Misano, Gara2: finalmente Razgatlioglu, poi Rinaldi e Rea che mette una pezza!

Razgatlioglu Win

Se la superpole race è un’esecuzione, con Redding che fa il sorpasso del mese e sistema le cose in modo pericoloso ed efficace, andando a vincere la seconda, gara2, invece, è qualcosa di diverso.
Non vince Rinaldi, e ci può stare, ma ne porta finalmente a casa una Razgatlioglu, che come seconda forza del mondiale ha un disperato bisogno del gradino più alto.
Se lo guadagna di polso e di testa mentre Rinaldi soffre (nemmeno troppo) e Rea cerca di rattoppare un fine settimana che non è dei suoi. Eppure è qui che il sei volte campione fa capire come ha vinto tutti i suoi titoli. La costanza è tutto.
Per quanto riguarda il resto?
Benino la Honda (solo Bautista), meglio ancora Gerloff, che smette di sdraiarsi e sdraiare… e grandi prestazioni da parte dei nostri rookie maturi. Tutto nero, invece, in BMW e nell’altra metà del box Kawasaki.
Un discorso a parte lo merita Redding, che parla tanto ma alla fine subisce sempre. Cambia solo chi gliele dà.
Prendere nota: a Donington verrà proiettato un altro film.

Minicommentary of the race
At the start Rinaldi starts well but the mistake comes in two corners.
Rea is ahead even though on the straights the Ducati is overpowering.
What Rea gains in the mixed, the Italian gains on the long ones.
With 18 to go Rea yields to Razgatlioglu and the fight with the defending champion makes allows the escape of Rinaldi, in front, as well as the return of Redding who tries to join the trio.
With minus 14 to the float Razgatlioglu comes in and thinks about the win while Rinaldi looks to be joined by Davies.
Razgatlioglu, Rinaldi, Rea, Redding, Gerloff, Lowes, Bassani, Bautista, Locatelli, with Van Der Mark rounding out the ten!

Report cards
Razgatlioglu
Finally wins one. Doesn't waste and understands how and when to try. Perfect race.
Rated 9.5

Rinaldi
Sunday is not always Sunday either. He can still say he is satisfied.
The fact remains that by managing better he would have won this one as well.
But that's okay too.
Rated 9

Rea
He puts another patch on it and still it's a better third place than the other two of theend, because at least he fights a little bit.
The truth is that after realizing that this is not his weekend, he does what a world champion has to do.
Rated 8.5

Redding
It's not clear what there is to celebrate. He takes 9 seconds and at moments has to handle Gerloff as well. Plus he complains about meaningless things like weight. His problems are other, like that he too often takes slaps. It just changes who gives them to him.
Rated 6.5

Gerloff
It doesn't look like one of those fine races he has accustomed us to, instead his is a proba of maturity and intelligence, after the surely unnecessary zeros of previous rounds.
Rated 7

Lowes
Increasingly anonymous. Distant and anonymous.
Rated 6.5

Bassani
Best Rookie and Best Independent. OK he's home, however, there's cause for celebration. Without getting big-headed...but it's a top race.
Rated 8

Bautista
He gets a full sufficiency because with him Honda is already much better than BMW. As Haslam slumps, he grows. Slowly, but he grows.
Rated 7

Locatelli
Another good race by Locatelli. Quiet, few fumbles, well assisted.
Rated 7.5

Van der Mark
Needless to rage. A very good bike mismanaged and poorly developed.
Rated 5

Misano, Gara1: Rinaldi davanti a Razgagtlioglu e Rea. Assaggiate un po’ ‘sto crescione Romagnolo!

Rinaldi Misano

Misano race 1 is boring. We don't make fun of ourselves.
Unless, as fans we enjoy the success of an Italian on an Italian bike on an "Italian" track, branded San Marino.
From this point of view it is a huge success and above all it interrupts an all-green bulimic period.
Yet Superbike still offers too many shadows. They are those of second guides that practically do not exist, BMW in black crisis, and Honda doing, at least one, but only one, what they can.
The positive notes? The Italian rookies-those are there.
But in the home race they don't count. Only we enjoy them all the same.

Micro chronicle.
At the start Rinaldi immediately insists on Rea and forces his hand.
He takes a risk but it suits him and he stays in the lead.
Behind him, precisely Rea, Redding and Razgatlioglu who does less than it seems.
The race flows smoothly. Rinaldi holds a couple of tenths of a second lead but very little happens behind him.
Rea, Razgatlioglu, Redding, Lowes, Davies, Bautista, Bassani and Locatelli rounding out the ten. The rest are really all very far away, especially the BMW, Honda and Yamaha second leaders.
With 12 to go Rea makes a mistake and loses the race while still standing. It doesn't go as well for Davies a couple of laps later, out while seventh behind Sykes.
With five to go Rinaldi is firmly in the lead ahead of the "usual" chasers while the exemplary race of Bassani and Locatelli, comfortably in the top ten, is noted.
After dominating in the qualifying sessions, superpole excluded, the Ducati Dolphin brings home the first victory in the race where most is expected of him.
Rinaldi, Razgatlioglu, Rea, Redding, Lowes, Bautista, Bassani, Sykes, Locatelli and Van Der Mark round out the ten!

