MotoGP | 2023 | Race 5 | Le Mans | France | May 12-14

I think taking the long lap would show he recognized he fucked up and was taking responsibility..and he should IMHO.

 

Ummmm…

 

Damn! What is up with everyone and these pro-penalty faction.

like something happened during a race, he came out the worst of everyone, and here everyone is like let's penalize a rider even more.

 

When the greatest to ever grid up makes a mistake, the haters are gonna pile on. Look at all the shots people took at Rossi a few years ago.

 

Injuring himself from riding like an asshat hasn’t seemed to impart any lessons.

Or are the rest of the field simply rolling berms for his use?

 

How do we know what he's learned, he hasn't gridded up yet.

 

Still not looking like a dud weekend for KTM after P2.

 

You're not getting it. There is nothing pro-penalty about it. It's about goodwill. You ever see a tennis player asking for a point to be replayed even though the referee gave it to him, because he knows the ball was out/in? You know what the public does when that happens: loud applause.

Whether he deserved a long lab or not is irrelevant. He fucked up and injure someone: fact. He was penalized: fact. He escaped to penalty through a technicality and now people are mad at him, including his competitors. This is where showing some extra class earns him some goodwill/karma points back.

It's not always about being right.

 

https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2023/05/12/raul-fernandez-to-miss-remainder-of-french-gp/454742

 

That might actually hold some water, if this was the first time he injured himself riding like an asshat…

 

Danilo looks a lot happier than when he was serving his MA sentence.

 

Oh whoops I read that backwards. If it rains on Sunday, maybe Miller time!

 

I think we need a Canet Crash Count thread.

 

Damn straight! The greatest to ever grid up should not have poured all that milk on his cornflakes!

 

Marc Marquez hits back at Aleix Espargaro at French MotoGP? “Talk bull****, next race it can happen to you”

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1...pargaro-talk-bull-next-race-it-can-happen-you

 

The Marc crash count now stands at 2. https://www.motogp.com/en/videos/20...aHfSJZvxlPpUhz6UMREP_Gh1HoNAk&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

 

P2 Results

Marquez and Rins in the litter 2x per already.

1 43 Jack MILLER AUS Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'30.950 26 27 310.6
2 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'31.069 21 23 0.119 0.119 312.6
3 72 Marco BEZZECCHI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'31.150 21 27 0.200 0.081 318.5
4 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'31.235 15 17 0.285 0.085 314.5
5 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Prima Pramac Racing DUCATI 1'31.276 23 24 0.326 0.041 313.5
6 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Aprilia Racing APRILIA 1'31.342 28 28 0.392 0.066 315.5
7 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1'31.352 19 22 0.402 0.010 314.5
8 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'31.432 24 26 0.482 0.080 307.7
9 1 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'31.467 23 23 0.517 0.035 315.5
10 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'31.508 19 21 0.558 0.041 311.6
11 10 Luca MARINI ITA Mooney VR46 Racing Team DUCATI 1'31.511 26 27 0.561 0.003 316.5
12 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'31.650 25 29 0.700 0.139 310.6
13 42 Alex RINS SPA LCR Honda CASTROL HONDA 1'31.942 25 27 0.992 0.292 311.6
14 37 Augusto FERNANDEZ SPA GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 1'31.990 20 23 1.040 0.048 309.6
15 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU HONDA 1'31.998 25 27 1.048 0.008 308.7
16 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP YAMAHA 1'32.143 16 18 1.193 0.145 310.6
17 49 Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO ITA Gresini Racing MotoGP DUCATI 1'32.311 24 24 1.361 0.168 311.6
18 36 Joan MIR SPA Repsol Honda Team HONDA 1'32.369 20 21 1.419 0.058 307.7
19 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Ducati Lenovo Team DUCATI 1'33.022 20 23 2.072 0.653 311.6
20 32 Lorenzo SAVADORI ITA CryptoDATA RNF MotoGP Team APRILIA 1'33.489 3 18 2.539 0.467 306.8
21 94 Jonas FOLGER GER GASGAS Factory Racing Tech3 KTM 1'33.672 12 25 2.722 0.183 307.7

 

That save (with about 28 minutes to go) should count as a crash.

 

I wonder when Mir will regret his that his dream of racing the honda repsoil bike has come true

 

MM93 noticeably down on top speed - that's not typical....