Torn on this. I dig Rossi, but also dig Horhay. Rossi needs to take advantage and get his points while he can. Horhay, on the other hand, is on a mission and little things like physical injuries mean nothing to him. So my money's on Marky-Mark tucking the front.
Remember Rossi vs Lorenzo circa 2010, even though they were fighting for 3rd place it was a helluva battle.
Tito Rabat withdrew from the race....Zarco crowned champion in Moto2. He definitely deserved the title this year but I'm a bit gutted for Rabat to have to give it up in that manner.
Right, but previously (800cc days) Motegi was one of the tracks that was allowed bigger brakes than usual.
. If it stays dry, I think J-Lo will be difficult to beat. Based on FP2, he's running almost a full second faster than JoT. Team Andrea as well as Smith and Aleix are also running faster than J0T. Cal in 11th, per S.O.P. Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev. 1 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 298.8 1'44.731 2 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 305.2 1'44.859 0.128 / 0.128 3 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Ducati Team Ducati 308.2 1'45.043 0.312 / 0.184 4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 309.6 1'45.059 0.328 / 0.016 5 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 304.1 1'45.250 0.519 / 0.191 6 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 300.2 1'45.348 0.617 / 0.098 7 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 303.4 1'45.492 0.761 / 0.144 8 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 297.1 1'45.554 0.823 / 0.062 9 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 301.5 1'45.597 0.866 / 0.043 10 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Avintia Racing Ducati 305.4 1'45.645 0.914 / 0.048 11 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 304.5 1'45.846 1.115 / 0.201 12 45 Scott REDDING GBR EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 299.5 1'46.074 1.343 / 0.228 13 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 299.3 1'46.464 1.733 / 0.390 14 43 Jack MILLER AUS LCR Honda Honda 299.5 1'46.477 1.746 / 0.013 15 68 Yonny HERNANDEZ COL Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 303.7 1'46.563 1.832 / 0.086 16 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Octo Pramac Racing Ducati 301.5 1'46.648 1.917 / 0.085 17 6 Stefan BRADL GER Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 295.0 1'46.649 1.918 / 0.001 18 72 Takumi TAKAHASHI JPN Team HRC with Nissin Honda 299.7 1'46.650 1.919 / 0.001 19 50 Eugene LAVERTY IRL Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 295.8 1'46.770 2.039 / 0.120 20 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Aspar MotoGP Team Honda 292.0 1'46.827 2.096 / 0.057 21 63 Mike DI MEGLIO FRA Avintia Racing Ducati 299.4 1'46.934 2.203 / 0.107 22 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 298.2 1'46.974 2.243 / 0.040 23 21 Katsuyuki NAKASUGA JPN Yamaha Factory Racing Team Yamaha 298.4 1'47.096 2.365 / 0.122 24 76 Loris BAZ FRA Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 292.5 1'47.219 2.488 / 0.123 25 24 Toni ELIAS SPA Forward Racing Yamaha Forward 300.1 1'47.689 2.958 / 0.470 26 15 Alex DE ANGELIS RSM E-Motion IodaRacing Team ART 292.1 1'48.572 3.841 / 0.883 27 64 Kousuke AKIYOSHI JPN AB Motoracing Honda 291.7 1'48.769 4.038 / 0.197