MotoGP
Couldn't find the old thread, so had to start a new one!
Historic day today - huge congratulations to Cal Crutchlow, the first British rider to win in the top class since Barry Sheene in 1981. John McPhee won in Moto3 and Sam Lowes took a 3rd in Moto2: a British rider on the podium in every race.
Scott Redding rode an excellent race, but drying track trashed his tyres, (and those of many others), so the Brits had a great morning.
Very brave riding in dreadful conditions, and 3 really exciting races. And just 2 weeks to the British MotoGP. Let's all pray for rain again!
Historic day today - huge congratulations to Cal Crutchlow, the first British rider to win in the top class since Barry Sheene in 1981. John McPhee won in Moto3 and Sam Lowes took a 3rd in Moto2: a British rider on the podium in every race.
Scott Redding rode an excellent race, but drying track trashed his tyres, (and those of many others), so the Brits had a great morning.
Very brave riding in dreadful conditions, and 3 really exciting races. And just 2 weeks to the British MotoGP. Let's all pray for rain again!
0
Comments
Went to Silverstone last year in the wet so no thank you. Two years before that was blazing hot and I was falling asleep by the middle of the last race (Moto3) of the day. So I am hoping for cool dry conditions this year.
What a great day's racing in all 3 classes, I was worn out from the excitement by the end of it.
Delighted to see Crutchlow on the podium again and whatever the team has done to Maverick's bike has really worked a treat.
Has the Suzuki had an engine upgrade? Won't be watching my recording of the races until tomorrow morning so don't know if they mentioned anything.
Maverick said the team had worked really hard on the bike, but I don't recall an upgrade being mentioned.
They mentioned the 2019 weekend at Phillip Island as guiding their decision making but more memorable in my memory was the hurricane which touched the Indianapolis event in 2008 which forced rescheduling of the main race until the Monday.
I really don’t see the point of the sprint race. It’s basically the main race with less laps. Not a big fan of it in F1 but at least it’s different to main one in that there is no pitstop but moto gp doesn’t have them unless it’s a wet race.
Heads up that there has been another tweak to the practise sessions. Only the second practise now count as pre-qualifying to decide the top ten to go straight into second quali proper. Moto3 and Moto2 changed similarly - check the schedule on the MotoGP web site for full details.
One thing this means if you are a keen follower but are unable to dedicate time to watch all the practise sessions is that you may want to skip first (and possibly third) practise and concentrate on the second practise on Friday afternoon. Especially for this coming weekend given it clashes with the test cricket, Six Nations rugby and F1 as well as the usual tranche of football.