MotoGP | 2023 | Race 8 | Assen | Netherlands | June 23-25

after a long break 3 races in a row, and then official summer break till August...so enjoy

Assen 2002; imagine if there was passing penalties then

 

Rossi

 

Mir is still out, Lecuono is reportedly in.

Now for the OTHER shoe......

 

I think it's shit-or-get-off-the-pot time for Zarco. If he doesn't capitalize on his current momentum to win this week, this might be the last time he or anyone has any right to believe he can win a race before he retires. After the summer break, he will start his customary descent towards eighth place in the championship. It's now or never.

 

He's going to be too old to do a backflip anymore

 

Sebastien Loeb did one after winning the Monte Carlo rally last year. From the ground, like he used to. He was what, 48?

 

MM93 is racing after all.

 

I'd like to see Binder on the top step

 

Hell, I'd like to see Binder finish a lap.

 

One of the onboard shots of him trying to outbrake Marini last weekend during the GP had my stomach in my throat. Dude was giving it all he had.

 

I'm talking about the other kind of Binder. Darryn.

 

Ahh, yes that one needs to stay up.

 

'To be fair', he's been more the pin than the ball lately.....

 

With his teammate doing great and Pecco still riding, his chances are dwindling.

 

That guy is not human. I'd like to party with him some time.

 

He doesn't really come across to me as the partying type. More like barbecue with a small circle of friends.

 

Him and Toni Bou arguing about BBQ sauce....

 

And meanwhile, there's now this....

 

Give back money to break his contract? Thats crazy. He should stfu, put on his big boy pants and ride the pile of shit he designed for himself until his contract is over.

 

Yeah I think you're giving Marc to much blame for that bike and not enough credit for how well he rode that POS for years.
If the pace was the same as the pace a few years ago it probably wouldn't matter and he'd still be winning (and crashing but not as much.
Honda didn't stay up with the aero and ride devices and how they impact the bike and now they have a unrideable bike that is constantly trying to kill the riders.