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MotoGP. Darryn Binder #40. WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team.

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you have a mechanic alex au?? ? where can we read iiiit 🧎🏻‍♀️

(Anon 2 from the Wip Ask Game)

i was in tumblr jail but now im FREEEE (barely)

First of all, i’m so sorry for the late response orz orz orz

actually this AU just exists in my docs in a kinda of timeline and in my head (and in my friend DMs in a 3min voice note who was ignored. so i dont think it was really interesant after all jajaja /dies) but if u want some thoughts (?

So I knew that at first Alex M wanted to be his brother's mechanic, I knew that it was Marc who convinced him to get on a bike and race with him and all that, but recently I had this idea of ​​"What would have happened if Alex really would have become Marc's mechanic, but during Marc's debacle he stay at Honda and wouldn't have been able to follow him to Gresini?"

.🙂

It was a little mental exercise. Alex encourages Marc to go to Gresini because he hates seeing his brother break himself over and over again AND MAYBE HE FEELS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOTORCYCLE HURTING HIM SO MUCH WHO KNOWS. Alex always wants the best for Marc, even if it's not at Honda.

The only thing that didn't convince me at all was Alex's age (because I love bending reality for the RPF, but I have a lot more fun creating scenarios that are more or less plausible in my head lol) until…

I remembered that I had read THIS article by Santi and then I did the maths (lol): born in 1975. Professional at 17 in '92. In the world championship in '96 at 21.

In '99 he won with crivillé at 24. In 2003 with Vale in Honda as a 28 years old. It becomes confusing what he does between 2005-2010 because I don't want to do research, but he becomes part of some rider teams in 125cc apparently? -

He becomes in Marc's chief mechanic in 2011 at the age of 36 and moving up to MotoGP at the age of 38 in 2013.

So Alex's path would be to reach the paddock in 2015 at 19 years old and with a dream uwu

So the TIMELINE is a bit like this:

Alex is a mechanic. He had competed in CEV and everything, but despite this he decided not to make the step up to Moto3 when he got the opportunity to do so after his wild cards in ¿2012¿

In any case, he trained professionally as a mechanic and contact here contact there reached the motorcycle world championship.

He works in Moto2 with Marc VDS for a long time (from 2015 to 2019 maybe) when Honda steals him at the starting of the 2020 season because the previous mechanic there expressed his desire to retire FOR REASONS NOT CONCENTRATIVE TO THE PLOT so Alex can replace the guy.

2020 :)

MiserY

Alex go to LCR because Marc's team was out of work for the rest of the season adapting everything for Stefan :), plus there is a vacance (that is a word in english?) to fill in the LCR because of COVID and Alex has the skills for it and yada yada

At least the honda mechanic said he is going to retire, not WHEN.

The 2020 season is- fucked. Alex is trying to be a kind brother.

He gets so tired with the press coming to the garage and asking about his brother every week that he takes refuge inside the box. The cameras struggle to find him during the moments before the race.

His move up to Honda is delayed because the LCR team is keeping him because he works well with them.

2021-2022 seasons happen :). He is retained by LCR, he is getting tired of presenting his transfer, but at least he has become familiar with the HR people (I am 100% sure that is not how these workers work, I don't care).

2023 :3

Finally. he can go to Honda! Finally he is on his brother's team! HE CAN FINALLY FULFILL HIS- childhood dream? promise? life goal? idk

Alex looks at Marc's data - which he always had access to as a meddling younger brother, but which he now works on every week - and wants to cry. That bike is not supposed to be able to do what Marc achieves with it.

When Marc falls in Portimao and takes Miguel with him, he looks longingly at the LCR box and asks himself why he wanted this job. Maybe Rins wouldn't be giving him such a headache.

Marc is signed by Gresini, which leaves Honda to search for a rider and Alex to deal with whoever they are going to sign, because he stay at the team and will definitely deal with the new rider

Nov 12 - Alex hears the Marini to Honda rumor and thinks “ha, it definitely won't happen”

November - Luca Marini, brother of Valentino Rossi, is signed by Honda

LUCA MARINI

ROSSI'S BROTHER

Alex is a professional and as soon as he hears about it, he turns around and asks for a transfer to Mir's team.

(not Zarco or Nakagami because he already went through LCR and he won't go back there even if they point a gun at him, thank you very much) (he might consider it if they paid better-)

He prefers to avoid from the beginning any type of rumor that says he is doing anything, like tampering ¿? with Marini's bike or something like that.

