MotoGP | 2023 | Race 15 | Mandalika | Indonesia | Oct 13 - 15

Just watched the race, Martin not even attempting to pick up the bike and get going again may very well bite him in the ass at the end of the year. With the number of guys that didn't finish he surely could have picked up a few points if the bike was rideable.

 

I couldn't believe he didn't even try to pick it up. Unless there was something obvious that he saw that we couldn't, it was a complete head scratcher from a championship leader.

 

It looked like the bike flipped at the very end.

 

Looked more like an over easy egg flip. Tough to call from our vantage point though, but he must have seen something major wrong with it to not even try.

 

M3 is always awesome.

M2 is pretty much always soporific.

MotoGP can go either way.

 

I haven't really paid much attention to Moto3 lately. Someone fill me in. What the hell is Fenati doing in a world championship race? That guy shouldn't be allowed to drive a donkey cart.

 

Completely agree…

Any racing where the guy in 10th at the white flag really might and sometimes does win is spectacular!

 

is that Pecco riding by?

 

That's the spirit, at least she loves watching racing with you. Cheering for the entire VR46 camp gives her lots of options!!

 

Mav.

By the way, I love seeing Maverick happy. He really does seem to be enjoying the Ape.

 

She only picked Marc as her fav in the first place because he was beating "my" guy at the time, and his name sounded funny to say lol. My Son isn't that interested in racing, but she is a Mini Me.

 

The apparently missing front brake lever might have concerned him. ;

 

Sissy.

 

Isn't that the brake lever?

 

Yes

 

yep, looks like it's right there.

 

Yamaha needs a V4. It was painful watching a clearly faster Quattro getting walked down the straights.

 

this is every Yamaha since basically they started building bikes...Mandalika didn't have long straights, so the Yamaha did quite well.

 

Just because it's been happening forever doesn't excuse it for being. Others have clearly stretched the gap. That bike handles, but it doesn't put down power and gets walked on even short straights.

 

Was this the first race JM89 had the launch device? What a launch he had.....