#fabio podium....rins win....

[comradejoanmir]

This is THE best outcome for a race I wasn't excited about btw

[fastianini]

they really be dropping like flies rn

[aprilias]

During the last race weekend, I posted about making a stats post about three particular riders if it received a certain benchmark (one like). Since we reached that marker with ease, and I have nothing better to do with my time, I am presenting you the findings of this research.

The Context: Jack Miller’s "princess" rant was post-race at the Sachsenring on 18th June 2023, so it’s almost been a full year since then. In this rant he targeted Fabio Quartararo and Marc Marquez who were complaining about their Yamaha and Honda bikes not working last year and told them to shut the fuck up and stop complaining, a quote that seems to have aged poorly when looking at their results.

So let's see if this is the case...

Qualifying results:

(Also for reference, each of these will show 2023 and 2024 results separately because there will ofc be a spike for a certain someone who went from a Honda to a Ducati lmao)

For 2023, Miller did the best out of the three in terms of his average qualifying position, narrowly ahead of Marquez, and he also had the highest qualifying position of them all (his P2 at Silverstone in wet conditions).

Quartararo did the best in his inter-team battle with Franco Morbidelli last season, being the top Yamaha in nearly 85% of the races. Marquez was the top Honda in 9 out of the 13 races (with Joan Mir x3 and Taka Nakagami being the two riders to beat Marc to top Honda in qualifying last year).

However, when it comes to the three of them, it was Marquez that was able to qualify the highest on the grid, with him beating Quartararo and Miller in 6 out of the 13 races post-Sachsenring in 2023. Jack was top 4 times, with Fabio taking the remaining three (as you can hopefully see by the colour-coordinated gold, silver and bronze).

For 2024, it's clear to see that Marc has been the best out of these guys, with the highest average position, as well as being the only one out of the three to take pole position which he earned in Jerez. However, he has only been the top Ducati twice, in Jerez and COTA, but as well all know he has a year old bike to contend with the Pramacs and factory Ducati riders.

The rest of the data shows that both KTM and Yamaha have gotten worse, with Fabio and Yamaha failing to qualify in the top 5 so far this season, but despite this, he still leads the head-to-head against his teammate. Jack, on the other hand, has a respectable qualifying average so far in 2024, but has only been the top KTM once (in Portimao).

So far this year, Marc has been the best of the three 4 times, with Jack taking two and Fabio taking his one win over the three in Le Mans.

Sprint race results:

For 2023, none of the three riders had particularly good sprint record, with the highest average finisher (Miller) not having a good enough average to even score points.

Marc earned the most points in the sprint races last year with 23, though he only finished in the points three times. Fabio scored the lowest number of points and had the lowest average position, however he was still able to earn a podium.

Marc and Fabio share the exact same record in sprints when it comes to beating their teammates, with the two of them being the top Honda/Yamaha over 50% of the time.

In the 2023 H2H, Marc was the best of the three across the 12 weekends (due to no sprint in Phillip Island), winning 5 of these battles; Miller took four sprint weekends and Fabio took 3.

Marquez clearly has the better record in sprints this year, with his average position of third leaving him on the podium. Fabio's average has improved since last year but he has only finished in the points once, and Miller's has also improved - with his average position ninth and meaning he would more often than not be in the points.

Marc, Jack and Fabio all currently have the better record against their teammates in the sprint races in 2024. Marc has a 100% record against his brother Alex, while Fabio has beaten Alex Rins in six of the seven sprints so far this year (which could've been 7/7 if he had completed the Mugello sprint). Jack has beaten Brad in 5 races out of the seven, however is still struggling when it comes to beating the rookie Pedro Acosta, as he has only been the top KTM bike once.

In the H2H between the three of them, Marquez takes it on the sprints winning 6/7 races. Fabio takes the other with his fifth place in Jerez.

Race results:

In the main races in 2023, it was Fabio who led the statistics between the three riders. Despite having the worst average qualifying, he won six of the 13 weekends against Marc and Jack. Marc took 4 while Jack took 2; although Assen is colour coded here, they all DNFd so it doesn't count, and it is coded in order of race completion (so because Fabio DNfed the latest he's gold if this makes sense).

Marc and Fabio once again had the better of their teammates in 2023, while Miller was only able to beat Binder in 23% of the races. This is even more damning for Miller when comparing the teammates' 2023 averages - with Binder averaging a finishing position of 4.8, while Miller's was 10.6. This is compared to Marquez vs Mir (9 vs 10.75 in Marquez's favour) and Quartararo vs Morbidelli (8.42 vs 12.23 in Quartararo's favour) where the battles are closer, and the riders are winning their team and factory head-to-heads despite being considered to have a worse bike than the KTM.

In 2024, it's clear that Marquez has the better race statistics, with three podiums and an average position of 5th. However, he has not finished as the top Ducati in any race so far this year, but he does have the better record against his teammate.

Quartararo and Miller have similar records with their average finishes this year, however Quartararo is the more consistent rider with more points and more races completed. He is also currently winning his head to head against teammate Alex Rins by finishing ahead in 57% of the races in 2024.

In terms of KTM, it has been a disaster year for Miller, who is yet to finish ahead of his teammate in any race this year and, consequently, has not finished as the top KTM. His average is significantly less than that of both Binder (6.71) and Acosta, the rider that will replace him next year, who has an average race position of 7th.

From this, Marquez has won the 2024 comparison in 6 of the 7 races, with Quartararo taking the remaining one.

