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4/10/2022 1:17pm
4/10/2022 1:17pm
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5/22/2022 8:56am
I love motogp. Going to Laguna twice was amazing. But like F1 I can't stand building million dollar cars and bike and then cutting off their balls with a control tire. I miss the tire wars. If I could, I'd bring back the tire wars but make it mandatory any special tires must be available to Ll riders and teams or face a 100k fine. To team and tire manufacturer or loss of constructor points and a team fine. I honestly think that is the only thing I would change.
Maybe for F1 something to help the midfield back field teams just a touch. Maybe a few more revs or
Maybe for F1 something to help the midfield back field teams just a touch. Maybe a few more revs or
For selfish reasons I would bring back the Indy round on the same weekend as the AFT mile race and lower the dang price of the streaming package.
I would get rid of the aero winglets as the bikes look Fucken ugly with them , and also all the Extra levers for shape shifters etc
The Shop
I 110% agree that the move away from bespoke ecu's to a spec ecu was great. I think that accounts for 90% of what were seeing the last 6-7 years. Ducati was the real winner there as they took the concessions over a works ecu even though they haven't grabbed a title yet. But it's hard to beat the talent of MM, Rossi, Lorenzo, Pedrosa and Dovi in those early ecu days. Still think if JL would have stayed at Ducati he might have gotten 1 more WC.
I think from a mechanical tech/evolution perspective, tires and ecu aside, these bikes are so close that even a gp19 or A spec M1 is no longer just an also ran. I can't ever remember when a year or 3 old prototype was competitive with the factory or satellite works bikes. It's my thinking that with the spec ecu and back to a well regulated tire war this could be even closer. As well as safer. Look at Honda a few weeks back they changed the tire construction and every Honda suffered drastically. We have seen that and heard riders complain about that since season 1. Tires suit some bike better then others every year. If they made a rule that every tire used must be available to every rider who is using that brand. No overnight specials I really and truly belive that would with the spec ecu make the bikes safer as they have tires that will always allow the bike and ecu to provide the best possible set up and save some of these phantom lowsides and highsides.
Now with cars they have 4 wheels and a much larger contact patch as well as you can't nt really high or low side a car. Plus the whole roll cage/chassis. They have way more margin for error.
I would also say the sport as far as talent has never been better and that has to be taken into account for this close racing. That and no longer having magic ecu's is a huge game changer. As with all sports or really most everything in life the next generation is always better then the last. Kids see the evolution of the techniques. They learn and copy them young and make them better. Look at the scrub. You see kids on 65'sand 85's throwing scrubs that pros from 2005-2015 to shame. Every truly fast kid can scrub like Bubba now.
Watch some TT if you wanna see that.
Anyway, still the smokers back in the mix.
There would have to be strict rules and penalties for the tire company, team and rider. Something big enough to keep them from even thinking about it. Maybe have a tire inspector for tech.
But let's be honest it comes down to money. FIM's making money off it just like the FIA.
Rcv V5's were sick.
Nah, we can't have equivalency...........
As for the "more jumps", as another poster suggested, watch the IOMTT.
The IOMTT has a free streaming service this year. So as of now (I'm sure it will end up monietized ) we'll get free viewing of one of, if not The Greatest Motorcycle Racing events on Earth.
Pit Row
This front tire overheating has been a problem for a few years now and getting worse every year.
I think opening up spec tires to every manufacturer with a claiming rule and a strict no overnight special everyone is allowed to use anytire no one team, bike tires will help tailor the bikes to riders styles, bike styles and help fix issues like this faster.
https://www.crash.net/motogp/feature/1002832/1/marc-marquez-motogp-has-…
They only had to be better than their team mate, who in some instances, wasnt allowed the same rubber.
Change nothing, its great.
Motogp has evolved so much that tires have to be looked at again. I actually belive it would bring the sport to the next step as well as be a huge safety factor.
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