be brave and predict Cals first victory?

How's Jonathon Rea doing on the Repsol?

[url=www.crash.net/motogp/results/183280/1/brno_motogp_test_times_-_monday_12pm.html]about 4 seconds slower[/url]

he'll get quicker- win it or bin it!

Spies staying in Motogp with Ducati Pramac then and will be joined by Italian Moto2 race-winner Andrea Iannone

Today will be a cracker, Lorenzo and Ped will fight it out for the win, who comes third should be the battle of the day. Rossi good quali so could be in the mix 😀

Chaz Davies gets the BMW ride is WSB 😆 brilliant, he deserves all he gets. Has had an amazing career path to this point.

Woohoo 😆

San Carlo Gresini on the podium at Marcos track brilliant and very poignant.

+1

Awesome to see VR on the podium again too.

Vales back !

Put Pedrosa and Stoner back into the mix and Valentino would have been 4th....

Still, you gotta be in to win, to finish first, first you have to finish etc.....

and Pedrosa was in it........thats racing 🙂

What made Rossi faster? Apart from that Yamaha contract that is, and the fact that Stoner is out and Dani was in the dirt???

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What made Rossi faster? Apart from that Yamaha contract that is, and the fact that Stoner is out and Dani was in the dirt???

Nothing imo. Ducati had a two day test at Misano few weeks back while the rest tested elsewhere. Friday was a washout so that leaves only saturday to work on a race setup and put in a decent quali run. Not ideal and played in Vales hands. Still, great to see him back on the podium - a fitting tribute to his buddy and great for his fans.

I'd expect normal service to resume next race, with Rossi 20+ seconds back from the winner.

Can't wait to see how JR does next time out with a decent weekend behind him.

More good news, Webb has got himself a contract with a team who's bikes are capable of scoring points. It'll be tough up against Alex Marquez though in the same garage.

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2012/Danny+Webb+and+World+Wide+Communication+team+up+for+2013

Misano was a great podium just to see Bautista up there for all the right reasons. The Duc has had some fairly significant parts so there could be an underlying improvement there as well rather than it just being testing and attrition. Considering how JR rides his WSB which always seems to want to tuck the front yet he manages to save it, the grip / no grip on a GP bike is something he's probably better able to deal with more than most.

Bradl is proving his class as well. Biggest disappointment this year for me is Terol. What's happened to him?

[i]What made Rossi faster? Apart from that Yamaha contract that is, and the fact that Stoner is out and Dani was in the dirt???

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Nah, practice was a bit of a wash out and he's an old pro - definately shows' there's life in the guy.

Rossi was running revised frame and new swingarm

Seems Ducati moved the headset back 10mm, meaning more weight on the front and the rear tyre lasts longer. Good racing from JR 7th is impressive for a second race!
Horrible crash for Nicky Hayden, anyone know how he is? Strange one that I was waiting for him to lay it flat, but he just went face first into the barrier- I felt sick watching that. Lucky boy to be seemingly ok.....

Lorenzo on pole and crybaby isn't going to be doing little Dani any favours.

I hope Motegi is going to be a classic. Cal in 3rd again can he podium?

Casey moaner aint gonna like it starting in 7th, he's not so clever with people around him. Looking forward to BSB as well, would love Shakey to win but its all a bit close.

😆 Motegi madness in GP3 and Danny Kent wins excellent work.

Haven't watched a Moto GP race all year, my god that was dull. What's happened? Have the electronics killed it? The bikes look so sanitised compared to a couple years ago.

Yes dull as dishwater which is why the chaos that Moto 2 and Moto 3 serves up is so good.

Hopefully Marc Marquez and Andrea Iannone can help spice it up next year- especially Marquez V Bradl once more!
Rossi on a Yam again will help things along quite nicely 😉

Didn't see the Motogp and won't bother either but great result for Shakey in BSB and how about Glen Richards in Supersport crashing out handing the title to Jack Kennedy who then had to to retire with engine failure 6 laps later and therefore giving the title back to Glen.

Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend so 1 year since the loss of Marco 😥

Moto 2 in the wet 😯 about to start 😆

Congrats Sandro Cortese first ever Moto 3 winner.

What a race 😆

moto 2+3 fantastic racing, I was cheering for those Malaysians and great result for Gino Rea aswell.
Blimey that was wet! Correct decision to stop both races, they needed kayaks out there.

Watching practice at Philip Island. As dull as the racing has become recently I'd be happy to watch Stoner ride around on his own, a different class.

Crybaby is a bit good by the seaside.

[url= http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/185516/1/stoner_enjoying_the_ride_despite_island_fling.html ]Leagues ahead of anyone else[/url]

He was best part of a second quicker and all on hard tyres while everyone else went for the usual soft qualifiers. Quality....

Quality indeed, as ever.

Thats that then, silly Danni congrats Jorge lets hope next year will be better as far as racing in concerned. GP2 as mad as ever 😆

I think Jorge could of done crybaby if he had had to 😉

Moto 3 race is a gem as well, well worth catching up on.