In summary: Although he has done well in qualifying and sprints since these comments, Jack Miller has been outperformed by both Fabio Quartararo and Marc Marquez on inferior machinery (for Marc's stats from 2023). Marc has of course had the better of 2024 after switching to Ducati, but also has won out against the other two in qualifying and sprint races while on a Honda for 2023. Fabio does well in the races despite his relatively low qualifying positions, but is limited from achieving top 5s due to the Yamaha's capabilities. Jack does well in qualifying and sprints, but when it comes to the main events on Sundays, he lacks a bit in comparison to his rivals.

From what this data is showing, it seems as if Marc has comprehensively beaten Jack Miller despite his complaints about Honda in 2023, and Fabio has also narrowly done it due to his race pace. In short: those comments aged not-very-well to say the least.

If there's anything anyone wants to know or ask about then my asks are always open but I kinda had fun doing this!

[ferrarigays-moved-to-ferrarism]

MOTOGP 2022 - Rider's Championship

The 2022 MotoGP season is done and naturally, what else would I be doing than a statistics masterpost on the results on the season? Exactly. So here we are for the second year in a row, with confusing stats as per usual. I'll be doing more specific posts later, like rider head to heads and constructor stuff later but this is the starting point.

I'd like to note that all of these stats are just for fun and they are naturally context dependent and open for interpretation. Because the sample size is so small (only seven races) one result changes up the averages a lot. Still, I personally find these a useful tool when thinking about the championship so far and how we got here.

terminology explained:

q. avg - the average qualifying position q. med - the median qualifying positionpole + front rows - poles + starting places on front rows q2 - the number of appearances in q2 r. avg - the average finish in races that the rider finished, DNF’s not included q. med - the median race finish, DNFs included ppr - points per race, out of all races finished how many points scored on average wins + podium - number of wins + number of 2nds and 3rds dnf - the number of retirements * - anything to add, like missed races, team changes etc

Rider's Championship

1. Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Lenovo Team, 265 pts

q. avg - 5,65 q. med - 3 pole + front rows - 5 + 6 q2 - 18/20 r. avg - 3,8 r. med - 4 ppr - 17,7 wins + podium - 7 + 3 dnf - 5

2. Fabio Quartararo, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP, 248 pts

q. avg - 5,25 q. med - 3 pole + front rows - 1 + 4 q2 - 20/20 r. avg - 4,94 r. med - 4,5 ppr - 14,6 wins + podium - 3 + 5 dnf - 3

3. Enea Bastianini, Gresini Racing MotoGP, 219 pts

q. avg - 9,1 q. med - 9 pole + front rows - 1 + 4 q2 - 12/20 r. avg - 5,63 r. med - 8 ppr - 13,7 wins + podium - 4 + 2 dnf - 5

4. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia Racing, 212 pts

q. avg - 6,3 q. med - 5,5 pole + front rows - 2 + 3 q2 - 18/20 r. avg - 6,32 r. med - 5,5 ppr - 11,2 wins + podium - 1 + 5 dnf - 1

5. Jack Miller, Ducati Lenovo Team, 189 pts

q. avg - 6 q. med - 5 pole + front rows - 1 + 6 q2 - 18/20 r. avg - 6,5 r. med - 5,5 ppr - 11,8 wins + podium - 1 + 6 dnf - 4

6. Brad Binder, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 188 pts

q. avg - 12,15 q. med - 12,5 pole + front rows - 0 + 1 q2 - 10/20 r. avg - 7,11 r. med - 8 ppr - 9,9 wins + podium - 0 + 3 dnf - 1

7. Álex Rins, Team Suzuki Ecstar, 173 points

q. avg - 10,79 q. med - 10 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 15/20 r. avg - 6,73 r. med - 7,5 ppr - 11,5 wins + podium - 2 + 2 dnf - 4

8. Johann Zarco, Pramac Racing, 166 pts

q. avg - 5,9 q. med 5,5 pole + front rows - 2 + 3 q2 - 18/20 r. avg - 6,27 r. med - 8 ppr - 11,1 wins + podium - 0 + 4 dnf - 5

9. Jorge Martín, Pramac Racing, 152 pts

q. avg - 5,5 q. med - 4,5 pole + front rows - 5 + 4 q2 - 18/20 r. avg - 7,47 r. med - 8,5 ppr - 10,1 wins + podium - 0 + 4 dnf - 5

10. Miguel Oliveira, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 149 pts

q. avg - 14,15 q. med - 14 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 7/20 r. avg - 8,94 r. med - 10 ppr - 8,3 wins + podium - 2 + 0 dnf - 2

11. Maverick Viñales, Aprilia Racing, 122 pts

q. avg - 11,35 q. med - 11,5 pole + front rows - 0 + 1 q2 - 12/20 r. avg - 9,94 r. med - 11 ppr - 6,4 wins + podium - 0 + 3 dnf - 2

12. Luca Marini, Mooney VR46 Racing Team, 120 pts

q. avg - 10,25 q. med - 10 pole + front rows - 0 + 2 q2 - 13/20 r. avg - 10,26 r. med - 10 ppr - 6,3 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 1

13. Marc Márquez, Repsol Honda Team, 113 pts

q. avg - 7,1 q. med - 8 pole + front rows - 1 + 4 q2 - 11/13 r. avg - 5,5 r. med - 6 ppr - 11,3 wins + podium - 0 + 1 dnf - 2 * missed 8 races due to injury

