maverick taking a real long look at the HRC shenanigans. bet your life he celebrates like that more than a couple times
JORGE LORENZO I‘m very disappointed, because I made a mistake. I tried to push too much when the bike was not working well with the tyres. In Aragón we made a good decision with the tyres and this time it was the opposite. We chose the wrong front tyre, with the soft I think I would have made a better race, because my front tyre on the first laps was vibrating and closing. I didn‘t have a good feeling, that‘s why I couldn‘t keep up with the pace of Marquez. Finally, because Dovizioso was coming, I pushed more than before in that corner and the front tyre didn‘t give me any support or feedback and I crashed. It‘s a pity, because I think we had the potential to fight for the victory with the right front tyre, but it was impossible today and we lost a great opportunity to be second in the championship. I want to congratulate Marquez because he didn‘t have an advantage from his bike this year and he was the most consistent rider, so he deserves this championship. VALENTINO ROSSI First of all, I would like to say that I‘m OK, fortunately no problems. On the other hand it‘s a shame because I was quite strong and I had a good pace. Unfortunately my start was not fantastic and I lost a position to Marquez and Lorenzo. After that, Marquez was a bit faster than me to overtake Lorenzo, I lost a bit more time behind him, but the pace was good. I was able to push a lot to try and catch Marquez but unfortunately I lost the front. Sincerely, I felt nothing like going into the corner too wide or too deep, but I lost the front and logically I made a mistake. -jim
#giveme5 Probably quiet cause only us true fans watched it live Congrats to Marquez. Kid destroyed them this year. Hopefully Pedrosa heals up quickly. Bring Nicky over to Phillip Island and boot Aoyama.
Eh, there's really nothing to say. Championships over, and beating up on a has been got old a few years ago.
We're not going to have the talks about the fastest/ most deserving rider not being the champ this year.
Sounds like the Yamaha boys are having "feel" issues with the front. Maybe they're experiencing a return to the traditional "grip, grip, grip, gone" Michelin days of old
First of all, major Congrats to MM; one hell of a season for the lad.... But, DAMMM, the crashes - seems like *everybody* was down this weekend - and the guy that looks to be crashing most every corner keeps it up and wins the WC... Good on him... Me thinks Michelin folks need to work on that front.
It's been an odd year. Tires above all, have been the biggest wildcard all season. Marquez showed great intelligence and patience in his approach to this season and clearly deserved the title. Yamaha are having huge issues with the tires and rumor has it that their bike will get a huge rework for next season, not just minor tweaks, to better deal with their tire issues. Only battle left is Rossi/Lorenzo and I have no idea which way that'll go.
It's more like those Michelin tires are shit and have been all year. Have any of you seen the tires from today's race? Remember AI's tire from a few races ago. Here is MM's front.
