Marquez is Back At Aragon

[weeksy]

The question is, why did they do it? They wouldn't have without being told surely?

Exactly this! I’ve been thinking the same and can’t fathom why they’d do it off their own backs, and 3 of them by the looks of it. The initial two who you see approach the bike and then when they walk away there seems to be a third mechanic appear and walk over almost laughing it off, just as the KTM mechanic has a go at him.

I hope it’s being investigated.

If I were the mechanic I’d have kicked the fuckers in the balls.

That's another mystery to me, why none of them got a slap.

[ChrisW]

How on earth did they think it would go well, that they'd get away with it? In either sense - firstly that no-pone would notice / record them doing it and secondly, if they hadn't been told to do it, that their team would somehow be grateful?

Nuts.

[weeksy]

POS RIDER NAT TEAM BIKE TIME
1 Izan Guevara SPA Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team (GASGAS) 1m 57.868s
2 Ayumu Sasaki JPN Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max (Husqvarna) 1m 57.963s
3 Daniel Holgado SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 58.037s
4 Tatsuki Suzuki JPN Leopard Racing (Honda) 1m 58.271s
5 John McPhee GBR Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max (Husqvarna) 1m 58.296s

McPhee putting in a decent showing for Qual....

Anyone know what's going on with him next year ?

[weeksy]

POS RIDER NAT TEAM BIKE TIME
1 Augusto Fernandez SPA Red Bull KTM Ajo (Kalex) 1m 51.888s
2 Albert Arenas SPA Shimoko GASGAS Aspar Team (Kalex) 1m 52.012s
3 Jake Dixon GBR Shimoko GASGAS Aspar Team (Kalex) 1m 52.179s

Dixon sticking it in 3rd.... he's going well this year and i must admit, better than i expected overall.

[Noggin]

Saw something on FB about an incident in Moto3 qualifying - was it as I've read, the mechanics of the neighbouring garage prevented the other garage's team leaving the pits?? Surely that can't be right??

Yeah that’s correct, they stood by him and as he went to leave they stepped in and flicked his kill switch. They’ve been given a two race ban I believe.

Totally mad. And, whilst I get the visa issues for the next two races, if the ban hadn't been deferred, the team would suffer rather than just the two mechanics - which surely is the way to make sure people know that this is 100% unacceptable?

[Noggin]

Cal is faster than the all-time record holder.

Woohoooo

[Yorick]

It just showed the Moto3 thingy on telly. The mechanic had his hand inside the fairing. Naughty.

[Flux]

Dixon sticking it in 3rd.... he's going well this year and i must admit, better than i expected overall.

Agreed, doing a fantastic job.

[Yorick]

Dixon sticking it in 3rd.... he's going well this year and i must admit, better than i expected overall.

Agreed, doing a fantastic job.

Oops

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Maybe back too soon?

[Noggin]

Maybe back too soon?

I put my glasses on for the replay but can't work out what happened? (Still got issues with understanding French commentary - damn they speak fast!!!)

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Marquez had a slide, closed the throttle, Fabio went into the back of him.

Don't know what happened with Nakajima

[ChrisW]

It looked like the impact affected the rear ride height device on Marquez's bike, plus other damage, and he slowed again. I think he was actually looking at the back end of his bike just before he was hit.

[weeksy]

Marquez had a slide, closed the throttle, Fabio went into the back of him.

Don't know what happened with Nakajima

He was sent off in his debut for Turkish team Anatlyapor today, but wtf does that have to do with anything

[ChrisW]

Nakagami crash - he was just really slow, something binding on the rear wheel?

[media]

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Marquez had a slide, closed the throttle, Fabio went into the back of him.

Don't know what happened with Nakajima

He was sent off in his debut for Turkish team Anatlyapor today, but wtf does that have to do with anything

My excuse is I was flicking between channels and not that interested in Moto GP

[Skub]

Looking like a Ducati lockout for the rest of the season now. On paper at least Fabio's goose is cooked.

[Yorick]

Franco set the lap record 2 years ago. Yamaha should give him that bike. And the Fab Frog.

[formula400]

well that's made it slightly tighter for the championship,

gutted for Marc as I am sure that's not the return he wanted, and also Fabio. he's still got what??? 5 races left???

[mangocrazy]

For me, Fabio's DNF has really buggered up the championship chase. At best he'd probably have been 20-25 points ahead of Pecco had he stayed upright at Aragon and that would have been a (just about) defendable lead with 5 races remaining. Now I'd say it's odds-on that he'll be swamped by the Ducati hordes. It's gone from being a really tight championship battle to a bit of a shoo-in for Pecco.