 

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Rinaldi
Taste sto crescione-it's Romagnolo.
This must have been what Rinaldi said on the occasion of his much premature as well as guessed entry on Rea at Turn 1 of Lap 1.
Yet the race was decided there. Then it was almost like filling out a form. Rea gives him a gift he may not need.
Rated 9.5

Razgatlioglu
Went on pilgrimage to Tavullia but evidently did not drink the water. Never of the match, he takes, he does, a gift from Rea.
Otherwise he would "simply" be third.
Rated 8.5

Rea
He can't even fall when he "doesn't have any." World championships are won by predestined riders. And cutting your losses when you can't do any better is the best way to bring home titles.
Rated 8

Redding
He is not the first Ducati rider in Misano. That seems obvious.
But every time for a different reason, Redding finds a way not to win the championship.
Rated 6

Lowes
There is clearly a magnet keeping him behind Rea no matter what happens to him. Lowes, however, comes next.
Rated 6

Bautista
Honda is as good as Haslam. Bautista puts a lot of his own into it. And today he doesn't even lay down.
Rated 7.5

Bassani
Nice round grade to a driver/team package that amazes every time. OK, we're playing at home here, but it's race is truly one to remember.
Rated 8

Sykes
Every race is a session at the psychologist for Sykes. Despite running out of tires, no one does better than him on the German.
But wasn't it supposed to be the bike to beat?
Rated 6.5

Locatelli
Also good. Better than many others from whom one would expect more. Yet there is room for growth.
Rated 7

Van der Mark
The assumptions were other. And the statements, intentions, and friendly press also had other expectations. Dry Piadina
Rated 5

Montmelo: Oliveira, Zarco e Miller. Quartararo sesto con la patta aperta. Orrore Honda!

Oliveira Win

A Montmelo una gara divertente e dal risultato inatteso, almeno se non si segue con attenzione la MotoGP.
E’ evidente dal venerdì che Quartararo è l’uomo da battere ma non guida la moto da battere. Le moto da battere sono i super mostri Ducati e KTM, che in rettilineo non si limitano a sorpassare, ma pretendono, riuscendoci, anche di sottomettere gli avversari.
E le due europee sono guidate da personaggi capaci… forse imprevedibili ma sicuramente adeguati ai risultati che contano.
Tutto il resto è inconsistente. Le Yamaha, a parte Vinales (ma solo nelle qualifiche) non esistono. Morbidelli annaspa e Rossi è indecente prima di cadere. L’unica Suzuki, invece, troppo… moderata. E troppo poco affilato Mir per tagliare davvero.
Ma chi fa veramente orrore è Honda che i suoi, o li manda in terra, o li narcotizza, dato che non sembra possibile guidare la RCV con l’ambizione di stare davanti. Marquez almeno cade quando ci prova… ma gli altri, una pena.
Non c’è niente da dire su Honda. Niente che non siano volgarità.
Niente da aggiungere nemmeno sullo scenario generale, se non che KTM lavora per il lungo periodo ed è quindi i discorsi di inizio stagione, non hanno senso. Aprilia, invece, troppo nelle mani di Espargaro, che fa?

 

Minicronaca della gara
Miller parte a razzo e Oliveira beffa subito Quartararo davanti a Mir e Zarco, poi infilato da Espargaro su Aprilia.
Due giri e Oliveira è addirittura in testa davanti a Miller e Mir, poi sostituito da Espargaro.
A meno 17 con Oliveira e Quartararo a giocarsi la vittoria seppur distanti, va out anche Marquez, che segue il volo di Pol Espargaro.
A meno 13, gli eventi sono la caduta di Aleix Espargaro e la fine della fuga di Oliveira, che è preso e passato da Quartararo.
I due sportellano nel misto ma nel dritto è la moto Austriaca quella da battere. Mir, invece, perde il disturbo di Miller e trova quello di Zarco, che lo sottomette in rettilineo.
Gli ultimi giri sono il calvario di Quartararo. Già violentato da Oliveira, si ritrova tuta aperta e protezione del petto che gli vola via… ammesso che non sia lui ad aprirla per motivi ignoti.
Lo passa Zarco e lo aggredisce anche Miller.
Per il francese persino il podio sembra oro e infatti con la penalità di tre secondi per manovra fuori traiettoria, nemmeno quello porta a casa. Ma è sempre meglio della squalifica che meriterebbe. Non si possono consentire quattro giri in condizioni così pericolose.
Oliveira, Zarco, Miller, Quartararo, Mir, Vinales, Bagnaia, Binder, Morbidelli e Bastianini a chiudere i dieci.

