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Well it's coming up to the new round of MotoGP calendar.

With Jack Miller on a high, Marquez having had a couple more day/weeks to recover and the Quat having had arm-pump surgery, how will we see the race play out in the big class?

Will Vinales do his usual trick of going hero-zero-hero.... or will one day he find some consistency ?

Will Morbi find his form or will Bagnia pull further ahead in the title.

Lowes to find consistency again and if he can't win, then pick up good points

McPhee, can the lad actually stop on the bike and pick up some much needed points... if he doesn't is he putting next seasons contracts at risk ? There must be a time he needs to step up to Moto2?

And the goods news is: It will be broadcast free to air on ITV4 from 9.45am to 2.10pm, taking in Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP races.

I’ve switched off MotoGP. Little excitement compared to the argy-bargy of the tiddlers. Always lots of unpredictable excitement.

Phoenix wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 7:45 am And the goods news is: It will be broadcast free to air on ITV4 from 9.45am to 2.10pm, taking in Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP races.

I’ve switched off MotoGP. Little excitement compared to the argy-bargy of the tiddlers. Always lots of unpredictable excitement.

Whilst it's not fairing banging (unless you're Miller and know that the stewards aren't going to deal with you) MotoGP has never been more competitive. There's never been more different bikes, riders and teams on the podiums than there has in the last three seasons and this year is shaping up to be another bizarre one. Unless you're a fan of watching a rider disappear then there's never been a better time to be a MotoGP fan!

I honestly don't know, Le Mans Bugatti track is such a tricky circuit it's hard to say.

I already think it's too late for McPhee, he needs to win at least 5 races this year to be with a chance of being offered a Moto 2 ride, and he's too small for a Superbike.

lostboy wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 8:41 amWhilst it's not fairing banging (unless you're Miller and know that the stewards aren't going to deal with you) MotoGP has never been more competitive. There's never been more different bikes, riders and teams on the podiums than there has in the last three seasons and this year is shaping up to be another bizarre one. Unless you're a fan of watching a rider disappear then there's never been a better time to be a MotoGP fan!

It may be competitive but it is almost certainly boring. Reminds me of the days of Doohan and his corporate speak. From what I I can see there are no real characters on the MotoGP grid such as the likes of Schwantz and Lawson to name but two. They’ve all been corporatised. I guess that why I always preferred WSB to MotoGP - Foggy and Chili, what a pair!

If nothing else, it’s good to see Miserable Marquez is not disappearing off the grid leading to yet another one rider race. MotoGP needs a few more heroes and villains and definitely a British rider.

I’ll stick with the all out madness of the tiddlers.

Have a pleasant day.

Phoenix wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 10:06 am

lostboy wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 8:41 amWhilst it's not fairing banging (unless you're Miller and know that the stewards aren't going to deal with you) MotoGP has never been more competitive. There's never been more different bikes, riders and teams on the podiums than there has in the last three seasons and this year is shaping up to be another bizarre one. Unless you're a fan of watching a rider disappear then there's never been a better time to be a MotoGP fan!

It may be competitive but it is almost certainly boring. Reminds me of the days of Doohan and his corporate speak. From what I I can see there are no real characters on the MotoGP grid such as the likes of Schwantz and Lawson to name but two. They’ve all been corporatised. I guess that why I always preferred WSB to MotoGP - Foggy and Chili, what a pair!

If nothing else, it’s good to see Miserable Marquez is not disappearing off the grid leading to yet another one rider race. MotoGP needs a few more heroes and villains and definitely a British rider.

I’ll stick with the all out madness of the tiddlers.

Have a pleasant day.

Yeah, Miller trying to punt people off at 120 mph, Pol doing the same most of last season, the last corner lunges by Marquez and Dovi two seasons ago, the last corner lunges last season that saw KTM get their first victory, one of the riders being banned for doping offences - it's dull as fuck.

Game time then !

