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Freakuk

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4,836 posts

181 months

Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Time for the next round....

Will MM be up there, podium maybe? I'm not so sure, he needs 2 weeks to recover and Assen is straight after and there's a lot of changes of direction, something that's going to hurt his arm/shoulder.

Morbidelli out due to his ongoing knee injury - I wonder if he's going to have an op over the summer break following Assen, by pulling out it gives him another week I guess, or is it that bad?

Will Cal be back to take his ride? I'm not so sure, Covid restrictions will surely play a part, plus I suspect the team given they're not in any title hunt will look to preserve an engine (maybe).

I think the weather isn't looking great also, could play into Jack's hands (h had his first win at Assen let's not forget).

And I've not even mentioned Moto2 or Moto3.

Zarco

21,097 posts

239 months

Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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I don't expect Marquez to podium unless it's a flag to flag.

jjones

4,490 posts

223 months

Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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I expect Marc to win the race and the championship. That win will have done more for his recovery than anything else, yes the circuit favoured his injury, yes it is a track he is god like on but still I think he is back. (brave prediction!)

Zarco

21,097 posts

239 months

Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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I like it! Would be some championship if he manages that.

Fat chance though :}

Freakuk

Original Poster:

4,836 posts

181 months

Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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jjones said:
I expect Marc to win the race and the championship. That win will have done more for his recovery than anything else, yes the circuit favoured his injury, yes it is a track he is god like on but still I think he is back. (brave prediction!)
Willing to put some £££ on that one?

poo at Paul's

14,619 posts

205 months

Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Freakuk said:
Time for the next round....

Will MM be up there, podium maybe? I'm not so sure, he needs 2 weeks to recover and Assen is straight after and there's a lot of changes of direction, something that's going to hurt his arm/shoulder.

Morbidelli out due to his ongoing knee injury - I wonder if he's going to have an op over the summer break following Assen, by pulling out it gives him another week I guess, or is it that bad?

Will Cal be back to take his ride? I'm not so sure, Covid restrictions will surely play a part, plus I suspect the team given they're not in any title hunt will look to preserve an engine (maybe).

I think the weather isn't looking great also, could play into Jack's hands (h had his first win at Assen let's not forget).

And I've not even mentioned Moto2 or Moto3.


I bet Van De Mark could have been on Morbidelli's bike if he was still at Yamaha!

Freakuk

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4,836 posts

181 months

Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Garrett Gerloff to replace Morbidelli

https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/981424/1/garrett...

jjones

4,490 posts

223 months

Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Freakuk said:
Willing to put some £££ on that one?
Can get 40 to 1 so tempting to bung a tenner on it

Freakuk

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4,836 posts

181 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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VR46 finally confirms Ducati deal is done for 3 years

the cueball

1,909 posts

85 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Freakuk said:
VR46 finally confirms Ducati deal is done for 3 years
Vale going to hang on for at least another season on a Ducati again, or just wishful thinking from the Prince:



"It would be great for me that Valentino Rossi can compete in the next few years as a pilot of our Aramco Racing Team VR46 together with his brother Luca Marini who already competes this year with the sponsorship of our brands"

egor110

17,685 posts

233 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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poo at Paul's said:
Freakuk said:
Time for the next round....

Will MM be up there, podium maybe? I'm not so sure, he needs 2 weeks to recover and Assen is straight after and there's a lot of changes of direction, something that's going to hurt his arm/shoulder.

Morbidelli out due to his ongoing knee injury - I wonder if he's going to have an op over the summer break following Assen, by pulling out it gives him another week I guess, or is it that bad?

Will Cal be back to take his ride? I'm not so sure, Covid restrictions will surely play a part, plus I suspect the team given they're not in any title hunt will look to preserve an engine (maybe).

I think the weather isn't looking great also, could play into Jack's hands (h had his first win at Assen let's not forget).

And I've not even mentioned Moto2 or Moto3.


I bet Van De Mark could have been on Morbidelli's bike if he was still at Yamaha!
Give toprak a go .

alistair1234

1,136 posts

176 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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egor110 said:
Give toprak a go .
He turned it down to concentrate on wink championship in case he gets injured

Zarco

21,097 posts

239 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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alistair1234 said:
egor110 said:
Give toprak a go .
He turned it down to concentrate on wink championship in case he gets injured
A wise man always keeps one eye on the championship.

Freakuk

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4,836 posts

181 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Toprak's problem is his manager a certain Kenan Sofuoğlu, I'm sure they discussed this a few rounds ago on BT Sport, Kenan has managed to get huge $$$ sponsorship for Toprak from Red Bull in Turkey, he's probably getting paid more than 1/2 of the MotoGP grid and certainly more than JR65 in WSBK.

If that's the case he cannot jump ship to Yamaha (Monster) and probably retain the same $$$ package.

egor110

17,685 posts

233 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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I'm surprised they haven't got a round in Turkey ?

There's toprak in wsbk the oncu brothers in gp.

epom

14,989 posts

191 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Petrucci is amongst some who needs a big weekend…

hiccy18

4,188 posts

97 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Many riders do, I'm looking forwards to seeing Pecco in action as I feel he has underdelivered the past few rounds and has learned a lot from it, Brad Binder will definitely want to get in front of Oliviera again, Vinales who knows & Nakagami will be looking for a good result at a track he has often gone well at.

egor110

17,685 posts

233 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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hiccy18 said:
Many riders do, I'm looking forwards to seeing Pecco in action as I feel he has underdelivered the past few rounds and has learned a lot from it, Brad Binder will definitely want to get in front of Oliviera again, Vinales who knows & Nakagami will be looking for a good result at a track he has often gone well at.
Vinales is already saying he's just going to copy quattarao even though he knows its not going to work.

FourWheelDrift

92,350 posts

314 months

Friday 25th June 2021
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Vinales King of FP1.

egor110

17,685 posts

233 months

Friday 25th June 2021
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FourWheelDrift said:
Vinales King of FP1.
Trouble is we've all seen the glimpses of brilliance but more often we've seen it all go tits during a race .