Oliveira
Essere il vincitore plausibile ed essere il vincitore reale, non è la stessa cosa. Oliveira questa se la vince meritandola, anche di testa. Non è vero che Quartararo gioca con lui. E’ esattamente il contrario. Il solo motore non basta. E infatti non si sono viste altre KTM sul podio.
Voto 10
Zarco
La Ducati più costante. Il francese con altri due giri avrebbe potuto sognare. I giri non c’erano e va bene anche così.
Una gara quasi perfetta. Le qualifiche facevano presagire qualcosa, ma qui siamo oltre. Perché, diversamente dagli altri ducatisti, lui ha il controllo della situazione e non è in balia degli eventi.
Voto 9,5

Miller
The truth is that they give him a podium, but it changes little.
Still, he is there. He certainly misses being the architect, for good, of his own destiny.
Rated 7.5

Quartararo
The reason for the opening of his suit is unclear (a bug, a zipper problem, it is not known)... but the matter only costs him the podium, because he was never going to win the race. He remains the man to beat who, however, does not ride the best bike. As for today, a black flag would not have hurt.
Update: Another three-second penalty for irresponsible riding. Sixth place for him.
Rated 8

Mir
The Spaniard never seems to force and seems to be too soft.
Unlike his teammate, he stays on his feet, but that's not how you win world championships. 2020 was an exception.
Rated 6.5

Vinales
Aspettarsi di più era lecito, ma un sesto posto non è male.
Certo non è un pacchetto da mondiale… ma c’è chi fa peggio.
Voto 6

Bagnaia
A badend . And a race in complete anonymity.
Not ugly. Anonymous, which is perhaps worse.
Rating 5

Binder
Fa belle cose nel w.e. e in gara, ma il risultato è lontano da quello del suo compagno di squadra.
Voto 5

Morbidelli
In confusion, in trouble...but not as of today.
Too erratic.
Rated 5

Bastianini
Best rookie. Other than Marini and Martin. Two who have a guaranteed future but do far worse than him...who actually does a great race.
Rated 7

MotoGP, Mugello. Quartararo indiscutibile davanti a Oliveira e Mir. Ducati bullizzata in casa. Che umiliazione!

Quartararo win

In the most boring race of the year, Quartararo and Yamaha teach an unforgettable lesson to so many loudmouths.
The Frenchman wins a la Lorenzo and kills a race, as well as his opponents, as we haven't seen them do in a tot.

But the real slaps are all cashed by Ducati , which on its home track takes a cosmic wake-up call of those to be long remembered.
Bastianini self-eliminates as the rookie he never seemed to be until now, Marini grazes light years from reality, and Miller plays soldier's slap not making time to turn around to see where every slap he takes comes from. Not to mention Bagnaia, the only hypothetical antagonist who goes belly up in the gravel at the start of it all.
But that's not even the pinnacle of horror, because the ugly part is that of a house that also brings Pirro reinforcement to the track, which is far from even the top speed proclamations ... smarmy who's got it the longest that, in a modern MotoGP , neither suffices nor is needed.

Taking pay from Suzuki, which has 20kmh less is very bad, but not even as bad as risking taking it from Aprilia, which so far from the feat, does not go there.
Not to mention KTM bullying the redhead at home and with the same weapons, used however with an extra thread, nay, ball of intelligence.
It's amazing how the potentially better bike, relies so heavily on muscularity, and also manages to lose.
Worse than Ducati is only Honda, which is as out of place on the grid as a lap dancer in church. They all lay down, from Marquez on down, and do the worst they can.

Of the race there is little to say, if even Rossi finishes tenth with six riders out in front of him. Bunch of them fall and now always the same ones.
To understand how it went, taking into account that, overtaking few few, it is enough to look at the top ten. More is not needed.

Quartararo, Oliveira, Mir, Zarco, Binder, MIller, Aleix Espargaro, Vinales, Petrucci, Rossi.

