MotoGP | 2022 | Race 2 | Mandalika | Indonesia | March 18-20

Funny how they are not doing wheelies.

 

Based on the overhead, that isn't a straight.

 

The disparity between machinery there is quite noticeable. Poor Alex and Joan

 

What's amazing is how many people are lined up in the street: men, women, children. So excited to see some of the World's Best riders come to their country.

I'm super happy to see that, and at the same time a bit envious that we don't have that here.

 

40-45C air temperature and track's in the 60C

Yikes!!

 

Yeah, and the track is an hour's drive from Mataram, at least. The south is spotted with vacation/beach destinations, but they don't appear large. Overall, it seems the location is pretty remote.

 

If those guys rode through the streets at Indy like that there would be even more people.

 

FP 2 was a surprise… Yamahas looked good .. Suzuki struggling with new soft tire . and those high speed crashes were WOW .. MM / 93 lucky not to damage himself in his get off !

 

If they rode through NYC like that, no one would blink an eye. They would probably get noise violation tickets from the new loud exhaust cameras, also found in Tennesse too now.

 

The track totally looked like a Yamaha track, maybe now Quattro will shut up about the bike for once.

 

any having trouble accessing it via web?

 

yeah the no spoiler page is showing blank. nothing from this weekend or Qatar

 

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FP2
1 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'31.608 16 18 307.6
2 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'31.638 17 18 0.030 0.030 304.2
3 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'31.893 20 22 0.285 0.255 308.5
4 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'31.904 16 20 0.296 0.011 308.5
5 23 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'31.921 14 14 0.313 0.017 311.2
6 43 Jack MILLER AUS Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'31.965 21 22 0.357 0.044 307.6
7 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'32.008 17 18 0.400 0.043 309.4
8 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'32.017 17 19 0.409 0.009 309.4
9 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'32.049 21 22 0.441 0.032 309.4
10 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'32.106 21 21 0.498 0.057 308.5
11 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Tea YAMAHA 1'32.303 19 21 0.695 0.197 305.9
12 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU HONDA 1'32.314 17 20 0.706 0.011 306.8
13 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'32.344 17 19 0.736 0.030 307.6
14 49 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'32.418 15 18 0.810 0.074 303.3
15 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'32.471 19 20 0.863 0.053 308.5
16 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA LCR Honda CASTROL HONDA 1'32.554 19 22 0.946 0.083 307.6
17 25 Raul FERNANDEZ SPA Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'32.557 17 19 0.949 0.003 305.9
18 87 Remy GARDNER AUS Tech3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'32.626 20 20 1.018 0.069 304.2
19 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'32.628 17 18 1.020 0.002 309.4
20 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR SUZUKI 1'32.641 16 19 1.033 0.013 308.5
21 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'32.845 11 18 1.237 0.204 306.8
22 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'32.847 7 18 1.239 0.002 308.5
23 40 Darryn BINDER RSA WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Tea YAMAHA 1'33.014 17 19 1.406 0.167 306.8
24 10 Luca MARINI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'33.223 15 20 1.615 0.209 305.0

 

What's up with MM93? Well I guess Pol too, that new Honda doesn't like Yamaha tracks. Even washed-up Dovi is doing better than them

 

I don’t think this track favors one over the other as the Ducs are right with the Yams. Appears that it’s hotter than hell and no one has any real grip.

 

It's possible that the tires they need to use due to the heat and new track surface may not be meshing with the Honda chassis.
Strange b/c Pol was at the top in FP1.

 

Crazy to see people riding around in trucks inside the the track with rifles because there are so many stray dogs and they don't want them to get on the track

 

Damn what a reshuffling from P1 to P2. I can’t remember such wholesale change through the entire grid. Crazy.
I still don’t have confidence in the Yamahas, while it appears the Honders were fools gold at Qatar. Crazy.

 

Plus, shish kabobs

 

P1 was a drying track wasn't it?