14. Marco Bezzecchi, Mooney VR46 Racing Team, 111 pts

q. avg - 10,1 q. med - 10 pole + front rows - 1 + 1 q2 - 11/20 r. avg - 10,24 r. med - 10,5 ppr - 6,5 wins + podium - 0 + 1 dnf - 3

15. Joan Mir, Team Suzuki Ecstar, 87 pts

q. avg - 11,1 q. med - 11,5 pole + front rows - 0 + 1 q2 - 11/16 r. avg - 8,1 r. med - 12 ppr - 8,7 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 6 * missed 4 races due to injury

16. Pol Espargaró, Repsol Honda Team, 56 pts

q. avg - 13,53 q. med - 13 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 8/19 r. avg - 12,29 q. med - 14 ppr - 9,3 wins + podium - 0 + 1 dnf - 5 * missed 1 race due to injury

17. Álex Márquez, LCR Honda Castrol, 50 pts

q. avg - 18,4 q. med - 18,5 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 2/20 r. avg - 13,06 r. med - 14 ppr - 3,1 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 4

18. Takaaki Nakagami, LCR Honda Idemitsu, 48 pts

q. avg - 14,88 q. med - 12 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 9/20 r. avg - 12,85 r. med - 14 ppr - 3,7 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 4 * missed 3 races due to injury

19. Franco Morbidelli, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP, 42 pts

q. avg - 16,7 q. med - 17 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 4/20 r. avg - 13,27 r. med - 15 ppr - 2,8 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 5

20. Fabio Di Giannantonio, Gresini Racing MotoGP, 24 pts

q. avg - 14,5 q. med - 15,5 pole + front rows - 1 + 0 q2 - 5/20 r. avg - 16,38 r. med - 18 ppr - 1,5 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 4

21. Andrea Dovizioso, WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team, 15 pts

q. avg - 19,36 q. med - 19 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 0 r. avg - 15,1 r. med - 16 ppr - 1,4 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 3

22. Raúl Fernández, Tech3 KTM Factory Racing, 14 pts

q. avg - 22,32 q. med - 22 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 0 r. avg - 16,69 r. med - 17,5 ppr - 0,88 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 2 * missed 2 races due to injury

23. Remy Gardner, Tech3 KTM Factory Racing, 13 pts

q. avg - 20,4 q. med - 20 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 0 r. avg - 17,1 r. med - 18,5 ppr - 0,72 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 2

24. Darryn Binder, WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team, 12 pts

q. avg - 22,75 q. med - 23 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 0 r. avg - 16,69 r. med - 19 ppr - 0,92 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 7

25. Cal Crutchlow, WithU RNF MotoGP Team, 10 pts

q. avg - 17,67 r. med -14,83

26. Stefan Bradl, Repsol Honda Team, 2 pts

q. avg - 19,63 r. med - 17,17

[waru-chan8]

https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/yamaha-sets-eyes-on-its-next-young-motogp-prospect/10435103/

Alonso Lopez for Yamaha? Interesting. I feel it’s too early to make guesses. But I’m still stuck on Yamaha not having a satellite team anymore and he’d go straight to factory team and the expectations are always so much higher and it’d make me nervous. It’s been done before, but there’s so much less room for error compared to the times a rookie was put on a factory bike in the past

I find this so funny! Literally every rider has been on contact with Yamaha at some point. In 2021 it was Acosta (which made KTM put him into Moto2 prompting Raúl to jump to MotoGP. Also Acosta apparently was in talks with Honda too), and I guess that after the tattoo debacle with Canet that he was approached by Yamaha/RNF just by Fabio's response. Quartararo say that some manufacturers/team are less likely to employ someone with tattoo as they gave a bad reputation, so my guess is that he faced too.

I also find this hilarant/funny because the way to improve the Yamaha would had been literally pick people from Suzuki to work with them. Who better to understand a 4-in line bike like theirs than people who work in a 4-in line bike? But Yamaha is different (maybe because they are shamed that another manufacturer did better than them with a bike like theirs). As far as I know, it's Honda who has got the riders, and the project manager. Apparently they have also considered switching the engine.

I do agree with you that is a bit early. Alonso come to the 2022 season without pressure, he just needed points. Yes I know, he got podium, wins and beat his teammate, but he didn't develop the bike nor he was really fighting for the championship. I'd like to see how this season goes, this year he is really a candidate for the championship among other riders.

I also have another concern, Canet, who has rode both Boscoscuro/SpeedUp chasis and Kalex, said that in a scale, riding a Boscoscuro is like having Marc's style, meanwhile the Kalex is a Rins. Putting this in simpler words, Boscoscuro is a much more stiff chasis more in like with a KTM or Honda, while Kalex is more like a Yamaha/Suzuki. Having said that, I'm worried that Yamaha might screw him over with only 1 year contract and then being out of the championship. Or maybe even with 2 like it happened with Lecuona. He was once out of the championship for not performing (and lack of founds), so I don't know how it might affect him.

Finally, there's another aspect that is less knows. The team owner, Luca Boscoscuro (yes he has that big ego to use his surname as the chasis' name), sign him for 3 years, and he is saying that his contracts are pretty solid to break, although apparently he can break them pretty easily. So, would the team really let him move to MotoGP without punishment for not finishing the contract? Would they force Alonso to do his 3rd season? Or would Alonso/Yamaha need to pay? I know Yamaha was really willing to pay KTM to break Acosta's contract so I know it's an option.

