[Closed] Moto GP 2014

Just 3 days to go till it all kicks off!!!!
WHOO HOO!!

Bring the beer, bring the popcorn!

Looking forward to Sunday night viewing with some ales and a full programme if racing. There is some good UK talent in all the classes!

Cor blimey, what's going on here? Pol Espargaro [url= http://m.crash.net/motogp/results/201346/1/qatar-motogp-free-practice-2-results.html ]fastest in FP2[/url] with Dovi on his Duke second fastest.
This could be entertaining!!!

Hmm do the Open class bikes not get a softer rubber choice than the factory bikes? Could see a bit of a topsy turvy grid if they get a big qualifying advantage.

Edit... anyone got the BT sport player working on Mac Safari? Get error VC019 🙁

Ah problem solved, had to go download a new version of Sliverlight from MS. Seems to be working fine now other than it makes my cursor randomly disappear!

Cal just binned it

Oh God.

Is he walking?

Yes. Soi did Bradley,much more spectacular! Both seem OK.

The factory teams must be scratching their heads a bit, Alvaro Bautista is the fastest factory bike in third- and that's a satellite bike!
And the Duke seems to be pretty handy too. All seems a bit strange.

Have you read the last couple of MCN's?
All very strange.

Ducati go open class but take their software and donate it to the other open class teams, even though many of them don't have the resources to use it.

Dorna are happy until, guess what? Honda complain, because the rules no longer favour them.

Then Ducati are told they will have to compete in a class of their own if they win a race, get 2 second places or 3 thirds. 😐

There's a lot more too it than that, but you get the drift.
And I'm sure Ducati have been sandbagging in the last few tests. Clever old Ducati. 🙂

Rusty, yeah, agreed. They must be a bit scared I reckon. Honda got scared of Ducati after they got regularly whipped in WSB some years back. They don't like having a bunch of spaghetti eating chancers giving them a good thrashing!

(PS, I have no quibbles about either factory and we have a Duke and a Honda in the garage!)

It's an odd one for sure PP.

I can see an official protest by Honda whatever the outcome.
And Dorna will roll over and give in, like they always do.

A messy season ahead!

Hate it when politics get in the way of racing, looking forward to seeing a non factory bike kick some arse though!
And I'd love to see Ducati do well again, wonder what Rossi will say?

Ducati always go well at that track, have done for the last few years

Dovi always could put in a fast qualifying lap and the first few race laps. Then he'd go backwards. Hayden was the same.

It's all normal...

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And then he got back on and went faster!

The "open" Forward Yamaha is essentially a 2012 chassis with a satelitte 2013 engine without the fancy gearbox. However, it isn't hampered by running with less fuel and come race day that is going to make a big difference. Lorenzo and Rossi both noticed that the leaner running Yamaha was worse to ride with 20 litres of fuel, so the 24L Espargaro has must make for a more manageable bike.

Although Livio Suppo complained that the difference between the open Honda's performance and the Forward Yamaha was for a reason and it had first and second name - Aleix Espargaro. The lad has been making less competitive motorcycles do things they shouldn't for some years. I can't ever remember him being slow!

Hodgson thought the 2012 chassis may be better than the 2014. It may well suit the new tyres better, or just Epspargaro.

[url=m.crash.net/motogp/news/201384/1/marquez-powers-to-pole-for-qatar-motogp.html]Marquez On Pole.[/url]
Better than that, Bradders is there with him!!!
Wicked!

I am getting excited about it, could prove to be an interesting season.

BT Sport,
Like Mel, very worried about JT's hair though, he looks like a serial killer

I thought JT looked like Severus Snape from Harry Potter

Pedrosa will win this season..

I will bookmark this what i have said and prove to everybody later on 🙂

..i wish one day i can watch motogp without listening to those commentators and just listen the engines running in dolby surround.

