Motogp Tyre Debacle

popsky · Post by **popsky** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 1:14 pm

You couldn't make this up!

Aussie GP
The FIM/Race Direction shall shorten the Moto2 race by half cause of safety issues with the Dunlops, and the Motogp riders must make a pit stop to change bikes between laps 12 & 14, cause Bridgstone can't guarantee there tyres safety for more than 14 laps.

I can understand the riders safety issues and deffo wouldn't want them to be placed under extra risk, but for fecks sake Dunlop/Bridgstone get your act together, it's ridiculous that 2 top manufacturers have got into this situation. And when all riders have to come in to the pits with a 2 lap window, what of the safety issues with that?

Bikerhoss · Post by **Bikerhoss** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 1:50 pm

I've torn up my betting slip in despair, Hope it rains now, just to add hilarity, Safety

boxerscott · Post by **boxerscott** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 6:25 pm

A ploy to introduce F1 style racing (cough) ?

With obligatory Gullie? lol

popsky · Post by **popsky** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 7:28 pm

boxerscott wrote:A ploy to introduce F1 style racing l

I wouldnt put anything past Carmelo Ezpeleta

Twinspark · Post by **Twinspark** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 8:00 pm

boxerscott wrote:A ploy to introduce F1 style racing (cough) ?

With obligatory Gullie? lol

I suspect this is the answer - they've been asked to produce something which falls away, but made it slightly too marginal.

Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:55 am

Miss a bike-change window by one lap - get disqualified..............

What a crock of shit.

Thank God - there's BSB in this world

Al

el-nicko · Post by **el-nicko** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:38 pm

Blackal wrote:Miss a bike-change window by one lap - get disqualified..............

Al

Just watched it. You must have a crystal ball Al.

cornishflat · Post by **cornishflat** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:54 pm

Marquez disqualified.....Honda pah, makes the best bike on the grid but can,t count to ten.

boxerscott · Post by **boxerscott** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:26 pm

cornishflat wrote:Marquez disqualified.....Honda pah, makes the best bike on the grid but can,t count to ten.

Inappropriate penalty I say. Perhaps he got off lightly at Aragon cos it was his own teammate he spannered, I doubt that would have been a 1 point penalty if it was Horgey he had spannered. Keeps the championship alive but yeah farcical.

cornishflat · Post by **cornishflat** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 8:54 pm

Not half as tragic as Scott Redding breaking his wrist and the Moto 2 championship going out the window....probably.

GRAgusta · Post by **GRAgusta** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:42 am

I travel all over Europe to watch the MotoGP. I enjoy the journey, and sometimes the event.

The problem at Phillip Island seems to have been a dislocate between renewing the tarmac and the tyre supplier's understanding of the changes in
reality.

For the premier class, Marc and his team made a mistake that they will learn from.

Sadly Scott may delay his first championship chance, but he is already promoted.

As always, we look forward to next year.

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:12 am

The pit lane exit speed rule was also a cock up. Very nearly with horrific consequences.

What a shame as Marquez rode out of his skin. At least the battle goes on to motegi.

Bikerhoss · Post by **Bikerhoss** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:34 am

GRAgusta wrote:Sadly Scott may delay his first championship chance, but he is already promoted.

As always, we look forward to next year.

He's been declared fit, so GAME ON

Boxermed69 · Post by **Boxermed69** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:43 pm

Bikerhoss wrote:
GRAgusta wrote:Sadly Scott may delay his first championship chance, but he is already promoted.

As always, we look forward to next year.
He's been declared fit, so GAME ON

Excellent! Espargaro has the upper hand psychologically. Redding needs to pull another Silverstone out of the bag this weekend. If the gods are smiling Rabat will take out Espargaro and they'll have fisticuffs in the gravel trap

Oh, and I wish that prat Moody would stop calling him 'the Gloucestershire lad'. Yeah, may be factual but it's patronising and, tbh, anything that pillock says grits my shit

popsky · Post by **popsky** » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:53 pm

Boxermed69 wrote:
Excellent! If the gods are smiling Rabat will take out Espargaro and they'll have fisticuffs in the gravel trap

That's sounds a good scenario, don't know why but both Espargaro's get right up my nose

Boxermed69 wrote: Oh, and I wish that prat Moody would stop calling him 'the Gloucestershire lad'. Yeah, may be factual but it's patronising and, tbh, anything that pillock says grits my shit

Quite agree with you there Mike, and the other twot, if there are 2 people who like the sound of there own voices…