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MotoGP Off-Season Thread

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^you know, this is interesting. I'm starting to notice that Pedro's lines on the graphs have been amazingly consistent, too, in that he dips in and out of the race pace so methodically. The tops and bottoms are really consistent, and also the frequency. Crutchlow is in the ballpark, but his line has no pattern. It just looks like Pedro decides what to do each lap with much more control.... ....of course :deadhorse who knows what they are trying to do each lap.
 
afm199 said:
Session two, Jorge currently way faster than Dani, Cal, Marquez and Rossi. :laughing, he may get under 2:00.
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Stoner was at 1:56.6 a year ago, these boys are still playing catch-up to the retired guy. :p
 
Nicky ticked ahead of Dovi, again, to only be a second and a half off the Lorenzo alien pass. Bummer. I think the series needs a healthier Ducati, or we all need to buy Aprilias to finance a better Italian team. :party

Is this it for Spies this year? He already crashed and hurt his bad shoulder, again. Things are not looking good for Americans in world class moto racing. It's luckily for Hayden that he is pretty popular, so someone will keep him around, I think.
 
Spies is biding his time until Suzuki returns next year. :nerd
 
Parx400 said:
I have to agree with this. His current contract is only for 1 year.

2014 Suzuki MOtoGP. Spies and RDP. You heard it here first.
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But, Suzuki will be a CRT bike, from what we know at this point. That's not so great. And I am talking more about his abilities, since the crashing continues and the injury persists. He may not get a ride, you know. It's not like he set the world on fire at Yamaha. A few bikes, maybe.

Ben Spies was a faller in the morning, although the American was able to walk away unhurt from his Ignite Pramac Racing Team bike. He later wrapped up his programme early, suffering pain from his ongoing shoulder injury.
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I read somewhere that Suzuki will be a full factory team most likely affiliated with Aspar
 
clutchslip said:
But, Suzuki will be a CRT bike, from what we know at this point. That's not so great. And I am talking more about his abilities, since the crashing continues and the injury persists. He may not get a ride, you know. It's not like he set the world on fire at Yamaha. A few bikes, maybe.
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nope

The bike had already undergone extensive testing in Japan, Aoki told Crash.net, both at Suzuki's private test track and at Motegi. A new version of the bike had been tried last week, and Aoki pronounced himself happy with both the engine and the chassis. Suzuki's plan is to enter as a full MSMA team, which means that the factory will have just 5 engines per season and 20 liters of fuel per race at their disposal. The benefit of competing as an MSMA entry is that they will be allowed to write their own software for the spec Magneti Marelli ECU, and compete on the same terms as Honda, Yamaha and Ducati.
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im actually surprised they wont be running the Dorna-spec electronics with a full prototype engine. with them coming into the game this late, y not just enter with 4 proddy racers and sell them to teams, instead of re-trying what theyve already failed at. i dont know if their software was good or not before, mostly because the chassis was shit. but it cant be as good as HRC & Yamahas at the moment. they also obviously had prev reliability problems when using 6 engines (9 really), so going to 5 cant be good. rly, being apart of the MSMA was not kind to Suzuki in the past.

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2013/02/26/suzuki_set_to_join_motogp_test_after_bar.html
 
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sinncere said:
What did you mean by that?
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fail was prob a bit of a harsh word. Suzuki had a hard enough time beating HRC and Yamaha at their own game during the 990 and 800cc eras. their lack of championship contention and fighting for race wins, and their need to ask for exceptions to the rules doesnt scream "success" to me.

ya, they predicament before pulling out was no worse off than Ducati now, but Suzuki doesnt have Audi backing to keep them afloat for a few years while they come up to speed. like i tried to imply before, not exploiting the new rules is silly.

of course, i know nothing about why they want to come back to GP and would be more than happy to see them fight w/ Ducati for 9th place.
 
I think it'd be interesting to see them come back with an I4 powerplant. They've always ran the V4 during the 500cc and GP eras, when their racing success has always been from their I4 engines.
 
their RGV500 V4 was successful for a bit. but ya, they havent ever made a 4-stroke V4 work well... though i dont think much of that had to do w/ the engine (just like Ducati).
 
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their RGV500 V4 was successful for a bit. but ya, they havent ever made a 4-stroke V4 work well... though i dont think much of that had to do w/ the engine (just like Ducati).
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Yeah, but still would be interesting to me nonetheless. :teeth
 
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