French Grand Prix - Le Mans

[chrisb]

totally agree Rene, I always thought if Marquez drove with his brain instead of.... he would be like Stoner and it is obvious since Argeninia he has been using the gray matter a lot more, but i do wish the MotoGP commentators would slow down on the admiration for him, we know he is good

yea i think you are right Rene this years title is his to lose, all else feels a bit chaotic,

you do have to wonder what is happening to the Brits though,

Cal, gutsy ride - well done - Scott, what is going on there? how can someone who has so much ability and talent be so far behind? Bradley -well some signs of improvement but still not to his ability

where will these two be next year?

Sam, Danny, this is awful, no idea what is happening

wee John McPhee, good ride yesterday but despite the penalty why was he so far down the grid,

[charleselan]

I firmly believe that if Johann Zarco was on the current KTM he would regularly have that machine in the top ten as he is significantly quicker than both P. Espargaro and Bradley. Both are good riders in my opinion, and Bradley does not deserve the ridicule handed out by the key board jockeys who unfortunately blight the web sites. Put either of these two on a competitive WSBK machine and they would be race winners.

I find it hard to fathom KTM dropping Bradley and keeping Espargaro, both should have be moved on. KTM would have been better off having Zarco along with Mika Kallio next year, especially with the talented Oliveira at Tech3 next season. Johann Zarco has made a canny move to KTM as anyone with a brain would not have gone to Honda alongside Marquez, where the bike is specifically tailored to their favoured son, hence the reason why no poor blighter can ride the bike, particularly the customer machines.

It has been said many times this year that if Dani Pedrosa was on the Suzuki he would have disappeared into the distance at some GP's, he actually does an amazing job on the Honda considering. Dani or Lorenzo would be excellent choices for Suzuki next year. Lorenzo has explained his problem with the Ducati this year, in that due to a change of tank design he is suffering severe fatigue in his arms, something that did not affect him last year with the GP17. It was mentioned on BT Sport that many on the team want Petrucci which is a bit rich considering he has been up and down like a Yo-Yo all season.

This brings me to the issue of the British riders; the main issue in my opinion is a lack of support. The only guy that gets real support is Crutchlow at LCR where the team are really pulling for him, and especially the owner. The only time Scott had real support was when he was at VDS, but once in MotoGP with the woeful customer Honda which he did not fit physically and there was no factory support what so ever. Scott looks dire on the Aprillia and his despondency is very apparent, especially as that team are trying to lure either Petrucci our Ianonni, there seems to be a case of history repeating itself there. I believe that he would have been better off on an old Ducati this year rather than that thing, however it could be the end of his MotoGP career at the end of year and his stated nil interest in WSBK isn't too smart if he wants a career in bike racing.

All of which is very sad as we are talking about a guy who had the ability to take Marquez on in Moto2 and beat him fair and square, you do not loose that talent over night.