Marc Marquez took full responsibility for crashing out of the lead of Sunday's Australian MotoGP. “First of all I want to say sorry to my team because I made a mistake today," Marquez began. "We were doing everything perfectly, and we were just missing capping it with a result on Sunday. If I had been fighting for the title it would've been an entirely different race, as I wouldn't have risked so much. "Today I started strong because I knew I had to make a difference at the beginning. I was maintaining the distance, but at one of the hard braking points I braked too late and instead of taking a wider line, which is what I had been doing throughout the year, I tried to keep going. In such cases the limit is a fine one. "We remain happy of course because we had already won the title but of course we wanted to win more races. "It was completely my mistake; during the whole season I've been very careful on the braking points and this time I risked more so this crash has nothing to do with the Michelin tyres. Now we have another race next week, and we'll just think about that. Congratulations to Cal for his great victory”.

Mat Oxley ‏@matoxley Ironically, MM's crash shows how well he's ridden tricky Mich front. Only 2nd time he's pushed it too far & only cos he didn't need points

Valentino Rossi (P15): “It was a very strange day when it comes to the conditions, because they changed continuously and unfortunately we were never strong starting from this morning. We are a little bit worried because, though we know in these conditions it is difficult for everybody, I never felt the right feeling on the wet and the dry. Yesterday morning we started quite well, but today we had some problems so we start towards the back of the grid. We hope for better conditions because it looks like with our bike we suffer a bit. It depends very much on the pace what happens tomorrow, it looks like when it is very cold we struggle to get the tyres up to temperature and the bike becomes very difficult to ride. Starting from fifteenth is a problem for sure, if you want to try to win it is quite impossible, but if you are fast you can do a good race. So this is what we have to try.”

Q1 http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2016/AUS/MotoGP/Q1/Classification.pdf?v1_2b4e85bf Q2 http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2016/AUS/MotoGP/Q2/Classification.pdf?v1_560ee9fa A BMW (http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2016/04/23/bmw-m-division-presents-the-2016-bmw-m-award/199007) je uzeo... http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2016/AUS/MotoGP/BMW_Award.pdf?v1_7aa7e6a9

FP3: 1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 33.155s [Lap 9/9] 321km/h (Top Speed) 2. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 1m 33.209s +0.054s [15/15] 326km/h 3. Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 34.399s +1.244s [11/12] 322km/h 4. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 34.650s +1.495s [9/11] 320km/h 5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 1m 34.721s +1.566s [12/12] 318km/h 6. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 34.852s +1.697s [11/11] 311km/h 7. Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 34.914s +1.759s [11/12] 317km/h 8. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 1m 35.189s +2.034s [6/14] 322km/h 9. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 1m 35.269s +2.114s [10/11] 322km/h 10. Hector Barbera ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 1m 35.300s +2.145s [12/12] 319km/h 11. Maverick Viñales ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 1m 35.364s +2.209s [12/13] 321km/h 12. Valentino Rossi ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 35.463s +2.308s [15/15] 320km/h 13. Eugene Laverty IRL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 35.736s +2.581s [14/14] 318km/h 14. Alvaro Bautista ESP Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 1m 36.029s +2.874s [5/11] 321km/h 15. Cal Crutchlow GBR LCR Honda (RC213V) 1m 36.189s +3.034s [10/12] 318km/h 16. Bradley Smith GBR Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 1m 36.351s +3.196s [8/9] 317km/h 17. Yonny Hernandez COL Aspar MotoGP Team (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 36.447s +3.292s [5/11] 319km/h 18. Mike Jones AUS Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 36.756s +3.601s [14/15] 314km/h 19. Loris Baz FRA Avintia Racing (Desmosedici GP14.2) 1m 37.193s +4.038s [5/17] 321km/h 20. Tito Rabat ESP Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V)* 1m 38.012s +4.857s [5/9] 288km/h 21. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Movistar Yamaha MotoGP (YZR-M1) 1m 38.318s +5.163s [12/22] 307km/h Riders going directly to Qualifying 2 - Top 10 Combined Practice Times: 1. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 2. Jack Miller AUS Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS (RC213V) 3. Aleix Espargaro ESP Team Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) 4. Pol Espargaro ESP Monster Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1) 5. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP) 6. Scott Redding GBR Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 7. Stefan Bradl GER Factory Aprilia Gresini (RS-GP) 8. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Team (RC213V) 9. Danilo Petrucci ITA Octo Pramac Yakhnich (Desmosedici GP15) 10. Hector Barbera ESP Ducati Team (Desmosedici GP)

Prednja je ovu sezonu učinila fantastičnom...