Pedrosa will be like Kevin Schwantz.....and only win a championship when the other guys are injured etc. .....but he hasn't the same natural talent as Schwantz unfortunately ............but I do like Pedrosa

Pedrosa will never win the championshp, not when gguyslike marquez and Jorge are riding. He'shhadhis bestchance.

Lowes great quali in Moto2, no idea what is going to happen in MotoGP today makes it very exciting.

Are BT sport showing the Moto 2 & 3 racing as well. May bite the bullet and get the internet pass for today. Need to see Lowes, otherwise it's an afternoon of Milan - San Remo.

Looks like neither BT or Dorna do a 1 race pass. Rubbish, particularly as the still shot take from the live feed on the Dorna "sign up" page shows John Mcphee in 4th in warmup for moto 3.

Hopefully the link in here will be working (Thanks Bonzodog).

[url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/motogp-link-anyone ]Clicky[/url]

From the twitter feeds sounds like a hell of a race, curse you BT curse you to hell 😥

I never really watch sport so I didn't really care that BT had given us free BT Sport via our Sky box but I thought I'd check it out today and I'm so glad I did. The race was excellent, with some really close overtaking maneuvers. Good to see Rossi back to form too.

I did make the mistake of tuning in at 15:00 when the "coverage" started, only to find that the Moto GP race didn't actually start until 19:00. Needless to say I switched off and found something more interesting to do. Do some folk really sit down and watch that stuff for 5 hours on a Sunday afternoon?

Yes, the smaller engined bikes often produce the best racing!.... And I like seeing riders progress through the classes until arriving in MotoGP.
Had a glorious Sunday today watching Milan-San Remo and then several hours of MotoGP.

I did make the mistake of tuning in at 15:00 when the "coverage" started, only to find that the Moto GP race didn't actually start until 19:00. Needless to say I switched off and found something more interesting to do. Do some folk really sit down and watch that stuff for 5 hours on a Sunday afternoon?

Errrr... maybe 😳

Why do you have Sky if you don't watch sport?

Not being funny, thought that was the whole point!

[quote=Rusty Spanner ]Why do you have Sky if you don't watch sport?
Not being funny, thought that was the whole point!
Coz it has more choice of other channels. We don't have any of the Sky Sports channels.

Does a standard BT TV subscription have BT Sports2 for MotoGP?

Thinking of switching from Sky been with them 3 yrs straight already.

I assume so. We have BT for Broadband and phone and it came free with that package.

I haven't seen the race- waiting for ITV4 tomorrow- but read about it on social networks etc.
Damn you Dorna! Sounds like a great race!
Rossi back on form V's Marquez is something I've been waiting for for ages!!
Grrrrr.

To those lucky enough to watch motogp ..so did my boy pedrosa finish in spectacular fashion?

Spoilers!

Just read the report sounded great race all round.Nothing on youtube yet.Bloody nightmare looks like BT sports has it well stitched up.That looks a good progamme on ITV4 tomorrow.Not the same HAY 🙁 🙁 🙁

5thElefant - Member

[i]Errrr... maybe[/i]

<cough>Who would dream of doing that?</cough>

I'm usually looking forward to the racing in the lower classes more than GP, though today's big race was excellent.

The new presenting team are a bit wooden with the exception of Emmett but I'm sure they'll improve. JT was like a rabbit in the headlights. Not a fan of Keith Heuwen either but at least it's not Parrish or (God forbid) Charlie Cox. The pitlane interviews were a big improvement (much better than when Mamola did them years ago on Eurosport) and I thought made for a fairly good show.

If you're a Plusnet customer you can get BT sport half price.

Did anyone else think Cal was going to punch Hodgson when he chased him in the pitlane after the race? 😆

Got to lap 7 before had to bath and put the children to bed, have BT sport but only on the computer as Infinity broadband hasn't got to us, functionality of the BT sport on the computer is crap compared to the other channels we do get via the bt vision box, with no pause, record or any of the other functions 👿
Going to have to try and catch the rest of the race as and when bit rubbish and we don't get itv4 via the telly box

What is the status on spoilers, don't want to be called an asshat by Rorschach again.

