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| Valentino Rossi |
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13 | 19.40% |
| Jorge Lorenzo |
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13 | 19.40% |
| Dani Pedrosa |
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8 | 11.94% |
| Marc Marquez |
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33 | 49.25% |
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Yeah, it's a pain to set spoiler times with people in time zones all over the world. Easier to just keep the thread live and don't read it until you're caught up if you aren't watching live. Really I have to stay off most of the internet if I haven't seen the race. News sites, twitter, facebook, even other forums spoil races. On a Quake forum someone spoiled Jenson Button's 2011 Canadian GP for me by putting it in a thread title and I'm still a bit annoyed about that. Edit: reread your post, nevermind. Announcing the start isn't a bad idea.  Since moto 3 is on, thread will now contain spoilers.
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nsaP posted:
Yeah, this is all I meant. Or the first person to post and be talking about the race... Race talk starts here Real simple.
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Mar 23, 2014 17:33
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I like this spoiler strategy. I felt bad for Aleix yesterday. Hopefully he redeems himself today!
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Mar 23, 2014 18:07
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2/3 weren't crazy but good enough, I watched em while cooking. Now for GP, I'm guessin the first couple laps will be 'exciting' while they sort out race pace from qualifying position but I expect it to be pretty processional after. We'll see!
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Mar 23, 2014 19:52
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gently caress.
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Mar 23, 2014 20:04
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Here we go! Lorenzo then Iannone. Stay in this one and get some solid points I bet.
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Mar 23, 2014 20:05
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Looks like Lorenzo was late on the brakes and the front end washed out, then the bike ripped itself to pieces. Nice to see some new faces in the podium pack this season! e: And Bradl is down, same story. Go Rossi! Royale with Cheese fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Mar 23, 2014 |
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Mar 23, 2014 20:11
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And Bradl too, in the same corner. I wonder if they didn't fully clean up the oil spill from the Moto2 race?
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Mar 23, 2014 20:21
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Crazy race so far, looks to be settling down. Rossi fuel issues? MM sandbagging? Gonna be good.
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Mar 23, 2014 20:24
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Great battle on the last lap. And lol at Crutchlow running out of gas on the finish line.
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Mar 23, 2014 20:46
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Now this was a hell of a way to start the series.
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Mar 23, 2014 20:48
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drat, that was good. Shame for Bautista, nice to see Rossi up there again, but I'm not getting too excited - he did well here last year as well. Hopefully he can do well again next race.
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Mar 23, 2014 20:50
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All I can say is Thank you Jack Miller for sparing me once.
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Mar 23, 2014 21:03
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Collateral Damage posted:And lol at Crutchlow running out of gas on the finish line. I liked how he was trying to keep it going by bouncing up and down.
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Mar 23, 2014 21:12
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Spiffness posted:Can we do a new thing in this thread where the first post that talks about the latest race results is headed by a bold warning? First poster should have to post a big gif of a green flag being waved
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Mar 23, 2014 21:34
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What an amazing race! I wonder if Crutchlow ran out of gas coming across the finish line? edit: yup Motogp.com posted:Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow did well in fifth and sixth respectively for Ducati Team, though Crutchlow finished 16 seconds behind his teammate after almost running out of fuel on his debut for the Italian factory. Nitramster fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Mar 24, 2014 |
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Mar 24, 2014 00:38
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Great race, especially given that apparently the Yamahas have been struggling with the new tyres. If that's how they can perform under those circumstances, I look forward to seeing how things go with a bit more dialing in. Bummer for Bradl after leading for so long, there did seem to be something suss about that corner given Lorenzo's crash, but he didn't mention any suspicion of oil on the track or anything when interviewed in the pits so maybe not. Stoked for Rossi, hopefully he can keep that kind of performance up.
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Mar 24, 2014 02:49
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Un-loving-believable crash on lap one for JL. What a lovely way to start the season. Was really hoping for first for Rossi by the end of the race, but oh well.
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Mar 24, 2014 03:04
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hayden. posted:Un-loving-believable crash on lap one for JL. What is up with that corner? The commentators were giving statistics for how many people drop their bike there, it's by far the most crash prone corner in MotoGP. It doesn't seem like a particularly tricky bend, but I'm not a top tier racer so what do I know.
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Mar 24, 2014 03:29
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Is it just me, or does a race track in the desert where there's dust everywhere seem sort of like a bad idea?
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Mar 24, 2014 03:36
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Here4DaGangBang posted:Is it just me, or does a race track in the desert where there's dust everywhere seem sort of like a bad idea? Rumor has it that the money paid to make Losail the opening round of the series is almost if not enough to cover travel expenses outside of Europe all year.
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Mar 24, 2014 08:59
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The night races look great and it's a good start to the season. I think Qatar deserves it's place on the GP calendar at least from a fun to watch on TV perspective.