Anyway, sorry for the ranting and thanks for the ask. Also, I notice that ater you send me this, MotoGP did post it too, but now is gone.

[hxvphaestion]

🔢+is it the same as what ud pick ur baseball number? i imahine so but maybe there are intricacies in this world;🏅

quid u must understand that i'm deeply in love with u so first off all mwah

🔢(racing number): I used to play vball w/ 18? so maybe that. tho 15 or 55 are all good. If its baseball i'm going 15 <3

🏅(fav podium): i've suddenly forgot every single podium in motogp. this year it has to be catalunya aleix/mack/jorge one, or cota rins/luca/fabio one. of all time? dovi wins marc comes second ones <3 also when mack is @ yamaha and sulking in the bg

[mverstappen]

memorable happy motogp 2020 moments

rookie brad binder wins in brno

rookie alex being the first non marc rider to get a honda podium since 2018

TWO TIMES IN A ROW

maverick jumping off his bike at 220 km/h and being all smug about it in the interview afterwards

9 different winners

king franky speaking out agains racism and immediately winning the race

soft joan mir being humble and acknowledging his privileges and becoming well deserved world champion

suzuki being the best team and having the best teammates who support and love each other

miguel only showing up to get a car and win his home gp, proving that he can win but most of the times the intelligent king can’t be bothered <3

ktm stepping up their game big time; pol getting lots of podiums and being a literal happy child

the heart rate monitors and maverick being literally more chill than all of us combined while dovi seems to be hyperventilating every time he so much as sits on the ducati

that time when iker joined the miller taxi service to help out maverick

fabio leaning over to stare at maverick’s ass and then making a frustrated gesture and someone captioning it as “damn his ass is bigger than mine”

every other rider: freezing, puffer jacket, beanie; fabio: tits out

maverick showing up to a pc in joggers; maverick showing up to another pc in a puffer jacket while the others wore t-shirts

maverick strolling through the paddock in above mentioned joggers during moto3

that one time when it was way too cold and the session got postponed and all the riders where just chilling in the paddock with their teams and walking around and standing in circles

the HEAT in jerez

miguel straight up calling pol not intelligent

the last corner battle between jack and pol and miguel saying thanks <3

alex rins asking for a lift in portugal but everyone ignoring him

valentino at the beginning of that one moto2 race, visibly counting all his children

dovi (probably unintentionally but who knows) flipping ducati off during his podium celebration

albert and enea proving everyone who didn’t believe in them wrong and becoming the softest world champions

the “price giving ceremony” being the biggest disappointment (only enea putting some effort in) and our motogp tumblr community straight up deciding to instead relive the 2019 gala

aron canet not stopping with the bragging about the missing half of his pinky

enea “i am the world championship” bastianini

[shieldmaiden-of-bird]

I'm proud of Fabio for winning and extending his championship lead

I'm proud of Mack for getting a podium after his terrible race last week

I'm proud of Mir for getting the podium and overtaking Zarco

I'm proud of Miguel for getting some good points

I'm proud of Pecco for getting some points

I'm proud of Marc for making up all those positions from 20th

I'm proud of Aleix for getting some points

I'm proud of Rins for getting back some of the positions he lost

I'm proud of Brad for making up all those positions from 21st

I'm proud of Petrux for getting some points

I'm proud of Alex for scoring points

I'm proud of Enea for getting a point

I'm proud of Luca for driving a pretty decent race

I'm proud of Gerloff for doing well in the Petronas

I'm proud of Luca for finishing the race

I'm proud of Iker for having a good race up until he crashed

I'm proud of Miller for being in the points, but he unfortunately crashed out

I'm proud of Jorge for being back on the bike

I'm proud of Vale for doing his best

[meaningofmotorsport]

Grand Prix of Emilia Romagna Review

It turned out to be a chaotic weekend on the Italian coast for the MotoGP teams, not only due to the weather, but also as a result of the twists and turns that the championship battle would have over the few days we were there for.

We are not starting with either of the title contending teams though, as Honda had a superb weekend, well more so in the race than any other part. Yes, they got lucky with circumstances and wrong tyre choices that affected other riders, however, you have to be in it to win it, and Marquez certainly did that. He stalked Bagnaia all race, and would probably have just been dropped by him before the race ended, and on a clockwise track, that was excellent for him to do. The win is deserved, and sends an ominous message to the rest of the grid for 2022. Pol also had a great weekend, as he clearly prefers the bike in cooler conditions, which allowed him to finish 2nd . Hopefully with more input on the 2022 bike, he can make it suit him better, as long as the team don’t make a bike just for Marc.

Bastianini did his best to save face for Ducati, on a weekend where everything was set up perfectly for them, until it fell apart. It was a costly tyre choice for the factory riders, as that seemed to be the cause of their demise at Turn 15. It is much harder to keep the harder tyres warm, so after multiple right handed corners, the first left caught them out. To be fair, all they were doing with Bagnaia was delaying the inevitable championship loss, as Fabio never really cracked this weekend. Bagnaia will be hurting after that, as it was his mistake really, at a point when he had just broken Marquez, and looked so comfortable. Miller meanwhile was probably not in a comfortable position when he crashed either, as he was doing all he could to hold off Marquez. As I mentioned, Bastianini rode another excellent race, after his weekend looked over on Saturday. If he had qualified with his teammates, it could have been so much better for him. I can’t wait to see what he does next year. Zarco rebounded well too, after a series of poor races, as he looks to be more consistent in 2022.