Cal is starting the process of being placed on Hate Island, he has been dishing it out to a few journo on Twitter and seems so bloody chippy, fast on a bike but you have won sod all so wind your neck in Crutchlow.

Currently residing on Hate Island, Stoner, he has no chance of leaving 😆

What is the status on spoilers

MotoGP thread the day after the race? Spoil away i say.

Hate ******* BT as a company and will never give them any of my hard earned, so i'm looking forward to ITV4 tonight. Watched the main race on the feed linked on page 3 and it was frustrating to say the least. Started well but got a bit ropey towards the end as only the sound was live and accompanied by a few frozen images in the last couple of laps 👿 . Sounded like a decent race. Gutted for Brad but chuffed for Scott.

Bt Sport via Virgin for me,what an opener!!!! So do we need a new thread so those who have,can?Do we have to stay silent for 24hrs after every race when we have paid to watch?????????? 🙄

IMO, anyone who opens a "motogp 2014" thread and expects not to see spoilers, is beyond help....

Thread title spoilers, i can accept... however in a thread specifically for the particular subject... is just ridiculous.

Who can suggest a better final few laps?

Mods, can you add a spoiler tag to the title?

Cal was indeed an angry man having just got off the bike, though from what I've heard that's not unusual for him. I'd not question the mindset that riders have to get into to do what they do!

Great race. Thought Sykes and Toseland were dreadful. Had to watch it recorded so luckily could skip most of the waffle and get straight to the race. Realise now how good Toby Moody was. Heuwen was disappointingly reminiscent of Charlie Cox.

IMO, anyone who opens a "motogp 2014" thread and expects not to see spoilers, is beyond help....

+1. Now if someone posts 'Yay XXXX won the moto GP' as a subject line that's different but as someone who regularly watches the F1 late, you know not to open F1 threads until you know the result...

ITV4 now for those waiting for highlights!

So Crutchlow's won sod all now has he? 🙄

hes won more than me!
Including the world supersport championship

Yeah Cal has won sod all for him to be billy big boots and dishing it out to journos, World Super Sport British Super Sport that's it. When he wins ( which he won't) the MotoGP or WSB then he get all moody and shout the odds.

Given how close to the front runners Bradley Smith was before he fell off, and how far behind Cal he was last year, it does beg the question if Cal could have been a genuine championship contender under the new rules if he had stayed at tech3? or is it more a case that he was the (favoured) number 1 rider last year who got the best treatment in the team.

My inner fan boy is confused, turns out I still have a bigger man crush on Rossi than Marquez!

Forgot just how much I hate watching highlights 🙁 very frustrating watching the lap counter jump. Moto2/3 was pretty much unwatchable.

Didn't get to watch the race yesterday, caught up this evening.

AMAZING seeing Rossi back to his very best! Shame Jorge binned it so early, meaning there was really only 2 class acts left in the race (Pedrosa is and always has been an also ran, just one with the best bike). The Honda obviously still has the legs over the Yamaha, but seeing Rossi obviously having reminded himself he can actually ride a bloody bike.

You can accuse me of being a Fanboi all you like, I don't care! He is back on form, and it's wonderful to see! At some of the slower twistier circuits, I don't see Honda even getting on the podium with Jorge, Valentino and Brad looking so hot right now! 😀

status on spoilers

How about after its been shown on ITV4?
Sound fair? Everyone agree?
I like many have to watch on ITV4 as no BT. Have to say, they are allright. Not a bad effort seeing as they have to put everything into a 1 hr timeslot- although if they cut down on the adverts we could see more.
Dare I say, better than nothing?

+1 for Rossi, the goat has once again earned the alien title!
Shall we add Bautista and Bradders to the alien list? And Espargaro.
Can't wait for Austin now!!

