Mikkelson fiished but his Alternator warning light went on during the interview. OH OH.
Pos Rider Team/Bike Time Gap
1. Marc Marquez Honda 1m32.042s
2. Pol Espargaro Tech 3 Yamaha 1m32.734s +0.692s
3. Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1m32.755s +0.713s
4. Stefan Bradl LCR Honda 1m32.846s +0.804s
5. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1m32.873s +0.831s
6. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m32.899s +0.857s
7. Alvaro Bautista Gresini Honda 1m33.006s +0.964s
8. Aleix Espargaro Forward Yamaha 1m33.015s +0.973s
9. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m33.023s +0.981s
10. Bradley Smith Tech 3 Yamaha 1m33.058s +1.016s
Marquez is just slaying it, on this form he's winning every single race this season easy.
Code:Pos Rider Team/Bike Time Gap 1. Marc Marquez Honda 1m32.042s 2. Pol Espargaro Tech 3 Yamaha 1m32.734s +0.692s 3. Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 1m32.755s +0.713s 4. Stefan Bradl LCR Honda 1m32.846s +0.804s 5. Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1m32.873s +0.831s 6. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1m32.899s +0.857s 7. Alvaro Bautista Gresini Honda 1m33.006s +0.964s 8. Aleix Espargaro Forward Yamaha 1m33.015s +0.973s 9. Dani Pedrosa Honda 1m33.023s +0.981s 10. Bradley Smith Tech 3 Yamaha 1m33.058s +1.016s
He's also signed a new two-year deal to stay at Honda, now I just hope Honda do the right thing with Pedrosa and dump him.
Yeah Marquez is a freak.
Great ride from Jack Miller in Moto3 as well. His final pass was a little rough, but he copped one of those from Fenati in Argentina, all's far and all that!
Get well soon, Simon Andrews. Horrible crash.
I'm there too this year. Camping at some chateau. \o/
Get well soon, Simon Andrews. Horrible crash.
Amazing that he is alive, I hope he can pull through.
Edmond Dantès;112564459 said:Another year, another 24 Hours.
I'll be resuming the OT duties for 2014 after missing last year's thread due to my hiatus, if no one minds.
At least yesterday he had a bad start and we got to see some action. A shame Rossi did that mistake, he definietly had less pace than Marquez but it could have been a nice fight.
Amazing that he is alive, I hope he can pull through.
Here's a slowmo gif of the accident, http://i.imgur.com/M6fdZ3Z.gif click at your own risk, not that there's gore or anything but it's a sickening crash.
Damn. RIP.
Ah man, that sucks about Andrews Is it safe to say that as far as motorsports go, the motorcycle road races (a la Isle of Man etc.) are the most dangerous? It seems like every year there are a number of riders who die while competing in them
Man that is why road racing is just on a whole other planet of danger compared to track racing. Just obstacles like gutters can make crashes so much worse. From that gif though it does seem like he was out before he made impact with the gutter. He must have hit the road hard!
There are incidents at every event. I would say on average there is fatal accident at every second road racing event. This year: No deaths at Oliver's Mount, no deaths at Cookstown, one rider died at Tandragee, one rider died at the North West 200 (another one is in critical condition), a rider is in critical condition following a crash at the Horice road races in the Czech Republic this weekend.
I'm a bit worried about the future of road racing. More and more crashes will be fimed by spectators. That will be make it much easier for the health-and-safety brigades to criticize the sport.
Road racing seems something straight out from decades ago, it's like seeing Jim Clark going around the old Nürburgring, the risk is just ridiculous and while over the years in automobile racing it has been judged this risk was unacceptable, in motorbikes you still have guys nowadays willing to take it for their passion. You watch them go around the Isle of Man TT or in Macau and it's just unbelievable. Massive respect for them. RIP.
Yeah, agreed. And that off-hand statistic is scary to think about.Yeah it does have that feel of out of the 'old timey' era. Its because we are so safety obsessed that its almost unbelievable that its allowed to happen anywhere. Seeing old motor races, where trees lined the tracks, spectators stood at the side of the track. I seen one race from the 60's where the winner crossed the finished line, stopped while his crew ran out onto the track, while cars where still racing behind. Not a word was said about it as he gets out of his car and his crew gives him a cigarette. Could you imagine if this happened in this day and age?
Not saying this is a good thing btw, no one wants to see the death of drivers or riders but the fact that in the old days of racing no one apparently seems concerned with safety at all and now safety is seen as very important. Isle of Man TT and Road racing seems to go against all this as its also quite dangerous for spectators as well.
Yeah, agreed. And that off-hand statistic is scary to think about.
On the idea of "old timey" motorsports, I think WRC still has a sliver of that about it too, especially compared to most others. Spectators putting themselves at risk to spectate, driving inches from cliff faces, other than the shape (and power, obv) of the cars there's not much that's changed in it over the last 30 years.
Hell yes.
That'd be a serious bummer. Hated him when he burst on the scene and starting winning everything, but he's grown on me a lot in recent years.Jeff Gordon is having problems with his back this weekend. He sat out of practice today and Regan Smith is going to be on standby tomorrow, in the event he can't make it through the race. Gordon's career is almost over. His back is going to force him to retire early.
I made a OT here with a countdown clock.