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Quartararo
He is the real lion king. Nothing to add.
Rider and bike, unbeatable.
Rated 10

Oliveira
Tocca sempre a lui sorprendere. E lo fa in casa d’altri, in silenzio, con una gara perfetta.
Compreso il thriller delle penalità.
Voto 9,5

Mir
He is always there, and he capitalizes. That's his specialty.
But this is not 2020. If he wants to win the world championship, this year is not enough.
Rated 8.5

Zarco
Estrae la baguette della velocità ma poi non regge.
Non è possibile puntare solo su questo.
Voto 8

Binder
Sarebbe bello poter festeggiare il risultato ma in casa c’è chi ha fatto meglio. Non che ci sia da lamentarsi, vedendo dove siamo.
Voto 8

Miller
After the double victory, at the home track, it was normal to expect more. The race is also a no race.
Rating 5.5

Aleix Espargaro
Gioca la carta potenza. Non ne ha ancora abbastanza.
Il resto c’è.
Voto 7

Vinales
Il bell’addormentato. Non si può fare un week end così.
Una fragilità psicofisica allarmante.
Voto 4,5

Petrucci
Not like this, not here, not with the assumptions of his career.
It's a no contest. We're not kidding ourselves. All this on the back of the
contract renewal.
Rated 5

Rossi
No use looking for the glass half full. There isn't.
Today would have been another scoreless race.
Then we can tell ourselves whatever we want, but it's not a mayoral achievement. It's more something for an absentee city employee.
4,5

Estoril, gara1 SBK: vince Redding davanti a Razgatlioglu e Rea!

Scott Redding Estoril

Estoril goes without fanfare after qualifying divided in half between Rea and Redding, who share the sessions and the spotlight.
The race, on the other hand, is a bit different, as the Ducati man, while never saying goodbye to the company for good, is still uncatchable.
It's dull, race1, because there are only minor skirmishes behind, while up front only Rea, who makes a mistake early in the race and pays dearly for it, works to catch Redding and Razgatlioglu, but only manages to bother the Turk.
After the trio, only Gerloff who humiliates Rinaldi while still pushing back in the standings, notable is only the comeback of Bautista, who is still not competitive but can be seen to be putting in his best. And the others? Badly the BMW, bad the other greens, bad a little bit everyone, with really embarrassing detachments.
In short, the SBK world championship is divided into three. Three-four protagonists, four-five nice guys, and a dozen staggering zombies to follow.

Minicommentary of the race.
Rea starts badly and handles the start of the race even worse, making mistakes and giving in to Razgatlioglu and Rinaldi.
Redding and the Turk, they go on the run, but it is an escape on sight because, in fact, they will remain within reach of the defending champion.

In one lap Rea makes up for it on Rinaldi and goes for the two in front.
The race is boring and played out on the elastic of tenths between the top three while behind them Rinaldi, Lowes, Gerloff and Laverty but well spaced out... just as Sykes collapses and when shortly afterwards we also break Laverty's dreams in the gravel.
With ten to go Rea is getting closer to the leading duo, actually closer to Razgatlioglu than the latter is to Redding.
The race ends in a sprint for second place at least while Redding has more to be comfortable. Something that looks a lot like a close second.
Redding,Razgagtliolu, Rea, Gerloff, Rinaldi, Davies, VDMark, Bautista, Rabat, Locatelli, these are the 10.

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Redding
He doesn't do anything wrong today. He doesn't win by force, but comnunque he wins. He needs these serene confirmations.
Rated 10

Razgagtliolu
He is always consistent but always lacks something.
He is consistent, though, and the Yamaha haven't played something in a long time since Iwata .
Rated 9.5

Rea
It sounds like a defeat-and it is. But Rea at Estoril had never been on the podium. Today, on the other hand, he's even playing for something more at times. He is a Rea who can be content.
Rated 8.5

Gerloff
He plays strong when he can but unfortunately pays dearly for his departure.
The way he gets rid of Rinaldi is a real bully. Pure talent.
Rated 8.5

Rinaldi
Finally the awakening. He must not forget, though, that he rides an official Ducati . To do what he did at Go Eleven, he could have stayed there.
Rated 7

Davies
Beginning to realize that he is not riding an official bike and that good performances are the exception and not the rule.
Rated 6.5

VDMark
It's the best BMW but only after getting slapped by Laverty for 2/3 of the race. Not all that much to celebrate.
Rated 6

Bautista
The comeback is the only glimmer of light in an overall problematic situation. Bautista gives what he can; after all, Haslam was 15 seconds later.
Rated 6.5

Rabat
Almost good, finally Rabat. Let's hope it's the beginning of a redemption. He deserves it.
Rated 6

Locatelli
Subscriber to the top ten, do we realize?
He's a rookie and he's behind a lot of people more emblazoned than him.
Rated7

Dall'Igna also courted by KTM. And he's not the only super technician in the Austrian crosshairs!

Dall'Igna

In un pezzo recente di questo sito si era parlato della possibilità del concretizzarsi di alcuni rumors che vedono Gigi Dall’Igna in direzione Honda HRC  o comunque verso altre strade.
Archiviata la news HRC centrica, sembra che, in realtà, nei confronti dell’ingegnere in rosso, sia ormai caccia aperta.
Il che significa che deve essere emersa una tensione in casa Ducati che rende possibile la cosa e che mette il “genio barbuto” sul mercato.