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Mar 24, 2014 16:45
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Speaking of looking great, I'm convinced Rossi had the best looking ride. The blue goes really well with the neon he uses. Can't wait to try and get pictures of it at Indy.
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Mar 24, 2014 17:00
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Nicky looks cool too but it sort of has that alien-in-70s-movie look.
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Mar 24, 2014 17:45
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After all that rules fuckery, the Ducatis finished 5th and 6th, just ahead of the Honda RCV1000Rs that are supposed to be at a major disadvantage. And that's with 4 DNFs. I know it's only the first race, but still
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Mar 24, 2014 18:21
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Weren't they a fair bit closer time wise than they were last year (too lazy to actually look).
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Mar 24, 2014 19:57
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I would assume so because everyone was a bit closer this time. But if you add the DNFs back in, Ducati is right back in like, 9th/10th as it was all of last season. I guess the finishes will be exactly the same but maybe it'll be a little more interesting getting there this year? Improvement?
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Mar 24, 2014 20:31
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So today i won some tickets for the next races at CoTA, from the local morning radio show 
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Mar 24, 2014 22:57
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n8r posted:Weren't they a fair bit closer time wise than they were last year (too lazy to actually look). Significantly closer, Dovi in the same camera shot when they looked down the straight as Rossi and Marquez crossed the line.
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Mar 24, 2014 23:17
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Veritas posted:So today i won some tickets for the next races at CoTA, from the local morning radio show Is there going to be a MotoGP goon meet in Austin?
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Mar 25, 2014 02:47
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Anyone ever been a corner worker before? This sounds tempting... http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=963276
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Mar 25, 2014 02:53
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It turns out Cal's Duc didn't run out of gas, but had a transponder issue. http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/201432/1/crutchlows-ducati-in-a-different-place.html
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Mar 25, 2014 12:09
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Yeah he said that from the start. Hodgson gave him some leading question about running out of gas on the straight and Cal replied "Who said we ran out of gas?" He tweeted later with the info in that crash article. If you read crash, you'd do well to just set up a twitter account to follow the riders and journalists. Once you're following the riders you realize that the news articles on crash are all fluff writing based around some rider tweets. That and the press releases that some employee writes.
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Mar 25, 2014 16:08
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Unfortunately trying to follow a specific story in a twitter feed is one of the most painful activities I can imagine. Unless I need to know RIGHT NOW what's going on it's much easier to just wait for the regurgitation blogs to nicely format it. That the electronics can interfere with the bike operation enough to make it unusable is pretty odd to me. Obviously these things work 99% of the time so it's not a huge issue but it seems like some kind of failsafe mode would be included so the rider could try and stay in the race.
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Mar 25, 2014 16:27
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xzzy posted:some kind of failsafe mode would be included so the rider could try and stay in the race. I think there obviously was one because he continued to race, but being at the disadvantage of not having corner specific handling made him less competitive. Not sure about the end of the race though, that was weird. My guess is the electronics was just a cover story.
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Mar 25, 2014 16:41
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Skreemer posted:Is there going to be a MotoGP goon meet in Austin? I may or may not be at the Race, but if we want to meet somewhere for a beer and a burger I'm down.
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Mar 25, 2014 17:07
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Dellikose posted:It turns out Cal's Duc didn't run out of gas, but had a transponder issue. And this is going to be mandatory software in 2 years... No wonder Honda is threatening to leave!
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Mar 26, 2014 01:46
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Not sure I'd trust what they say. Ducati had the same thing happen with their own software to Hayden in Spain in 2012. It's easy to blame the other guy.
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Mar 26, 2014 01:52
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Anyone follow Moto2? Nakagami is one of my favorite "also rans" in Moto2. The guy raced the wheel off the bike last year and generally came in way down the grid because he had used up his tires. He finished 2nd in Qatar 2014 and I was hoping maybe with the new team and a new year he'd be in the points. Looks like his team fitted an air intake that's not allowed and he's been disqualified. http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2014/Race%20Director%20explains%20Nakagami%20disqualification
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Finally got to watch the race last night, was a good one. Would have liked to see Rossi win it, he definitely put in a great run given the issues with traction and allegedly being down on power. Since there isn't a specific dirt racing thread this past week's supercross race in Toronto was great to watch. It was great to see Stewart blitz through the pack, he was truly on another level from everyone else through those rhythm sections. If Vilapoto was healthy he might have been able to keep up, though. IMO Stewart is probably the fastest to ever race SX. Definitely not the most consistent, but for pure speed in the right circumstances you'd be hard pressed to find anyone quicker. I'd love to see him win another championship or two but it's unlikely. He said next year may be his last. Had he not crashed out of Anaheim 1 this year on a similarly hard charge I think he could have really been in the hunt. I think Vilapoto is going to get 4 in a row though.
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