Motogp shortened.

[dutchy]

Phillip Island motogp shortened to 19 laps with mandatory bike swap after no more than 10 laps because of the Bridgestones. Why not do 2x sprints. Surely the tyres could hold up to a dual figure lap session, or are they really THAT shit house.

[Disco]

Yep is bullshit

[robracer]

Agree with Dutchy 2 x sprint races

The track was resurfaced a long time ago, the superbikes have raced there this year, were there no Bridgestone reps present? FFS what a joke

[dutchy]

I just figured it out, IT'S A CONSPIRACY! !! The powers that be know Lorenzo is no good at full race distance so they have split the over two bikes. All this because they don't want Marquez to win a rookie championship.

[Six Addict]

Moto GP would love Marquez to win, they changed the rookie rule for him, dorna love the Spanish riders

[Cath]

2 x sprints would be better, but then it would look like the Supers and they couldn't have that

Pretty fucked up.
And a black flag was pretty harsh. Seriously, give him a ride-through penalty to remove any possible advantage of staying out plus a bit of a smack for breaking the rules, but a black flag? Overkill IMO. I reckon they might have been a bit defensive about all the curry they were getting over the rule change!

[Jonno]

He didnt complete the lap since his pit was before the start/finish line?

[Cath]

Depends on the wording of the rules that they gave the teams, I guess

[dutchy]

He didnt complete the lap since his pit was before the start/finish line?

That's my argument. But no matter where I post it I get shut down

[Six Addict]

Just because he hasn't completed 11 laps, doesn't mean he's not on the 11th lap...

He and his team fucked up. He'll probably win the championship anyway, so all you guys can still celebrate

[Cath]

I can't find much info on the actual rules, but I think the wording would matter.
For example, the difference between "no more than 10 laps on a set of tyres" and "complete no more than 10 laps on a set of tyres" is arguable.
But from the sounds of what Honda were saying, they aren't claiming the rules were unclear or that they were within the rules, they're saying there was 'miscommunication' between the team and rider.

[dutchy]

Just because he hasn't completed 11 laps, doesn't mean he's not on the 11th lap...

He and his team fucked up. He'll probably win the championship anyway, so all you guys can still celebrate

Bit he also has NOT completed more than 10 laps. Day you decide to clap your hands 11 times, but decide to stop when your hands are about to come together for the 11th time. Have you clapped 10 or 11 times?

If a tree falls in the woods but no one is around to hear it, will it still squash a bigfoot?

My bad, too many bourbons over a short space of time.

[Six Addict]

Just because he hasn't completed 11 laps, doesn't mean he's not on the 11th lap...

He and his team fucked up. He'll probably win the championship anyway, so all you guys can still celebrate

Bit he also has NOT completed more than 10 laps. Day you decide to clap your hands 11 times, but decide to stop when your hands are about to come together for the 11th time. Have you clapped 10 or 11 times?

If a tree falls in the woods but no one is around to hear it, will it still squash a bigfoot?

My bad, too many bourbons over a short space of time.

I'm half way through my 11th clap...

Yes because your wife says so

And don't apologise

[paulsj]

Here's the way it was written for those that are interested!

[dickfaber]

me thinks someone in dorna has the ticket concession for valencia, and needs the championship to go down to the wire