Haha 2 sebastien spoiled the sport

FP3: The 2 Repsol Hondas look tough to beat! Doesn't look too good for VR coz he's struggling with the hard tires on this hot day and only able to be up there with the mediums. MV though looks much better with p4 with the hards.

1. ^9 Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 55.370s [Lap 17/18] 306km/h (Top Speed)
2. ^5 Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 55.541s +0.171s [4/17] 309km/h
3. ^11 Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 55.758s +0.388s [17/19] 310km/h
4. ^7 Maverick Viñales ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 55.773s +0.403s [16/18] 309km/h
5. ˅4 Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 55.777s +0.407s [15/16] 311km/h
6. ^2 Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 55.819s +0.449s [14/15] 305km/h
7. ^2 Aleix Espargaro ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 55.871s +0.501s [16/17] 308km/h
8. ˅4 Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 55.895s +0.525s [17/18] 306km/h
9. ^6 Jorge Lorenzo ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 55.969s +0.599s [14/18] 306km/h
10. ^7 Loris Baz FRA Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 56.177s +0.807s [15/16] 302km/h


11. ˅9 Jonas Folger GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)* 1m 56.268s +0.898s [14/16] 308km/h
12. ^8 Andrea Iannone ITA Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 56.280s +0.910s [15/18] 305km/h
13. ˅8 Hector Barbera ESP Reale Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 56.320s +0.950s [15/17] 310km/h
14. ˅1 Pol Espargaro ESP Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 56.350s +0.980s [17/18] 307km/h
15. ˅3 Alvaro Bautista ESP Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 56.667s +1.297s [15/16] 309km/h
16. ˅13 Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP17) 1m 56.686s +1.316s [16/17] 308km/h
17. ^1 Alex Rins ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR)* 1m 56.766s +1.396s [19/20] 304km/h
18. ^1 Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 56.835s +1.465s [16/20] 306km/h
19. ˅13 Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Racing (Desmosedici GP16) 1m 57.001s +1.631s [7/13] 306km/h
20. ˅4 Karel Abraham CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 57.156s +1.786s [16/18] 308km/h
21. = Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 57.307s +1.937s [14/17] 306km/h
22. ^1 Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing (RC16) 1m 57.398s +2.028s [15/20] 304km/h
23. ˅1 Sam Lowes GBR Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP)* 1m 57.406s +2.036s [13/18] 304km/h

Marquez, Rossi, Pedrosa front row

VR did a good lap to split the Hondas, but if it stays hot looks like MM will win.

Haha exciting race incoming

i'm expecting MM to breakthrough early and lead the race alone..

This season nobody able to make breakthrough early and lead the race alone... All winners had some dog fight.. Gone are the days of Lorenzo and Stoner style of race alone winner, which is a good sign for us, haha..

Got, MM in Austin, Texas.

many times happened already this season... marquez, zarco...

only that some of them crashed while doing so.

This post has been edited by ciwi1166: Aug 6 2017, 10:58 AM

Rossi still didnt learn from tricky condition... genius MM for taking wise decision...

lol my prediction is true...

MM is 20seconds ahead..

1 - MM93
2- DP26
3 - MV25
4 - VR46
5 - CC35

great wins by the Honda!

it's a joy to watch the factory yamahas keep overtaking to forward positions though.

MM did it again by winning at a flag-to-flag race, as well as VR did it again to screw up by pitting too late at a flag-to-flag race!

What has been the closest title fight suddenly bust open with MM a bit far in front now, sigh... Cannot be just MM and his team who have brain to win in this type of race is it??! Very disappointing race indeed...

No worry, MM sometime having heated brain will fall-out in race..

Well possible but he's getting more mature since last year so won't be easy to catch him or push him into a mistake. Th fact that he is so talented and brave also what makes him so good in this flag-to-flag race coz he dares to take the risk to change to slick at the earliest time and able to stay on the bike.

Another thing that I see MM advantage during flag-to-flag is that he changes bike fast! He just hops immediately into the next bike in just one quick jump! Compare that with VR or Zarco who needs to get off to the ground first then hop onto the next bike (Zarco was even worse as he hop off then spun 360 to hop on the next bike!). That should give MM at least 0.5-1 sec advantage already.

Can we finally say MM is JL in yamaha days but with more brains and bigger balls overtaking?😄😄😄👊👊👊

This post has been edited by skylinelover: Aug 7 2017, 09:01 AM

Totally different riding style and character. MM is balls to the wall, aggressive type of racer with the most natural talent I think. JL is a lot more calculative and smooth style.

JL is a nervous rider, he admit it himself. He needs a very stable bike to perform great.

he surely miss his m1.

MM gamble really paid off, if it started to rain in the beginning, he would be the biggest loser. Good fight by the Yamahas though. Biggest loser is Lorenzo, from lead to nowhere.

but watching the seb performance now... im quite pity to him

that yaris do fly high!






he is... plus his pure luck that soft rain makes him struggle and had no choice to pit early...that turns out a big bonus for him