Ad essere interessata a dall’Igna sarebbe anche KTM che ultimamente, stile F1, sta facendo la spesa nei ranghi della MotoGP. E’ arrivato Pedrosa, gente che lavorava con lui ma anche altri tecnici di rilievo.
L’ing Marco Bertolatti, ex Aprilia, ad esempio, è già passato fra le fila austriache con il ruolo di Project Manager Chassis… e fra le risorse sarebbero numerose quelle reclutate fra le squadre migliori.
KTM fa le cose sul serio, ha uno sponsor solido ed un piano a lungo termine che fa capire come l’antipasto del 2020 (vittorie e piazzamenti), l’abbia ingolosita tanto quanto l’abbiano indispettita le inattese difficoltà di quest’anno.

Il sigillo quinquennale siglato con Tech3, la dice lunga.
E la dice lunga anche il contratto diretto firmato con i piloti.
KTM ha gli occhi al futuro attraverso la Rookies Cup. Sotto contratto automatico i vincitori della medesima e anche un paio di nomi “pesanti” della Moto2, quali Gardner e Fernandez, i quali sarebbero già virtualmente seduti su una moto arancione della classe regina (così dicono i rispettivi entourage).
Insomma KTM non è Honda HRC ma ha, nei confronti di Dall’Igna, delle carte da giocare che i jap non hanno.

1) L’Austria è più vicina al Veneto (residenza di Gigi e famiglia) di quando non sia la Spagna.
2) KTM non ha i vincoli storico politici di Honda, che non ha mai avuto un tecnico non jap come project leader.
3) KTM ha interessi in tutte le classi e Dall’Igna potrebbe finalmente essere il project leader anche della Moto3.

Inoltre KTM ha già in mano contrattualmente i pezzi più pregiati del mercato.
Insomma, gli austriaci faranno presto ancora spese fra i tecnici più validi del motomondiale. Dall’Igna è in cima alla lista ma potrebbe non essere il solo.

Misterhelmet Gianluigi Ragno

Aragon, Gara2: Redding di coraggio e di fortuna, davanti a Rea. Pirelli? Oro nero!

Redding

Ad Aragon per gara2, Redding vince di palle e di fondoschiena, grazie ad una scelta di gomme contraria alle direttive del team (i gesti al traguardo sono eloquenti) e ad una spallata di Gerloff che cambia la giornata di Jonathan Rea.
L’irlandese è tanto predestinato che non cade nemmeno così, e poi va a prendersi un secondo posto che vale una vittoria.
Lo stesso discorso si può fare per Gerloff, unico a mostrare talento e uno dei pochi da promuovere nonostante l’erroraccio che ha cambiato la faccia di gara2. Tolti lui, Rea e il fortunato e palluto Redding, si può salvare ben poco di questa gioranata.

Improved BMW, which insist but do not "consist," and vanished Yamaha (except Gerloff), there is not much else.

But the real havoc is at Ducati.
Redding gestures to the engineers for the second time in two races, and that means there is no trust between rider and team.
The bad part is that he is right. Because Rinaldi is taken out with rain and made to re-enter after one lap, and Davies before doing the same also manages to go on the ground.
If you say that in Bologna they can only win by luck, you are being mean but you are not going so far from reality. Impossible to deny the flashes of amateurism.

Perhaps on second thought there is a total winner: it's called Pirelli.
The tires are all good, even the ignored intermediates. And no one on the track can be said to be belittled except in cases of wicked choice.
Such a tire maker is black gold and should be carried in triumph.

Minicronaca della gara
Partono in gara2 e ci sono ancora una vota rider che montano gomme che segnalano già di voler cambiare. Follia.
Davies subito out con una rain… inspiegabile la scelta.
Con poco meno 16 giri da fare Gerloff fa un errore che lo manda in terra e punisce anche Rea che rimane in piedi ma perde la leadership.
A meno 13 VDMark è in testa seguito da Redding e Razgatlioglu, poi Lowes, Rea, Sykes e Bautista…
E a meno 10 le cose si mettono ancora meglio per Redding perché dopo aver preso la testa della corsa, inizia a mettere anche metri.
Nel marasma Rea con gomma intermedia  è meglio di tutti, per lo meno di quelli alla sua portata, e la sua gara ha spazio anche per del cinema di traiettorie e ragazzate.
Le BMW rimangono nella media con il solo Sykes a sognare un podio che però non vedranno. Honda conclude il week end lasciando Bautista, a mezzo giro dalla fine, senza benzina e senza top ten. Anche questo simboleggia la debacle della casa dell’ala.
Redding, Rea, Lowes, Sykes, VdMark, Razgatlioglu, Gerloff, Folger, Locatelli, Mahias.