Obzirom da im je ovo prva godina, mislim da jesu. Pa pre tri godine je B. imao debakl na ovoj stazi, ako se neko još seća!

Haslam ima ugovor sa fabrikom. Može da vozi u bilo kojem kawa timu u BSB.

Kakvo preseravanje... Pun mi ga je q. Jao sad kad te dofate Rosisti... Super, samo napred...

Kakvo preseravanje... Pun mi ga je q.

Bas su se usrecili u Asparu, ne zna se koji je gori od ove dvojice Ja ga se sećam iz sezona 2011/12, Karel uopšte nije bio loš na tom Dukatiju (shit bike). Borio se u zadnjoj trci sa Kalom (Yamaha Tech3) za titulu "rookie of the year", čak je bio bolji u plasmanu na kraju sezone 2011 od npr. Lorisa i Rendija (Pramac Ducati) Ovim ugovorom šuster nema šta da izgubi. "Batistuta" će voziti Dukati 2016, a Karel 2015.

http://www.marca.com/motor/motogp/gp-japon/2016/10/16/5802f64d46163f42748b4571.html

http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/2016/Bad+Fortunes+for+Fores+in+First+Race+at+Home Fores je bio ispred, a između njih 69 pre ulaska u prvu krivinu.

http://www.bikesportnews.com/news/news-detail/i-dont-blame-andrew-pitt-craig-jones-father

Dovi objasnio... Asked to expand on the risks with Michelin's front tyre, Dovizioso continued, “More or less it's a similar situation in every race. “We have a lot of grip, especially on the rear. That's why we can be really fast but it's not easy to manage the grip on the front. When you have that characteristic like Motegi, you have hard braking, it's so easy to miss the perfect point when you brake. It's so easy to make the corner some kph faster. That is enough to make a mistake. “Also it's very important to not touch the white line with the Michelin so I think Lorenzo touched the white line. That's why he crashed. This happened many times this year. That's why I decided to do this strategy. Like Lorenzo, Valentino crash, they didn't make something really bad but the limit is very close. It's difficult to feel when you go over the limit.” Dovizioso was sat next to the newly crowned MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez in the post-race press conference. Asked if he had any words for the now triple premier class champion, he added, “I have to say a big congratulations because the reality, I think everyone knows, at the beginning of the season the Honda wasn't the best bike. “He managed the championship in a perfect way. Apart from that his speed, the limit of the bike was unbelievable. I think this championship is much more important than the first two he won. A big congratulations.”

http://www.sportrider.com/motogp-stoner-pedrosa-substitute-backstory

Neil Spalding @Spalders Nice pre retirement prezzie from Nakamoto San to his bosses…

paul bird https://twitter.com/paulbirdpbm, ima farmu pilića...

Moglo je to da se desi, ali koljač ima dobre veze (ili je debelo podmazao) čim nije zaglavio ćorku zbog droge - 8kg. kokaina, 71kg. amfetamina u tabletama i više od 100kg. kanabisa, plus pištolj i 35 metaka...

Snapped handlebar cause of Haslam qualifying disaster http://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/british-superbikes/2016/october/bsb-snapped-handlebar-cause-of-haslam-qualifying-disaster/

Imam video negde na disku, BBC je pravio spisak pre par godina...

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/234370/1/laverty-escapes-injury-hoping-to-continue.html

Lorenzo admits Ducati test in doubt "I think that for the years we've spent together, I deserve it... but I will respect whatever decision Yamaha make" Yamaha seems open to allowing Lorenzo to make his Ducati debut at the Valencia test - although even that is not yet official - but less keen on Jerez as well. Lorenzo said at Motegi on Thursday. "For the moment, looks like I will test in Valencia - even if I'm still to receive authorisation to do it. Looks like for Jerez, Yamaha is not so keen to permit that."

