british moto gp race

[.357shooter 1,368]

if you did not just watch it its worth a watch.not your usual suspects.interesting start.bloody shame for a certain rider who was on for the win.

[Pardus 1,611]

Very strange race, the front mediums just didn't work for the Dukes.

[waltjnr 7,999]

Not a real sport is it ?bit like darts ,pool  bowels ect ,people drive cars bikes everyday nothing special 

[Pardus 1,611]

10 minutes ago, waltjnr said:

Not a real sport is it ?bit like darts ,pool  bowels ect ,people drive cars bikes everyday nothing special 

Stick to tiddlywinks.

[Franks dad 2,030]

4 hours ago, waltjnr said:

Not a real sport is it ?bit like darts ,pool  bowels ect ,people drive cars bikes everyday nothing special 

People play football , tennis , run everyday …. Course it’s a real sport… it’s called motorsport 

[waltjnr 7,999]

Joking mate ,geezers must have balls of steel ! 

[Pardus 1,611]

It is certainly better than the procession that is F1 these days, 60 odd laps around Monaco yesterday with a crazy amount of overtakes, one.

Edited May 26 by Pardus

[shaaark 11,417]

On 26/05/2025 at 09:43, Pardus said:

It is certainly better than the procession that is F1 these days, 60 odd laps around Monaco yesterday with a crazy amount of overtakes, one.

I think they need to knock the monaco grand prix on the head.

Yes, it's a glamorous historic race,  but it's simply not suited to today's races or cars, hasn't been for years.

[Pardus 1,611]

13 minutes ago, shaaark said:

I think they need to knock the monaco grand prix on the head.

Yes, it's a glamorous historic race,  but it's simply not suited to today's races or cars, hasn't been for years.

I don't know tbh, yes it's a wank race but the prestige loss would hurt the sport IMO, there's many other rubbish tracks with no soul whatsoever, I can't ever see them getting rid of Monaco but they need to change something.

[shaaark 11,417]

14 minutes ago, Pardus said:

I don't know tbh, yes it's a wank race but the prestige loss would hurt the sport IMO, there's many other rubbish tracks with no soul whatsoever, I can't ever see them getting rid of Monaco but they need to change something.

Like you said, it's basically been just a procession for years, and doesn't conjure up any real 'race enthusiasm.'

Apart from the 'glamorous star appeal' it's a pretty poor, boring race.

[Pardus 1,611]

7 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Like you said, it's basically been just a procession for years, and doesn't conjure up any real 'race enthusiasm.'

Apart from the 'glamorous star appeal' it's a pretty poor, boring race.

There's been some exciting races over the years but that usually involves rain. The trouble is, the cars are now the biggest they have ever been, next year is a massive regulation change and they are making them substantially smaller but still nowhere near as small as they heyday, the early 90's. It was particularly bad this year because they mandated two stops, so teammates ended up driving several seconds a lap slower so their teammate ahead could pit and come out ahead of the pack.

[shaaark 11,417]

6 minutes ago, Pardus said:

There's been some exciting races over the years but that usually involves rain. The trouble is, the cars are now the biggest they have ever been, next year is a massive regulation change and they are making them substantially smaller but still nowhere near as small as they heyday, the early 90's. It was particularly bad this year because they mandated two stops, so teammates ended up driving several seconds a lap slower so their teammate ahead could pit and come out ahead of the pack.

Yep, in it's heyday  monaco was the 50's and 60's.

Since then, the cars have got bigger and far faster, and the tight, narrow streets and turns/bends don't suit modern F1.

[Pardus 1,611]

Just now, shaaark said:

Yep, in it's heyday  monaco was the 50's and 60's.

Since then, the cars have got bigger and far faster, and the tight, narrow streets and turns/bends don't suit modern F1.

Definitely not, but I can still find it somewhat exciting, I mean watching them around the narrow streets is impressive, especially in qualifying. I'm not one of those that needs to see countless DRS passes on the straights, Monaco does have that anticipation to it even if it's nearly always a procession.