MotoGP 2021

bloodiedathame · 16 May 2021 at 12:44

Been enjoying the MotoGP coverage on itv4 today. Main race coming up now. Shame there's no HD.

SoliD · 16 May 2021 at 13:11

Mm93 is back, I'm not his biggest fan but you can't deny his talent! This race is carnage!

Didn't realise itv had motogp coverage. Shows as HD on the sky planner.

the-evaluator · 17 May 2021 at 06:45

Nice result for Jack Miller. To win having been through the gravel adn had a double long lap penalty is a great result.

Marquez is going to hurt himself again at this rate.

bloodiedathame · 17 May 2021 at 07:37

I love Miller's attitude, what a dude. I honestly thought when Marquez got out in front it was game over. He's definitely run out of luck!

the-evaluator · 17 May 2021 at 07:58

It's hard not to like Jack Miller. After a pretty poor start to the season it's great to see him win 2 on the bounce. I hope the trend continues for him.

Colonel_Klinck · 30 May 2021 at 14:29

Tough weekend with the death of Jason Dupasquier. Some great racing, especially Moto3 and MotoGP. Sam Lowes crashing again is gutting. I really hoped he’d put his crashing habit behind him but it seems not.

the-evaluator · 1 Jun 2021 at 06:59

Terribly sad news about Jason Dupasquier. It reminds us just how dangerous this sport is.

What is going on with Alex Rins? Masterclass from Quartararo, he was in a different league. I felt gutted for Bagnaia, I wanted him to get his first win but even if he'd stayed rubber side down I couldn't see him fending off Fabio.

ALD · 3 Jun 2021 at 15:19

Rins out for the weekend with broken arm. Couldn't even make it to the circuit on his push bike without crashing again.

the-evaluator · 3 Jun 2021 at 18:02

I can't see Rins being a Suzuki rider after the end of this year.

el_dazza · 6 Jun 2021 at 12:42

What was Quartararo doing taking his chest protector off?

Great race!

the-evaluator · 7 Jun 2021 at 09:22

The Moto GP stewards need to take a good, hard look at their decisions. Giving Fabio a 3 second time pently for that is a hideous decision. The rules are clear that "The equipment must be worn, correctly fastened at all times during on-track activity".

The equipment is defined as helmet, 1 piece leather suit, gloves, boots, back protector & chest protector.

He should have been black flagged instantly. It's a safety thing, if he'd crashed whilst his leathers were wide open then the potential for injury or worse is vastly increased.

Vandle · 7 Jun 2021 at 23:45

the-evaluator said:
The Moto GP stewards need to take a good, hard look at their decisions. Giving Fabio a 3 second time pently for that is a hideous decision. The rules are clear that "The equipment must be worn, correctly fastened at all times during on-track activity".

The equipment is defined as helmet, 1 piece leather suit, gloves, boots, back protector & chest protector.

He should have been black flagged instantly. It's a safety thing, if he'd crashed whilst his leathers were wide open then the potential for injury or worse is vastly increased.

Gives me the shivers thinking about FQ sliding on his front after a 200kph off. Grim. Didn't seem to bother him though!
Another great race though, love the unpredictability of the sport. I'm a fan of Marquez but the longer he struggles then the better it is as a spectacle.

Colonel_Klinck · 7 Jun 2021 at 23:54

Yeah race direction dropped the ball there. For his own safety he should have been black flagged or black with orange spot flag and get him to do up his leathers and then let him carry on. Bizarre incident though.

Another week of great racing though! Good to see KTM seem to have solved some problems. As mentioned above I think Rins is in danger of losing his ride. He crashes too often and there is no shortage of fantastic riders coming through. Vinales might be looking for a ride if he doesn't short his **** out. He appears mentally weak and it was interesting hearing he refuses to use a sports psychologist.

Moto 3 was nuts again. Thought Acosta might do it again. To work his way up to lead the race from 25th on the grid shows he's really got something special. Most exciting talent since Marquez.

the-evaluator · 8 Jun 2021 at 05:40

Colonel_Klinck said:
Yeah race direction dropped the ball there. For his own safety he should have been black flagged or black with orange spot flag and get him to do up his leathers and then let him carry on. Bizarre incident though.

Black and orange flag wouldn't relaly have worked as he chucked his chest protector out onto the track,

Colonel_Klinck said:
Another week of great racing though! Good to see KTM seem to have solved some problems. As mentioned above I think Rins is in danger of losing his ride. He crashes too often and there is no shortage of fantastic riders coming through. Vinales might be looking for a ride if he doesn't short his **** out. He appears mentally weak and it was interesting hearing he refuses to use a sports psychologist.

I can see Vinales going back to Suzuki. I don't know where Rins will end up, he's too good to not have a ride but he's got to stop crashing!

Colonel_Klinck · 8 Jun 2021 at 08:09

the-evaluator said:
Black and orange flag wouldn't relaly have worked as he chucked his chest protector out onto the track,

Ah yes very true. I would imagine all the riders will be told at Sachsenring that if anything like that happens again its a black flag.

Shimmy · 20 Jun 2021 at 13:44

So good to see him win again, just different level.

the-evaluator · 21 Jun 2021 at 10:10

It's fantastic to see MM93 back winning again.

What an earth is going on with Vinales? Yamaha can't be happy to see him all the way back there when the other bike was on the podium.

the-evaluator · 28 Jun 2021 at 09:03

As expected, Vinales will leave Yamaha at the end of the season. Source.

Morbidelli to the factory team perhaps? I guess we'll see Vinales on an Aprilia.

Yaayuh! · 5 Aug 2021 at 15:58

It's been a long stint, but Rossi finally retires from racing in MotoGP.

the-evaluator · 5 Aug 2021 at 16:12

The man is a legend, but he should have retired some time ago.