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Post by René on Nov 12, 2020 17:37:15 GMT
Joan Mir finally won his first race of this season last week. This means he can actually secure the title this weekend. All he needs to do is finish on the podium and the crown is his. But in theory there are still six (!) riders that can win the title. However, most likely candidates besides Mir are Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins who are in joint second position in the championship. But they need to finish in front of Mir, preferably winning the race. This is going to be a cracker no matter what! |
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Post by chrisb on Nov 13, 2020 8:28:17 GMT
If the weather is kinder this weekend, I can see Fabio taking it, as Maverick said we either win or are nowhere, it really is a season of shake-ups, and rumours abound
we say au revoir to Cal - one of the most successful English riders in the sport, finally lifting that load of our shoulders and providing us with great quotes, au revoir as is looks like he may end up as Yamaha's test rider, especially with Dovi taking a sabbatical - which I would question, where in motorbike racing has that worked, oh well apart from Mike the Bike and Kenny Roberts that is, but in the best will in the world Dovi ain't these two, and with a spare seat at Aprilla and people turning it down the speculation as to who gets that seat is rife. Strangest rumour thus far is that Marquez won't be fit or as quick next year and Dovi is going to step in there - but stranger things have happened, all the fun of the fayre
practice starts in half an hour and this may provide us with more insight
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Post by mikael on Nov 13, 2020 18:43:10 GMT
Joan Mir finally won his first race of this season last week. This means he can actually secure the title this weekend. All he needs to do is finish on the podium and the crown is his. But in theory there are still six (!) riders that can win the title. However, most likely candidates besides Mir are Fabio Quartararo and Alex Rins who are in joint second position in the championship. But they need to finish in front of Mir, preferably winning the race. This is going to be a cracker no matter what!
Thinking about the evolution in motorsport (in general) ... I do think that modern MotoGP is unconditionally more interesting to watch than the, say, 70's or 80's version of the sport (road racing, or motorcycle Grand Prix, as it was called then). The way the bikes now are "thrown down" in the corners nowadays - it's really breathtaking to watch!
In this relation, watching F1 live, the pure speed - especially the speed at which corners now can be negotiated - is also breathtaking indeed. It's a shame that this aspect isn't "transmitted" well on TV. But - if they get the "dirty air" problem solved - then modern F1 is certainly also in good shape, I think. Because, again, the speed does make a difference, after all (I think ...).
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Post by chrisb on Nov 14, 2020 11:09:59 GMT
totally Mikael, I always advocated that F1 needed to be seen 'live' as you just don't get the true sense of their speed, ok the camera work is incredible, and we are privileged to see what a rider/ driver sees but 'live' is just something you have to experience
this weekend is somewhat exciting, in all three categories, Joan looks likely to wrap up the championship but Moto2 is as tight as it can get and Moto3 - well it is always exciting. It is just so much more polished now, and thankfully so much safer, the thing about motorbike racing it is still extremely dangerous and someone can have a serious injury whereas 40-50 years ago a lot of these accidents would have been fatal, I like the 90's motorbike racing, actually I just like motor bike racing from any era but current series is so much better than a few years ago, namely the 800cc times,
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Post by René on Nov 15, 2020 17:53:47 GMT
Congratulations to Joan Mir with his first world title!
I didn't realize it was 20 years ago for Suzuki to win a championship but very well deserved.
Those last few laps were super exciting between Morbidelli and Miller! Franco Morbidelli did all he could to keep his title aspirations alive but his time will come no doubt as will Fabio Quartararo's. Fabio was fast early in the year but made too many mistakes in the end. Consistency won the championship this time.
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Post by chrisb on Nov 19, 2020 9:06:09 GMT
do you get the sense there is a changing of the 'old' and the beginning of the era of the 'new' I look forward to the next few years, there will be more extremely talented riders coming through and Frankie is proving a real winner, so sorry for Fabio and the Maverick, but I have never seen a team get into such a mess as Yamaha has managed this year, talk about an annus horribilis ouch, and yup mistakes by the riders - perhaps overcompensating I don't know, but the team that really has failed to deliver was surely the Ducati's,
what a fabulous finish good on the young guns, but rider of the day was Sam Lowes, a really incredible and gutsy ride for 2 points, respect
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