LeMans, France | MotoGP 2014 (spoilers)

The rules are hard to keep track of this year because it seems like they keep changing every few weeks.

http://www.motomatters.com/analysis/2014/03/23/2014_motogp_rule_cheat_sheet_the_open_fa.html

 

I definitely chuckled a bit when they showed three or four people just sitting in the garage twiddling their thumbs.

 

Yep.

And Ducati did actually leak their software, but it was too complex for most of the other open teams to use, so that's how we got to the current evolution of rules.

 

In 1993 when I managed a 250 GP team, it used to cost $10-000 US$ to not have a rider on the grid under the contract.

We also used to recieve $10K US$ for completing just one lap in the race for the TV

 

Wow. That's good money for completing a lap. With todays schedule, that would be $180,000 just for completing a lap in all the races. And then a lot more if you adjust for inflation!

 

No idea what is these days mate. Unfortunately the team I was managing was taken over by an Irish team owner and that involved hand GUNS!!!!!!!!!

 

You mean they took over the team by force?!?!

 

The Irish man was owed money buy the man that employed me to build and manage the team, so YEA mate all done with Legal signatures though on paper hahahahaha

I never got paid back the money I invested in the team to get Rodney Fee his ride though

 

There are some amazing stories ...

-jim

 

FP3 about to get underway. Not sure I'll make it. Eating ince cream to fend off sleep.

-jim

 

lorenzo on top. looked like he did it on softer rear

 

This statement made me laugh

 

No. Dairy helps you go to sleep.

 

Marquez ran the soft rear too. But, he also did less laps. Come and get me boys!

 

Why can't the camera guys pan away quickly when the guy has got a big booger hanging from his nose?

 

Colin would have fixed that with a big smile on his face.

 

Indeed. Race will redistribute powers though...