All of 2021, Quartararo has really been in a league of his own, he has worked so well with the bike, and even caused a teammate to move teams! After missing the open goal in 2020, it has been incredible to see the work he has done on a personal level, to become a well rounded and self-assured rider, who doesn’t crack. This weekend was perfect evidence of that, as Friday and Saturday were disasters for him, but he came back on Sunday, with a cool head, fought his way through the field to nearly get a podium, and secure the world title. With Honda and Suzuki bringing major improvements for 2022, KTM likely fixing their tyre issues, and Bagnaia coming on strong, it won’t be easy for him to do it again in 2022, yet he will surely be the favourite! Morbidelli may not have stayed up in 5th all race, however, there are clear signs of improvement for him, which is all that matters right now. Rossi may have got lucky with so many crashes, but 10th is still 10th, and is a great way to say farewell to Misano!

It was another trying weekend for Suzuki, with Mir struggling all weekend, and ended up taking out Petrucci in the race. He may even end up falling back from 3rd in the rider’s championship. Rins on the other hand continued to collect points, showing what could have been if the first half of the year had gone better. It has been a humbling year for the team, after doing so well last year.

This may be the first time that Aprilia have got a double top 10 finish, as Aleix and Maverick finished 7th and 8th. They weren’t able to gel with the wet conditions as well as I thought they would, but they can take solace in their run of points scoring finishes, and that Vinales is right there too. They could be a dark horse for 2022.

Not even Brad could save this weekend for KTM, and for most of the race he didn’t need to, as Olivera was up on the podium, in no mans land really, showing great pace. That was until he crashed, leaving just Binder left, in a lowly 11th place. It is really confusing to see the variation in pace between riders at each event for KTM, I hope this is one of the things they solve for next year!

With the championship now sown up, it is every rider for themselves in the final 2 rounds. There are many good riders out there who have not won yet this year, and will want to show everyone what they can do!

-M

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[jyanadavega]

Ok here is a little rant about motogp (more about the riders so). The season will be over in two weeks and I want to sum up a bit this first season :) Also I’m so not ready for the end of it, I will miss them so much T-T (Thanks god the biathlon season start just after and I might look a bit at F1 also, so I should be okay).

So at first I really didn’t think it will grow so much in me even so I should I guess (like this happens with all the sport, should known myself better) and I’m really disappointed I didn’t watch the first gps. Also should have watch moto2 sooner (but I will make a second post about it).

 And I’m not going to talk about the brand because really I don’t know anything

Fabio : I’m really not used to be so much for a french sportsman (except thibaut maybe but that different). The fact that he is younger than me (and than my little brother make it easier I guess). I’m really proud of him, of all achievements, and I really , really want him to win. He really deserve it and this is really the only things that he is missing now

Marc : ugh thinking about it hurts my head. He really is all that I hate in sport a winning-all guy which doesn’t seem to have weakness (and he is a spanish winning all and this is even worse (2010 I think about you) and my ultimate fantasy husband (beautiful brown guy, successful, a bit older than me, with a beautiful smile). And I’m like, I really don’t want to see you sad but really you are so annoying as well. Can you like be human sometimes? 

Dovi : I like him. He really seems like a genuine nice guy, very far from the drama of the others. He doesn’t make me vibrate like some other but I’m happy for him when he wins. And he completely deserve his second place

Petrucci : I read once here that he was the reincarnation of a teddy bear. This is so true, he looks adorable. He and Dovi really gives off a nice guy vibes. So you want them to be happy 

Valentino : despite arriving only now in motogp, i can totally understand why people love him so much. Every time he speaks he has this kind of aura which scream you will like me. so much charisma. I kind of wish he win this 10th championship but also there so may we deserve it as well (dovi, mav, fabio...)

Franco : seems like a nice and talented guys.Hopes he gets a podium soon maybe even a win

Jack : I love his interaction with most of the riders (the jokes with fabio, the taxi for mav and rins (team 95 **). And it’s always nice to have him in the press conference.  Also at first I thought he was older than that but we have less than 2 years of age difference, I’ve got plenty of friends of the same age as him.  So i kind of feel I have to be a bit for him. Specially with no 96 on the motogp grids

Rins : I had a lot of time before realizing he was spanish and not english. When he won Silverstone, I was like, yeah he won his home grandprix. Other than that he also seems like a funny nice guy, + team 95 + born in december, i can not dislike this guy. Also so happy for him to have his first win this season

Mav  : Like Jack, I thought he was older than he actually is. And at first i was “he ‘s just 1 of the 100 spanish riders on the grids”. But gp after gp, watching him finishing third again and again, looking at him helping luca, being helped by miller, I slowly change my mind. And now I may have developed a bit of a crush on him and he clearly is my other fav with fabio. 

And that’s all for today’s talk. Otherwise it will take the night + i don’t really have much of an opinion about the other riders. except that joan mir gives the same cute baby vibes as fabio

[motogpfanpage]

Round 1 of Rating the Riders : 2019 Qatar GP

AR42 - 8: i don’t know if it’s the hair or whatever he’s eating lately but Alex Rins was kicking everybody’s ass on the Suzuki!

JL99 - 6: i believe Jorge’s HRC deal had a few lines written in the smallest caracters ever telling that he wasn’t only taking Dani Pedrosa’s bike but his bad luck as well.

AD04 - 9: Just like last year, Dovi wins at Losail. We know how it ended last time but now that he has a secret weapon named Danilo can he REALLY finish ahead of Marquez in the standings ? 🤔

MM93 - 8: What kind or « nursing shoulder » shit were you expecting ?!

