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Some will say that he behaves like a child, that's what i'm calling "acting as a Queen" for VR46. Really disappointing.

https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/news/rossi-refuses-marquez-handshake-gesture/3172221/

a reminder of how shit four strokes are.
the 250s had over 100hp at the same weight.

Hello,

is that you Vini (Vincent Vini ?) that post a comment in French on the video ?

The objectiv of this bike is not max power, it's to have as Thomas and Johann talks about it, a bike where the limits is not on the bike but on the pilot. Something that can pass faster the curves, lot faster that a Supermotard bike, where you can enter the curves by sliding and gaz.
It's a mono as he uses to ride on Supermotard, same behavior but a very good frame/chassis to get closer to what MotoGP gives.
Very interesting interview and yes, 20 000 € for that is heavy for us but as a learning/training rig it's nothing cuz it will cost peanuts to fix in case of crash.
And they want to sell this bike for other training plans even renting it for the day.

Zarco is looking for solution cuz as they said, they can't ride their MotoGP whenever they want to train so they are looking for something to get close to that.
And that's why Beon did this one.

@KG : the KTM 190 seems to be a very good one too, anyway the smaller the bike is, the more you have to work your curves and the funnier is gets.

Probably too and anyway, Rossi is second at the points account so no need to risk to loose this second place starting the race way back on the grid, and with both Ducati in first line 
I'm a very bad boy maybe but i'm pretty sure things like that are inside some decisioneer brains.

They doing it, refunding the tickets but not the rest of the trip and somes guys came from far... Some bike webmagazine were reporting that people are growling on social media after Silverstone Director for the bad surprise this week-end. Bad commercial...
And on the other side, some bad rumours coming about Honda that pushed to not race Monday, then canceling the entire evenement, specially because they had test track this monday in Aragon. And because it keeps the gap between Marquez and his followers, Rossi and Lorenzo at a good distance. "One free race" clearly for them if you look at the Championship side.

Anyway, this story is really bad at every level. Let's think positiv and look at Misano now !

Yes, maybe a little bit short for MotoGP but anyway it's not on the minimum security of MotoGP rules. So, they won't go there and remember, its even supposed to be a Wales circuit week-end but this never ending story makes that we go to Silvertsone instead.
Anyway, they did bad, the thing is, they have to rework on the track now before next year while giving back the money to the 85.000+ fans that took rains all day for nothing. 

It's all the EU's fault, that's very clear

Waiting for comments like "Real pilots from X years ago would have raced, and the had no traction control and no airbags".

Apparently, after an interview, we learned that at the meeting to decide weither they race or not, Miller and Zarco were the only ones who want to go...
Let's go back to Donington Park, great track and let the cars destroy and slide at Silverstone. 

Excellent !!!! 

Who wons this one ? 

Worst Sunday ever...

How could that be possible in a country where it rains constantly (being there in August for 6 days, 4 days with rains and/or rain suit on...).
They really are this bad on draining water ? What a pity...
I just can't believe it, it's a joke, i'm going to wake up !
The Silverstone Direction Team is that stupid that they didn't pay attention to water draining ? And lauching race cars just after the track was re-surfaced, so it's not better that the year before, all the bumps...

I mean in Qatar, they are not aware and don't have the correct draining, ok, that happens every 10 year but in England, it's every week !!!

Despite that i've notice that my tyres got a lot more down after doing 2000km in England (the right side because of roundabout and the bike being heavy loaded), i guess the roads are made more agressiv compound BECAUSE of the rain and that's a very good floor when wet so British people knows that but not at Silverstone Track.

Hola, ¿existe  el circuito de la Isle of Man para el GP bikes?

Hello, is there an Isle of Man circuit for GP bikes?

Yes, there's one in here :

https://mega.nz/#F!EkUj0LxB!QTr7lzLpllCca2PW0-gUog!RttkUIzC

@Poumpouny :

You talk with Maths , i talk with my heart...

And this is not another debate, it's a gentlemen discussion.
I've been following Rossi since the beginning (i'm old i know) and after what maths you've done, last year, Vinales made some success and Rossi only one.
Second thing is the behavior.
By the way he acts, he is blocking the entire Yamaha system.
Remember (or go read it) when talking about a real factory satellite team as Honda and Ducati did for years to help developping improvment. He doesn't want it so Jarvis follows that and they are suffering... Doesn't want the other Yam team to pass him, or getting to close.
Zarco did a lot better than Cruthlow or other fine riders in one year and that probably scared him because he wants to be THE one and reserve the place for his VR46 teammate.
That's why i call him a "Queen" acting.

