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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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20 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said:

It has me thinking this year may another Marc Marquez year  

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TV guide is showing live quali for Moto2 at noon on saturday and delayed quali starting at 8 pm for Moto3/GP/2 - wtf?  And the live race for GP at 11:15 Sunday morning with delayed race starting at 8 pm for Moto3/2/GP.  

beIN channel 662.

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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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On 4/9/2018 at 3:45 PM, texasdago said:

I mean, I get it.  Rossi was hot... you could see it in his interview.  Just not the right time.

Yeah, I concur with that.

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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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Wow. Haven't watched it back yet on the stream, but at the track that seemed like a pretty boring race compared to others so far this year.

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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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The MotoGP race was a yawnfest but, as usualy, Moto3 and Moto2 were great to watch.  Really enjoying seeing Bagnaia battle Marquez in the Moto2 race.  Great action!

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Ahem ... better late than never, I guess. Austin Grid Girls. Just saw these posted.

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2018-MotoGP-Rnd3-COTA-Girl_18GP03_3351_A

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2018-MotoGP-Rnd3-COTA-Girls_18GP03_1518_

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2018-MotoGP-Rnd3-COTA-Girls_18GP03_3300_

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Well, that was something. Hard to blame anyone in particular for that crash in my opinion. I suppose I’d blame Lorenzo the most, but he did try and stand up once he saw Dani.

Marc’s celebration was pretty funny.

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Best crossing the finish line celebration ever!

 

i agree on the blame for the crash. But if you make me choose, it will always be Lorenzo. How I loathe him....

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