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    Re: 22' MotoGP/WSBK/MotoAmerica discussion thread **SPOILER ALERT**

    MotoGP:

    Puig and Honda definitely got a humble sandwich served to them today as Marquez wasn't able to pull the heroics of COTA and goes to show he's mortal , a huge bummer for Miller and Mir man, they had a great battle going on and Miller had managed to close the gap and fight for 2nd spot but man he got a little too ambitious there unfortunately and it cost him dearly (he's being linked to going back to Pramac or LCR after this season and this definitely sealed that fate, super cool and likeable dude and would have been cool to see him champion but doesn't look like it'll be in his fate to do so). Ride of the day goes to Rins for sure though, holy shit what a start and coming from the back of the pack to a near podium finish was about the best thing I've seen in a while. Yes, you could argue that Marc's comeback in COTA was pretty remarkable but he was being very careless as you mentioned he almost collected Binder and Maverick in the process, Rins did it cleanly and just efficiently. Fabio keeps trying his best but man that still doesn't fix Yamaha's woes, they just lucked out that Portimao is a track in which Yamaha works well and today happened to work in their favor but come Jerez and other tracks, they'll be back to frustration mode as 3 out of the 4 riders are about to call it quits in that outdated M1.

    Moto2:

    Super happy to see Cameron starting P2 and battle it up there with the big dogs in the class before the rain delivered that incredible carnage of a multiple rider crash in T2 in which I am also very happy to see that everyone walked away okay from, that could have been so bad it's not even funny. Being a former marshal that had my heart about to leave my chest this morning watching it unfold live and not being able to do shit about it (note to any racers reading this, this is why we always tell you to walk away from your bike when you crash and you're okay, mainly if you're in the crash zone, get out of there and to safety to a bunker/tire wall/fence, etc and NEVER turn your back on a hot race track, couple riders standing there almost got collected and even one of the marshals running out in the initial part of the crash, again that could have been absolute catastrophe). Although Cameron couldn't take the restart due to his bike being wadded and also by regulation they had to get back within 5 minutes of the red flag back to the pits but another American rider, Joe Roberts took advantage of the restart and won the race on a 7 lap sprint to the finish. Of course everyone is calling the race win "gifted" but many of these type of scenarios have played before where Italian and Spanish riders have capitalized on said scenarios that aren't in their control and nobody ever called it gifted, sure love that American riders are on the radar now in a good way and people are just hating it but oh man we are loving it!!!

    WorldSBK:

    The battle in between Rae, TopRak and Bautista goes on, some great racing from those three overall although Toprak and Rae got tangled in an incident on race 2 which honestly was only a matter of time it would happen as hard as those go at it. Happy for Iker Lecuona grabbing 3rd place for HRC in his debut season and that's gotta be a huge confidence booster for that kid, KTM did him dirty honestly, he was showing great improvement and was delivering constant top 10 results on that satellite KTM but they gave him the boot unfortunately. Bad weekend and start to the year for Gerloff unfortunately, race 1 he couldn't get any grip or rhythm going due to a bad tire choice (went with the 0 instead of the X tire) and then on race 2 after a good start, he got sandwiched between Rae and Lowes and damaged his bike so he had to pit and call it a day. Such a bummer man because he's shown he can be up there but just luck isn't in his court at the moment, those incidents with Toprak last year really did a number to that team and rider and things just haven't been the same. It's early in the season but sure hope he can recover and show what he can really do.

    MotoAmerica:

    Well what is there to be said honestly, Petrucci is just making these guys look beyond silly and this season has barely started, even Matthew Scholtz during the podium interview said that yesterday and you could see his frustration as the skill gap is just too great. However, sure hope that some riders will start taking shit more seriously and that developmental programs such as the North American Talent Cup continue building and supporting so riders here can have a true chance and that investors start queuing in to support and help rider success moving forward.
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