Rossi and Burgess split 😯
Probably give Jerry a good reason to retire now, as it doesn't look like Rossi is going to.
I think they may have had more luck replacing the rider.
Any update on the UK tv coverage for next year?
Is it BT sport only?
Bit of a shock about Burgess and Rossi. Rossi lost the faith? Burgess to team up with fellow Aussie Stoner for his MotoGP comeback 😉
Believe UK coverage next year is BT Sport only.
I don't think JB will be too upset, after all I'm sure the last 3 years have been just as frustrating for him as they have for VR.
Marc Marquez. Wow!
The king of not crashing sticks it on pole. Go on the boy!
I so thought Bradders was going to be 3rd on the grid for a moment there. Great ride.
He's looking good, next year will be a big one for him...hopefulyI so thought Bradders was going to be 3rd on the grid for a moment there. Great ride
Burgess was ready to retire in 2000...it was Rossi that convinced him otherwise
prob be happy to now
shame about Spies
Yep, that was a hell of a lap from Marquez. Lorenzo was giving it some fighting talk though re the engine problems he said he was having.
Saddest thing was seeing how gutted Redding was. He just looked utterly hacked off with it all. Can't see him doing anything tomorrow. Why risk his first GP test. Great to see Rea so high up as well, and Mcphee is announcing his new deal tonight / tomorrow.
Broken wrist then a 100mph tumble-drier. I'd be watching it on the tv.Saddest thing was seeing how gutted Redding was. He just looked utterly hacked off with it all. Can't see him doing anything tomorrow
Blimey, just seen Marquez's pole lap 😯 just looked so out of shape the whole lap!
Marquez should've been in the gravel at least 3 times in that lap. I've never shouted at the telly in disbelief in a qualifying session before! It shows how much he wants it, to put it on the line like that- it was like win it or bin it!
Respect!
Don't you think though there's a distinct possibility he'll do the latter 🙂 He was totally out of shape in Sector 1 but he came out up one or 2 tenths over Jorge's time. Bonkers.
Thats what is so great about Marquez, he just wants to win, all the time. The championship is just a bonus!
Love Marques's attitude to racing but that quali lap was dumb, if he had binned it and done a collar bone that's the championship. It is brilliant to watch, does make me wonder when his luck is going to run out.
Probably the reason Marquez's dad always looks like the most worried man in the paddock!
Exciting first few laps, great stuff, don't think I have ever seen Pedrosa so aggressive.
Nooooooo! 🙂
Go Lorenzo!
Pooing myself just watching this 🙂
(Marquez fan)
This is ****ing awesome!
The boy doesn't know when he's won! It's going to be gravel or champ at this rate! 🙂
This is great. Shame about cal though.
The boy done good! He'll be fast once he get's used to the bigger bike!
Congratulations Marquez,great race
Holy crap what a race 😯
Well done to everyone, what an amazing final race!
Lorenzo; did what he could to win the championship - but it didn't work out...
Pedrosa; did what he could to ensure he gets a ride next year and for a few more years...
Marquez; rode an incredibly mature race and deserves to be World Champion! 8)
What a season. More ups and downs than all the F1 coverage for the last 5 years 😀
Marquez a worthy champ this year ...well done
But to me the best rider this year especially the second half was Lorenzo ...to do what he did on the bike and budget Yamaha has .....unbelievable
Pedrosa .....why you dont ride like that every race of the season 😐
Lorenzo ....you truly is an ace.. Well done
Marquez .... Congrats
Yes Pedrosa will be the best rider to never win a world championship
Just caught up with all 3 races. As Ryder said on Eurosport, that was the most aggressive GP race ever. Well at least for the first 12 laps or so. Brilliant to watch; I thought Dani was on a bonus to take out Jorge, but brilliant passing and re-passing for what seemed like corner after corner.
I still remember what a moron Marquez could be at times through his 125 and moto2 career, but there's no doubting his talent on the bike. I thought he was going to try to re-pass Pedrosa, and not doing so (as well as letting Jorge & Dani fight it out) was probably the best decision he's made to date.
Interesting to hear Marquez wonder whether the title had come "too soon" in the interview.
Biggest disappointment was that's the end of Eurosport coverage. I've been watching it for about 15 years and I won't be swapping to BT or paying a kings' ransom for the DORNA online "pass". Nice "montage" at the end of the show, but surprisingly little said. Wasn't sure if that meant Moody & Ryder (and Spalders) were off to BT maybe as such as small song and dance made.
