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thank you mate. also found full race on youtube, hurray ..!!

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has anyone of you been to sepang motogp before ? i am planning to go. i would appreciate any help from anyone here who has gone before on how to go about it. please do PM me for the same.

PS: i have no passport so i am applying for it now.

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been there in 2013 and 2014. will be there this year too.

it's HOT as hell. take good quality earplugs. the audio levels can get deafening.

the main grandstand has the best view, obviously. but the closest you can get to the track/bikes is at the final turn.

this is Bradley Smith at the last turn at Sepang. this isn't even a telephoto lens. bikes are pretty close.



the track is pretty far from KL city. so you'll need a car/bike to get there.

they've also got RapidKL AC shuttle buses all the way to the track on race weekends.

i haven't used the buses but i've heard they're a good choice to get to the track but the ride back is crowded.

PM me if you've got any specific questions.

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There was a similar discussion previously on this thread. You may want to check that out. (Navigate to page 7)

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Interesting. I'm pretty sure it will be Aoyama or another test rider racing at Austin, also out of tact for Dani. But later, if his absence gets protracted (and from what we hear it seems it will), they'll put someone who can steal points from MM93's competitors. But this will be a temporary kind of arrangement. The real replacement, if necessary, will only be named at the end of the season. Anyway it will be a great chance for the temporary rider, who could be confirmed if he performs really well. Crutch remains the most probable candidate imo, Miller is too inexperienced, Hayden improbable because he has already been there and left, Bradl also improbable because he failed their expectations, so... and Crutch is doing well on that Honda he has now.

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Bradl won't join Factory Honda team for sure... I meant that if Crutchlow joins factory Honda, LCR would be very unhappy because they won't have any top riders left to take the spot, so maybe they'll try to get Bradl back into LCR team.

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I dont think much of a reshuffle will happen! It will surely be a test rider who will fill the seat for the moment

In the meanwhile Ducati's fuel allowance have been reduced, will it have an effect? have to wait and see.

COTA is going to be a fight between the Ducatis' and the Hondas unless Yamaha comes up with something special

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No according to Ducati. Who claim to have been using 22 litres from the start of the last season. They never needed 24 litres! They still have 2 litres more than Yamaha and Honda in any case.

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Actually, what most most people are forgetting is that at 22 litres they are getting 10% more fuel than Yamaha and Honda. That is a big difference. It allows them to run richer and produce more power. That phenomenal burst of power seen on Losail straights can be quite a bit attributed to this fact.

While Ducati claims that it has never needed the 24 litres (may/ may not be true), it is not claiming that it is NOT filling 24 litres in the gas tank. Lets face it, they are not the most open company, they have not been very open about their problems before Stoner left in disgust and they are not going to be open in the future. This is multi million dollar sport and everyone of them will look for any and all advantages they can get, real or psychological.

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Sooner or later they will be able to run 20 liters as well. The biggest thing according to me is the 12 engines allocated to open factories compared to 5 for yamaha and honda. Ideally they only have to run the engines one race and then the practice sessions of the other.
Till that advantage is removed I think the power advantage would still be there.

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Looking back, Ducati always seemed to have one of the most powerful-AND-efficient engines out there, quite comparable to Honda's.
Remember 2007, when Stoner's Ducati was passing Valentino's Yamaha on the straight at Qatar with such embarassing ease? They had the same fuel as the others then. It is actually one of the big advantages of the desmo distribution: less power is wasted in operating the valves as compared to springs (or even pneumatic for that matter) while ensuring the same revving capabilities as pneumatic. And that advantage is especially effective in the mid-range.

So I don't think fuel is going to be a problem for Ducati. They of course have not designed a new bike that needs props bound to be withdrawn... The one concession they care for, imo, is the 12 engines because of development requirements; but those are going to stay in 2015, whatever happens.

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Yeah that and the unlimited testing (that they also get to keep) are the 2 biggest concessions. If they keep up the progress rate, they could easily be the class of the field at the start of 2016 on pure merit.

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Guys, I am planning too to visit Sepang this year. Xionite, Ron lets team up. What say? Will share the expenses. Yeah..I hope missus does not get too eager to come to Malaysia. Still we could catch up and plan.

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Regarding quantity of fuel used by Ducati, the link below clearly states that they have been using 22 litres. There are other sites too that have claimed Ducati using 22 litres. I guess, MotoGP officials who finally put the seal after checking are not novice or naive.

I mean if an outsider like you and me know they are using 24 litres against 22 litres that they claim, it sounds strange that the officials in Dorna's team and other factory teams wouldn't know of tricks and sorcery that Ducati employs to put in more fuel ( super cooled and stuff).

I mean, for Losai practice Ducati claimed they did not use softer tyres, and there was noise from other teams. People were all out to confirm if they were actually on softer compounds.

If people believe all the teams in MotoGP put in more fuel and claim to be using lesser fuel, all in hands with MotoGP officials, then I guess this is one of the biggest sham in sports.

I would like to believe Ducati and other teams use fuel that they claim to based on facts on various forums, and would not like to take away any credit from Ducatis or MotoGP as a sport.

If you have proof that it is otherwise, we would be glad to change our view on the sports.

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we can discuss this over emails email me at [email protected] . @Xionite please share yours too. chinmayakar email me please.

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