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MotoGP | 2019 | Round 1 | Qatar | Mar 8 - 10

Discussion in 'General' started by BigBird, Mar 4, 2019.

  1. dieterly

    dieterly Well-Known Member

    What are you talking about?
     
  2. Tristan

    Tristan Well-Known Member

    The Albanian Pro sidecar race. What are you talking about?
     
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  3. Ra.Ge. Raptor

    Ra.Ge. Raptor wanna_be_fast

  4. Shocker

    Shocker Well-Known Member

    I feel as if Rins wanted to split the pack up, so he tried to jump in the lead and push harder to make everyone up their pace (knowing Marquez wouldn't let him ride off into the moonrise).

    FQ20 was running 1.5-2 seconds per lap faster than the lead pack going all out after starting in the pits. He burned his tires up after getting into the points, but it really shows how much tire conservation is going on and why the racing appears "closer."
     
  5. Ra.Ge. Raptor

    Ra.Ge. Raptor wanna_be_fast

    Iirc both Petronas bikes were on softs
     
  6. speedluvn

    speedluvn Man card Issuer

    There was a motorcycle race this weekend. You should try to watch it. There was some great racing this past weekend in the desert.
     
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  7. speedluvn

    speedluvn Man card Issuer

    Ok. I won’t concede but he got 4th. Damn near a podium, shyt a championship, for Suzuki.
     
  8. tzrider

    tzrider CZrider

    Where a Suzuki actually podiumed?

    What are you talking about?....
     
  9. speedluvn

    speedluvn Man card Issuer

    See above your post :Poke:
     
  10. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    Why are you haters pissing on people gloating about Rossi is fifth-place victory and Rins' fourth-place podium?
     
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  11. wac

    wac Well-Known Member

    That wing , attached to the bodywork or swing arm? I believe swing arm. Not sure
     
  12. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

     
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  13. Steeltoe

    Steeltoe What's my move?

  14. TX Joose

    TX Joose Well-Known Member

    How much can I bet that within the next 3 rounds, these same protesting teams will have tried to copy Ducati (again)?
     
  15. brex

    brex Well-Known Member

    They will be on bikes at Starbucks mid-summer.
     
  16. KrooklynSV

    KrooklynSV Usual Suspect

    Someone in China is already working on these for AliExpress and eBay as we speak surely.
     
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  17. BigBird

    BigBird blah

    Last edited: Mar 20, 2019
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  18. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    No they won't even after the appeals court. The people making the call at the track know their rules.
     
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  19. 600 dbl are

    600 dbl are Shake Zoola the mic rula

    It would be nice to see it in action at a wind tunnel.

    It just doesn't seem like it would be able to produce much down force considering the front wheel and radiator force a big pocket of air in front of it?

    Given the way the rules are written, it looks like they could have slapped a big Honda Civic "R"_Type ricer rear spoiler to the swing arm and it would be legal?
     
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  20. Dan Dubeau

    Dan Dubeau Well-Known Member

    I think the protest and appeals that followed are more about clarifying the rules going forward, than trying to strip Ducati of the results.

    There's no doubt that something that shape, being where it is creates "down force", but was that the intended goal, or just a positive byproduct of trying to direct air to the tire.
     
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