MotoGP 2017 season discussion thread

[The Monk]

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Great Moto GP race .Also the Moto 3 race was awesome with almost 20 riders at the end finishing within a couple of seconds ,some of the corners five abreast and the lead kept changing corner to corner - finished one lap earlier due to red flag after a crash .Missed the Moto 2 race though.

You didn't really miss much with the Moto2 race It was extremely boring when compared to the preceding and following Moto3 and MotoGP races!

[Tanzing Sherpa]

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Seems like KTM/RedBull is targeting Marquez for 2019 seriously.That comes with a big salary offer exceeding Lorenzo. Hope it will come true.

[Saravanan Murdlock]

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So glad to see Dovi/Ducati being championship contender. Finally things are falling together for dovi after honda dumped him years back.

Its just a matter of time jorge starts winning races on ducati. 99 is all about rhythm and he is getting there race by race. Fingers crossed.

I think yamaha needs metronomic data from jorge to develope the bike and reduce the rear tyre wear in race distance. Just my 2 cents.

[The Monk]

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https://www.xbhp.com/talkies/news/38512-motogp-adds-thailand-its-calendar-2018-2020-a.html

MotoGP will be in Thailand from 2018. Who all are going to use MotoGP as an excuse (for their wives and girlfriends) to visit Thailand

[Tanzing Sherpa]

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http://m.bbc.com/sport/motorsport/41117834

Bad news guys

[The Monk]

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Rossi will almost surely be out for the next two races at Misano and Aragon.

Might be back in time for the flyaways, but that will be tough. Three consecutive races on three weekends while travelling halfway around the world!

[sstherockz]

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By the time he comes back everyone will be way ahead on points...
Tough luck for Vale

#GetWellSoonVale

[Saravanan Murdlock]

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In last test, yamaha found something to keep the rapid rear tyre degradation at bay and been able to keep up with guys in front at silverstone and then this happens. Tough luck for vale. it was 4 way battle, now been reduced to 3 way. Dovi and vinales and marc.

Hatts off to dovi, in recent interview he said " misano home race will be ugly without vale". Dovi(the professor) have ice cold head and warmest heart.

[Imam Jafer Ali]

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Dovi(the professor)

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[The Monk]

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A very interesting interview about bringing electric bikes to the MotoGP paddock:

https://motomatters.com/interview/2017/09/05/interview_corrado_cecchinelli_on.html

[bharatheshk]

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San Marino MotoGP qualifying - Vinales grabs pole from Dovi at the end .Marquez in third after a crash towards the end -no damage done .Predictions of rain for tomorrow -should be interesting with Crutchlow in fourth . Miss Rossi though .

[Tanzing Sherpa]

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Disappointed with Lorenzo. He had such a good pace in front and already a sec advantage. He should have maintained the gap then pushing further. Though glad he lose his fear of wet race.

[bharatheshk]

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Disappointed with Lorenzo. He had such a good pace in front and already a sec advantage. He should have maintained the gap then pushing further. Though glad he lose his fear of wet race.

With Lorenzo's record in wet races i didn't expect him to finish the race in a good position and the crash would have dented his confidence even more, though he had good pace when he was leading .Great race by Marquez to snatch the win from Petrucci .Marquez & Dovi level on points makes the championship tilt more towards Marquez for his ruthlesness though risky at times.
Moto 3 - Fantastic riding by Fenati in the wet to completely decimate the others ,Mir finishing a safe second with almost 19 riders crashing out -the wet conditions not making for the usual close moto 3 races.
Moto 2 - Wet coditions claiming many riders including Morbidelli .Luthi finishing second closes the gap to Morbidelli in the championship.

[aditya_YZF-R15]

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apparently another exciting race that i missed watching.

[Imam Jafer Ali]

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apparently another exciting race that i missed watching.

Other than the last lap, its not interesting to me!