MotoGP | 2020 | Round 4 | Austria | Red Bull Ring | Aug 14-16

Aprilla is the only seat available. And thats if AI29 doesnt come back after his suspension.

 

Wow ... Dovi tells Ducati to get Fucked ...

 

I wonder if the tweet by Tardozzi (sp?) was the last straw?

 

Amazing Q1

 

Rossi’s still got it ..

 

Sarcastic slow clap from Petrux lol.

 

Damn, I guess we will see JL99 back at Ducati next year.

 

Well, it looks like the youngins(Miller, Bagnia, Zarco) are doing just as good, if not better than he is, for a fraction of the money. Not going to keep paying top dollar for the runner up...... Same thing with Chaz in WSBK. I'd promote Rinaldi to the factory seat.

 

It's funny, I've been so happy about all the new up and comers doing so well. And I'm not a Lorenzo fan at all, butt I kinda hope he comes back to Ducati.

 

Vinales
Miller
Quartararo
Dovi

 

Dovi on the Duc has only been beaten by one guy the last three years. Going to be hard to improve upon that combination. No other team/rider combo has been even close. Guess we’ll see..

 

What a Barn Burner Q round that was

 

Dovi to Tech3 KTM?!?! Iker back to Tech3 Moto2?!?!

 

Roberts to Q2

 

Not sure if it’s my imagination or not , but it appears that John Hopkin’s eyebrow artist may have gotten a hold of Joe

 

Ciabatti told Canal+ that Ducati intends to keep both Zarco and Bagnia and now just has to decide on which teams. Xaus said Lorenzo or Zarco. I don't know if they had told him off-camera what Ciabatti had said minutes earlier but I think I'll go with Ciabatti.

 

Pecco and Zarco both look good now, but lets see over the next few races. We all know that Zarco is capable of running at the back of the field after setting pole, so he is unpredictable. JL, as much as I hate him, has proven he can win on that thing.

 

MotoGP - Q2 Final.

1 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 307.6 1'23.450
2 43 Jack MILLER AUS Pramac Racing Ducati 315.7 1'23.518 0.068 / 0.068
3 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 305.9 1'23.537 0.087 / 0.019
4 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 313.0 1'23.606 0.156 / 0.069
5 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 310.3 1'23.612 0.162 / 0.006
6 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 307.6 1'23.673 0.223 / 0.061
7 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 305.0 1'23.719 0.269 / 0.046
8 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 308.5 1'23.731 0.281 / 0.012
9 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Esponsorama Racing Ducati 310.3 1'23.828 0.378 / 0.097
10 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 309.4 1'23.872 0.422 / 0.044
11 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 310.3 1'23.939 0.489 / 0.067
12 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 304.2 1'23.995 0.545 / 0.056

And the rest, based on Q1 positions
13 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Ducati Team Ducati 308.5 1'23.915 0.050 / 0.024
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 312.1 1'24.151 0.286 / 0.236
15 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 309.4 1'24.228 0.363 / 0.077
16 27 Iker LECUONA SPA Red Bull KTM Tech 3 KTM 308.5 1'24.405 0.540 / 0.177
17 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 305.9 1'24.485 0.620 / 0.080
18 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 309.4 1'24.490 0.625 / 0.005
19 6 Stefan BRADL GER Repsol Honda Team Honda 310.3 1'24.662 0.797 / 0.172
20 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 309.4 1'24.831 0.966 / 0.169
21 53 Tito RABAT SPA Esponsorama Racing Ducati 306.8 1'25.287 1.422 / 0.456
22 51 Michele PIRRO ITA Pramac Racing Ducati 309.4 1'25.431 1.566 / 0.144

 

Rocco got 16th today, started at the back of the gird. Just keeps dropping his lap time, fingers crossed for tomorrow

 

I think it was already decided beforehand, but Dovi wanted to steal Duc's thunder. I'm sure Duc already decided to not resign unless he came out dominant in the first couple races.