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Redding
Courage, chutzpah, and luck. He puts it all in and is rightly proud of it. Right the outburst, but with the team two talks must do it.
Rated 10

Rea
The fact that he is the predestined is seen when he does not go to the ground even after Gerloff enters. He does all the rest.
Of the rest, he is always there, while the luck of others, almost never.
Rated 9.5

Lowes
The truth is that he would not get ahead of Rea even if Rea did not race. Yet he is strong. He almost seems to be in the world to make everyone understand Rea's value.
Rated 8.5

Sykes
BMW needs to light him a giant candle. Or a frankfurter, his choice. It's a shame to see him suffer on a bike not up to his standards.
Rated 8

VdMark
E’ un altro talento che però non ha la sensibilità che servirebbe per capire che certe cose, alla moto che ha, ancora non le può chiedere.
Voto 7,5

Razgatlioglu
To many, he is the anti Rea. Yet he looks like a shadow of the fury he was in last season's outings. He needs to shake it off.
Rated 6

Gerloff
For the race he deserves an 8.5, but the very costly vaccination combined at the start must be reversed. Rea, who is smart and recognizes his talent, forgives him. He understands, and apologizes.
Rated 6.5

Folger
Result remedied by final confusion. But not much more so far.
Rating 5

Locatelli
Another top ten. Applause for him. Soft applause, because he is still on probation....
Rated 7.5

Mahias
He is a tradesman and brings out the best in a situation that is new to him. There is a good chance he can show something good.
Rated 7

Supebike, Aragon race1: Stellar Rea against cosmic nothingness!

rea 100

Other than the laps removed by regulation. The Kawasaki should be taken out of gear.
With the aggravation that it's not even Rea alone anymore who's doing the heavy lifting but also Lowes, who when he's not messing around is strong for real. Although we all know that he is not consistent.

Behind them, cosmic nothingness with flashes of blue. That's what we're likely to see all season if the Ducati, inadequate today even with Davies, don't give themselves an absolute wake-up call. So many bikes on the track, and some even with the illusion of being official, are not needed.
It is not the greens that need to be downsized but it is the pack that needs to be shaken up.
Of the bad things in race1 we see a lot more.
There are the BMW that are only holding on (gasping) with Sykes, because the others are just starring in a horror movie. As soon as the Briton loses his patience, we will see some good things.
Japanese horror, on the other hand, for Honda. Qualifying is no use if you are inconsistent and inconclusive in the race.

Much applause at the triple-digit victory for the nord Irishman,who double Bayliss and Fogarty who, however, were battling on other scenarios, with other opponents and other packages.

Rea is yes a space pilot, but he is confronted with cosmic nothingness. Between satellites with very slow orbits and debris like the kind we now have littering space around the earth with, winning so much is a decidedly more possible feat.
Give them opponents, not accomplices to quota 100 from a pension perspective.
And thank you for castrating Superbike with the shears of regulatory and format choices that are as stupid as they come.

Microchronicle of the race
Those who had a good time mean that they help themselves to products, and it is time for them to explain which ones.
The race does not exist. Kawasakis fly and only Razgaglioglu offers the feeling that there is some war.
Never protagonists are the Ducati and everyone else, but at least the reds exist. The rest are unaccounted for.
You want the record, then: Rea leaves and on the last lap Lowes and Razgatlioglu battle a little bit. That's really all there is to it.
Rea makes 100 ahead of Lowes, Razgatlioglu, Redding, Davies, Sykes, Rinaldi, Haslam, Gerloff, Locatelli to close out the 10

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Rea
Ungovernable. Strong with the weak and ends up here with victory n100.
Rated 10

Lowes
Concrete one-off. With the best bike. Other story over, pe today.
Rated 9

Razgatlioglu
The Turk is there and he is strong. Yamaha is also the n2 power.
Rated 8.5

Redding
The bombshell of the lineup with what should be the title contender. And he doesn't appear to be.
Rated 7

Davies
All those predicted soffisfactions for him do not come even on the track where he should be strongest of all.
Hard to think, while hoping for it, that the rest of the season will be one of leading ones.His is a negatively unattractive result.
Rated 6

Sykes
One man on an inadequate bike run by a team that seems even more inadequate. Can only hope in sprint races.
Rated 6.5.

Rinaldi
He replaced Davies. Make that we are still on our first outing and cannot be judged negatively.
Rated 6

Haslam
I'm in the three, he had said. It didn't go. But at least he finished on his feet.
Rated 6

Locatelli
Here's the good thing. Top ten debut on a bike that is not the very latest. A note of blue dressed in blue.
Rated 8

VR46 MotoGP: that nuisance named Bastianini!

