When Yamaha apologizes for the bike, and its well known they went their own way on the electronics...that's pretty much game over for rider blame.
Well he says that he’ll develop the Honder into a winner just like he did the dukati. Wonder if he knows that Honder believes that it’s the bike that’s responsible for winning and not the rider?
KTM is probably like WTF, but it could be the Yamaha. Maybe they should try to race a R6 since those are still good
So sad that there's racing going on, and this thread is on page 3 FP1 Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev. 1 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 336.6 1'48.020 2 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 337.9 1'48.210 0.190 / 0.190 3 43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 329.3 1'48.734 0.714 / 0.524 4 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 336.0 1'48.751 0.731 / 0.017 5 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 334.4 1'48.803 0.783 / 0.052 6 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 336.1 1'48.804 0.784 / 0.001 7 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 332.5 1'48.958 0.938 / 0.154 8 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 333.3 1'49.003 0.983 / 0.045 9 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 340.8 1'49.128 1.108 / 0.125 10 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 334.4 1'49.241 1.221 / 0.113 11 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 333.1 1'49.439 1.419 / 0.198 12 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 335.2 1'49.526 1.506 / 0.087 13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 333.5 1'49.637 1.617 / 0.111 14 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 336.6 1'49.639 1.619 / 0.002 15 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 334.8 1'49.648 1.628 / 0.009 16 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 328.5 1'49.780 1.760 / 0.132 17 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 330.8 1'49.900 1.880 / 0.120 18 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 338.8 1'49.944 1.924 / 0.044 19 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 327.3 1'50.070 2.050 / 0.126 20 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 328.2 1'50.219 2.199 / 0.149 21 10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 325.9 1'50.314 2.294 / 0.095 22 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 331.5 1'50.377 2.357 / 0.063 23 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 329.5 1'50.694 2.674 / 0.317 24 81 Jordi TORRES SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 332.6 1'52.823 4.803 / 2.129
FP2 Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Km/h Time Gap 1st/Prev. 1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 337.6 1'47.382 2 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 335.4 1'47.520 0.138 / 0.138 3 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 336.3 1'47.835 0.453 / 0.315 4 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 341.5 1'47.862 0.480 / 0.027 5 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 334.0 1'47.919 0.537 / 0.057 6 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 339.5 1'48.134 0.752 / 0.215 7 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 339.8 1'48.389 1.007 / 0.255 8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 334.5 1'48.452 1.070 / 0.063 9 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 333.5 1'48.501 1.119 / 0.049 10 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 333.8 1'48.552 1.170 / 0.051 11 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 331.2 1'48.654 1.272 / 0.102 12 43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 332.4 1'48.680 1.298 / 0.026 13 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 331.5 1'48.808 1.426 / 0.128 14 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 333.6 1'48.850 1.468 / 0.042 15 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 334.0 1'48.861 1.479 / 0.011 16 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 337.0 1'48.902 1.520 / 0.041 17 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 331.2 1'48.997 1.615 / 0.095 18 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 335.6 1'49.016 1.634 / 0.019 19 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 332.0 1'49.123 1.741 / 0.107 20 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 333.6 1'49.441 2.059 / 0.318 21 12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 333.5 1'49.690 2.308 / 0.249 22 10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 325.7 1'49.925 2.543 / 0.235 23 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 331.5 1'49.937 2.555 / 0.012 24 81 Jordi TORRES SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 334.7 1'51.081 3.699 / 1.14
I had the live feed running today while working. Meh - nothing truly unexpected in any class. The Yamahas suck.
Guy has had more broken bones than MetalHead has had PBR's and is retiring at the end of the year. I'm sure he is putting as much effort into riding at the limit as HRC is in making sure his bike is as good as Marquez's.
if he's not going for a win, then maybe he should just pack it up now and give someone else the ride for the rest of the year.
That would be like a pro football player quitting at halftime. Never gonna happen (the Bills aren't really a pro team)
I don't get to go through every detail that some of y'all do week in and week out but, hasn't Crutchlow made some moves this year? I mean, more than normal, I hear his name called. I wouldn't be mad at that. Dude gots a funny personality.