MotoGp 2022

[jellyrug]

For the short number of years they are back, I would think not too bad. Cross fingers for another championship 2022

MotoGP, Sahara admits that replacing Brivio and developing the Suzuki was too much for him

MotoGP: "I missed the role of having someone to discuss everything with and I wasn’t able to get a true understanding of our 2020 machine. Mir has the ability to win the title again, Rins sometimes seems to struggle to turn that switch on when things go wrong"

www.gpone.com

Suzuki MOTOGP

www.suzuki-motogp.com

 

[bigoltool]

Not exactly MotoGP news, but still interesting. Having been let go by KTM at the end of the season, and having already been felled from the current Dakar Rally by mechanical issues, it sounds more likely that Danillo Petrucci may be coming to race a Ducati in MotoAmerica this season. I for one liked this guy in MotoGP and thought that he should have been given another shot, but if he is on a remotely competitive bike here in the US next season he could give the Yamaha boys problems and that is a good thing for the series as Gagne was basically in his own class all last year.

Petrucci Says He's Coming To MotoAmerica

Former MotoGP regular Danilo Petrucci has been quoted as saying he is coming to race in MotoAmerica in 2022.

www.roadracingworld.com

 

[Cantab]

For the short number of years they are back, I would think not too bad. Cross fingers for another championship 2022

MotoGP, Sahara admits that replacing Brivio and developing the Suzuki was too much for him

MotoGP: "I missed the role of having someone to discuss everything with and I wasn’t able to get a true understanding of our 2020 machine. Mir has the ability to win the title again, Rins sometimes seems to struggle to turn that switch on when things go wrong"

www.gpone.com

Suzuki MOTOGP

www.suzuki-motogp.com

Suzuki really got to get their poop together and give Mir THE BIKE for this year or Honda will throw stupid dollars and lure him for 2023...

 

[bigoltool]

How Petrucci's Dakar ended.

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

Waiting patiently for Dakar races to begin on TV.

 

[Cantab]

How Petrucci's Dakar ended.
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He's back in !

Danilo Petrucci re-joins Dakar after technical issue

MotoGP race winner Danilo Petrucci able to restart his Dakar adventure after an early technical issue.

www.crash.net

 

[bigoltool]

He's back in !

Danilo Petrucci re-joins Dakar after technical issue

MotoGP race winner Danilo Petrucci able to restart his Dakar adventure after an early technical issue.

www.crash.net

Good for him! Wont count towards the race results, but the experience will be huge next time around. Just watch out for that Giniel de Villers idiot! That guy should have been banned for life for this crap!

Dakar 2022: Driver knocks over a motorcycle rider and gets away with it!

After knocking over Chilean rider Cesar Zumaran and ‘fleeing the scene’ Giniel de Villiers escapes with five-minute penalty in the 2022 Dakar.

www.visordown.com

 

[bigoltool]

A great write up about Ducati's newfound success in MotoGP by Mat Oxley! The fact that they are still leveraging Lorenzo's data is telling! Makes me wonder again how that might have turned out without the infighting!

Why Ducati should rename its MotoGP bike the ‘Desmodiffuser’

Revealing the secrets behind Ducati’s Formula 1-inspired aerodynamic grip, why Pecco Bagnaia is 2022 title favourite and how Jorge Lorenzo is still helping Ducati win races

www.motorsportmagazine.com

 

[bigoltool]

The FIM got together in December and came out with a few interesting new wrinkles for 2022. The most interesting one for me is the introduction of 355mm Carbon Brake rotors, which (along with the 340mm alternatives) will be mandatory at a few tracks like Austria, Thailand and Motegi. To put that into perspective a Hayabusa comes with 320mm rotors, which anyone who has ever changed a front wheel knows how close the calipers are to the rim! 320mm is ~12.6" these 355mm bad boys are nearly 14" in diameter! That must make for some tiny but powerful calipers! If you're bored here's the whole list. Might as well call them wheel covers!

https://www.fim-moto.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Decisions_of_the_Grand_Prix_Commission__23_December_2021.pdf

 

[bigoltool]

Wow Petrucci actually won todays stage of the Dakar Rally! First time for a MotoGP winner to win a stage!

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

Pretty good showing. Anyone riding the Dakar stages has a really huge pair IMO. He got lucky in stage 5 after several prior stage mishaps. This time the ‘first’ stage 5 winner got hit with a 5-6 minute penalty which put Petrucci in the lead.

 

[bigoltool]

Good for him! Wont count towards the race results, but the experience will be huge next time around. Just watch out for that Giniel de Villers idiot! That guy should have been banned for life for this crap!

Dakar 2022: Driver knocks over a motorcycle rider and gets away with it!

After knocking over Chilean rider Cesar Zumaran and ‘fleeing the scene’ Giniel de Villiers escapes with five-minute penalty in the 2022 Dakar.

www.visordown.com

So apparently the guy who ran over the motorcycle racer the other day did it again! How is this Ass Hat still allowed in the damn race? Harsher penalty? How about banned for life!

Dakar racer receives tough penalty after second motorcycle incident

Giniel De Villiers the driver for the Toyota Gazoo Racing in the Dakar has received tough sanctions after a second motorcycle incident

www.visordown.com

 

[bigoltool]

New Gresini Ducati colors for 22!

FIRST LOOK: Gresini unveils 'retro' 2022 Ducati MotoGP colours

'It looks like a bike of the '70s, retro style' - Gresini officially launches its new era as a satellite Ducati MotoGP team with distinctive Aldo Drudi-designed livery.

www.crash.net

 

[bigoltool]

Marquez back on a racetrack (Portimao!) on an old RC213V-S to test out his eye sight. If all goes to plan he will be a full participant at the first tests in Malaysia/Indonesia this spring. Must be getting tired of letting these kids have there way while he's layed up.

 

[bigoltool]

Michele Pirro's 2022 Ducati at the Sepang test. The Exhaust is something only a mother could love, but Gigi is saying it makes even more(!) power than the 2021 bike! Educated folk in the paddock say it already made ~300hp! They must have more Aero downforce bits in the works to tame all that!

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

They must be rebuilding the front calipers

 

[bigoltool]

Guintoli put in 66 laps on the Suzuki today.
Hope they found some power over the winter or Mir is going to be gone by next winter!

 

[bigoltool]

And this guy has everyone wringing their hands over whats to come!

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

And this guy has everyone wringing their hands over whats to come!
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Have you seen KTM’s new street fighter?

 

[bigoltool]

I for one am truly jumping to see what shakes out in Qatar Mar 6th! MotoGP has been on a 2 year development freeze, so these guys have had Dyno mules running 24-7 for the past 2+ years to try and make more power and last longer doing it! I would not be surprised to see 365KPH+! Last year Jorge Martin hit 358.8 on the old hack! This is going to be good!