Bastianini

WARNING: EXPLICIT LYRICS. EXPLICIT CONTENT, DIRECT LANGUAGE AND HAIRY OPINIONS

Bastianini è bello che spacciato. Adesso lo sa. Cioè lo sa dal primo momento in cui hanno presentato il team Avintia SKY VR46 dove lui è il cenerentolo che si è dovuto accontentare delle frattaglie di luce, comunicazione e considerazione che rimanevano, di rimbalzo, dalle presentazioni alle interviste, fino alle menzioni in telecronaca e tutto il repertorio da Istituto Luce che da anni caratterizza il motorsport tricolore.
Il campione del mondo della Moto2 diventava gregario del fratello di. Non ci si crede. Ebbene era evidente. E lo è tutt’ora nonostante il confronto sia impietoso.

Il team Avintia doveva solo cambiare nome in VR46… e forse marchio di moto. Adesso nemmeno più quello, dato che sono sempre più prepotenti le voci di accordo con Ducati. Insomma è fatta. E se non è fatta è un’ennesima figuraccia da parte della squadra di Tavullia dopo l’autogoal con ARAMCO, che prima era sulla bocca di tutti e adesso da una decina di giorni non si nomina più.

In realtà ci ha provato, VR46. L’operazione ARAMCO leggi anche fumo in faccia a Petronas, non è andata a buon fine.
La verità è che non è VR46 che ha scelto le Ducati (che costano anche di più), ma è Yamaha che ha scelto Petronas.

In doubt already for a while VR46, the company and all the publishing that for years has been crawling in the presence of the most profitable package and with the most glaring team/media conflict of interest in the history of motorsport, is trying to take Morbidelli home after turning him around so that, like a magnet, he has opposed the pole of attraction with Petronas, with Yamaha and with Forcada. It serves to repel them. It serves to make the dream team, that is, a team that has the owner's brother in it and one that is really going strong. It needs Morbidelli, and it needs to get rid of Bastianini.

Those who write that the VR46 riders will be Marini and Bastianini are lying hoping to lie. That would not be such a good story to tell.

A self-respecting VR46 team cannot have in its lineup the living, winning demonstration that you don't have to be part of the Academy to play in the Motorcycle A Series. Bastianini is proof that you can make a career for yourself, early and well. What kind of VR46 team would it be if "typical products" were not fielded?

Forse Enea è destinato a fare un solo anno terribile (oltre al resto di questo 2020 che già è bello pesante) nel caso non si trovi nessun altro, ma la realtà è che i pesaresi piuttosto su quella moto sarebbero capaci di metterci persino Bezzecchi. Perché altrimenti non sarebbe un team VR46 fatto a modo. Insomma se vedremo Bastianini su una moto VR46 sarà solo perché non saranno riusciti a segarlo.

E chi dice che tanto Bastianini è salvo perché è già in direzione Pramac, sappia che, ammesso che sia vero, magari i primi anni no, ma entro brevissimo, ci sarà guerra anche per avere le migliori Ducati possibili, soprattutto presentando Morbidelli in squadra.

That is, assuming there aren't already problems for next year, because it's unclear what level of officialdom the VR46 team will be able to aspire to, especially when they manage to bring home the Morbido. And believe us, that is the intent and it is being worked on hard.
To figure out who pays and how much. And to be figured out when the money comes in.
For Ducati, you've seen it, there's a purely racing part and a commercial racing part, and in this case, it really doesn't matter where the money comes from, but the first one that comes in has always been the one that lodges the best.

Sarà tutto vero come quando a ottobre 2020 abbiamo anticipato e messo in connessione la chiusura del team VR46 Moto3, l’interesse di una moto per Marini e la relativa cessione degli slot proprio ad Avintia a cui si lavorava per subentrare? Ottobre eh.
Basta stare un po’ attenti.

Misterhelmet Gianluigi Ragno

MotoGP, Le Mans: Miller e Zarco. Doppietta Ducati e Quartararo in testa al mondiale!

Jack Miller

In Le Mans, a most annoying place from the weather point of view, there goes the second day of Miller , who wins another one, but also the day of the Ducati, who all walk regardless of their starting positions.
However, it is also the day of Marc Marquez, who returns to a few laps in the lead but, above all, communicates that his mental attitude is the pre-crash one. He cares about going fast, he knows how to do it, and he accepts mistakes. As one who is no longer afraid to be glass. Whether this is a good thing is unclear, but it is certainly again his being MM93 that showed today.
From the standpoint of numbers, which are the ones that count in the end, Fabio Quartararo is a leader in the standings. He is not a quiet leader but he is a fair leader for what has been seen in these five races.
On the day of tumbles, we finally see Petrucci again, while those who go wrong are the Aprilia, unlucky, and the Petronas, disastrous. Morbidelli's fall fits, but Rossi's umpteenth via crucis does not. He starts in the 10, ends up outside despite the carnage of colleagues ahead of him. And that means only one thing. That it is an indefensible bad race.
Worse, if you consider the expectations, only the Suzuki did.
So much froth and smoke together had not been seen so often.

