MotoGrandPrix- Portimao 2020
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Shaggy
Zoinks!!!!
Voice of experience right here, eh? You’ve held high hopes for Rossi over a decade now....
Caption contest.
36 going up!!
Lucky Jones
Ride on #69
Caption contest.
Mir: "they said I could have any ONE SOUVENIR from the season."
Lucky Jones
Ride on #69
1. Yamaha
2. Yamaha
3. KTM
4. Ducati
5. KTM
6. Yamaha
7. Yamaha
8. Yamaha
9. Ducati
10. Suzuki
11. Yamaha
12. Suzuki
13. Yamaha
14. KTM
There's the rounds by manufacturer. Honda laid a goose egg this season.
Yep, 6 of those Yamaha wins were Petronas, and 2 KTM wins were Tech3, definitely the year of the satellite team. Bring on more of the same in 2021! :thumbup
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With Quartararo, Miller, Bagnaia, and Oliveira all moving to factory teams, its unlikely we'll see the satellite teams do as well next year unless Morbidelli continues his form and A. Marquez, Nakagami, Zarco and Lecuona go on a wild run. Morbidelli and Zarco will probably get the best results of that group.
Someone on Reddit joked that it was smart of Rossi to move the better Yamaha team. :laughing
Its probably worth pointing out that the definition of a satellite team is changing. Satellite teams used to be a lot more removed from the factories. Now the satellite teams are more like extensions of the factory teams, just working out of a different garage and not getting as many first class airline tickets.
Someone on Reddit joked that it was smart of Rossi to move the better Yamaha team. :laughing
Its probably worth pointing out that the definition of a satellite team is changing. Satellite teams used to be a lot more removed from the factories. Now the satellite teams are more like extensions of the factory teams, just working out of a different garage and not getting as many first class airline tickets.
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scootergmc
old and slow
Heard a rumor Joe and Cam are going two up on the Aprilia at Jerez.
Tally Whacker
Not another Mike
Honestly, I don't really understand the resistance to giving the satellites the top shelf bikes. I mean, I guess it was in Repsol's contract with Honda for a long time that only they got the good stuff from Honda, but that seems to have been abandoned for a few years now.
What incentive do the manufacturers have for withholding the new bikes? It turned out to be a good thing for the satellites this year, but this year has been a fluke.
WorldSBK
Well-known member
Glad to hear Beaubier is going to compete at the world stage.
Shaggy
Zoinks!!!!
I actually heard it was gonna be Cam on the tank facing Joe.
I don't see any resistance to the change and I certainly don't have a problem with it. I was just pointing out how much the definition of a satellite team has changed. Not that long ago, satellite teams only ever got last year's factory bikes. Dovi and Cal had to fund their own brake system upgrades for year-old bikes at Tech3. Now the satellite teams get the latest bikes, chassis upgrades during the season, have access to data from the factory riders and factory personnel on their staff.
Tally Whacker
Not another Mike
Shaggy
Zoinks!!!!
My guess would be more parity. now between riders than ever before, which means that anyone can win a race on any given Sunday. Manufacturers want their bike on the top step so they give “2nd tier” teams the equipment to make that happen.
The number of different race winners this season is proof of the parity.
Why only some? Money. The manufacturers with the larger GP budgets are the ones with factory support for the satellite teams. Honda, Yamaha, KTM with their Red Bull money....
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