Kurosaki
Akai Suisei - 赤い彗星
OK.
So half season of Moto2 racing is over. What are everybody's opinions of this new series at this point?
From the beginning, I didn't care if the bikes were slower or faster than 250s or World Supersport bikes. I didn't care that it was spec engine, spec ECU, etc etc. I was on board with the idea of cheap(er) racing with equal machinery. And 600s. (I like I-4 screamers).
The first race, I was all in, gung-ho Moto2 fan. Especially since it provided a lot of constant action MotoGP was lacking. But then after a number of rounds ":thumbup" turned into ":|" which turned into ":x".
Why?
One word. Crashing.
At this point in the season, Elias is leading the championship and what is more interesting is that he is the ONLY rider to not crash or DNF out of any race so far this season. Everybody else has DNF'd. Actually, everybody else has DNF'd a minimum of two times.
Look at the standings.
http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/xx/2010/GER/Moto2/RAC/worldstanding.pdf?v1_2d6723e4
It seems to me the average number of DNF's is about 50%.
The idea of 40 bikes on track on close to equal machinery racing close sounded awesome. But what difference does it make if 10 of them crash out? Half of them in the first turn? Often taking out potential front runners at the same time. It seems like outside of Elias, finishing higher up in the points over the course of the season is more of an exercise of staying out of harms way and not crashing yourself. And not as much of a product of skill. The further down the points you go, the more DNF markers you see. I know to finish first you have to first finish but potential winners are becoming collateral damage through no fault of their own on what seems like a consistent basis. Not just isolated incidents like a Pedrosa-Hayden 06 missile dive.
Elias may not be winning every race and dominating everyone but his results as the only person not to DNF says to me they need to get him out of there next season and back to GP.
I'm sick of seeing turn 1 train wrecks every race and another 5+ bikes crashing out after that. I don't even watch anymore. MotoGP may not be passing action all race but at least the riders are finishing on the bike most of the time. (except for the Laguna crashfest).
Whatever they need to do next season to stop this, I hope they do it. Whether it's cutting 10 bikes off the grid or talking to these boneheads like a parent does to a child, something needs to give.
Am I alone or are you guys still on the Moto2 wagon?
So half season of Moto2 racing is over. What are everybody's opinions of this new series at this point?
From the beginning, I didn't care if the bikes were slower or faster than 250s or World Supersport bikes. I didn't care that it was spec engine, spec ECU, etc etc. I was on board with the idea of cheap(er) racing with equal machinery. And 600s. (I like I-4 screamers).
The first race, I was all in, gung-ho Moto2 fan. Especially since it provided a lot of constant action MotoGP was lacking. But then after a number of rounds ":thumbup" turned into ":|" which turned into ":x".
Why?
One word. Crashing.
At this point in the season, Elias is leading the championship and what is more interesting is that he is the ONLY rider to not crash or DNF out of any race so far this season. Everybody else has DNF'd. Actually, everybody else has DNF'd a minimum of two times.
Look at the standings.
http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/xx/2010/GER/Moto2/RAC/worldstanding.pdf?v1_2d6723e4
It seems to me the average number of DNF's is about 50%.
The idea of 40 bikes on track on close to equal machinery racing close sounded awesome. But what difference does it make if 10 of them crash out? Half of them in the first turn? Often taking out potential front runners at the same time. It seems like outside of Elias, finishing higher up in the points over the course of the season is more of an exercise of staying out of harms way and not crashing yourself. And not as much of a product of skill. The further down the points you go, the more DNF markers you see. I know to finish first you have to first finish but potential winners are becoming collateral damage through no fault of their own on what seems like a consistent basis. Not just isolated incidents like a Pedrosa-Hayden 06 missile dive.
Elias may not be winning every race and dominating everyone but his results as the only person not to DNF says to me they need to get him out of there next season and back to GP.
I'm sick of seeing turn 1 train wrecks every race and another 5+ bikes crashing out after that. I don't even watch anymore. MotoGP may not be passing action all race but at least the riders are finishing on the bike most of the time. (except for the Laguna crashfest).
Whatever they need to do next season to stop this, I hope they do it. Whether it's cutting 10 bikes off the grid or talking to these boneheads like a parent does to a child, something needs to give.
Am I alone or are you guys still on the Moto2 wagon?
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