Side note: the frontrunners all seem to be friends again.
And that means only one thing: there is no clear and acknowledged claimant to the title. In that case all this goliardia, we would not see it.

Minisintesi della corsa
Al via è Miller che fugge anche se è subito la sagra degli errori.
L’energia e la foga lo tengono in testa ma la cosa dura quattro giri.
Vinales è più preciso e guadagna la leadership.
Appuntiti anche Quartararo, Nakagami, Rins e Marc Marquez mentre Morbidelli va out in bagarre con Pol Espargaro.
Chi va male, invece, sono le Ducati di Zarco e Bagnaia…
Tutto questo mentre inizia a piovere.
A meno 24 succede una cosa strana: in bagarre Quartararo passa Vinales e Miller. Ci rimette Vinales ma è solo l’inizio, perché la pista si bagna troppo per poter avere un motociclismo intelligente.
I primi a rientrare sono Quartararo, Marquez, Rins e Miller.
Marquez esce per primo, e si gode la testa della corsa fino a che non si fa lanciare e chiude la gara.
Prima di lui già fuori Rins, subito nella ghiaia al rientro in pista. Riuscirà a cadere ancora, definitivamente.

Con 18 giri da fare è Quartararo a dettare il passo, dietro di lui Miller con due long lap da scontare e Nakagami staccatissimo a oltre tre secondi.
Fra i più veloci ci sono Oliveira e Savadori, ma il primo va ad insabbiarsi e il secondo deve saltar giù dalla moto causa motore arrosto.
A meno 10 Marquez dimostra di avere la stessa mentalità di sempre.
Vola ancora cercando di stupire il mondo.

Con 9 giri da fare Miller ha un vantaggio di 5 secondi su Quartararo mentre Zarco guadagna metri e secondi a palate.
A meno 6 è preso e passato Quartararo mentre Miller pare inarrivabile.
Ai piedi del podio c’è Alex Marquez, poi Bagnaia e Petrucci…che aggrediscono lo spagnolo in difficoltà.

Finisce che Jack Miller vince la seconda gara consecutiva per un’altra doppietta Ducati grazie a Zarco. Segue Quartararo, Bagnaia, Petrucci, Alex Marquez, Nakagami, Pol Espargaro, Lecuona e Vinales a chiudere i 10.
Inspiegabile Rossi 11° nonostante sia caduto chiunque.

Top ten report cards

Jack Miller
He disproves Lorenzo and does so by winning with a gap.
In a race where he doesn't look the strongest and suffers in some sections, he is the one who on average, on the other hand, goes better than everyone else.
They pass him back, he makes two long lap penalties, and in the end he comes out on top.
Rated 10

Joan Zarco
Con un paio di giri in più avrebbe anche potuto vincere ma i giri non c’erano. Paga una partenza incerta e qualche errore di strategia. Ma è fortissimo e va bene così.
Voto 9

Fabio Quartararo
A third place that earns him the championship lead.
He's smart. He pushes, he fights, he rocks, but he understands that this is how it goes and that above all it's the first Yamaha.
Rated 8.5

Pecco Bagnaia
That's good. The comeback is accomplished and the final push is as a mature and aware rider. You can't always win but you have to perform well. Mission accomplished.
Rated 8

Danilo Petrucci
A breath of fresh air. It's a result brought home not only because of the wet weather but mostly because of greater awareness and few mistakes.
Rated 8

Alex Marquez
There is a moment when he looks like Marc and a moment when he looks like someone else. In the end it's a mature and intelligent race. Which finally brings him valuable points
Rated 7.5

Taka Nakagami
The way it was going, it looked even podium... instead the jap dropped in the final. Evidently due to tires. Too bad because hisend promised so much more.
Rating 6.5

Pol Espargaro
Non ci si può lamentare sempre e poi concludere così poco.
Pol Espargaro sembra sempre di più spuma…
Voto 5,5

Iker Lecuona
In silenzio porta a casa dei punti e non si arrende fino alla fine, dato che nelle ultime due curve beffa Vinales. Dove le altre KTM si stendono, lui concretizza.
Voto 6,5

Maverick Vinales
Sbaglia la gomma ed un sacco di altre cose. Dopo il cambio moto, in pratica, sparisce.
Voto 5