MV12 - 4: New Year. New Number. New Maverick. Same old crappy race start.

JM36 - 7: This new comer is not just here to be some kind of eye candy for the Ladies but to get sh$t done!

VR46 - 7: it looked promising at first. A FP1 straight outta 2008, Vale leading with Jorge on his tail. And then FP2 happened... Thanks God he’s still able to give it to Maverick during the race!

DP9 - 6: After a great bunch of winter tests, Danilo is now back to reality. The one which says that his only job is as simple as making sure Dovi is in front of him while blocking everybody else behind. Life as a number 2 sucks, right ?

CC35 - 8: we were just as relieved as Lucy to see Cal back on the podium!

FQ20 - 7: didn’t we all « awwww » when seeing Fabio cry in his box at the end of the race ? 19 years old guys, 19!

[whydoubleu]

Motorsport updates (for articles)

Motogp:

Germany GP

-fabio won, pecco going down

- rins couldn't continue Germany gp

- a few riders are crash by themselves

-suzuki leaves in 2023

- rnf team switch on aprillia

F1:

Canada Gp

-super max bring another win, Hamilton back to the game or gaming? (refer to his IG post about vintage Sega games that he bought and played)

- Alonso get on the podium for some moments almost made the french team back on the game with the new name--alpine the mountain

-Leclerc is the driver of the day, going last but finish on top 5

-mclaren boys get worst pitstops and finish without points or more like pain ...

[ferrarigays-moved-to-ferrarism]

MotoGP 2022 1/3: Riders' Championship

Seen as we are officially one third into the new MotoGP season, I thought I'd collect a few statistics so far from the season. First up we have just the riders' championship with the averages in races, qualifying and points per race so far.

I'd like to note that all of these stats are just for fun and they are naturally context dependent and open for interpretation. Because the sample size is so small (only seven races) one result changes up the averages a lot. Still, I personally find these a useful tool when thinking about the championship so far and how we got here.

terminology explained:

q. avg - the average qualifying position pole + front rows - poles + starting places on front two rows q2 - the number of appearances in q2 r. avg - the average finish in races that the rider finished, DNF’s not included ppr - points per race, out of all races finished how many points scored on average wins + podium - number of wins + number of 2nds and 3rds dnf - the number of retirements * - anything to add, like missed races, team changes etc

Rider's Championship, after the French GP:

Fabio Quartararo, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP, 102 points

q. avg - 5 pole + front rows - 1 + 1 q2 - 7/7 r. avg - 4,71 ppr - 14,57 wins + podium - 1 + 2 dnf - 0

2. Aleix Espargaró, Aprilia Racing, 98 points

q. avg - 5,4 pole + front rows - 1 + 3 q2 - 6/7 r. avg - 4,86 ppr - 14 wins + podium - 1 + 3 dnf - 0

3. Enea Bastianini, Gresini Racing MotoGP, 94 points

q. avg - 8,4 pole + front rows - 0 + 1 q2 - 5 r. avg - 5,3 ppr - 15,7 wins + podium - 3 + 0 dnf - 1

4. Álex Rins, Team Suzuki Ecstar, 69 points

q. avg - 11 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 5/7 r. avg - 6,7 ppr - 11,5 wins + podium - 0 + 2 dnf - 1

5. Jack Miller, Ducati Lenovo Team, 62 points

q. avg - 5,1 pole + front rows - 0 + 2 q2 - 7/7 r. avg - 5,6 ppr - 12,4 wins + podium - 0 + 2 dnf - 2

6. Johann Zarco, Pramac Racing, 62 pts

q. avg - 6 pole + front rows - 1 + 1 q2 - 6/7 r. avg - 5,4 ppr - 12,4 wins + podium - 0 + 2 dnf - 2

7. Francesco Bagnaia, Ducati Lenovo Team, 56 pts

q. avg - 8,4 pole + front rows - 2 + 1 q2 - 5/7 r. avg - 6,8 ppr - 11,2 wins + podium - 1 + 0 dnf - 2

8. Brad Binder, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 56 pts

q. avg - 12,1 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 4/7 r. avg - 7,7 ppr - 9,3 wins + podium - 0 + 1 dnf - 1

9. Joan Mir, Team Suzuki Ecstar, 56 pts

q. avg - 8,6 pole + front rows - 0 + 1 q2 - 6/7 r. avg - 5,2 ppr - 11,2 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 2

10. Marc Márquez, Repsol Honda Team, 54 pts

q. avg - 8,5 pole + front rows - 0 + 1 q2 - 5/6 r. avg - 5,4 ppr - 10,8 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 0 * missed 2 races due to injury

11. Miguel Oliveira, Red Bull KTM Factory Racing, 43 pts

q. avg - 15,1 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 2/7 r. avg - 9,8 ppr - 8 wins + podium - 1 + 0 dnf - 2

12. Pol Espargaró, Repsol Honda Team, 40 pts

q. avg - 10,3 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 5/7 r. avg - 9,83 ppr - 6,7 wins + podium - 0 + 1 dnf - 1

13. Maverick Viñales, Aprilia Racing, 33 pts

q. avg - 14 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 2/7 r. avg - 11,3 ppr - 4,71 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 0

14. Takaaki Nakagami, LCR Honda Idemitsu, 30 pts

q. avg - 13,7 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 4/7 r. avg - 12,14 ppr - 4,29 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 0