Jack Miller AUS Ducati Team (GP21) 1'38.007s 13/14 309k
2 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP21) +1.481s 18/18 309k
3 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +2.062s 13/13 298k
4 Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +2.108s 16/16 306k
5 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +2.114s 18/18 306k
6 Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* +2.237s 18/18 292k
7 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Team (GP21) +2.249s 22/22 308k
8 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) +2.575s 12/16 301k
9 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +2.672s 16/16 309k
10 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) +3.022s 12/14 299k
11 Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +3.251s 19/19 306k
12 Maverick Viñales SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +3.292s 11/14 300k
13 Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +3.416s 21/21 295k
14 Valentino Rossi ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +3.517s 20/20 297k
15 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +3.569s 12/17 304k
16 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +3.634s 21/21 299k
17 Iker Lecuona SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16) +4.493s 16/18 298k
18 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +4.892s 14/19 299k
19 Danilo Petrucci ITA KTM Tech3 (RC16) +5.038s 8/12 294k
20 Luca Marini ITA Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +5.255s 18/18 286k
21 Tito Rabat SPA Pramac Ducati (GP21) +5.462s 21/21 297k
22 Enea Bastianini ITA Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +5.637s 14/16 290k

Miller was the first to go to slicks on a drying track - no-one else got there quickly enough hence the big gaps. FP2 should give us a more realistic picture.

Moto2 Quicker times than MotoGP due to drying track.

FP2

1 ^1 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP21) 1'31.747s 20/21 321k
2 ^14 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.095s 14/16 316k
3 ^9 Maverick Viñales SPA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.389s 22/22 314k
4 = Pol Espargaro SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.390s 19/23 321k
5 ^8 Franco Morbidelli ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.532s 18/21 311k
6 ^2 Miguel Oliveira POR Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.549s 20/20 315k
7 ˅6 Jack Miller AUS Ducati Team (GP21) +0.614s 20/20 320k
8 ˅3 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.885s 19/19 317k
9 ^5 Valentino Rossi ITA Petronas Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.922s 23/24 313k
10 ^5 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.964s 7/20 315k
11 ˅2 Alex Rins SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +1.015s 7/18 315k
12 ˅5 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Team (GP21) +1.053s 7/12 321k
13 ˅10 Joan Mir SPA Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) +1.161s 16/22 315k
14 ˅4 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) +1.199s 11/12 316k
15 ^2 Iker Lecuona SPA KTM Tech3 (RC16) +1.293s 18/20 313k
16 ^2 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +1.370s 20/20 314k
17 ˅6 Alex Marquez SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +1.457s 20/22 323k
18 ^3 Tito Rabat SPA Pramac Ducati (GP21) +1.614s 22/22 313k
19 ^3 Enea Bastianini ITA Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +1.789s 14/16 317k
20 ˅14 Lorenzo Savadori ITA Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* +2.238s 18/21 309k
21 ˅1 Luca Marini ITA Sky VR46 Avintia Ducati (GP19)* +2.400s 18/20 314k
22 ˅3 Danilo Petrucci ITA KTM Tech3 (RC16) +2.773s 5/19 311k

hope Fabio, Pecco and miller are all up there (will help my fantasy team as well)

Wet FP3. And rain forecast tmrw.

Q1 was exciting

Q2 was even more bonkers.
With seconds to go, it was honda 1,2,3.

They ended up 6, 7 and 8

just watching now, good so far

Well qualifying was proper exciting wasn't it!

Wow!

Marc has to be happy with 6th, that’s some progress.

Mir seems to be getting arsy with Marquez as well. Mir always seems to be composed and a decent guy but fighting Marc might not be the beat idea.

Little Pedro is fun to watch

And McPhee is on it for the last 3 laps

Well that didn’t turn out as expected thanks to the rain arriving about 40 minutes ahead of schedule ...... whilst not fairing bashing there was a hell of a lot going on

I'm surprised that nobody came in for dry tyres. They said they were lapping 10 seconds slower than normal.

But evidently it's a long pit lane.