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Post by René on Sept 20, 2019 10:23:59 GMT
Fabio Quartararo will look for revenge after the 'defeat' against Marc Márquez last weekend. Márquez can take another step to a new world title, already his sixth in the MotoGP. He won the last three editions of the Aragon GP and is again a favorite. He also starts his 200th Grand Prix in Aragon. And what about Ducati? "We don't have to look at Marc anymore, we just have to look back in the championship," Dovizioso thought aloud after a disappointing home race. FP1 only confirms Márquez’s superiority. 1.6 seconds faster than Viñales and 2 seconds quicker than Quartararo! |
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Post by charleselan on Sept 20, 2019 10:57:22 GMT
According to Cal Crutchlow, Marquez would get on the podium riding an Aprillia.............
Johan Zarco has been benched by KTM for the rest of the season which is probably best all round, and definitely for Johan. So much cr*p written about the guy by the keyboard zealots on some sites, sometimes it makes one despair about the state of things when confronted with this inane garbage written by these fools. The guy is a two time Moto2 champion and in the years when the opposition in that class was probably at its strongest, then we have his performances on the Tec3 Yamaha which were outstanding considering it was of a much lower spec than even Fabio's is this year let alone Morbidelli's.
At least Crutchlow has said some good things about him yesterday and actually referred to Zarco as a "brilliant rider". It is such a shame when super smooth and stylish riders like Johan and Lorenzo are hamstrung by terrible bikes that only respond to cowboys.
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Post by chrisb on Sept 20, 2019 20:35:14 GMT
Marquez this morning was simply outstanding, to be that much quicker than the next guy reeks of incredulity or a bigger engine? that was really incredible, back to normal this afternoon and the Yams looking good, wouldn't it be nice and ironic if Rossi won in Spain's back yard though....
Zarco is one of those riders I warmed to in M2 and quickly became a fan- he was quick, he was quirky and most importantly he was an artist not a manhandling beast so many of whom are being rewarded for unsubtlety - which is why I do like the Yams and Suzi's as they really do respond to finesse and skill, Zarco remains a favourite and I do hope he finds a very good ride for next year and proves all those keyboard warriors totally wrong
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Post by chrisb on Sept 23, 2019 6:02:36 GMT
good race by Dovi, the Yams were poor but Marquez is just walking on water, far too quick for mere mortals, lovely circuit
do wonder if KTM regretted their decision following Pol's accident
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Post by charleselan on Sept 23, 2019 11:51:55 GMT
Somewhat underwhelmed by the whole weekend to be honest especially after hearing the Marquez appreciation society on Saturday put forward by the BT Sport feed. O.K. Marquez is an exceptional rider and is currently doing some very good stuff but for Neil Hodgson to come out with the comment that Marquez would win on a KTM and amazingly backed up by Colin Edwards was too much. This went on for minutes and all sorts of analogies were put forward to substantiate this claim, fortunately Keith Huewen actually brought some sound reason into play and said he did not hold with that at all.
It was interesting to hear Keith say that his take on why Marquez was so good at Aragon, beside the fact it was his local track, was the fact that the majority of the corners were left handed which apparently plays to Marquez strengths due to his "Flat tracking" skills and experience.
Along with this the commentary team then attempted a pretty good job at doing a character assassination on Johann Zarco, and completely sided with the KTM management with regard to his leaving the team. Neil Hodgson again let himself down in my opinion by stating that as a factory rider Zarco would have had every conceivable new part available to him so that he could make KTM exactly how he would have wanted it to be. What a complete load of tosh for if the bike was intrinsically bad or unsuited from the outset then nothing he could have added as component part would have made it better, just ask Jorge Lorenzo with Honda and initially Ducati and then Rossi when he was at Ducati.
What this race did show however was how manifestly slow the Yamaha's are in straight line speed. With a disadvantage such as this they have no chance of winning anything consistently. It was positively painful to watch and must have been soul destroying for its hard trying riders.
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