Two Spare Yamahas.

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:31 pm

Fairly clear there'll be both Petronas Yams free next year.
And now that Toprak and GG have signed for WSBK again, the field is wide open.

With Dorna wanting a Brit rider, it's got me thinking.

Joke Dixon. Maybe needs to win a race or two.
Lowes. Had his chance.
McCrasher. Nah.
Skinner? Maybe a year too soon. Needs to win BSB .

Anybody else?

Post by **Supermofo** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:37 pm

I'll give it a whirl seeing as they are giving them away

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:38 pm

Outside the Brits, Lorenzo wouldn't be a daft choice.

Post by **KungFooBob** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:40 pm

Will the Yanahas be as competitive as the Yamaha's?

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:41 pm

Si señor

Post by **Jody** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:50 pm

Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:31 pm Fairly clear there'll be both Petronas Yams free next year.
And now that Toprak and GG have signed for WSBK again, the field is wide open.

With Dorna wanting a Brit rider, it's got me thinking.

Joke Dixon. Maybe needs to win a race or two.
Lowes. Had his chance.
McCrasher. Nah.
Skinner? Maybe a year too soon. Needs to win BSB .

Anybody else?

Iddon?

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:03 pm

Jody wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:50 pm
Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:31 pm Fairly clear there'll be both Petronas Yams free next year.
And now that Toprak and GG have signed for WSBK again, the field is wide open.

With Dorna wanting a Brit rider, it's got me thinking.

Joke Dixon. Maybe needs to win a race or two.
Lowes. Had his chance.
McCrasher. Nah.
Skinner? Maybe a year too soon. Needs to win BSB .

Anybody else?
Iddon?

At 37?

Post by **weeksy** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:27 pm

Loads, but none will be British.

I'll say one will be Oliveira after they steal him from KTM, the next will be a young gun given a chance.

Post by **crust** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:33 pm

They need a rider to be up their scoring good points to justify the sponsorship money, so yeah maybe bring in a Moto2 rider but for the points scoring rider I reckon they should go for Dovi.
Goes well on a Yamaha, has got a point to prove and has said it's not about the money.
Points in the bag.

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:40 pm

weeksy wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:27 pm Loads, but none will be British.

I'll say one will be Oliveira after they steal him from KTM, the next will be a young gun given a chance.

Looks like he's on a crap wage at KTM so he'd jump at the chance.

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Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:07 pm

Mr Moaner's out of the game

https://www.crash.net/wsbk/news/983525/ ... otogp-seat

Post by **Horse** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:35 pm

Yorick wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:31 pm Anybody else?

You're waiting by the phone, aren't you?

Post by **Bigyin** » Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:16 pm

Raul Fernandez would be my best bet from Moto2, or if they really fancy taking a punt what about shifting Pedro Acosta straight from Moto3 just like Miller did. He will be 18 at the start of next season

Problem with both is the KTM contracts. If Jake Dixon can start scoring well in the next few races it wouldnt surprise me to see a 1 year "try out" contract just to keep a Brit in the top class as the team seem to like him and appear invested in him too with making team changes to try and unlock his potential.

Despite Lowes good results i dont see him getting a second chance after the Aprilia fiasco. McPhee will be lucky to stay in the paddock next year unless 2nd half of the season is full of wins and podiums

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 12:03 pm

Just seen reports that these 2 bikes will be 'B' spec jobbies.

The team are struggling for sponsorship and will be harder with lower spec bikes.
And they may not be able to attract the top riders . Morbidelli has publicly criticised the B spec bikes.

Yamaha are a strange company, but Lyn Jarvis seems a cool guy.

Post by **KungFooBob** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 12:20 pm

Get Rea on one of them!

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 12:54 pm

KungFooBob wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 12:20 pm Get Rea on one of them!

They asked Hodgson that. He said it would be a huge pay cut to ride mid pack.

Post by **Tricky** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 1:11 pm

Yorick wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 12:54 pm
KungFooBob wrote: ↑Fri Aug 13, 2021 12:20 pm Get Rea on one of them!
They asked Hodgson that. He said it would be a huge pay cut to ride mid pack.

Aye, but you never know-
https://www.visordown.com/news/racing/m ... -after-all

stranger things have happened ( I think, anyway!)

Post by **Skub** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 3:56 pm

If it's passports that matter most,then Dixon will probably get a shot,but I don't believe he'll do anything more with a Motogp bike than he's doing with a Moto2 bike.

Rea would cost Yamaha a lot of money and they would be taking a gamble.

If we weren't talking nationalities and sponsors,Toprak ought to be taking the place of Vinales.

But hey,it's all office politics now.

Post by **Scotsrich** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 7:57 pm

Petronas reportedly pulling out of Moto GP sponsorship altogether which means SRT are abandoning Moto 2 and 3 altogether.

Possibly a move up to GP for Dixon and Binder.

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Fri Aug 13, 2021 8:29 pm

Cal talks...

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/98491 ... ng-vinales

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