“Smart boy” he says to himself in the mirror :)

Nov 27 - It is announced that Mir's previous team will now be with Luca and that Santi will go with Joan

Alex wants to diee, BUT HE'S A PROFESSIONAL, so he doesn't say anything.

Luca's engineer makes fun of him a little, he thinks Alex is funny.

He could go back to Santi, but (IN THIS AU, IN MY MENTAL PALACE) he doesn't try because he has this thing that all the Marquez's besides him missed: a general feeling of shame.

They know who the other is, Alex used to be Franky's mechanic in Moto2, so both know a few of stories about each other

Although they have not bonded over the mortifying experience of being younger brothers of (divorced) legends, but they have greeted each other around the paddock and been cordial over the years.

but the paddok is inmense so not that much

The Valencia tests happen and Luca is optimistic and gives a real feedback of how the bike feels and where he hopes to take it, rather than just vague unintelligible and weird noises that don't communicate anything.

Alex already feels like a huge improvement since Cal (his jokes weren't really helpful for data collection) and Rins (whom he appreciates for all the time they've known each other, both as CEV teammates and as his mechanic, but- yeah rins barely starts races during 2023 sooo )

[To be defined] [Future Lucalex] [Maybe past Franky/Alex lol]

I'd like to submit a piece of writing or SOMETHING but I only have short, silly little snippets and they're not really worth it.

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So, RNF was keen on signing up with Alex, but Yamaha was like “NO MARQUEZ FAMILY TO BE IN YAMAHA” and vetoed the idea. Is this some medieval family feud or what?

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Is Valentino switching his team to Yamaha in the coming years?

Rumours are definitely circulating. Apparently they are slated to make the switch to Yamaha in 2025 and become their main satellite operation with access to factory bikes. Yamaha needs a satellite team after RNF abandoned them for Aprilia and Tech3 abandoned them for KTM. I think Uccio said somewhere that they are trying their best to get a factory bike for Bezz in order to give him a better shot. Which makes sense because Bezz gave up a Pramac seat to be with them.

Unfortunately Yamaha is squeamish about making the switch from an in line engine to a V4 engine. Their argument being that they have used these engines forever and the other teams that use V4 have years of advantage on them. Which again, fair because engineering at the highest level is about how familiar you are with every little last detail and that experience only comes with time. Not likely that Yamaha will make big tech changes before 2027 and that's some time away. Interesting to witness for the VR46 operation because they have been incredibly lucky with a rider like Bezz who brings this massive wave of talent, and Luca who is sharp and great at communicating with engineers. Add to that the fact that Ducati has the most sophisticated simulation tools of any factory team. So you know, even though they were at par with Gresini, they were still able to furnish far better results.

Fingers crossed for their Yamaha years because Fabio Q has spoken extensively about how Yamahas just don't have the engine power. But I suppose the Rossi connect would get them more favour from the factory operation than they get currently. All in all, fingers crossed.

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Is it confirmed that Marc blocked Luca at Honda? I saw it in your tags

Hi there 👋👋👋👋

It's not like Marc himself blocked Luca, actually they seem to be fine with each other and sometimes even first name basis. But it's not like he invited him either,

It's also not confirmed that Luca was not allowed on Honda as long as Marc was there, but it's one of those truth everyone know. As long as Honda and Marc where together, Luca was not allowed, that simple. Honda was Marc territory, therefore Vale's brother in there was a no. But it's not just thanks to the Rosquez break-up, Luca is Vale's half-brother (and I'll strangle whoever says it's his step-brother because it is not), who betrayed Honda to go to Yamaha.

Right now, all we know is that Luca and Honda wasn't supposed to be said in the same sentence, until Marc left the team. Who knows, maybe someday someone will speak and say that a contract was blocked like it happened to Álex M. with Yamaha. And no, it was not Vale, it was Lin Jarvis the one who said no Márquez will rider for a Yamaha and told Razali to get a new rider when RNF signed Álex.

[fragensieihrenarztoderapotheker]

i'm curious, what would you have preferred for the concessions system? i like the current model, but i'm really interested to know what else could be done.