50-years since Honda's premier-class debut A feature released by Honda to coincide with this weekend's Japanese MotoGP, celebrating 50 years since the factory's debut in the premier-class of motorcycle grand prix racing... The 2016 MotoGP season marks a half-century since Honda first contested the premier-class of World Championship motorcycle racing. During much of that time (Honda did not participate between 1968 and 1978) bike racing's most challenging category has been like a university to Honda engineers and riders, teaching them so much about all aspects of motorcycle design and development. The class of kings has also brought Honda a huge amount of success: 270 race wins and 38 500cc and MotoGP Riders World Championships and Constructors World Championships. [At the end of the 2015 season]. Honda entered the premier 500cc class for the first time in 1966, seven years after the company made its World Championship debut in the 1959 Isle of Man 125cc TT. Since then Honda has repeat the development and victory to achieved a record total of more 700 race wins across all five classes: MotoGP/500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and 50cc. Since 1966 a total of 31 riders have won 500cc/MotoGP races riding Honda machinery. Honda also holds the records for the most premier-class victories in one season: 15 wins in 1997 and 2003, 14 wins in 2002 and 2014 and 13 wins in 1996, 1998 and 2011. RC181: the story of Honda's first premier-class Grand Prix motorcycle Honda's first ever premier-class Grand Prix bike made its race debut 50 years ago, in May 1966. Considering its fabulously exotic stablemates - including the six cylinder 250cc RC166 and the five cylinder 125cc RC149 - the RC181 was a relatively straightforward motorcycle. The mighty machine utilised typical Honda engine architecture: four cylinders inline and canted forward, with gear-driven cams operating four valves per cylinder. Its first incarnation gave rider Jim Redman 85 horsepower at 12,500rpm for a top speed of almost 170mph. Redman began Honda's premier-class career in style, beating Giacomo Agostini (MV Agusta) at Hockenheim on May 22nd 1966. Badly outgunned, MV unleashed an overbored version of its lightweight 350 triple for the following Dutch GP where Redman rode an inspired race to defeat the Italian once again. It seemed Redman was on course to fulfilling Honda's dream of conquering the 500 class. But one week later at Spa-Francorchamps Redman crashed in the rain lashed Belgian Grand Prix. “There was a lake of water – the machine aquaplaned and down I went at over 250km/h,” said Redman who was badly battered in the accident and later announced his retirement. With Redman out, Honda threw its weight behind Mike Hailwood, who already had experience in the 250, 350 and 500 classes. At Assen Hailwood crashed while leading and at Spa he was robbed of success by gearbox gremlins. At Brno he inflicted a decisive defeat on Ago, but at Imatra in Finland he came home second after running off the track. Hailwood won again at the Ulster and at the Isle of Man, so if he scored one more victory at the season finale in Italy the title would be Honda's, even though he had missed the first three rounds. Hailwood and Ago duelled for victory at Monza, until the RC181 broke an exhaust valve. Honda/MV rivalry was now at its peak, but despite the intense competition the two teams enjoyed a relationship of mutual respect that verged on friendliness. “We exchanged presents sometimes,” remembers Honda's team leader Michihiko Aika. “MV would give us Italian wine and we would give them dried seaweed from Japan.” Hailwood may have failed to win the premier-class title but 1966 was year the factory managed the unique achievement of winning all five Constructors World Championships (500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and 50cc), while Hailwood won the 350 and 250 riders titles and Swiss ace Luigi Taveri took the 125 crown. “That season was our golden era, even though we only had a few staff in the team,” Aika recalls. “We had a maximum of 12 staff at the Isle of Man, and that included engine designers, chassis designer and all the mechanics, we had no drivers or helpers. We did everything ourselves, looking after 30 machines, six for each class.” The enormous effort of contesting all five motorcycling World Championships and also the Formula 1 car series took its toll, so Honda withdrew from the 125 and 50 classes before the 1967 season. Honda had entered F1 for the first time in 1964, won its first race in 1965 and planned a full assault on the 1967 F1 series with former bike champion John Surtees, driving Honda's three-litre V12. Aika started the 1967 motorcycle season with just a handful of staff and with Hailwood attacking the 250, 350 and 500 series alone. The RC181 was improved for its second campaign, growing 10cc to 499cc, for even more power. However, the bike broke its crank at the opening Hockenheim race, while Hailwood was well ahead of Agostini's MV. The following month The Briton won a famous victory over Ago at the Isle of Man TT, establishing a lap record that stood for many years. Ago fought back to win the next two races at Spa and the Sachsenring, then Hailwood beat the Italian at Brno by 17 seconds. Hailwood crashed out at Imatra and led the way at Monza, until he was slowed by gearbox issues. He won again at the season finale at Mosport in Canada, but it wasn't enough. Ago took the title with a second place finish. In February 1968 Honda announced its withdrawal from all motorcycle Grand Prix classes to focus on development of seminal motorcycles like CB750 four as well as Formula 1 and the car market. The CB750 was the world's first superbike. It was launched in 1969, when Honda's annual motorcycle production reached 1.5 million units for the first time.

MotoGP’s new golden era? http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/opinion/motogp/motogp-s-new-golden-era