MotoGP 2013

thedoc46 · 12 Jul 2013 at 17:54

Lorenzo has retired from this weekend. He bent the plate in his shoulder, and is going back to Barcelona to have it addressed. Such as shame after all the bravery he showed in Assen.

deuse · 13 Jul 2013 at 09:43

Well dome Smith

Cal can't get to grips with the track.

So Lorenzo is out

but who will take his place?

ShakenNstirred · 13 Jul 2013 at 11:35

deuse said:
Well dome Smith Cal can't get to grips with the track.

So Lorenzo is out but who will take his place?

no one will unless he misses next weeks race also

on a side note, Pedrosa has been taken to hospital by helicopter for examination. Light cerebral concussion suspected
so if it is confirmed to be concussion depending on the time of the start of the race he wont be able to race, as you cant race for at least 24hrs after getting concussion .
poor dani its looking like he is jinxed never to win the title

update
dani out of quali but if able to race will start 12th

MissChief · 13 Jul 2013 at 13:35

If Pedrosa can race then even if he potters round in 12th it'll still be points gained over Lorenzo. If Jorge also misses Laguna Seca then he could have more than a race win advantage in points by a week in Monday.

deuse · 13 Jul 2013 at 13:54

Well done to Cal and Bradly. Great front row line up I hope Rossi does well.

ShakenNstirred · 13 Jul 2013 at 14:09

Quali times
1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 291.1 1'21.311
2 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 288.0 1'21.434 0.123 / 0.123
3 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Yamaha Factory Racing Yamaha 288.7 1'21.493 0.182 / 0.059
4 6 Stefan BRADL GER LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 290.4 1'21.862 0.551 / 0.369
5 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Power Electronics Aspar ART 278.0 1'21.887 0.576 / 0.025
6 69 Nicky HAYDEN USA Ducati Team Ducati 286.8 1'22.157 0.846 / 0.270
7 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 286.7 1'22.297 0.986 / 0.140
8 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA GO&FUN Honda Gresini Honda 290.7 1'22.484 1.173 / 0.187
9 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 287.4 1'22.561 1.250 / 0.077
10 71 Claudio CORTI ITA NGM Mobile Forward Racing FTR Kawasaki 275.7 1'23.059 1.748 / 0.498
11 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Came IodaRacing Project Ioda-Suter 272.2 1'23.361 2.050 / 0.302
26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda

englishpremier · 13 Jul 2013 at 17:27

Less than two tenth in it up front. Should be a good race.

Bradl will end up in the gravel though.

Shame Rossi and Cal are so far off the lead in terms of the championship. This could have made it interesting.

Marvin · 13 Jul 2013 at 17:56

Great ride from Espargaro to out qualify a good number of full GP bikes on a CRT!

ShakenNstirred · 14 Jul 2013 at 08:00

lastest news today is Lorenzo will also miss next weeks US gp
no news on if they have a replacement rider in mind yet, but in the past its been a jap test rider.

Pedrosa passed medical and will start warm up

update on that, he has now decided not to do morning warmup and will have another medical check before the race and go from there.
its not looking good that he will race

update on the update lol
dani not racing after all

deuse · 14 Jul 2013 at 12:05

Great Moto 2 race and Torres was awesome. What happened to Scot?

ps3ud0 · 14 Jul 2013 at 13:39

Jesus Marquez is a find, not seen him do much wrong whenever Ive seen him race in Moto GP, but still bloody fast...

ps3ud0 :cool:

deuse · 14 Jul 2013 at 13:46

Well done Cal you would have won if your start was better. Well done to Bradley looks like Marquez has won the championship.

Marquez and Cal get on very well, could we see Cal with Marquez at Honda?

Katoom · 14 Jul 2013 at 13:48

Great race. Cal's pace was great, gutted he got held up.

ShakenNstirred · 14 Jul 2013 at 13:50

cal was great today and so fast in the last 8 laps
just needs to sort the first few laps out

1MARQUEZ M.Repsol Honda TeamLap 30
2CRUTCHLOW C.Monster Yamaha Tech 3+1.559
3ROSSI V.Yamaha Factory Racing+9.620
4BRADL S.LCR Honda MotoGP+13.992
5BAUTISTA A.GO&FUN Honda Gresini+21.775
6SMITH B.Monster Yamaha Tech 3+25.080
7DOVIZIOSO A.Ducati Team+30.027
8ESPARGARO A.Power Electronics Aspar+30.324
9HAYDEN N.Ducati Team+45.355
10PIRRO M.Ignite Pramac Racing+47.142
11BARBERA H.Avintia Blusens+47.824
12DE PUNIET R.Power Electronics Aspar+48.523
13EDWARDS C.NGM Mobile Forward Racing+54.428

ps3ud0 · 14 Jul 2013 at 13:51

Guess its going to be a 123 to Spain in the championship

ps3ud0 :cool:

deuse · 14 Jul 2013 at 14:13

ps3ud0 said:
Guess its going to be a 123 to Spain in the championship

ps3ud0

I'm hoping that Cal takes second place. Just saw the side cars on BBC hope they show them racing.

The_Abyss · 14 Jul 2013 at 22:56

deuse said:
Well done Cal you would have won if your start was better. Well done to Bradley looks like Marquez has won the championship.

Marquez and Cal get on very well, could we see Cal with Marquez at Honda?

I'm not convinced. Marquez looked unbeatable today - quick as well as tasty overtaking.

MissChief · 15 Jul 2013 at 02:52

Pedrosa will be looking to come back next weekend in Laguna Seca although Lorenzo is out of that one. Dani will beat Marquez and Rossi/Crutchlow can also beat him on their day. TBH Lorenzo won't be that far behind by missing two races but it'll be a hard won title if he brings it back.

ShakenNstirred · 16 Jul 2013 at 14:58

latest news
nicky haydon has been let go by ducati for 2014
really hope its not because cal crutchlow going there, it will be the kiss of death to his growing career.

ShakenNstirred · 16 Jul 2013 at 17:00

deuse said:
Great Moto 2 race and Torres was awesome. What happened to Scot?

did you see Jordi Torres very strange pose on the rostrum lol
hope were not going to start seeing stupid poses etc like footballers do when they score a goal