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ROFLBOT posted:The given is that no matter what happens it will be handled in the worst possible way Correct, that is the way of orange
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Slavvy posted:The right move is to turn pol into a test rider so naturally they will instead cancel miller's contract, pass over Fernandez and further poison the well Yeah it’s this ROFLBOT posted:The given is that no matter what happens it will be handled in the worst possible way Can’t disagree. Can you have more than one rider eligible for wildcards? Lol
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Afaik each manufacturer is entitled to x amount of wildcards so you can split them between different riders but I could be wrong
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ROFLBOT posted:Acosta to MotoGP (by assumption because Oncu and Vietti have just been given seats in Moto2)
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I just want Fabio on an Aprilia
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Russian Bear posted:I just want Fabio on an Aprilia If those happened it would be the first time I'll have orgasmed to a press release
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Seems like a lot of the staff have not gotten visas yet but the track is kinda sorta ready I guess? https://x.com/denkmit/status/1703859404116783392?s=20
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Sep 19, 2023 00:46
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Make every rider have to be their own mechanic, like in the older school TT races.
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Franky to Pramac!
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Someone is gonna crash and get seriously injured because the riders won't have the balls to take collective action Morbidelli has failed upwards into a pramac seat, the benchmark is can he do better than Alex
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I thought maybe homologation was just a formality at this point, but I'm not getting that vibe from the article.
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Lol we have had 'homologated' circuits that still ended up with peeling pavement and all kinds of poo poo, it barely means anything. The FIM pretend they're a high level professional organization like the FIA but they're really just three mice wearing a human suit
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Simon Patterson always seems like a bit of a knob to me, and I think he lives in a van or something. just a bit odd in my opinion. F1 raced there for a few years in the 2010s so unless the circuit has changed materially in the interim I'm not sure homologation is going to be a huge issue unless there is a motorcycle specific thing which didn't get addressed. everything I've read online has suggested the bigger issue is everyone getting visas for the event.
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The motorcycle specific thing is all the walls adjacent to the track yes
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tony quidtana posted:everything I've read online has suggested the bigger issue is everyone getting visas for the event. Slavvy posted:The motorcycle specific thing is all the walls adjacent to the track yes Por que no los dos?
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Stick the visas onto walls and the riders have to ride by close enough to grab it like a tear off. The more you grab, the more of your mechanics/engineers get to participate in your race weekend. More seriously, I’m surprised the FIM is so bad at greasing palms. FIA would have a visa slip n slide by now. Russian Bear fucked around with this message at 03:26 on Sep 19, 2023 |
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Russian Bear posted:Stick the visas onto walls and the riders have to ride by close enough to grab it like a tear off. The more you grab, the more of your mechanics/engineers get to participate in your race weekend. Nah F1 had their visas all hosed up back when they ran there too. https://au.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-rosberg-denied-visa-for-indian-gp-report/2586277/
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Color me surprised. Looking forward to the mess this weekend.
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Slavvy posted:a high level professional organization like the FIA
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I don't know anything about car racing  F1 seems to have their poo poo together despite having awful racing compared to GP, that's what I was basing that on
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FIA is great at the top but is a shitshow for anything below F1, and the general rule of thumb largely seems to be as long as they aren't broadcasting a death on the F1 TV feed its fine. Case in point that Spa corner that killed an F2 driver didn't get changed until the circuit wanted motorbikes to race there and then the FIM insisted on changing it after like three years of the FIA doing gently caress all. I could go on a whole rant on safety in kart racing and some of the bullshit I've seen.
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I remember some rumblings of motogp going to spa a couple of years ago but as far as I remember the changes weren't considered big enough to make it possible
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Does spa actually produce good motorcycle racing in other classes? They have that endurance race there but yawn endurance racing.
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Slavvy posted:I remember some rumblings of motogp going to spa a couple of years ago but as far as I remember the changes weren't considered big enough to make it possible Spa is pretty dangerous for cars, I’d be surprised if they took MotoGP there, but my knowledge of MotoGP inner workings is not good, so  and I might be wrong
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Looking at the Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix page on Wikipedia, they ran it in the old layout from 1949 and all the way up to 1990, but then it was dropped from the calendar. There is a possibility in the future: Improvements to the circuit to make it suitable for motorcycle racing were made in autumn 2021 in time for the 2022 endurance season, and the Spa 24 Hours motorcycle race debuted at Spa in June 2022. It is unknown if Spa or another Belgian circuit will apply for MotoGP.
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You’d have to drop another European circuit from the calendar to add Spa, and why? Belgium’s not a big market and those fans are already pretty well served by races in nearby countries.
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No series that races at Spa cares about the Belgium market alone, not when the Netherlands and Germany are both like 30km away with a combined population of 100m people. They would have zero issues filling every seat they could make available
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ROFLBOT posted:No series that races at Spa cares about the Belgium market alone, not when the Netherlands and Germany are both like 30km away with a combined population of 100m people. They would have zero issues filling every seat they could make available Sure, but Dornas whole thing the last few years has been to move into new markets like Thailand and now India. France, the Netherlands, and Germany already have established races that are well-attended, so why add another circuit there? Or replace an existing successful round?
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If they go to spa it would be for the historical glory and the resultant bump in tv and digital spectators Nobody outside of Thailand really cares whether the Thai gp happens or not but everyone wants to see mugello, assen etc and spa would come under the latter category
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Slavvy posted:If they go to spa it would be for the historical glory and the resultant bump in tv and digital spectators These are my thoughts pretty much. Although I just don't like the idea of any rider coming off at certain points of that track so sadly I don't think it's at all safe.
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Lotta carnage in the sprint, mir looking great before embarrassing himself
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him picking up the bike by the exhaust kinda sums up his season tbh
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Lmao yeah I wonder how badly he got burned doing that
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Great last lap of the moto2 as well
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great race, happy for Bez lol at seeing Martin after the last lap and still thinking his leathers accidentally unzipped
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An American beat Sergio Garcia? What is this, the 1999 PGA Championship?
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echomadman posted:lol that last lap in Moto3 Also, here is the key clip from the weekend https://twitter.com/Boco_T/status/1705952148108832957
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