I just about threw my TV out the window today...

your speechless

should have seen the face on mr japanese team manager.

I can understand your amazement but everyone else got it right........

and it wasn't like there wasn't enough pit board signals telling him how many laps to pit.

btw pedrosa got the spot back when the black flag came out .

It was exciting to watch for sure, they should have this for every race lol, but what a stuff up, and I mean Bridgestone not Marquez.

i reckon they should have run the full race with a bike change at ten.

then they change the wheels during the next ten and you

change back to the first one for the run to the flag.

extra points are awarded for the best dismount and the number of broken bones accumulated by the bike catcher

For a group of guys who can learn a race track to competition speed in less than 30 laps ...........

and have the reflexes of a mongoose............

some of their ability to adapt to a new format is a disappointing insight into their resilience and adaptability.

someone moved my cheese would be a book they would never understand

Not read "someone moved my cheese" myself stu, what's it about . I just checked and my cheese is still in the fridge.

I think MotoGP should do this type of format at least a few times a year, it make the racing a little more interesting. They all have and know the rules, I put it on his pit board for not having a clear signal like Lorenzo, as for the speed line marker they need to have it further from the corner and not so close to each other. Honda got it wrong this weekend, Marquez had a mental break down, once he see Lorenzo entering the pits he should have follow him.

I was pretty heated when I wrote that - I just don't like races being won or lost in the pits - that's not what the GP format is about. Marquez has wridden balls-to-the-wall all year to get where he has, only to be knocked back because of ambiguous pit-board instructions, or is that Hondas excuse - some poor bugger'll lose his head over that, and it won't be Marc. And I think his sanction is too extreme, quite frankly it's @!#$%#@# I'll stop now (yeah right):laugh And I think Pedrosa was over-looked; if he had to give up a position Rossi should be promoted to 2nd. That would make all those hanging onto a broken dream happy - even though he only earned it by turning left and travelling at 60kph:lol

I was impressed at Marques when the cameras were on him after the race - he was actually smiling - I'da been running aroung looking for a cat to kick...:dowhat

Good take on it

http://www.motogpmatters.com/analysis/2013/10/20/2013_phillip_island_motogp_sunday_round_.html

Yeup, brilliant summation - me still thinks it sucks a big fat sweaty arse though - Marquez was let down by, well, everybody. Perhaps the tire manufacturers need some compitition again. I read the other day Bridgestone were celabrating their 200th (IIRC) MotoGP race win. :jack