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Yeah, Qatar isn't a Honda friendly track but the Ducati is finally smooth through the turns and still has a power advantage.  Maybe I'm just trying to jinx the Duc but Dovi looks extremely confident this year.  Also read that he's been in talks with Honda so that could get interesting.  

 

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23 hours ago, G650 said:

I like Rossi, but he attracts some real clowns.

That's Uccio... childhood friend.  They're super tight so he probably knew Rossi didn't want to have anything to do with him.

Old ass interview from the Ducati years: http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2011/05/27/rossi-s-right-hand-man-uccio/155811 

Oh, and Uccio is number 64 in this:

 

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2 minutes ago, texasdago said:

That's Uccio... childhood friend.  They're super tight so he probably knew Rossi didn't want to have anything to do with him.

 

 

Yeah, a lot of his friends, childhood or otherwise, are fucking clowns is kinda what I'm getting at.

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I saw a clip of Marc and Uccio from a different angle and you could hear some of the audio but it was hard to hear over the boos (really).  I could hear him saying, "don't come in here... don't come in here" over and over again in Italian and then it sounded like he said "next time" but there was too much noise.  Googlez probably has a transcript.

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Oof...

More re: the track from other riders...

Crutchlow: "I think they’ve made a terrible job," he said. "They tried to make it better but they made it worse. I know last year was bad, and now it’s even worse.

"I don’t understand how we can come to a GP and it’s worse than last year," he fumed. "I love this circuit, but it’s bad. It’s honestly bad that we now come to GPs and the circuit be in this shape."

"They haven’t really done anything.
"It’s so dirty, and so bumpy you can’t imagine. I love this circuit, but it’s bad. It’s honestly bad that we now come to GPs and the circuit be in this shape.
"And it’s so dirty you can’t imagine. You can’t see down the back straight if you’re behind someone."


Rossi: "It’s a disaster," said Valentino Rossi. "For me it’s the worst situation during all the season. You have three or four bumps that are very big."

“With our bike it’s difficult, because you have a lot of bumps on the straight, so the bike moves very much at more than 300km/h and it’s a critical situation.” 

"Back straight, after the hole, you go up, you go over the crest, [in] fifth and sixth [gears] the bike moves a lot because of big bumps. There are a lot of bumps in the braking [zone] also," Rossi added. "Maybe the biggest one is Turn 18, before the last two lefts, the bodywork touches the ground, so it’s like motocross. Personally, I like very much this track, but the bumps start to be a problem."

"Last year we asked to do some improvements. They did something, but unfortunately it didn’t work."

"It was like being at the ranch!" Rossi complained. "You don't see anything in front, and it's very strange ... Maybe coming from the asphalt, but I don't know."

Miller: “We’ve broken a windscreen already with the rocks and the dust," he said. "It’s so bad down that back straight, it’s ridiculous. "It was like big old rocks hitting me at 300km/h," he added. "They felt like bullets. I wasn’t too keen on that." “From my past experience, and my theory, dirt and water on top of a normal track normally don’t combine too well"

Espargaro: 'described the situation as "unacceptable", urging organisers to resurface the track'

http://en.f1i.com/news/301329-cota-track-surface-criticised-motogp-riders.html

https://jalopnik.com/heres-what-everyone-in-the-racing-world-is-mad-about-th-1825442655

http://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/20296/valentino-rossi-circuit-of-the-americas-track-conditions-fitting-for-motocross

https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/rossi-worsening-austin-bumps-disaster-crutchlow-1028571/

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^^Undefeated in the U.S.

 

FYI, Dunno if this article is right, and I hadn't heard this until now, but it seems COTA has no MotoGP contract as of yet for 2019 and beyond. 

MotoGP arrives at COTA with its future in Austin yet to be settled https://www.mystatesman.com/sports/motor-sports/motogp-arrives-cota-with-its-future-austin-yet-settled/k2dAv2qEX9nobLkxd8IZkO/

 

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Epstein said ticket sales were up “double digits” this year. However, MotoGP’s contract with COTA also is up after this year, the sixth time Austin has been host to the series.

Dorna, the Barcelona-based rights holder for MotoGP, keeps its cards close to the vest and will weigh riders’ criticism of the bumpy track, which surfaced again Friday even after repeated efforts in recent months to smooth out rough spots.

 

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I love watching the Isle of Man TT, but damn. 3 dead last year iirc. 2 dead this year, and one more critical and deteriorating.

Second rider killed during dangerous Isle of Man TT motorcycle races https://fxn.ws/2HiyyHe

Injured Mercer's condition deteriorates https://www.autosport.com/tt/news/136534/injured-mercer-condition-deteriorates

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