Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya 2016 <SPOILERS>

[m9hundo]

Any word on boy Jorge and his condition? He fell hard on his left shoulder and was walking a little funny when he got up.

Not the way I really want to see things even up but just glad he walked away from it.

Maverick was all over the course kid has some learning to do.

GOOOOO!!! Vale!!! Superb race

[Speeddog]

How much would you pay to have been a fly on the wall (fluent in Italian, of course) when Iannone sauntered back into the Ducati garage and encountered Dall'Igna for the first time?

Well, the conversation they showed was very short and it seemed the only one talking was Dall'Igna.

I'm still not sure what it was, perhaps...

Prepara la valigia e tornare a casa, non abbiamo bisogno di voi più.
<Pack your bags and go home, we do not need you anymore.>

Sarete in sella alla gp14 fino Valencia.
<You will be riding the gp14 until Valencia>

Quando la corsa è finita, io vi porterà fuori indietro e battere fino a quando non è possibile spostare.
<When the race is over, I will take you out back and beat you until you can not move.>

[Speeddog]

Forgot about it, but it was good to see Rossi shaking hands with MM.
I never thought I'd live to see the day.

I re-watched Iannone's torpedo job several times.
I looked at the sector times, and he was catching JLo, but at a rapidly accelerating rate.
Lap 16, JLo lost 0.652 sec to Iannone, which is a lot for one lap.
I think he just didn't realize how quick he was closing on JLo, left his braking a fraction of a second too long, then squeezed a bit too hard and got it out of shape.
Let off the brake to collect it, and ran out of room.
Didn't look like it was an attempt at a pass.
In a lot of ways, similar to when Pedrosa lost it under braking and torpedoed Dovi.
But Iannone's got a recent rep for reckless riding, and he took out a championship contender.
And he's perceived to be buddy-buddy with Rossi, and took out one of Rossi's legitimate rivals.

[koko64]

Im sure Gigi had "fungula" in there somewhere too

[Mhanis]

All the BS aside, Vale just rides the piss out of the bike. I was glad to see that Lorenzo wasn't getting away, happier still to see him go backwards (purely for the entertainment value in the points chase). Crazy Joe.............SMH. He has lost any benefit of the doubt for a very long time.

I really figured MM would let Vale go after he lost the front in the chicane, but he hung on and made the race interesting.

After the race I when Vale went to shake hands I simply assumed it was with Pedro, I was SHOCKED to see it was with MM. I don't necessarily need to see the two of them walking down the front straight holding hands, but it was nice to see them interact the way they did.

C'mon Assen!!

Mark

 

[duccarlos]

+11tybillion on Vale and MM shaking hands. You don't have to be best friends, but it's always great to see competitors being respectful.

I re-watched Iannone's torpedo job several times.
I looked at the sector times, and he was catching JLo, but at a rapidly accelerating rate.
Lap 16, JLo lost 0.652 sec to Iannone, which is a lot for one lap.
I think he just didn't realize how quick he was closing on JLo, left his braking a fraction of a second too long, then squeezed a bit too hard and got it out of shape.
Let off the brake to collect it, and ran out of room.
Didn't look like it was an attempt at a pass.
In a lot of ways, similar to when Pedrosa lost it under braking and torpedoed Dovi.
But Iannone's got a recent rep for reckless riding, and he took out a championship contender.
And he's perceived to be buddy-buddy with Rossi, and took out one of Rossi's legitimate rivals.

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/motogp/catalunya-motogp-2016/motogp-espargar-puts-blame-for-lorenzo-crash-on-iannone/

I agree with Pol. If you go back to Pedrosa/Dovi's crash you'll see that Pedrosa has a huge moment and that causes him to lose it. Iannone went into the corner super hot unnecessarily.

[HotIce]

Forgot about it, but it was good to see Rossi shaking hands with MM.
I never thought I'd live to see the day.

I re-watched Iannone's torpedo job several times.
I looked at the sector times, and he was catching JLo, but at a rapidly accelerating rate.
Lap 16, JLo lost 0.652 sec to Iannone, which is a lot for one lap.
I think he just didn't realize how quick he was closing on JLo, left his braking a fraction of a second too long, then squeezed a bit too hard and got it out of shape.
Let off the brake to collect it, and ran out of room.
Didn't look like it was an attempt at a pass.
In a lot of ways, similar to when Pedrosa lost it under braking and torpedoed Dovi.
But Iannone's got a recent rep for reckless riding, and he took out a championship contender.
And he's perceived to be buddy-buddy with Rossi, and took out one of Rossi's legitimate rivals.

I saw an interview with him, and he said pretty much the same. JLo was much slower in that turn, compared to previous lap, and he realized that until it was too late.

[HotIce]

Im sure Gigi had "fungula" in there somewhere too

Eventually is "fangulo", but pronounced that way (in Italian) is a southy slang for "vaffanculo" (fsck off).
But Dall'Igna is from Piemonte, and Piemontese is one of the few slangs I am not very familiar with, so can't help there 

[thought]

https://motomatters.com/analysis/2016/06/06/2016_barcelona_motogp_post_race_round_up.html

Seems that JLo was braking oddly during that turn and Iannone didnt catch onto it until it was too late. Pol was behind him and said Ianonne used the same braking point etc... the fault still placed on Iannone as he should have tried to go outside of Jlo vs inside. So not a true repeat of taking out Dovi but still a screw up.

[OT]

Inane, I mean Iannone, had been steadily gaining on Lorenzo for the previous 2-3 laps...I was thinking that all he had to do was draft behind Lorenzo until the start/finish straight and then fly past him in Ducati style...someone needs to give Iannone an IQ test.

Did Lorenzo offer an explanation for why he fell so far behind? Slippery tires, again?

[ducpainter]

Inane, I mean Iannone, had been steadily gaining on Lorenzo for the previous 2-3 laps...I was thinking that all he had to do was draft behind Lorenzo until the start/finish straight and then fly past him in Ducati style...someone needs to give Iannone an IQ test.

Did Lorenzo offer an explanation for why he fell so far behind? Slippery tires, again?

From the above link... https://motomatters.com/analysis/2016/06/06/2016_barcelona_motogp_post_race_round_up.html


This was something which Lorenzo acknowledged after the race. "Rossi, with the same bike, didn't have so much graining," he told us. "Looks like he rides differently than me and he can save more the front tire, normally. Also, he is very good in difficult conditions, in conditions with no grip. Today he made an unbelievable race. I could not ride like him and could not change my riding style to avoid the front tire problems, in all the weekend. This is the truth."

[OT]

Thank you, DP....I should have read the entire article.

Wow, JLo paying homage to Rossi...Rossi shaking hands with MM...what's in the water they're drinking?

[ducpainter]

Thank you, DP....I should have read the entire article.

Wow, JLo paying homage to Rossi...Rossi shaking hands with MM...what's in the water they're drinking?

Brothers (kids) dying will make you reflect.

[koko64]

Brothers (kids) dying will make you reflect.

Yep. They all got a lesson in perspective.

[duccarlos]

The one thing I learned from the article was that the Michelin tires haven't changed much from 2007. I believe that was the last year Rossi rode them. That gives him a tremendous advantage.