But don't misunderstand, i was a big Rossi Fan, i have lots of 46 caps or t-shirt and on my car the famous "Io Sto Con Vale" Sticker as well as the t-shirt that was edited for Valencia 2015 where i was for the three days. But at one point, listenning the entire Valencia public yelling at Marquez and claping at Rossi, after a while, it seems strange and not fair.

So yes, to me, and it's not discutable in my mind, it's my opinion no matter what you think or believe, Rossi time is over.

In another sport, we have the same, Nascar, with a guy called Jimmie Johnson, 7 titles, an "old" driver, but still there except all he does is taking young drivers up and helping them to race and develop the car (Chevrolet). Same story but not the same behavior.
When Rossi was a single simple pilot (if i could says so), it was perfect, now he is THE boss and Yamaha (who is a commercial company and i've got a lots of great Yamaha bikes in my life) does whatever the Queen says. You can see the result.

At the same time, if they were listenning to him since the end of last year, they'll be in a much better position today because yes, he is a master of setting bikes and giving the good info to the mechanics. I'm not blaming the pilot but the man outside the track.

Have a good days.

@ Hawk : i'm not sure of understanding what you mean, probably again a language issue, but if it's ironic or sarcastic, i better not understand it, this is the way Internet goes today, throwing things to people, and as i could says in here, i never attacked one guy or behavior. Rossi is a premium pilot, probably the best after Ago except, he is not only riding today, he is getting like the CEO and taking care on his own system. That's what i'm against deeply.

I don't think we can talk about cheating.
They ALL plays with the limit.
On every mechanics sport that i follow it's the case.
Kawasaki on SBK, as Ducati did for years with the cc and the twin engine, same in the Nascar Cup Series, playing with millimeters, or the BOP on WEC/ELMS (remember Ford last year at Le Mans)and Yamaha didn't succeed in using the IMU to balance the unique ECU.
They all are doing that, that's part of the race, reading through the line.
Same things happens with Formula 1 or E-Formula and sometimes, a team get caught going a tiny bit too far...

I don't remember which team has been disqualifyed last year in Moto 2 for a non-conform engine oil...

Reminds me the old and only Rugby rules : You have the right to do everything until get caught by referee 

Yes Uberslug,

Rossi keeps sayins that electronics (Magnetti Marelli ECU) is the problem. Since the first race.
Tyres gets destroy too fast, which is not the case of Ducati, Jorge was super good with 2 soft tyres during Austria race. And the entire race he was fast.
The Yamaha destroys the tyres too fast, can't pass the power to the ground. But they are too proud to hire a Magnetti-Marelli specialist as Honda or Ducati did. They paying it the entire year long.

To me the bad side of Rossi is that he keeps trying to place his own guys, himself and act as a "Queen" in Yamaha boxes. And Yamaha acts as a child, been scared so they signed Vinales asap to force Rossi to stay. But Vinales looks like a soap bubble that explode already and Rossi might be happy of that, he has no rival.
Then they cut the good things to TECH3, so at the first occasion, TECH3 decide to run away -> KTM. This way they lost Zarco (who is not the youngest) so i'm afraid his pilot time will soon be on the descending curve...

Rossi was a super star, super good, very funny sometimes, humiliating a little bit too much (Biaggi, Gibernau...) but his time is over. That's my own thinking. I followed his entire carrier between Honda, Ducati and Yamaha. Great rider. But now it's time to turn the page...

You are probably right but since they took this way, Rossi is the best asset they had to tweak this bike correctly.

Sure that if Rossi wasn't using all his strength in Yamaha to keep the other ones away... At the same time, he is the best commercial for the 3 Tuning Fork brand.

hugly highsides !!!

I had a 140km/h crash (against a cop car  ) when i was 22 (femur and femoral neck - nothing on my hands...  ) so i guess, yes, you were lucky !

Now they are stealing the Electronics ingenier from WSBK team... Looks way too late to do that, we will see.
I seriously think some heads should be fired from Yamaha, and to me the first one is Jarvis. 3 mistakes in one year. Heavy ones (Vinales re-signed, Zarco going away and not listening to Rossi who probably knows what exactly this M1 is missing).

This year is weird. Next will be explosive !!