2013 MotoGP Season

[Jon Turner]

This is on in 10 minutes. I will be watching

Cheers for the reminder nearly missed it

 

[Rupe Wilson]

thanks for reminder

 

[Jon Turner]

Shane Butler
Cheers for that mate that was bloody excellent

 

[Rupe Wilson]

yep that was a great way to relax tonight..

How did they tame those beast...RESPECT

 

[Shane Butler]

Yeah, thouroughly enjoyed that. Glad you guys got to see it aswell!

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

If somebody can put this on youtube or vimeo you would make me very very happy. Absolutely the best days of motorracing.

Mamola, Lawson, Schwantz, Spencer etc etc

 

[Rupe Wilson]

I also watched this one last night Barry Sheene 1975 Daytona

 

[Jon Turner]

If somebody can put this on youtube or vimeo you would make me very very happy. Absolutely the best days of motorracing.

Mamola, Lawson, Schwantz, Spencer etc etc

https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/the-unrideables/series-1/episode-1-the-unrideables

There for the next month

 

[Shane Butler]

Can someone tell me what this means for MotoGP coverage next year? It's going to go completely from BBC?

 

[Jon Turner]

Can someone tell me what this means for MotoGP coverage next year? It's going to go completely from BBC?

Sadly if I am reading that correctly it will be on BT Vision and YouView which I think are both pay to view, but hopefully I am totally wrong and BT Sport is going to be freeview or freesat.

 

[Shane Butler]

Great race. The first half was amazing with the top six all so close together and I'm happy for Crutchlow getting his best ever finish in MotoGP. Also cool seeing Lewis Hamilton present the third place trophy to Marc Marquez!

 

[the_sigman]

Great race. The first half was amazing with the top six all so close together and I'm happy for Crutchlow getting his best ever finish in MotoGP. Also cool seeing Lewis Hamilton present the third place trophy to Marc Marquez!

Indeed! Shame about Rossi and Bradl going down! It would have been fantastic to see Marquez battling with them!

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Yea brilliant race, had a bit of everything really. Bit of a shame for Dovi there as he drove very good all race.

Interesting seeing Hamilton there as well, probably the last person i´d expect to see in a MotoGP race.

 

[the_sigman]

Yea brilliant race, had a bit of everything really. Bit of a shame for Dovi there as he drove very good all race.

Interesting seeing Hamilton there as well, probably the last person i´d expect to see in a MotoGP race.

Ηe went to the podium of the Monster Energy French Motorcycle GP. Monster is Mercedes' sponsor (Michael Schumacher did so last year)

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Ηe went to the podium of the Monster Energy French Motorcycle GP. Monster is Mercedes' sponsor (Michael Schumacher did so last year)

Thanks, was looking for a connection there and Monster never struck my mind.

 

[Jon Turner]

Marquez is getting more and more impressive, he was totally screwed at the start but regrouped himself and rode the wheels of that bike, but that said Honda really does seem to have the complete package this year. Ducati performance was a little unexpected too.

 

[Rupe Wilson]

Good day for the Brits, Almost shed a tear for Scotty
Cal was excellent, time for Rossi to move aside and let Cal on that bike. or at least give Cal full factory support,
Even Bradders was doing good.

 

[Rupe Wilson]

Did i hear correctly the news about Honda next year releasing a bike, for MotoGp, not a satellite bike, but a over the counter bike. is this different to a CRT bike. confused am i Maybe Yamaha should do this to generate some funds. They seem to be falling behind in devolpment

 

[Travis]

Le Mans in the wet is usually great. I feel sorry for Pedrosa as when he pulls a blinder of a race it's usually overshadowed by something else. Congrats to Dani for a great ride, same for Crutchlow being the first Yamaha home which is fantastic given the difference between his bike and the factory Yamaha's of Lorenzo and Rossi. Marquez picked up third after making a dog's breakfast of the race - it is great to watch the class rookie learn from his mistakes as the race went on.

Very happy for the Ducati boys; Dovi rode brilliantly and just missed out of third and Hayden had a consistent ride for fifth.The question is this though: have Ducati made a break through or is it a case of the Le Mans circuit making the bike better than what it is? Ducati have nearly always acheived solid results and a few scribes have stated Le Mans masks the Ducati tendancy to understeer through corners.

 

[Rupe Wilson]

Yep the Ducati does allot better in the wet and at Le Mans it does seem to mask its problems, i did have my fingers crossed for Dovi , it would of been great for him to get on the podium. Lorenzo looked lost.
But in a wet race it is in the hands of the gods... But its also a great leveler