I love the slo mo footage of Stoner spinning up the rear and drifting the bike round his own corner!

amazing

Going to be a less interesting season without Stoner next year. Definitely the best to watch!

Be good to see what Marquez can do though, that kid is nuts!

Highlight of Phillip Island for me was Pol Espargaro winning by miles but did you see the slow mo's of him getting it sideways? Talk about grass track racing!

Is Rossi going back to Yamaha?

I watched an interview briefly the other day and he hinted he was..

He is at it again, thought the Kalio one was worse but this time he is at the back of the grid. Not that that will make a lot of difference 😉

Will be interesting to see how the Moto GP paddock deals with the Marquez red mist.
At least he wont have to upset Stoner 😆
I reckon Cal Crutchlow would lamp him one if Marquez 'levers' him into the gravel..... 😀

Bloody hell Rossi out qualified by a CRT 😯

I hope he gets his mojo back on the Yamaha.

That Maquez/Corti accident just looked a bit of a racing 'incident'; and he's been demoted to the back of the grid...

I think number 46 has thrown the towel in by now, the thing right at the front of his mind is getting on that Yamaha again on Monday (2013 testing begins)

Aye and it seems that Suter might be going to build the chassis for Ducati, Dovi must be a happy boy 😆

I'm not a Marquez fan as he's been a muppet on track so many times but I'd put that down as a racing (well FP2) incident. Espargaro is a class act on that CRT but as you say that's a new low for Rossi.

Danny Kent finished 2012 in style, adda boy !

The first 3 laps of GP was fun, Espargaro leading on a CRT!!
Silly boy J Lo- he let the red mist descend. What about Nakasuga, classy ride- to quote Mr Ryder "you can't beat having a loony Japanese rider on the podium".....

Bit of a curates egg of a season.

Moto2 and Moto3 great value all year, great ride by Kent today not sure how he got by on the last corner.

Motogp been a bit dull, glad to see crybaby go, Marquez will be shit or bust next year. Smith will be nowhere, cant wait for tomorrow to see how testing goes. Hope its dry.

Yeah, helluva days racing in all 3 classes. I loved it. Really wish Cal Crutchlow would keep it rubber side down though! Think he will definitely be up there next season!

Really am looking forward to seeing Dovi on a Ducati (great rider, hugely underrated imo). And Marquez in GP, today was an absolute masterclass. Love him or hate him I think there should be more riders like him, incredible to watch. Heard him summed up as, having 'the courage of Simoncelli and the skill of Stoner', really is going to be interesting to see how he does.

I wonder how Rossi would feel in the Ducati comes to life next year? I think maybe Dovi can get it to improve.
Marquez will be there at the front right from the off. Good to see Danny Kent and the number 52 back on a yellow and blue Tech 3!

I wouldn't be surprised to see Marquez take a win next year. Can't see Smith making the cut. Hopefully next year will be more exciting, this year has be awful.

Can't see Smith making the cut

I can't see him doing any more than beating the CRT bikes....if he's lucky.

[i]Hopefully next year will be more exciting, this year has be awful.

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Did we watch the same season - Two/Three guys battling all year, trying as hard as anything?

And you've only got to see George throw it down the road yesterday, a man that is already Champion but still puts it on the line every single lap.

I only saw moto3 yesterday. We must have watched different seasons thougj... I saw very few battles at the front after 1/3 race distance and it was a two horse race from the halfway point. Add to that Spies managing to finish tenth overall on the only other bike capable of winning and i'm hoping for more next year.

Did we watch the same season - Two/Three guys battling all year, trying as hard as anything?

think you watched a different season to the rest of us. Did you mean the same three riders disappearing off the front of a half-full grid in a dull procession? Some of the riding has been stunning (I think stoner is class and the slow mo stuff of him was fantastic) but it was the worst year's premier class I can remember seeing and many of the racers agree.

"Putting it on the line" and crashing unnecessarily whilst passing a backmarker isnt exciting racing. I've no doubt the riders are all 100% committed but there has been very little actual [i]racing[/i]. I remember the likes of Schwantz and co going into a corner and swapping places 3 times by the time they exited it.

There are more passes in one race of Moto 2 than a season of MotoGP.

Young Bradley saying there has been a lot of cheating in Moto2 this year, anyone know anything about this?

Young Bradley saying there has been a lot of cheating in Moto2 this year, anyone know anything about this?

Just read the interview on crash.net. He doesn't really get very specific does he, but his "bending the rules" comment is a bit weak. If the other teams interpreted the rules and the scrutineers were happy that's racing. Otherwise it's a one make series (assuming obviously they weren't messing with any of the control parts). Sounds like sour grapes to me.

Everyone cheats in racing, be it Motogp or Formula 1, cheating in the sense of seeing how far you can stretch the rules on tech specs. and or whether your mods get found out, the team that produces the best package is usually the one that's best at cheating and not getting found out 😉

He ought to be having a go at his team then, for not providing the best bike.