Motogp la moone

[grado]

What the heck is going on wit dis guy.

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/ETsi0pS-O74

To be fair a lot of guys go down.

Maybe The Sprint Races influence?

[grado]

Practice times.

1= Jack Miller AUS Red Bull KTM (RC16) 1'30.950s 26/27 311k
2 ^5 Aleix Espargaro SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) +0.119s 21/23 313k
3 ^5 Marco Bezzecchi ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) +0.200s 21/27 319k
4 ^12 Jorge Martin SPA Pramac Ducati (GP23) +0.285s 15/17 315k
5 ˅1 Johann Zarco FRA Pramac Ducati (GP22) +0.326s 23/24 314k
6 ^3 Maverick Viñales SPA Aprilia Racing (RS-GP23) +0.392s 28/28 316k
7 ˅4 Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM (RC16) +0.402s 19/22 315k
8 ^4 Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) +0.482s 24/26 308k
9 ^1 Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati Lenovo (GP23) +0.517s 23/23 316k
10 ˅5 Alex Marquez SPA Gresini Ducati (GP22) +0.558s 19/21 312k
11 ˅9 Luca Marini ITA Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) +0.561s 26/27 317k
12 ˅1 Fabio Quartararo FRA Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) +0.700s 25/29 311k
13 ^5 Alex Rins SPA LCR Honda (RC213V) +0.992s 25/27 312k
14 = Augusto Fernandez SPA Tech3 GASGAS (RC16)* +1.040s 20/23 310k
15 = Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR

[whatarush]

I was watching FP2 when Marc put it in the kitty litter. Both him and Mir was using the new Kalex chassis. It looked like the Honda is still just losing front without warning.
According to Marc the new chassis is an improvement but Honda still needs more work.

Damn!! The Crying Frenchmen in P12 and has to go through Q1 again.

Nice to see Petrucci back on the Duc even though he's down in 19th

[Fatfatboy]

I was watching FP1 and heard that they average 80 something crashes per weekend in France. In the last six years there has been 598 crashes. That’s almost 100 crashes per weekend.
That’s an expensive track to run at.

[Fatfatboy]

[oldironnow]

Le Sprint was intéressant.

Is this the first meeting for the Hond-aLex chassis?

The lines of 93 are différent.

[grado]

oldironnow wrote

Le Sprint was intéressant.

Is this the first meeting for the Hond-aLex chassis?

The lines of 93 are différent.

Yes I believe both Repsol riders are on Kalex frames.

[Fatfatboy]

Miller was on top in FP’s but Bagnia takes pole again.
It looked like M. Marquez was going to take it but Bagnia wouldn’t have it taking pole by .060 (two blinks of an eye)over M. Marquez.

Bagnia
M. Marquez
Marini
Miller
Martin
Vinales
Bezzechi
A. Marquez
Zarco
Binder
A. Espargaro
Fernandez
Quartararo the weak link
Nakagami
Di Giannantonia

[Fatfatboy]

The Sprint;
Miller and Quartararo threw them on the floor.

Bagnia held it for awhile before Martin took him and hammered it on for an almost 2 second lead at the end.
Binder then took Bagnia to end in second.
Great battling between Marquez, Bagnia and Marini for 3rd with Bagnia finishing in third, Marini fourth and Marquez in fifth.

No major injuries in this one

[oldironnow]

Is it just me, or do any of y'all feel that was a damn good 1000th race ??

NOT processional.
NO catastrophes.
CLEAR weather.
NON-standard winner.

Most-attended GP ever ?
I thought those '50s-'60s Eastern Bloc GPs drew 300/400K.
But I musta thought wrong.

Thursday - 14,900
Friday - 58,894
Saturday - 88,319
Sunday - 116,692

https://us.motorsport.com/motogp/news/le-mans-motogp-attendance-record-1000th-grand-prix/10469277/

[oldironnow]

The 'La Chapelle' turn has had a series of chapels:

https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/news/the-new-chapel-at-the-24-hours-of-le-mans-circuit-20766

There's an HD dealer right outside the track:

https://www.hd-lemans.com




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[Fatfatboy]

oldironnow wrote

Is it just me, or do any of y'all feel that was a damn good 1000th race ??


Most-attended GP ever ?

Yes, it was a fantastic race. The 116,692 spectators got their monies worth. Always good to see one of their own on the three steps.

The voice overs said that there was over 278,000 bodies attending. I thought, "how do they fit that many people". Now I see they were combining the four days attendance. Goofballs.

[oldironnow]

Fatfatboy wrote

oldironnow wrote

Is it just me, or do any of y'all feel that was a damn good 1000th race ??


Most-attended GP ever ?

Yes, it was a fantastic race. The 116,692 spectators got their monies worth. Always good to see one of their own on the three steps.

The voice overs said that there was over 278,000 bodies attending. I thought, "how do they fit that many people". Now I see they were combining the four days attendance. Goofballs.

It happens here, too.
I’ve read the attendance totals from Laguna Seca and gotten to the fine print.