I like the fact that we're trying to build Yamaha and Honda back up! And I'm glad we're not taking anything away from Ducati but just freezing them for the moment being. But I think the other constructors, despite not struggling as much, should be getting the chance to catch up a lot more. Because no matter the things they get, I think we all know Yamaha and Honda won't be fighting for the title next year, so it's not really making the sport more competitive if that makes sense? I want to see multiple (non ducati-) riders fight for a championship and not watch Honda and Yamaha factory bikes fight each other for a singular point, while their satellite teams are way gone anyways. I also still think that it's stupid that one constructor is allowed 4 teams, but Ktm can't get a second satellite team. I'd like it more if it could go back to being more balanced, I miss the Yamaha satellite team to be honest. Also I am aware that satellite teams aren't meant to be as good as the factory bikes but I don't like the fact that GasGas and Rnf have to fight for points while 3 ducati satellite teams constantly get podiums and wins. So yeah, that is still my biggest issue, the imbalance in teams. Just the fact that there was not a single race without a Ducati on the podium, their worst result as a constructor was Jorge's 3rd place in Catalunya. It would be so much nicer to watch if there were an Aprilia, a Ktm atleast thrown in every other race. A Yamaha or Honda would be great aswell. So yeah my biggest problem is that Dorna's way of trying to make it more competitive is just giving Honda/Yamaha more freedom but not actually helping them out. They're not actively fighting the problem, they're trying to reduce it because people complain, but they aren't trying to actually eliminate it

[waru-chan8]

First of all thank you so much for answering a couple of my questions even though they were all anon, I have a potentially dumb question but what are the factory bikes and setelite? -I don’t know how to spell it correctly sorry- and like why does Ducati for example have a lot of riders?

Hi there anon 👋👋👋👋

First of all, thank you to asking them and wanting to know more. There is never a dumb question because we all can learn something. And don't worry about being on anon, we are all scared at first.

Now What is a Factory and a Satellite (autocorrect did change it for me, I don't know how to spell it either) bike?

A manufacturer is the ones that buit the bike and are the same manufacturers that sell the street bikes: Ducati, KTM (although they do lots or mostly of road), Honda, Yamaha and Aprilia. But it's also Triumph (does the Moto2 engines), Husqvarna, GasGas, CF Motos, MV Agusta, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and etc.

Now a satellite is a bike owned/rented* by a privat team such as LCR, Tech3 or RNF (just to say some).

*The main difference between them is that the Manufacturer team is the one that builds the bike and maintains it, while the satellite team just buys or rents it for 1 year. Now it's mostly renting of the bikes and then return it to the manufacturer team. Not all the satellite teams do have the same status or even the satellite riders. For example, Yamaha used to just rent the bikes and didn't allow the satellite riders to test their new parts, whereas Ducati is now shoving the testing into the Pramac team, when it's usually the Factory riders the ones that do this. Honda used to give LCR a current bike and then a 1 year older bike to the other rider (mostly Taka). Yamaha did that too with Fabio and Franky.

Now let's dig into Ducati, shall we? They have 1 factory team, the Ducati Lenovo Team and 3 satellite bikes: Prima Pramac Racing, Gresini Racing MotoGP™ and Mooney VR46 Racing Team. There are differences in them. Lenovo and Pramac do have the 2023 bike whereas Gresini and Mooney have the 2022 bike. As I said, Pramac does most of the testing of the parts or at least last year (under the cut why) so them and Lenovo get the updates (first Ducati Lenovo Team as they are the factory and has priority, and then Pramac). Usually Gresini and Mooney don't get those updates because they already start with the last spec of last year's bike. They can get them as a present, but way later or if it a safety issue.

Now why does Ducati have an army? Because they are the best bike. satellite bikes are own privately, so they can change manufacturers when they want (they have contracts that says until when they can use their bikes, but after that they can change their minds). It could be due to a better bike offering them to be their supplier or getting a better offer, such as an sponsor or having to pay less for the bikes. Because of that, lots of teams want to have a Ducati, so they just rent their bikes. Ideally, Carlemo Ezpeleta, DORNA's CEO and one of the visible faces, said that his dream is or used to be to have a 6 manufacturers championship with each of them having a satellite team, to make it more fair because right now it seems to be a Ducati competitions (fair for them, but sometimes sucks).

I thinks that's all anon. Sorry I went a bit more into the political side of MotoGP.

I didn't forget about the why Pramac does the testing and the factory team gets to use it first. I just didn't want to upset Pecco's fan, and if you are one, sorry.

So basically at the start of last year Pecco went to the media and said he was unable to prepare his weekend and do the testing, so Ducati just asume it and gave that responsibility to Pramac, which to be honest is unfair. Every rider wants to be a manufacturer one because it means the glory and develop the bike, and to be honest is unfair to get the credit when someone else is doing the hard work. Being a manufacturer rider usually means a bigger salary than the satellite one, and at least last year Jorge didn't have it.

