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20 Oct 2019, 06:49 (Ref:3935784) | #126 | ||
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MM#93 takes the win at a canter from Quatararo Dovi and Vinales.
Crutchlow takes 5th on the line Another nightmare for Rossi, ending in the kitty litter after running in 11th. |
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20 Oct 2019, 07:07 (Ref:3935790) | #127 | ||
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Just realised that is premier category win #54 for MM.... matching Mick Doohan. Only Ago (68) and VR (89) have more.
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20 Oct 2019, 12:41 (Ref:3935849) | #128 | |
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Have to admit my interest in this series is starting to wane, I detest domination, and this just means I will probably spend most time watching supports and turning of the main race as soon as he gets in front, it is just relentless, if i needed to watch that I would watch F1, and I haven't watched that for years now either.
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21 Oct 2019, 17:00 (Ref:3936102) | #129 | ||
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I must confess that MM's dominance can get a bit boring but another great victory nonetheless, the privateer Yamahas are not far off the pace though and it will be interesting to see whether they can make more of a challenge at Philip Island with its' twists and turns. Cal Crutchlow's ride on an ill handling machine was very impressive, the Honda in qualifying looked absolutely evil. As for the factory Yams, the less said the better. The Moto2 and 3 races were exciting as usual always going down to the closing stages but I do wish the BT Sport commentators including Suzi perry would not include spoilers for the support races on their intro to the main race.
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22 Oct 2019, 07:39 (Ref:3936185) | #130 | |
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It would be nice if more could challenge Marquez, but he's on another level. Anyway there was some great racing behind, especially by Dovi. And Fabio is definitely a champion of the future
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Both the Marquez brothers holiday in my village in Spain and turn up at the local bars and clubs. Regarding a challenger It's got to be Quartararo who in his rookie season made very few mistakes and at the moment is the only one to consistently hang on to MM in the complete race. The one thing that I have always liked about Marquez is the fact that he pushes himself to the limit in qualifying and very often falls off in the process finding it |
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5 Nov 2019, 08:25 (Ref:3938678) | #132 | ||
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Well domination, but not by MM for a change.
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5 Nov 2019, 14:30 (Ref:3938721) | #133 | |
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Nice to Vinales winning, shows Marquez can be beaten, but it was a good chase by him
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5 Nov 2019, 21:46 (Ref:3938770) | #134 | ||
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Yes a good win by Vinales and I don't know if MM could have won as that high side in Qually must have "dulled" him a little. As for Lorenzo WTF It's unbelievable that a few years back he would just clear off like MM when he was with Yamaha !
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Lorenzo can’t blame it all on his injury, he should retire now to restore some pride
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KTMs Moto2 looks a real rocket now, shame they are leaving the class. Especially as Tech3 stopped making their own chassis last year too.
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10 Nov 2019, 09:13 (Ref:3939657) | #137 | |
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Final round at Valencia next weekend. Any odds on Fabio getting his first win?
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I'm pretty sure that MM will have a real "do or die" next weekend, however so will some of the others including Fabio who will be desperate to put his stamp on who is the better Yamaha rider.
Whatever it will certainly be worth a watch and I would liked to have been there but at the moment I am in the "sunny" UK for a month : |
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… and he won three GPs on the Ducati last year. This year it looks like he thinks his mechanics are trying to kill him and he doesn't trust that all the nuts and bolts on the bike are properly tightened. Seriously though, at the beginning of the season he said that if he couldn't take it to Marquez he had only himself to blame, he seems to have realized he has no chance of taking it to Marquez, and has simply given up. |
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Honda knows at the moment MM is the only rider that is capable of leading them into multi championship wins on the current bike. I said in an earlier comment that they tried to stop Marc doing Motocross in Spain in his own spare time and Marc called their bluff and literally said "OK we will talk about it when the next contract comes up, but I'm still going to do it" ! |
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10 Nov 2019, 18:29 (Ref:3939753) | #144 | ||
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This is what MM gets up to in his free time, as you can see by the footage it wasn't professionally videoed ! and although it is on my site I didn't film it. No wonder Honda are worried about him, at least he is using a Honda
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"It's OK for us armchair racers to criticise of course as we are all much better than the guys actually doing it " Gordon. Nope, as far as Marc Marquez goes, not at all! He is guaranteed, an alien! |
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I would think that Marc was showing his mate (who is on crutches) how it should be done ! and his comment was "Mother of God"
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I can't think off another rider that has done that and is still riding today, several have done it over the years but didn't last too long and most finished up in the cemetery I have watched motorcycle racing since the early sixties and have seen all the greats over the years including Hailwood who IMHO was brilliant at whatever he chose to ride and always looked in control. I know that this is a completely different era with all the safety measures at the major circuits and riders airbags and safety gear etc and I do wonder if that could make some of the riders think that they are invincible ? |
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I think Marquez squeezes fear better than others, it’s what helps make a great rider.
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and indeed .. Lorenzo retires after Valencia.
so .. who's in that Honda Repsol next year, doubt they will get ALexM .. Cruthlow? Takagami? Zarco? somebody else? |
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