MotoGP 2023
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Best looking bike on the grid too.
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Will forever be remembered under the "What could have been" category. The thing was winning regularly at the end of the season and then PFFFT.
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Starting to wonder about all these really long tail pipes the MotoGP bikes are sprouting now. Ducati had one similar to the new KTM shown here last year. https://photos.motogp.com/2021/11/23/63-francesco-bagnaia-ita_gp_0630.big.jpg
They may‘ve discovered more horsepower. Considering the extra weight, that’s the only reason I can see to do it.
I think the long pipes make more torque and smooth the power delivery.
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Hi. The long pipe maybe to tune where the HP come in.
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Oh Fabio, what have you been smoking? The worst thing you could do is try and compare yourself to Rossi in the Charisma department.
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Quartararo: “People say my charisma is close to Valentino Rossi’s”
Fabio Quartararo aims to match “personality” with championships - just like the great Valentino Rossi.
Hopefully that was a clumsy translation.Oh Fabio, what have you been smoking? The worst thing you could do is try and compare yourself to Rossi in the Charisma department.
Quartararo: “People say my charisma is close to Valentino Rossi’s”
Fabio Quartararo aims to match “personality” with championships - just like the great Valentino Rossi.
Oh Fabio, what have you been smoking? The worst thing you could do is try and compare yourself to Rossi in the Charisma department.Quartararo: “People say my charisma is close to Valentino Rossi’s”
Fabio Quartararo aims to match “personality” with championships - just like the great Valentino Rossi.
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More new MotoGP reg's to contend with for 23. Tire pressure monitors for the first time.
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‘As soon as you reach 2.2 bar you crash’
MotoGP’s new tyre-pressure rules: ‘As soon as you reach 2.2 bar you crash’
Next week’s opening pre-season tests at Sepang will be the first time MotoGP uses its spec tyre pressure sensors in preparation for the introduction of new minimum-pressure rules. So how will these new regulations affect the riders, the manufacturers and the spectacle?
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More new MotoGP reg's to contend with for 23. Tire pressure monitors for the first time.
‘As soon as you reach 2.2 bar you crash’
MotoGP’s new tyre-pressure rules: ‘As soon as you reach 2.2 bar you crash’
Next week’s opening pre-season tests at Sepang will be the first time MotoGP uses its spec tyre pressure sensors in preparation for the introduction of new minimum-pressure rules. So how will these new regulations affect the riders, the manufacturers and the spectacle?
And 2.2 Bar is not quite 32 psi. And there’s street riders running 40+ cold!
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I'm looking forward to the new season, but I will be honest, I watch a lot more WSBK then MotoGP these days. I will also say I remember WAY back in the day when Muzzy Kawasaki won the WSBK championship and then the next year Ducati came out with the brand new 916 (one of the sexiest bikes Ducati has ever produced) and suddenly the 750 inline 4 was really having a hard time against the new 916 v-twin, once Ducati got the bike sorted Muzzy came out with a disk brake guard I think mostly for aerodynamics, to me it was a sign they were reaching, they had nothing, and they were just trying anything and everything they could (they should have still won that year but a double DNF in Spain really helped Foggy that year, Scott Russell was in 2nd both races but pushed to hard for no reason). I hope Yamaha can be more competitive then in 2022 but their new aerodynamics package kind of makes feel like they have nothing big up their sleeve and they are reaching...like Muzzy back in the day. Time will tell.
I think Yamaha is working on a completely new bike and it wasn't ready to go for 2023. I think the advantage of the cross-plane crank (remember the big bang stuff) has been made obsolete by the grunt of the V4. It's now painfully obvious the bike is painfully slow and its turning advantages have been equaled by better braking Ducatis. Unfortunately, it's going to be years before Yamaha climbs back to being the best bike on the grid. So they are probably going to lose Fabio too.
Dominant champions are as much about good bikes as good riders. Rossi rode some of the best-behaved bikes on the grid. Stoner had a weapon in the Ducati that only he could deploy successfully. And the Honda was not the best bike on the grid but it blended with Marquez's riding style to be a dominant package. But think about this: Fabio won a world title on a bike with serious power deficits, then was runner-up on a bike outclassed in braking, turning, and that got walked down on the straights by several bikes on the grid. Imagine if he had a decent ride under him?
I think to win a world title, you need to be consistent. You can't be consistently riding at 110%, you need to be at more like 80%. So, you need a bike/strategy that has defined advantages you can use against your opponent, allowing you to be in front riding at 80-90%.
Dominant champions are as much about good bikes as good riders. Rossi rode some of the best-behaved bikes on the grid. Stoner had a weapon in the Ducati that only he could deploy successfully. And the Honda was not the best bike on the grid but it blended with Marquez's riding style to be a dominant package. But think about this: Fabio won a world title on a bike with serious power deficits, then was runner-up on a bike outclassed in braking, turning, and that got walked down on the straights by several bikes on the grid. Imagine if he had a decent ride under him?
I think to win a world title, you need to be consistent. You can't be consistently riding at 110%, you need to be at more like 80%. So, you need a bike/strategy that has defined advantages you can use against your opponent, allowing you to be in front riding at 80-90%.
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