Yeah, a lot of action in practice

Sorry if slowpoke

MotoGP riders to be fined for hand gestures as part of clampdown

MotoGP riders now face fines for delivering offensive hand gestures on track, as part of a new crackdown.

Between the San Marino and Aragon Grands Prix, riders were emailed and told that they would be fined by governing body the FIM.

It follows a prolonged exchange between Valentino Rossi and Suzuki's Aleix Espargaro during practice at Misano.

Impeded by Espargaro, Rossi slowed to ride alongside the Suzuki, gesticulating, even along the main straight after Espargaro entered the pits.

Rossi finished the move by raising his middle finger at Espargaro, one of the moves set to be eradicated.

"You're not allowed to stick fingers up, wanker signs, nothing," said Cal Crutchlow, who joked that it would send him "bankrupt".

"We got an email last week. I'm disappointed with that rule change.

"It adds a little bit of spice. I liked what Rossi did at Misano, why not?

"At the end of the day, it's what you feel at the time.

"It's no different to live TV [commentators] saying it, is it? I like it."

The LCR Honda rider conceded he could understand the move to a point, noting "we don't want to bring a load of bad stuff into the sport".

Rossi agreed with that notion, but felt Espargaro was more in the wrong at Misano.

"Espagaro did a big mistake because he stayed on the line," the Italian said.

"When I was running into him he said to me, 'fuck you!'

"My mistake is that I do like this [raises middle finger], but apart from that I was right 100%.

"When I do this [repeats gesture] maybe I exaggerate a little bit, so it's right you can't do like this.

"But from the other side, when one rider is on the track he has to keep attention to the other one; if not, it's not fair, and it's a lot worse [than hand gestures]."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/i...r-hand-gestures

MM93 is always being the one to watch. It excites everyone including his haters

Haha i think MM is like VR in early 2000s dont think ianone dovi can be the next VR bcuz its going 2 be all spanish 4 the next decade

Yeah, not a lot of potential italians in moto2. Luca marini is always crashing too. Rossi's half brother

fulamak slowpoke sudah page 4

Because elbow on the ground is too mainstream

So Lorenzo preparing to replace hamilton after he quit motogp...
http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2016/10/07/l...s-unreal/212262

One crybaby for another? Oddly enough no times were posted.

The news said his times were quite good but yeah no proof. Most likely still too far off hence nothing was released. if it was pretty close, surely they'd post the times.

Obviously they won't say his times are terrible lol.

Like they have time to look at it.

I think that thing will only make them lose focus

It's not like they can be comfy like a race car driver; sit back, rest, whine



MotoGP set to debut dashboard messages





MotoGP to trial technology that allows teams to send 'text messages' to their riders when out on track.

Read more at http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/234305/1/...oq0Jr3LI3x90.99

When I read it immediately I thought it would be useful to Vale in wet/dry races. Can avoid the mistake he did before.

Slow tech, should have display on helmet instead. I remember seeing one helmet doing that... Macam fighter jet

This post has been edited by voscar: Oct 12 2016, 08:33 PM

Problem is he NEVER listen

Ralf Schumacher once had a HUD in his helmet

Maybe will help him decide on strategy, I don't know.

You may underestimate what they are capable of.

Japan gp this weekend, Pedrosa out with broken collarbone, Aoyama to replace. Ianone replaced by hector barbera

Lorenzo crash

After Friday at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan saw Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo top the combined timesheets by the end of play, title rival Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) hit back on Saturday morning to take over at the top – with Lorenzo suffering a monumental highside in the session, the day after Marquez’ teammate Dani Pedrosa broke his collarbone and withdrew from the event. Lorenzo limped into the Medical Center unaided, before being taken to hospital for a CT scan.

Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) had a good Saturday morning to get closest to Marquez’ time, with the Ducati Team riders of Andrea Dovizioso and Hector Barbera right behind the two leading Hondas. Lorenzo remained P5 despite missing out on a fast time attack at the end of the session.

The two Team Suzuki Ecstar machines of Aleix Espargaro and Maverick Viñales were sixth and seventh heading into Q2, with 9-time World Champion Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) ending up eighth on combined times.

Pol Espargaro (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) was ninth and into Q2, with Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Yakhnich) completing the top ten for automatic entry into the fight for the top grid positions.

Eugene Laverty (Pull&Bear Aspar Team) didn’t ride in FP3 awaiting another check up ahead of FP4, after the Irishman had a big crash on Friday afternoon.

MotoGP.com