Jerez Moto GP. Spoilers

[koko64]

Very bad luck. No one did anything wrong, but unfortunately the dominos just lined up real bad. Won't help the garage atmosphere at Ducati though. Race direction deemed it a racing incident so in this strict era it's saying something. One commentator mentioned that corner lends itself to that kind of crash. Looks like a point and shoot method intersects badly with an arcing/sweeping line. Dovi was an unlucky bystander but if he'd made the pass stick he would have been clear. JL did his normal sweeping arc and went up and under Dovi then shut the door but Pedro's foot was already in it. Bloody bad luck all round.
Wow, Pedro got some air. That was a good landing for him as he'd normally be smashed to bits.

[koko64]

That was Miller's 7th top ten in a row.

[Speeddog]

It was a really unfortunate occurrence.

It was a desperate pass for Dovi, though Lorenzo's big round lines tend to invite that sort of inside pass.
Jorge should have known that in a fight with more than 2 bikes, if 2 of you leave a door open... very often #3 will gladly oblige, as you're not often handed a 2 for 1.
Pedrosa got caught in the crossfire again.

Didn't Pedrosa profit from just such a deal recently, two guys riding out into the marbles leaving him to run away up the inside?

That was Miller's 7th top ten in a row.

And he did 3 in a row on the Satellite Honda to start it off, no minor thing all by itself.

[Blackout]

Ianonne!

[duccarlos]

Ianonne!

He's not making it easy for Suzuki to push him out. Rines has crashed out of 3 of the 4 races.

Dani is not happy with Race Direction:

https://www.crash.net/1/pedrosa-disappointed-race-direction-after-fall

[duccarlos]

And MM admits that he used Jorghey to block Pedrosa and Dovi:

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/895409/1/marquez-surprised-return-old-style-lorenzo

[koko64]

Ribs is having a rough time just stepping over the limit it seems.

Links aren't taking for me. What's your take?

[kopfjäger]

Test times from the first in season session at Jerez. Looks like Dani is good to go after that massive high side.

= Johann Zarco FRA Monster Yamaha Tech3 (YZR-M1) 1m 37.730s [Lap 53/63]
= Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 37.947s +0.217s [56/67]
= Dani Pedrosa SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 37.980s +0.250s [68/75]
= Maverick Vinales SPA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 38.139s +0.409s [19/64]​​​​​​​
= Marc Marquez SPA Repsol Honda (RC213V) 1m 38.232s +0.502s [21/62]​​​​​​​
^2 Franco Morbidelli ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 38.288s +0.558s [65/66]​​​​​​​
Ë...1 Tito Rabat SPA Reale Avintia (GP17) 1m 38.304s +0.574s [26/88]​​​​​​​
Ë...1 Takaaki Nakagami JPN LCR Honda (RC213V)* 1m 38.444s +0.714s [70/74]​​​​​​​
= Jack Miller AUS Pramac Ducati (GP17) 1m 38.586s +0.856s [37/38]​​​​​​​
^3 Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha (YZR-M1) 1m 38.673s +0.943s [68/69]​​​​​​​
^1 Bradley Smith GBR Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 1m 38.674s +0.944s [59/66]​​​​​​​
Ë...2 Pol Espargaro SPA Red Bull KTM Factory (RC16) 1m 38.684s +0.954s [20/63]​​​​​​​
Ë...2 Alvaro Bautista SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati (GP17) 1m 39.135s +1.405s [60/62]​​​​​​​
= Mika Kallio FIN KTM Test Rider (RC16) 1m 39.232s +1.502s [6/32]​​​​​​​
= Thomas Luthi SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 39.643s +1.913s [22/44]​​​​​​​
= Xavier Simeon BEL Reale Avintia (GP16)* 1m 39.720s +1.990s [13/68]​​​​​​​
= Xavi Cardelus SPA Reale Avintia Test Rider  1m 45.040s +7.310s [42/42]​​​​​​​

[The Architect]

Ianonne!

I hope he keeps it and continues to behave.

[duccarlos]

Most teams were working on race setups instead of testing new parts, HRC and KTM being the exceptions. 

[Speeddog]

Some fresh perspective:

https://www.gpone.com/en/blog/paolo-scalera/2018/05/06/whose-fault-is-it-to-make-an-omelette-you-have-to-break-some-eggs.html

[koko64]

 

[ducpainter]

Some fresh perspective:

https://www.gpone.com/en/blog/paolo-scalera/2018/05/06/whose-fault-is-it-to-make-an-omelette-you-have-to-break-some-eggs.html

It's your fault.

[GK]

A bit of comedy - nice after a few intense weeks of commentary.
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