edgelett
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yeah he went a little wide which didn't help either, felt sorry for him after all the ground he made up.
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edgelett
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wow last night's race was intense. Great to see Zarco and Martin on the podium and cracking win by Fabio.
I love Miller, but that 'payback move' was uncalled for - being feisty in a race is one thing but he cost them both places. would have preferred to see him just race hard and have a verbal crack at Mir after the race.
I love Miller, but that 'payback move' was uncalled for - being feisty in a race is one thing but he cost them both places. would have preferred to see him just race hard and have a verbal crack at Mir after the race.
edgelett
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this week's race was good, but wow that was a lot of crashes!
Shame to see Rossi crash out he moved up a lot of places.
Well done to Fabio, well deserved win.
I know a few people were expecting Marquez to come out and dominate, but I knew he wouldn't. You can't spend THAT long off a bike and be at 100%.
It was clear after the race how exhausted physically he was. I hope he's able to keep getting fitter and be a contender again. I like seeing lots of people battle for the lead
Shame to see Rossi crash out he moved up a lot of places.
Well done to Fabio, well deserved win.
I know a few people were expecting Marquez to come out and dominate, but I knew he wouldn't. You can't spend THAT long off a bike and be at 100%.
It was clear after the race how exhausted physically he was. I hope he's able to keep getting fitter and be a contender again. I like seeing lots of people battle for the lead
edgelett
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What a win by Jack Miller!!! So happy for him, he did us Aussies proud. No shoey on the podium but he was obviously really overcome with emotion and sad his parents weren't there to share the victory.
No idea what happened to Fabio though - he looked in pain.
Marquez - it's going to be a long time before he's near the front again. I swear the Dr that cleared him to race the week after his surgery probably did permanent damage to his arm.
Hopfully he can continue to recover and be competitive again in the future. But in the meantime I'm enjoying having so many different winners and a championship seperated by 1 point.
Well Done Jackass! (i.e Jack Miller)
No idea what happened to Fabio though - he looked in pain.
Marquez - it's going to be a long time before he's near the front again. I swear the Dr that cleared him to race the week after his surgery probably did permanent damage to his arm.
Hopfully he can continue to recover and be competitive again in the future. But in the meantime I'm enjoying having so many different winners and a championship seperated by 1 point.
Well Done Jackass! (i.e Jack Miller)
edgelett
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back to back wins for Jackass, with a really insane flag to flag race!
lots of crashes for everyone, Moto3 was hectic too.
hoping this year the championship is a close one and not decided until closer to the end of the season.
Felt for Marquez - two crashes in the one race.
i still feel he's a month or so away from being competitive again
lots of crashes for everyone, Moto3 was hectic too.
hoping this year the championship is a close one and not decided until closer to the end of the season.
Felt for Marquez - two crashes in the one race.
i still feel he's a month or so away from being competitive again
Helge
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Does Jackass start a series of win´s now ?
Good and interesting race with crazy weather.
Looking forward to the high speed race at Mugello circuit.
Looking forward to the Austrian decision acc fans at the Spielberg races mid of August.
At time lots of European countries lift the Covid-19 restrictions because of the vaccination progress.
Slight hope of using my ticket from last year.
Good and interesting race with crazy weather.
Looking forward to the high speed race at Mugello circuit.
Looking forward to the Austrian decision acc fans at the Spielberg races mid of August.
At time lots of European countries lift the Covid-19 restrictions because of the vaccination progress.
Slight hope of using my ticket from last year.
EllenGtrGrl
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I'm not a fanatic, but I do follow MotoGP. I grew up only 25 miles (40 km) from Road America. Sadly, while they do AMA (American Motorcyclist Association) sanctioned races (I remember being a teenager, and reading the Superbike results in the early 80s for Road America), no MotoGP there. 
EllenGtrGrl
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Yup, being in northern California, it always had tons 'o elevation changes (unlike Circuit of The Americas, which is in the flatlands area of Texas). Back in the day, a lot of sportbike tests were done at Laguna Seca.
cupcake_mike
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Having been to all the US motogp tracks numerous times and spent time doing laps there (Indianapolis, Laguna, COTA) I would argue that from a pure racing standpoint COTA is the best, with Laguna being a very close second. Indianapolis was the best to watch from though, as it wasn't as spread out and you could literally get anywhere outside and inside the track very easily. Not too mention ,race weekend in Indianapolis was off the charts fun, felt very much like community. Austin is a much different town and there is usually competing events the same weekend. Laguna was fun if you had friends to party with, but it never felt like a "race weekend" vibe.
edgelett
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I could talk about the race, which was full of all kinds of insane factors, but the truth is that the very tragic passing of Jason Dupasquier dominated the weekend.
Similar circumstances to how we lost #58 Marco Simoncelli - he crashed and another rider ran straight in to him at very high speed.
it's been a long time since a rider lost his life in this class of racing, last person to pass was Salom in 2016. But for him to die at 19 is pretty awful.
He did however pass away doing the thing he loved most in the world.
Must have been so hard for everyone to race that weekend.
Thoughts are with his family, his team, and the racing community.
Similar circumstances to how we lost #58 Marco Simoncelli - he crashed and another rider ran straight in to him at very high speed.
it's been a long time since a rider lost his life in this class of racing, last person to pass was Salom in 2016. But for him to die at 19 is pretty awful.
He did however pass away doing the thing he loved most in the world.
Must have been so hard for everyone to race that weekend.
Thoughts are with his family, his team, and the racing community.
edgelett
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yeah that race was pretty weird - wtf was going on with Fabio?
honestly he should have been black flagged.
If he crashed his chest would have been torn to pieces.
and throwing his chest protector across the track was dangerous as hell.
that's 3 DNF's for Marquez in a row - i don't know if he'll get back to form this year.
And I"m sad about Rossi. he's my hero.
honestly he should have been black flagged.
If he crashed his chest would have been torn to pieces.
and throwing his chest protector across the track was dangerous as hell.
that's 3 DNF's for Marquez in a row - i don't know if he'll get back to form this year.
And I"m sad about Rossi. he's my hero.