How about after its been shown on ITV4?
Sound fair? Everyone agree?

only 2 class acts left in the race (Pedrosa is and always has been an also ran, just one with the best bike)

Not a huge fan of Dani but think that's a bit harsh on him. A world champ three years in a row (once in 125 then twice in 250). Four third place and three second place motogp championship finishes. End of the 2012 season he was unstoppable. If he wasn't quite so fragile he'd have probably won one by now. Unarguably a class act.

Having said that I do wonder how he'd get on if the weight limit was rider and bike like it is now in the smaller classes.

Pigface - Member 
Yeah Cal has won sod all for him to be billy big boots and dishing it out to journos, World Super Sport British Super Sport that's it. When he wins ( which he won't) the MotoGP or WSB then he get all moody and shout the odds.

Your pass to have an opinion thats taken seriously on motorbike racing has been revoked.

Please refrain from posting in this thread.

Pigface - Member
Yeah Cal has won sod all for him to be billy big boots and dishing it out to journos, World Super Sport British Super Sport that's it. When he wins ( which he won't) the MotoGP or WSB then he get all moody and shout the odds.

Right now he has more points than Lorenzo and a few others who were in front of him on the grid.

I'm not a great fan of his, but I think he's probably the guy with the right attitude to make the Ducati work for him. Lots of you didn't like Stoner either, but the red mist can work for some...

Brilliant to see Rossi back on form, but he usually does well when the track conditions are difficult for the others, so I'm waiting to see how he goes in the next race before I believe he has risen again. 🙂

A link to someone posting coverage of the motogp, moto2 and moto3 races.

Cut up into 12 minute chunks, but hey!

🙂

Rossi always goes well at Qatar. I'd not read too much into the first race of the season (other than the Marquez win!)

Right now he has more points than Lorenzo and a few others who were in front of him on the grid.

If that is the logic we are using then so has Colin Edwards 😆

Well boots instead of trying to be funny come up with a counter argument untill then na na neh na nah 😛

Pigface - Member
"Right now he has more points than Lorenzo and a few others who were in front of him on the grid."
If that is the logic we are using then so has Colin Edwards

Which proves that at this stage of the campaign, Edwards has been a better rider than Lorenzo and the others whose bikes took a rest during the race.

They only count the winners when they cross the finishing line.

😆 ok lets see what happens over the season.

They only count the winners when they cross the finishing line.

Pigface, my argument is that maybe you're better suited to the the sterile acquiescent **** wits that inhabit the F1 paddock. 😛

I dont think you are quite cool enough to like motorbikes.

🙄 I am sorry I am just not cool enough for you Boots,

Hardly call Kimi acquiescent and if you have ever read any of the the F1 threads I have contributed to then you will see I have no love for F1 as it stands at the moment. I guess you haven't though.

Guess I am going to have to sell my bike 🙁

Pigface - Member
...To be an utter pedant as it seems we are, there is only one winner per race

OK, for the pedantic.

Any rider who crosses the finishing line is a better rider on that day than those who fell off.

Unless that falling off was from circumstances beyond their control like riding too close to Marquez, or getting zapped by the Death Star because Darth was annoyed.

Getting rid of your bike, eh? Any useful bits on it? 🙂

Just read that Crutchlow's dash turned off in the race. No wonder he was pissed...

http://www.motegp.com/en/news/2014/Valentino+Rossi+Quits/

Oh that is awful news 😉 😉 😉

April fools?

Why do they bother?

Overnight tyres? 🙂

Holy crap how fast is Marquez in Texas 😯

Very! 😆

Ben Spies description and opinion of him on BTSport live was bang on. As fast as Stoner but more well rounded.

Amazing riding by him and hes only going to get better/faster

Should be quite a good race for second. May as well give Marquez the 25 points now though.

Anyone else seen those Twitter pictures of Marquez 😯 defying the laws of physics and logic.