15. Jorge Martín, Pramac Racing, 28 pts

q. avg - 5,4 pole + front rows - 2 + 2 q2 - 6/7 r. avg - 10,7 ppr - 9,3 wins + podium - 0 + 1 dnf - 4

16. Luca Marini, Mooney VR46 Racing Team, 21 pts

q. avg - 12,3 pole + front rows - 0 + 1 q2 - 3/7 r. avg - 13,14 ppr - 3 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 0

17. Franco Morbidelli, Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP, 19 pts

q. avg - 16 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 2/7 r. avg - 12,8 ppr - 3,17 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 1

18. Marco Bezzecchi, Mooney VR46 Racing Team, 19 pts

q. avg - 12,7 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 2/7 r. avg - 13 ppr - 3,8 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 2

19. Álex Márquez, LCR Honda Castrol, 18 pts

q. avg - 18,4 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 1/7 r. avg - 12,4 ppr - 3,6 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 2

20. Andrea Dovizioso, WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team, 8 pts

q. avg - 18,4 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 0 r. avg - 14,6 ppr - 1,6 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 2

21. Darryn Binder, WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team, 6 pts

q. avg - 23,4 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 0 r. avg - 16,7 ppr - 1 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 1

22. Fabio Di Giannantonio, Gresini Racing MotoGP, 3 pts

q. avg - 16,5 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 1/7 r. avg - 17,4 ppr - 0,6 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 2

23. Remy Gardner, Tech3 KTM Factory Racing, 3 pts

q. avg - 21,1 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 0 r. avg - 17,7 ppr - 0,5 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 1

24. Raúl Fernández, Tech3 KTM Factory Racing, 0 pts

q. avg - 22,3 pole + front rows - 0 q2 - 0 r. avg - 17,8 ppr - 0 wins + podium - 0 dnf - 1 * missed 2 races due to injury

[waru-chan8]

Same question than for @artigas-am73 , if it's okay for you can you do a ranking of the motogp riders from your favourite to your least favourite?

Bear in mind that this season, as weird as it is, it’s my first complete and voluntary (sue me, I watched some races only because I looked at the screen, and they were racing) season of MotoGP. I actually don’t know and don’t vibe with most of the riders so this might be controversial. I’m sorry if someone might get offended by this.

So, my number one rider is without doubt Dani Pedrosa. Look, it’s true that I had a crush on him as a kid, but come on, he is a three-time world championship. Moreover, he manages to archive the world championship in 2004 nearly without pre-season because of his injury. Furthermore, in his first season in MotoGP, he manages to score a podium in his second races and a win in his fourth. Pretty much impressive for the smaller and lighter guy in the grid.

I imagine that you prefer a list for the current riders on the grid so this is my list. Some of them have an explanation, others don’t. I just vibe or don’t vibe with them.

1- Iker Lecuona. Just because he is cute. Also, I didn’t watch the 2018 season, but I know that in Valencia he rode a MotoGP bike for the first time and after he crashed, his bike wiped out Zarco. That moment for me was karma.

2- Álex Rins. I love his curls. He seems a nice guy and from the unseen footage he seems pretty friendly. What I like from MotoGP is the overtaking and the Suzuki guys are pretty good at it. I love him overtaking, no friend and no taking prisoners, he just goes for the move. I would say that it’s pretty tight between him and Iker for the first place.

3- Brad Binder. I like him just because from the rookies he is the only one who hasn’t tried a MotoGP bike until the first pre-season test. He seems pretty friendly, nice, and he looks after his brother (Pass the Mic). I just like him.

4- Joan Mir. A few months ago he would have been in the middle of the list. As I said before, the Suzuki boys are pretty good at overtaking and I like that. Also, I think he really has a chance to win the championship and somehow that makes him more interesting for me.

5- Andrea Dovizioso. I feel sorry for the position he is now. We have a three times runner-up in the championship without a bike to ride for next year, a pretty fuck up situation. Also, it seems that Ducati is not helping him very much to overcome the problems he is having with the bike.

6- Pol Espargaró.

7- Maverick Viñales

8- Pecco Bagnaia.

9- Tito Rabat.

10- Miguel Oliveira.

11- Valentino Rossi.

12- Franco Morbidelli.

13- Fabio Quartararo.

14- Álex Márquez.

— Andrea Iannone would be here if he was in the championship. I appreciate him being feminist, but he looks so dumb and clueless.

15- Takaaki Nakagami.

16- Bradley Smith.

17- Aleix Espargaró. He would be in a higher position in the list if he could stop getting himself (and his brother, people still mix them up) in troubles on twitter.

18- Marc Márquez.

19- Danilo Petrucci. He seems a nice guy, but I don’t vibe with him.

20- Jack Miller. I don’t like the guy. From the Inside Pass from Red Bull he seems too cocky and I don’t like the way he is always making fun of Vanessa (the hostess). If I were Vanessa, I would just kick Jack in the balls.

21- Cal Crutchlow. He always seems angry. I don’t like some of the things he has been saying to the media. In one article, Cal said that Honda didn’t need Dani as a test rider because Dani had a very different and unique breaking technique. I mean Dani was in charge of developing the bike for a pretty long time, I’m sure he would know how to make a bike.