Again sorry for going political about this

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[caption id="attachment_93765" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Jorge Martín, en Sepang.EFE[/caption] JAIME MARTÍN Enea Bastianini ganó la carrera de MotoGP de Malasia. Hubo póker de Ducati, con Bagnaia ampliando su renta con Martinator, eso sí por poco, al ser Pecco tercero y Jorge, cuarto. Los separan 14 puntos en la general del Mundial. Muy buen segudo lugar para Álex Márquez. Álvaro Bautista corrió invitado con una Ducati GP23. Lecuona suplió a Rins en LCR Honda. No llovió y hacía mucho calor, con 32 grados en el ambiente y 45 en el asfalto. En la salida, Martín parecía haber logrado ventaja, pero se coló en la curva 1 y fue Bastianini el que tomó la cabeza, delante de Álex Márquez. Bagnaia era tercero delante de Bezzecchi y Jorge. Miller se lanzaba y pasaba a Quartararo para ponerse sexto. Marc Márquez subía al 15º. Martinator sabía que debía reaccionar y superó a 'Bez' en la curva anterior a la gran recta de atrás. Ya estaba tras Pecco. La Bestia no quería líos no pensar en órdenes de equipo. Por eso tiraba para no tener cerca a su compañero Bagnaia o Martín. Álex sudaba para buscar su colín. Los dos tomaban metro con los contrincantes por el Mundial. El madrileño intentó pasar al turinés en la curva 14, pero el '1' resistió. Se rozaron en un lance al límite. Jorge hizo otro intento que Pecco frustró al poco, en la curva 4. Joan Mir se iba al suelo en la curva 4. Estaba atrás y fuera de los puntos. Otra cita KO con la Honda. Vaya año... Martinator sufría. Veía como Bagnaia le tomaba metros e incluso se acercaba a Álex. Oliveira se caía en la curva 9. Estaba en la zaga. Al momento era Raúl Fernández el que tenía un problema técnico cuando intentaba puntuar. Mala jornada para el RNF en su cita de casa. Jorge estabilizaba la situación con una diferencia entre ocho décimas y un segundo respecto a Pecco. Álex estaba a medio segundo de Enea. Aleix Espargaró se caía en la curva 9. La quinta en todo el fin de semana. No es la pista de Aprilia. Detrás de Bezzecchi, que era quinto, había un gran grupo con las dos KTM, Di Giannantonio y Quartararo luchando por el sexto. Marini, Mobidelli y Viñales iban pugnando por llegar a ellos. Restando diez giros, Martín ya estaba a dos segundos de Bagnaia. Lo bueno es que le sacaba casi cinco a 'Bez'. Binder se bajaba de la pelea del grupo al caerse en la curva 12. Brad se aleja de la lucha por ser tercero final. Bastianini se escapaba de Álex Márquez, que ahora tenía que preocuparse por mantener a raya a Bagnaia. Taka Nakagami besaba el asfalto en la curva. Otra Honda perdiendo el tren delantero, en la curva 9. Un desastre. Y eso que iba muy atrás. Todo dependía de una caída drástica del rendimiento de los neumáticos porque las distancias se mantenían. Quartararo se iba del grupo, atrapaba a Bezzecchi y le adelantaba. Fabio sacaba petróleo de la Yamaha para meterse en el 'top 5'. Había tensión, pero no pelea. Todos gestionaban para no cometer errores. Bastianini había sido puesto en entredicho por su mal año. Hasta Ciabatti, director deportivo ducatista, dijo que se pensarían si bajarlo al Prima Pramac para subir a Martín. Esta cita puede sembrar más dudas. Enea triunfaba en solitario. Estuvo impecable y no dio opción a Álex Márquez, al que se le resiste el triunfo un domingo. Bagnaia era tercero, con Martín, cuarto. Ahora los separan 14 puntos, con 74 en juego en las citas de Qatar y Valencia. CLASIFICACIÓN CARRERA MOTOGP MALASIA Para recibir en tu celular esta y otras informaciones, únete a nuestras redes sociales, síguenos en Instagram, Twitter y Facebook como @DiarioElPepazo El Pepazo/Marca

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MotoGP, gara del Gran Premio di Portimao: vice Bagnaia, 2° Vinales e 3° Bezzecchi