🙁
What a race, that was serious heart in mouth stuff, you get the feeling Lorenzo was the man today but damn Dani was aggressive. Seriously, why doesn't he go for it like that every race! Also I miss burnouts, stick the engine rule up your arse!!
^ Yep gutted about the coverage going pay per view, one less thing to watch on TV. ^
wolfenstein - MemberPedrosa .....why you dont ride like that every race of the season
Because his long term future is under threat?
He has sooo much talent - shame he's usually a bit reticent about mixing it.
Great season, nice to see Bradders doing well and fingers crossed for Cal next year.
Rossi & Burgess?
I genuinely have no idea what's gone on there.
Perhaps JB suggested that Vale should pack it in, as he's obviously not as good as he used to be? 🙂
Yes Pedrosa will be the best rider to never win a world championship
There are a lot of brilliant riders who never won the World Chamioship on 500's or MotoGp, Melandri springs to mind, never came together for him, Pedrosa is the rider with the best kit that has never won. (Well so far)
Maybe to soon for Marquez, 20 yrs old and top of the world, I hope he keeps it together, there are a lot of prodigious talents in a lot of sports who have fallen foul of such achievements at an early age.
Congratulations to Maverick Vinales for getting the Moto3 crown. Great name 😆
after soo many years of trying ....8 years he's been on the HRC factory team 😉Yes Pedrosa will be the best rider to never win a world championship
What a great days racing, congrats to Maverick really pleased for him. What a **** Pol is binning it when he did'nt have to try so hard. fantastic scrap in Moto GP but now I'm wondering what Cal will do next year after binning the Yam so often and now going to a bad handling Ducati. does Bradley have rear view mirrors? He seems to move over whenever someone gets behind.
Well that's the beginning of an era (Marquez) and also the end of an era (BT). Happy and sad all at once!
I can see Marquez being the new Rossi some years from now- 20 years old and already a 3 time champion!
I haven't got BT and neither will I be getting it. I will not pay a premium price to subsidize a bunch of Wendyball berks. Hopefully Dorna will see that ratings have dropped and do something about it. But as a motorcycle racing fan I am disgusted not to be able to watch my favorite sport at the dawn of an exciting new era.
My BT shares are climbing nicely.
[url= http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/MotoGP/2013/November2/nov1313-smith-second-at-valencia ]Go on the Brad![/url]
I will not pay a premium price to subsidize a bunch of Wendyball berks
s'funny, Ive been saying that about Sky for 20 years....
I am disgusted not to be able to watch my favorite sport at the dawn of an exciting new era.
you [i]are[/i] able, you [i]chose[/i] not to.
Terrific scrap and found myself rooting for Lorenzo, who'd have thought a world champion could be the underdog in a scrap with a 20yr old rookie.
Rossi sacking JB smacks of desperation and he all but admitted it in the (uncomfortable) press conference. I'd rather see Rossi retire than fade into mid-pack mediocrity.
Totally agree with you about Vale clutching at straws now and I fear next year will be another fruitless year and a year too long racing. I know he won at Assen but both Pedrosa and Jorge were injured and yes I know that's part of racing. But too many races this year he's been so far off the pace and I really feel for JB being the fall guy.
I wanted Jorge win the title too but you cannot question the sheer talent that is Marc Marquez. How he rides that Honda is just incredible but he was also so so lucky at Mugello to walk away after his 200 plus mph crash.
I haven't got BT and neither will I be getting it. I will not pay a premium price to subsidize a bunch of Wendyball berks. Hopefully Dorna will see that ratings have dropped and do something about it. But as a motorcycle racing fan I am disgusted not to be able to watch my favorite sport at the dawn of an exciting new era.
Watch it on motogp.com then.
[i]But too many races this year he's been so far off the pace[/i]
Aye, and came 4th in the championship... 🙄
Agree that he is past his best, because when at his best he was unbeatable, but he is still competitive.
1996 to 2013:
9th, 1st, 2nd, 1st, 2nd, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1st, 1st, 3rd, 7th, 6th, 4th
Do you really believe he actually "competed" with Jorge, Marc or Dani? Sorry but I don't not by a long shot. More often than not he had a poor start, made up places due to his skill in riding on worn tyres but if Cal had managed to stay on more I think he could have seriously challenged for the 4th spot and that's not on a works bike. The last race he just couldn't match the leading 3 at all and sadly it happens to all great sportsmen and women, they reach the end and Rossi is sadly there and yes he will sell endless tickets to races and bikes for Yamaha but as a genuine contender, he won't be and I'm a Rossi fan too.
