+1 Well worth the watch and that battle for 4th was GREAT!!!

 

Yes it was...Why was Marquez struggling so much at the beginning ? brake issues confirmed ? Lorenzo is En Fuego !

 

Interesting this Moto GP season....the fall of Marquez, the rise of Rossi and now the dominance of Lorenzo.

 

Exactly! It's been another great season. Lorenzo just can't be caught once he's leading at the start of the race! Rossi has the pace, but has to qualify better and Marquez, despite being a 2 time world champion, is making rookie mistakes with 3 unforced errors and taking himself out of the races -- All i could think of was "you can't win the race on lap 2!

BTW, Great looking car in your avatar

 

I wrote off Lorenzo early in the season but he's come alive. I'm happy to see the Dr. Back on form. Pete is right if he could qualify higher things would be even more entertaining.

 

I'll just leave these here....

 

What a great race today between Rossi and Marquez!!! Nose to tail for 27 laps with a few lead changes in between!! Stunning race craft and highly entertaining!

 

The Doctor is in the house.

 

 

The announcers were spot on...."Absolute classic racing" and "As good as it comes"

 

Motorsports sprint racing does not get much, if any, better than MotoGp

 

 

Trying to remember the last time F1 was this thrilling.

 

was waiting for this to pop up...completely enjoyed the race this weekend. I'm a Rossi fan but even if Marquez would have gotten him at the end it wouldn't have changed my opinion of the race.

P.S. The battle for 5th I think it was should have gotten more coverage, every time they showed it those guys were changing positions!!!

 

I just started watching MotoGP at Spain (F1 not really exciting enough, at this time), so I don't know what is considered acceptable. It looked to me like Rossi initiated contact, then had to short-cut through the gravel to maintain position. In F1, he likely would have been forced to give up the position. It was really exciting, and risk/reward on 2-wheels is very different than on 4, so I can understand if MotoGP takes a different attitude. I was just surprised that there was no controversy - that could have ended very differently.