Oops, Iannone did it again.
Somebody on a forum reckons he touched Marc's rear wheel before he went down. Didn't spot it myself. Guess I'll have to catch the repeat on 5...
Looked to me that he hit the rear wheel too when watching it live, but the repeats from a different angle aren't as clear
Oops, sorry jim25, you're right, not aprilia's first race, still a good result for them, four different manufacturers in the top six
How far off the pace is the KTM?
2s maybe 2.2....
depends what we class as pace though, it's about 1.5 off the 8/9/10/11th guys.
33s and 39s behind at the end of the race.
The corner Iannone binned it was the same MM lost the front at in warm up - maybe just a tad slick at the apex? I didn't see him touch MM.
Nice to see the Hondas off the pace a bit. Going to be a good season I think.
[+1 - stopped watching F1 ages ago]
Marquez has said that Iannone did hit him.
http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/243117/1/hard-marquez-could-fight-for-victory-or-crash.html
I thought it looked like he did, but couldn't be sure.
It is going off in Argentina
How good would it be if Crutchlow wins. Reckon the Argies would lose the tape with our national anthem on it 😀
Danny Kent won the Moto 3 race and there wasn't a single whistle at all during the national anthem. Fans of racing I guess and not idiots. Great race for Cal bringing it home as he needed that after his last 3 non-finishes. What happened to the works Hondas!
They both went down on the same corner I think, great result for Redding
Good race
The Argentinian people are fantastically friendly and great people all round, my daughter lived in BA for three years and we fell in love with the place when we visited. If you ever want to visit somewhere really worthwhile, go! You would not be disappointed!
Lorenzo was looked like the guy who pulled a dog turd out of the lucky dip.
Crutchlow kept his head and stayed on the bike. I'm looking forward to seeing him for the rest of the season.
Rossi did his usual but was outshone by the new master.
Forgot to mention
Two Brits in top 5 of MotoGP standings. Be good if they can keep it up.
Tomorrow looks like it could be a great race. Particularly looking forward to Moto 3 as only a second separates the first 25 riders. Could be carnage.
How Jack Miller managed to walk away from his practice smash this morning is beyond me. He's one lucky boy.
Zarco for the win in the main race tomorrow.
Jack was pretty lucky there.
+1 Jack was unbelievably lucky to walk away from that IMO.
Jorge is having his edge-grip specials taken away from him from Mugello onwards so he's lashing out at Jack and a rider with a lot of power (who could he possibly mean 😉 ) for voting 20-3 in favour of using the stiffer construction tyre.
http://www.crash.net/motogp/comments/248687/1/a/0/lorenzo-rails-against-very-rude-miller.html
Pretty funny craic from Jack IMO.
Zarco for the win? To dream the impossible dream...
Yeah perhaps Jacks comment wasn't the classiest, but Lorenzos was cringe worthy, well done jorge.
Moto 3 Synchronised lowside carnage 😯 😯
Well, that race had its moments! I'm personally sad it ended like that, but shows how close to the edge you have to get to win.
3 Brits in first 10 pole positions. It's been a long time since I've seen that.
Redding the fastest.
Could be an interesting race - what's the weather forecast? I see Lorenzo has mastered wet conditions at last.....
Oxley says the Duc's good in the wet, cornering oddness is masked by the lack of grip.
That was utterly fabulous 😯
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Awesome race. So happy with the result.
Loved it!! Really close championship now
Noooo! I missed it, damn the time jiggling fkery. On the other hand I did enjoy a decent ride on my bike & saved a lot of nerve jangling. Top result though 🙂
Brilliant.
Crutchlow just pipped by Marquez for 3rd. Never thought I'd be saying that. 🙂
I liked Crutchlow's comments at the end too.
What a ripper
A great day of racing - even Moto2 was worth watching which is a rarity. The drive that Marquez got out of the corner to pass Crutchlow was incredible.
Has Lorenzo crossed the finish line yet?
salad_dodger - Member
...Has Lorenzo crossed the finish line yet?
Who?
Reminds me of when Rossi went to Ducati. Takes a special sort of alien...
BTW what happened to Pedrosa?
That save by Marquez when his wheel tucked under was a bit special. It was as if nothing had happened.
When Lorenzo came in to change bike to wets, he was just shaking his head into the pits..at the change..and out again.
Obvz didn't want to go racing today.
Good ride by Petu I thought, good to see Pramac beat a factory bike (I know there aren't many differences, but hey)
Maybe Ducati should give Petrucci Jorge's bike and give the Pramac ride to an up and coming rider?
They would save themselves a lot of money if they jettisoned their underperforming acquisition at the end of the season but they would lose face by doing this.
Jorge backed himself into a corner when he got involved with the Marquez v Rossi feud and the subsequent court case. Rossi goading Jorge into going to Ducati was quite the masterstroke IMO.
The Suzuki is a bike that might suit Jorges riding style - the RCV definitely wouldn't and the Ducati couldnt be more different to the M1, hence his current failure to adapt.
Good to see Rossi bag a win today but I do feel bad for Danilo. 😕
I'd like to claim Chesters post as my own please.
I thought Petrucci was going to Aprillia next year? Lorenzo is on $17m a year & apart from his elbows I'm not sure what he brings to the table. His worst laps were 5 seconds slower than his team mate today and he's supposed to be one of the aliens? To put it into perspective, Lorenzo even got beaten by Abraham today.
Let's keep it in perspective, Lorenzo is an alien, simple as that.
Ok, he's having a tough time on that bike, but he's massively quick and as worthy of Alien status as the next alien.
Had he been signed by Ducati rather than yamaha when he moved up we may have never known he was an alien. I bet there are half a dozen secret aliens who pass for crap right now...
Indeed, we see it with different riders on different bikes etc, think back to Corser winning WSB on the Alstare after being a donkey on the Petronas for example.
I guess Petrux is the latest in the big boys paddock. I assume the managers etc know the score as to who's proper quick, but Lorenzo being this bad is quite a shock.
I dislike George as much as anyone but you can't deny he is a supremely quick and talented rider deserving of the 'alien' epithet.
However his riding style is very (VERY) specific and requires subtle yet precise feedback from the bike (all about edge grip).When he does'nt have this he is lost and unable to ride around issues (he's suffered worse than he did today on the Yamaha on multiple occasions).
The Ducati is pretty much diametrically opposed to how he rides naturally. Putrucci rides like a brute anyway and Dovi is in his 5th season on the Ducati (and he struggled far more on the GP13 than George is now).
Ducati are unlikely (even at 17mil a year) to radically alter the bike to suit him (they would'nt do it for Vale) as it works bloody well at the moment.
That said....it makes me chuckle seeing him struggle 
"Alien"?
When the 800's were introduced (2007?) only four riders ever won races in the dry - Rossi, Lorenzo, Stoner and Pedrosa. A handful of other riders won races in the wet. Eventually, Randy dePuniet coined the term "aliens" to describe them as they were 'otherworldly'. Finally, Ben Spies managed a dry win at Assen in 2011 (although he never repeated the feat).
Once the bikes switched to 1000s it was hoped that a wider variety of riders would get to the top step of the podium.And wins by Cal,Dovi,Mav,Crazy Joe and Miller have born this out.But so far the four aliens have remained the same, except for Stoner being swapped out for Marquez (and there's an argument that Dani has been usurped by Maverick though I reckon that's yet to be proven).
Gotcha. Thanks.
