It's official

He's a gone case. Would rather see Alex Marquez.

Some riders perform better on bigger bikes.... and mind you last year quartararo is riding a speed up chassis (inferior compared to kalex & ktm). He probably would've won more on kalex.

This season is more similiar to one of Doohan's championship years, but with stronger grid. Back then virtually no one can challenge Doohan for the title (Doohan doninated after Schwantz & Rainey retired).

This post has been edited by RalphRatedR: Aug 25 2019, 11:58 AM

Two horse race now, both factory yamahas can't keep up with marquez & rins

Btw both dovi & quartararo are ok

If suzuki can improve further they can consistently challenge ducati/honda/yamaha next year. It's been ages since we have 4 different manufacturers competing for a win.

Watching the replay right now, both use HH.

Michelin is kinda like Pirelli. Might as well bring back Bridgestone.

(Side note: if Marquez didn't push too hard right from the start, he might prevent Rins from winning. Suzuki's tyre conservation is probably the best right now. I think Rins sat back behind Marquez for most of the race & pushed hard at final laps.)

His social media contents are gold though. But yup all show & talk.

Rossi's still capable of getting podium but I think he's missing an extra bit to win a race.

Unfortunately by the time Rossi manages to win a race Marquez probably already won 10th world title.

Forgot to post this. Next year's (provisional) calendar

Indonesian GP now in planning for 2021 but this time on a street circuit instead of sentul circuit (indonesian GP was held there in the 90s)

https://www.crash.net/motogp/feature/915995...-motogp-history

IIRC his move to KTM was mostly done by his former manager. Zarco sacked him last winter (probably for this). Not everyone can have someone like Alzamora (former 125cc champion & Marquez brothers' manager).

Both Marquez brothers starting on pole.

Great race for Aprilia, both riders in top 10.

Edit: Iannone missed out on top 10 but still a good race for Aprilia.

This post has been edited by RalphRatedR: Sep 22 2019, 07:45 PM

Rossi struggling to keep up with a fecking Aprilia.... what kind of joke is this 😂😂😂

I don't think engine configuration is the problem, Yamaha still won championships with inline-4. It's just Ducati & Honda progressed far ahead (in electronics) & Yamaha were left behind. Only recently they hired someone from Magneti Marelli solve the problems (Ducati, Honda & probably Suzuki already hired the best MM technician ages ago).

Changing to V4 isn't the solution either. V4 is just fast on the straights but inline-4 still have the best handling (Yamaha used to be this but now Suzuki has overtaken them in bike development). Both have their own pros & cons.

Repeat of last year's race. Quartararo still have 4 races to try.

But I doubt Marquez will just sit back & cruise.

Not just F1 but motorsport in general.