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@R-series: Yeah, BSB, WSBK, GPs...he has tasted them all - 1 BSB and 1 WSBK championship. Well, the only thing good about BT Sport is that they have this pro racer to give an insight on the circuit with him on the BMW. But, rest of the MotoGP show is a let down. That Toseland should retire from the job.


Damn, I miss the Nick Harris-Gavin Emmett combo!

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Yep me too, they used to bring excitement to the whole environment even at home

I don't know if anyone noticed, but I see the twin underseat exhausts returning to entry level bikes. Actually i don't even remember when was the last time I saw twin underseat exhausts on 125/moto3 bikes



FP2 over, Marc is a whole one second faster than anyone else. 2nd to 11th place runners are all within the next 1 sec



and lets have a look at the speed trap:

Hondas are clearly faster than Yamaha (we also have Ducati in between), but Yamaha has got to up the bike to match the level of the RC213V if not beat it. Not only is the engine powerful, they've also got better braking, gearbox, maybe electronics and the tyres are suiting them too. How do you beat that?

I just see Jorge in Repsol colours next year.

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Not sure about other factory riders but Marc set these timings on hard compounds :-o

Yeah, if it continues like this for Jorge then it would be difficult for Yamaha to hold on to him. Interesting thing will be if Honda can run with 3 factory bikes or Dani will be shown the boot

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Even VR has set his times only on the hard tyres.

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Rossi might have set a better time if Jorge wasn't slow on the racing line.

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Looks like Another good race is on the line

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I know what you mean

Just kiddin

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[MENTION=28698]Makky[/MENTION] : my last years moto3 champion won his 1st race of his 1st moto2 season. Has he got you attention yet?

In moto3-fenati from sky vr46 took podium. Rossi personally congratulated him for the podium finish.

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Jorge's getting desperate :P

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There are jump starts, and then there are jump starts and then there is this!!

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Although this is only the 2nd race..but I think yamaha are done for 2014.
I think Rossi should jump to honda too..

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for the first time in his career i think lorenzo is seriously losing his focus or something..a mistake in last race, but okay that was still a normal racing mistake (although a rare event for him) and then this big big lol-fest of a blunder today...i wonder wtf is going on in his mind, pressure/being pissed getting onto him or just losing focus at the worst of all times or what ? he consequently ran the pace of a podium and would probably have got a 3rd if not for that massive blunder anyone has ever done during a race start :x and then another wtf/lol happened (from yamaha's point of view) with rossi dropping off from 4th to 8th in just 2 or so laps (wondering what happened there too)...it seems at least one yamaha factory rider has taken the job of giving some comedy or random intrigue to the audience since 2012 (ben spies, rossi's string of 4th all of last yr and this year lorenzo has joined in too :P), today being the special day of both of them doing some LOL.

good for dovi and ducati's dry podium..nice rides by repsol duo, iannone, bradl, tech 3 guys...and also lorenzo too :P :P

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:P

and just in time they got a huge 5 year title sponsorship with a major industry


lol

be nice if lorenzo decides to go to suzuki, or take a one year deal for 2015 with whoever and then jump to aprilia in 2016 :P

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Epic start from LOLenzo

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It was just not yamaha's day

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Rossi and Iannone both say they destroyed the front right side of the tyre which was the reason for their sudden lack if speed.
Rossi said he could have got the podium here which was the target.
They initially changed the settings on the bike and were able to do 16 laps without issue so they thought the problem was solved, but in the race we found it wasn't. Let's move on to Argentina. Hopefully it'll be a better weekend for yamaha.