MotoGP, gara del Gran Premio di Portimao: vice Bagnaia, 2° Vinales e 3° Bezzecchi. Sul circuito di Portimao, Algarve, Portogallo va in scena la gara della domenica. I piloti sono schierati in griglia di partenza con Marquez che parte davanti a tutti. I meccanici e gli ingegneri dei team sgomberano la pista, i piloti rimangono soli sulle proprie moto, ad accarezzarle e a sussurrargli di non fare scherzi. L’attesa è finita, si ricomincia! Allo spegnimento dei semafori a girare per primo alla prima curva è Oliveira inseguito da Martin e Bagnaia. Il numero 88 dell’Aprilia RNF, eroe di casa, compie una partenza prodigiosa e si mette a dettare il passo. Bagnaia sul rettilineo del secondo giro si affianca a Martin e in staccata lo sorpassa mettendosi alla caccia di Oliveira che scavalca in curva 13 con un sorpasso chirurgico. Marquez si trova quarto alle spalle di Martin, mentre Quartararo è partito malissimo e si trova quindicesimo. Il numero 93 della Honda compie una follia alla curva 3 sbagliando completamente linea e centra in pieno a velocità folle Oliveira che rimane a terra e manda larghissimo Martin. A questo punto Vinales si ritrova in seconda posizione seguito da Miller e Bezzecchi. Il pilota dell’Aprilia numero 12 si mette alla caccia del numero 1 della Ducati. Bezzecchi, del team Mooney VR46, al giro 20 sorpassa Miller in curva 1 e si mette in terza posizione. Bagnaia e Vinales cercano di scappare martellando un ritmo incredibile, mentre Bezzecchi viene raggiunto da Alex Marquez sulla Ducati del team Gresini. Al tredicesimo giro Pecco Bagnaia prova a dare uno strappo e a scrollarsi Vinales firmando il giro veloce della corsa, ma il pilota dell’Aprilia rimane a 6 decimi e non molla. Bezzecchi, terzo, gira forte e punta ad arrivare alla coda dell’Aprilia di Vinales a sette giri dal termine, mentre Milller e Binder su KTM insidiano Alex Marquez per la quarta posizione. Quartararo sorpassa Luca Marini a sei giri dal termine e si trova in nona posizione su una pista complicata per la Yamaha, mentre cade Jorge Martin alla curva 12 nel tentativo di recuperare posizioni dalle retrovie. Brad Binder scavalca il compagno di squadra Miller e subito dopo anche Alex Marquez mettendosi in quarta piazza per un attimo, prima che il pilota numero 73 lo ri-scavalchi sverniciandolo sul rettilineo. Weekend difficile per Luca Marini che cade a 4 giri dal termine. Davanti Bagnaia è un violino, inesorabile, martella giri incredibili su note dolci come il rombo della sua Ducati desmosedici numero 1 e viaggia verso la vittoria numero 2 in stagione dopo la sprint race. Al penultimo giro Quartararo sorpassa Aleix Espargaro per l’ottava posizione. L’ultimo giro inizia con Bagnaia in testa seguito da Vinales e Marco Bezzecchi che allo sventolare della bandiera a scacchi mettono i piedi sul podio davanti a Zarco, autore di un ultimo giro fantastico, Alex Marquez, Binder, Miller e Quartararo 8º. Nuvola rossa c’è ancora una volta e fa suo il Portogallo. Pecco Bagnaia dimostra di essere il numero 1, l’uomo da battere. Una superiorità imbarazzante, da vero campione del mondo. Complimenti anche all’Aprilia e a Bezzecchi, coriaceo. La prossima gara sarà il prossimo weekend a Termas de Rio Hondo in Argentina.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

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Crutchlow: "Hacer un wildcard y esperar seis meses al próximo es una pesadilla"

Crutchlow: “Hacer un wildcard y esperar seis meses al próximo es una pesadilla”

Si Cal Crutchlow ha sido una de las piezas clave de Yamaha a lo largo de 2022, el trabajo del piloto británico será todavía más importante de cara a 2023, la primera temporada en la que la fábrica de Iwata sólo desplegará dos prototipos en pista después de que el RNF MotoGP Team decidiera cambiar de aires y apostar por Aprilia. Este año, Crutchlow ha tenido un curso de lo más movido; antes de que…

[worldchampionpeccobagnaia]

it’s been five (5) races and i have already had to read some of the stupidest silly season rumours as if it was mid july

[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.

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