22- Johann Zarco. I just can stand that guy. Yes, I know he is talented and fast, but he was the reason Dani ended up injured in 2018. I’ve been reading things about him and Hervé Poncharal said that he pretty much gave up on the KTM on the first day. Zarco ditched KTM in the middle of the season even knowing that Dani was doing a completely new bike. Zarco is the reason that Karel is out of MotoGP (I don’t know the guy, but pretty much that situation was a mess and fucked). In my opinion, he doesn’t deserve the Pramac contract.

Except for the top and bottom 3, all of them can move positions (up or down). If you ask me at the end of the season or even next season, probably this list will be different. Sorry for the long post.

[meaningofmotorsport]

Why is Vinales leaving Yamaha?

The question posed by this article, is one which I have no clear answer for, nor do most people in MotoGP have the answer to it seems! So, instead I will discuss possible reasons, and where his future may lie!

Vinales came to MotoGP as a bright young star, with a lot of momentum behind him, after winning the Moto3 title in 2013, and riding superbly in his rookie year in Moto2. His first two years in the top class, saw him excel on a Suzuki which was not ready to battle at the front. Yet, he was able to score good points, and in his second year, achieve his first win at Silverstone, as well as three other podiums! When he then signed for the factory Yamaha squad, it looked as though he would be their flagship rider for the years to come!

To begin with the signs were good, with him taking wins and podiums in his first few years, unable to beat the might of Marquez, but holding his own against Rossi very well. At that point, the expectation was that the bike was holding him back, and when the equipment matched that of Ducati and Honda, combined with his growing experience, he could bring titles to the team!

This brings us to 2020, where Marquez is out through injury, and the Ducati has fallen back in the pack, so the door is wide open for Maverick. There was a new young pretender at Yamaha, who had done brilliant things in 2019, although as Vinales had a stronger year, he was still top dog. However, as the year unfolded, major weaknesses in Vinales’ game became clear, mainly in wheel-to-wheel combat. Confidence was also a major issue, and whenever rain came, or there was uncertainty, he dropped like a stone! This all meant, that combined with the problems that Quartararo had, Yamaha completely missed an open goal in 2020, as the more confident, better racer of Mir, stole the title from them!

So, here we are in 2021, a new year, and a new Fabio, who has cleaned up his act, and is on top form! Yet, we still see the same Vinales, lacking confidence, needing to stick to a plan, rather than go on instinct. All this means, is that in the unpredictable world on MotoGP, Quartararo is demolishing Vinales in every way! Then comes the announcement, that he will be leaving the team at the end of the year, which makes no sense to most people!

The main theory behind it, and one that has been suggested by Maverick himself, is that the team had shifted focus to Fabio, and has no faith in him. This may be true, and given the relative performances, you wouldn’t blame them, so he has no reason to start kicking and screaming about it! He said that the change of Crew Chief was disrespectful, yet it is completely justified if one rider is much slower than the other.

In that situation, the problem is either in the engineering set up of the bike, or the rider himself, so by arguing it wasn’t the Crew Chief, he is effectively saying ‘I am the problem’. If that is the reason he gives to leave, saying the team didn’t support him, it really means that he didn’t like being beaten by a better rider! I know it is harsh, and I want Maverick to do well, but looking at the pace of them both, it is the truth!

Another reason could be his comfort level on the bike, as results like at the Sachsenring, suggest he isn’t at one with it. This would be surprising, as the smooth Yamaha should be the perfect bike for his style of riding, but the issues could be deeper than that, and we may never know the full details. If this is the case, where could he find a better fit?

Ducati, Honda, and KTM, all seem to have bikes you need to grab by the scruff of the neck, at least more than the Yamaha, so those wouldn’t be viable for him. Which leaves Aprilia and Suzuki! Most of the speculation is for him to replace Savadori next year at Aprilia. This may not be a bad move, as the bike is improving all the time, and could be able to fight at the front soon, plus he should be able to outperform Aleix, although I doubt it would be easy.

Don’t count out a move to Suzuki though! We all know the plight of Rins this year, and that bike is the smoothest on the grid, he knows the team well too which could help! My only reservation, is that with Mir on the other side of the garage, he could find himself in a similar situation if he went there, as Mir can be quite aggressive!

Even considering all these options, I do not understand why he would leave what is clearly the strongest team on the grid this year. Yes, he may not be able to beat Fabio, but doing anything else could be a big risk, and may ruin his career if he is not careful. The main thing though, is that he is happy in his choice, as the barrage of social media chatter on him during the past year or so, must have been tough. If he can find the right home for himself, it could be the rebirth of the star we witnessed five or so years ago!

-M

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[jyanadavega]

Next moto gp season

So it’s only two weeks since the end of my first season and I’m already missing it so much, but on the same time when I think about next season, I think about how much I want Fabio to win his first race but also be a very important contender for the championship, but also I don’t know if I want more Mav or Dovi to win the championship (even if Marc...) and I want Rins to win as much race as this season, and Miller, Mir, Petrucci,Oliveira, Rossi to win at least one also. And I want Iker, Pecco, Pol, Nagakami and Alex on podiums. 

And I want Iker to be the next rookie of the year but I’m also super worried about Alex and I really want him to prove (even if he already prove it) that he was the best choice. And I want him to go out the shadow of his brother (which is the main reason, I really don’t like what happens, like sweetie this isn’t the best idea and you will have some much pressure...). 

So I think the best I can do is to try to convince the Dorna before next season, that the best would be that everyone wins the championship. 

Also same for moto 2... like I want Fabio, Luca, Jorge Navarro, Augusto, Baldassari, and Bastianini on the top 3 but I don’t think this is mathematically possible.