MotoGP 2025 Discussion Thread *Warning: Spoilers allowed*
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BigEvilDoer
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So, for anyone who streams using ServusTV, I ran into a new predicament for the first time today….
They’ve changed their coding somehow or another - if you’re using an Apple product, you cannot cast the stream to another device (TV, AppleTV etc).
Tried it with the iPad and with the desktop computer…. Shows that it’s being cast, but when you look at the device being cast to, it shows a red circle with a slash over the “play/pause” button.
What a PITA.
They’ve changed their coding somehow or another - if you’re using an Apple product, you cannot cast the stream to another device (TV, AppleTV etc).
Tried it with the iPad and with the desktop computer…. Shows that it’s being cast, but when you look at the device being cast to, it shows a red circle with a slash over the “play/pause” button.
What a PITA.
Losial was a messy race all-round with the number of contact incidents. The marshals are going to be sweeping bits of carbon fiber off the track for days. I do like that the stewards (Simon) handed out consistent mid-race penalties for the ones that deserved it.
I wonder when the FIM is going to admit that the 'Misano curbs' are causing, or at least contributing to, the worst kind of crash where riders are getting thrown back onto the track into the path of other bikes. The narrow tires of the Moto3 bikes are the most susceptible to the curbs, but we were inches away from having another Marco Simoncelli incident in the MotoGP race.
I wonder when the FIM is going to admit that the 'Misano curbs' are causing, or at least contributing to, the worst kind of crash where riders are getting thrown back onto the track into the path of other bikes. The narrow tires of the Moto3 bikes are the most susceptible to the curbs, but we were inches away from having another Marco Simoncelli incident in the MotoGP race.
He just caught 11 more breaks (ribs, ouch!)I feel so bad for the Terminator, poor guy can't catch a break
Technically, it's a safety thing. Too low pressure means the tire flexes and heats up too much as compared with the conditions Michelin designed it to operate in, potentially leading to catastrophic failure.
The problem is that the temp is so sensitive to whether you get clean airflow or not. More air cools the tire and lowers the pressure, so if you're leading the race your temp/pressure is going to be lower than if you're closely following someone else. So on the grid you sort of have to guess whether you'll be leading or following someone for the majority of the race. And no one, not even Maverick, ever thought he'd be leading the race for that long in clean air.
In at least two races this season M93 has intentionally let AM73 take the lead so that he could use his brother like a windshield to keep his tire temp/pressure high enough not to trip over the low pressure rule.
"The only rider capable of beating Marc Marquez... is Marc Marquez..."
Truth.
Kudos to FQ20. Flawless ride on flawed machinery.
Truth.
Kudos to FQ20. Flawless ride on flawed machinery.
This comes up when cars are penlaized in F1 for being under weight by a pound or the plank being too thin after the race.
These are the rules and everyone else was not "under weight by a pound" or "tire pressure too low by a pound".
If you let these things go, you are penalizing the teams and riders that stay within the rules.
A good article on tire pressures in MotoGP:
www.motorsportmagazine.com
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tldr: MotoGP has had the min tire pressure rule since 2016, but a lot of teams ignored it. It was only till the development of aero that front tire heat and stress were increased. Michelin didn't want any incidences due to the tire casing failing so it started enforcing the min pressure rules recently for safety reasons.
MotoGP bombshell: ‘Some teams are cheating the tyre rules’
Some teams are breaking MotoGP’s tyre-pressure rules to gain a performance advantage and so far they’re getting away with it
www.motorsportmagazine.com
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tldr: MotoGP has had the min tire pressure rule since 2016, but a lot of teams ignored it. It was only till the development of aero that front tire heat and stress were increased. Michelin didn't want any incidences due to the tire casing failing so it started enforcing the min pressure rules recently for safety reasons.
Zarco you dog.......
Crazy race.
Crazy race.
More plot twists and turns than a Hitchcock movie! Such a rollercoaster of emotions for French fans when Quatararo led the race then binned it.
I didn't know what was going on till about half-race distance, so much to keep track of! Who's on wets? Who's on slicks? Who's completed their double-long laps?
And the last half of the race I was yelling at the screen, "SLOW DOWN!!!! THERE'S NO REASON!!!!"
So happy for Zarco. Punted off into the gravel in the first lap and then wins it.
I think the only time I've been as happy to see a race winner at their home track was Petrucci in Mugello.
And the Michelin Man waving the checkered flag: "You can't get any more French than that!" LOL!
Chapeau!
I didn't know what was going on till about half-race distance, so much to keep track of! Who's on wets? Who's on slicks? Who's completed their double-long laps?
And the last half of the race I was yelling at the screen, "SLOW DOWN!!!! THERE'S NO REASON!!!!"
So happy for Zarco. Punted off into the gravel in the first lap and then wins it.
I think the only time I've been as happy to see a race winner at their home track was Petrucci in Mugello.
And the Michelin Man waving the checkered flag: "You can't get any more French than that!" LOL!
Chapeau!
Confession: Watching Papa Zarco crying made me cry too. 
Priller
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The French commentary (remember Randy de Puniet?) over images of Papa Zarco hyperventilating is something else. The media won't paste here for some reason, so here's the link from Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/motogp/s/27RWcEZDqJ
https://www.reddit.com/r/motogp/s/27RWcEZDqJ
Do I ever!
RdP was the reason why I bought my REV'IT! one-piece leather race suit.
He crashed so often in his that I thought, "If those leathers hold up that well that often, they're gonna suit me JUST FINE!"
Priller
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I wonder if, in the same fashion, all of Marquez's crashes in Alpinestars and Shoei gear have sold more than his wins...Do I ever!
RdP was the reason why I bought my REV'IT! one-piece leather race suit.
He crashed so often in his that I thought, "If those leathers hold up that well that often, they're gonna suit me JUST FINE!"
