First day. We'll see on race day who is consistently fast.

As expected, Rossi the Sunday man. He didn't win but was top Yamaha. But I noticed the Yamahas were swamped at the start. Suzukis doing great, almost there. Marquez does not look comfortable on the bike. Maybe the injury, not sure. Crutchlow looks most comfortable of all the Hondas. Ducati strong, the one mistake for Dovi almost cost him the win. KtM still needs a lot of work.

Hire back Davide Brivio

Speaking of lines. I see all the bikes using different racing lines. They look like they are all over the place. Overtaking in corners seems difficult.

Rea probably thinking "this is how everyone else been feeling the last few seasons"

Probably a combo of both. Chaz broke down in the final race but he was nowhere near the top 3 in other races. The Yamahas are very close to the Kawasaki, almost equal that it's down to rider skill in the fight. It's nice to see independent bikes fighting with factory bikes(in Yamaha's case)

Not just top speed, their electronics also better that they can control wheelspin thus exit/enter corners at better speed.

With the right bike, no doubt Rossi can beat them all but I think by that time his age will catch up with him.

I agree. I would really like to see Melandri win a WSBK championship. He has bad luck with timing in most of his MotoGP and WSBK career.

Can't really compare MotoGP bike with SBK bike. Different tyres, different chasis, different electronics. Bautista however was quite underated in MotoGP, brilliant in lower classes.

You should've watched 1st race. See how many secs Rea he left behind.

Still long way to go

I think timing clash with F1 this weekend(Moto3)

One of the slowest bikes

Superkip takes 13th! His best result in moto2 so far?

Rossi takes 2nd. Hs55 takes 5th

JL got lucky, he was outside the points most of the race.

Vinales good in qualy. Rossi the Sunday man as always.

Read the article on crash.net. Apparently it was bad luck, accidentally pressing pitlane limiter, throttle rubber coming off, Abraham being aggresive. To me sounds like excuses. Pitlane limiter own fault, he requested the softer rubber, Abraham was just racing. Expect Honda to make these changes(like the gas tank at Ducati) and he'll win for sure(detect sarcasm). Did he get the Pedrosa jinx? Almost always starting with injuries.

Rossi deserved that win. Dovi is a good and fast rider and good at managing races. Rossi managed it better this time. Still not close to MM yet.

This post has been edited by Aydee: Apr 2 2019, 09:29 AM

Anything can happen, hoping different manufacturer, makes interesting stats. In fact as many different manufacturers win this season is better. If Aprilia and KTM can improve later in the season would be good.