MotoGP Japan 2023

[oldironnow]

The rain
in Japan
falls mainly




.

[oldironnow]

KTM have brought two of the new carbon fiber chassis for this race.

[Fatfatboy]

Brad Binder tops Friday’s with fastest lap ever in Japan on two wheels with a 1:43.489 bettings Lorenzo’ all time fastest 1:43.700.

Quartararo took a fast get of that has him limping.
We have a third Yamaha with Crutchlow as a wildcard.
He’s running the extra long and loud exhaust.  

[oldironnow]

It seems like Yamaha bought a leftover prototype exhaust offa KTM.

[oldironnow]

Some gutsy attempts at passing and defending in the second half of the Sprint.

[Fatfatboy]

Bezzecchi took a fast tumble in the gravel in Q2. Barrel rolled half a dozen times or so. He still manage to take 4th.

It's good to see Jack back at the front. Might give Martin(1st) and Bagnia(2nd) time to break out front giving Bezzechi a hurdle to take to keep them from taking off and leaving a big cap at the front.

[oldironnow]

Watching live out here on the west edge of America.
Rain on the grid.
This could be a late night.

[oldironnow]

They’re going off.
This is stupid.

[oldironnow]

Vinales down

[oldironnow]

Martin
Bags
Miller
Aleix

[oldironnow]

Everyone into the pits except all Yamahas stay out

[oldironnow]

Pirro leads
Bradl
Morbid stay out

Crutch
Quart in

[oldironnow]

First wave in, now on wets, railing.
10 seconds back from Pirro

[oldironnow]

Pirro called in.

Standard order of battle now.

[oldironnow]

Heavier rain.
Zarco bins.
Instant red flag on Lap 13.
Zarco pushes to the pits.





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[oldironnow]

Several narrow-read DQs.
I would’ve been livid.
Replacing narrow-read with chicken-shit and shouting, waving arms.
Some are reversed.

[oldironnow]

Queueing for the restart.
It’s getting dark.
The lights from the safety car and rain lights are over saturating the camera. Lurid scene.

[Fatfatboy]

oldironnow wrote

They’re going off.
This is stupid.

That was crazy. The smart thing to do would have of started the race on a wet set but I’m not sure they can unless a white FLH comes out.

Marquez looked happy at the end.  He was actually doing pretty good this weekend. I wonder if Honda found something.

That thing with Zarco getting a DNF because of entering the bit was a gut bunch and stupid.

Oh well tight race for first place.

[oldironnow]

What ticked me off about the Zarco thing is I was sure riders at the previous rounds had cut through the infield to get back to the pits.
If that happened, missing the pit entry seems to not be an infraction.
Anyway, sketchy, interesting race.

[Fatfatboy]

Zarco should of been born in Spain.