Pretty impressive from Rueda don’t often see that kind of gap in moto 3. Enjoyed the battle for second. Quiles looks the real deal. Ogden going from 1st to 9th in the first lap last week and 12th to 17th this week was a bit shit.
Better than the sprint. There still seems to be very limited overtaking though. Acosta staying on the bike, good to see. I do hope the new rules bikes that will arriving in 2027, improve the situation.
Long lap penalty for AM in Austria.. https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1077490/1/alex-marquez-penalised-joan-mir-clash-czech-motogp-race
Whilst not a fan of the tyre pressure stuff, it's quite something to see MM let Bez through so he could get his tyre temperature up and then take the position back again. It reminds me a bit of Doohan slowing down and letting someone overtake him so he could overtake the guy again, although I think he was doing it just to mess with people's heads. Brno is one of my local tracks. Anything under 2:15 is rather fast and it's hard to imagine how they set the times that they set. I was surprised there wasn't more overtaking as it's a wide track with a variety of lines that can be taken and there are plenty of overtaking opportunities. It made me laugh to see them going over 310kph approaching turn 3 - the best I've managed there was around 270kph. The same turn-in points as I'm using but at a far higher speed and with far later braking... It was nice to see a strong return from Martin and would be interesting to see if he can get close to MM over time. There's no body else that can get anywhere close at the moment and Pecco seems to have lost his head.
Everyone keeps assuming Pecco’s lost his head. I think a lot of the issue with Pecco is that MM is shit tons quicker. Plus a few manufacturers have caught up a bit with the red machines. Last season everyone was purring about how great Pecco, FQ, Pedro and Jorge Martin were. Now MM has got hold of a competitive bike, he’s smashed them all out the park. He literally toys with them…
Isn't Pecco blaming the bike a bit? I mean saying he's not getting a good feel from the front. He was outstanding on the brakes last year but others are now making him look relatively ordinary on the brakes. Whilst that could be down to not feeling confident with the front end, it could also be that MM is in his head - if he doesn't think he can beat him then he'll lack confidence and potentially latch onto anything that explains it. It's clear that other manufacturers have improved but Pecco's team mate doesn't seem to be having problems... That might undermine Pecco's confidence as well. Maybe he's looked at the data and concluded that he can't do what MM does.
You can literally see him struggling to turn the bike after like two laps. Pedro on the fucking KTM turned under him ffs.
MM quickly finds a way round stuff. The Honda was lacking grunt, so he was over riding it. And crashing a lot. The Ducati is a competitive package. Game set and match.
I’ve just watched a Goodwood docco on Foggy - he mentioned he kept saying he was struggling with the bike and Tardozzi read him the riot act and said ‘just get on with it - if you don’t want to ride, we’ll forget it’ Maybe Pecco needs some of that and to start riding around issues, which to be fair is what Marquez did loads of at Honda and is probably still doing on the Ducati.
Seems that way. Would love to have seen Martin on an equivalent bike though. Pecco, I know he is an ex champ, but he does make mistakes under pressure. This year? I think most of the issue is in his head. He should be sitting second in the championship on the Lenovo bike. Wtf is going on when he is challenging up front early on then just fades? Him, not the bike imo. Honestly though, I did not think Marc could ride in a controlled manner. It has taken a lot of injuries and falling off to become a grown up.
