jaybar6
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Mark Marquez wins both sprint race yesterday and main race today in Quatar. To extend his push for his ninth world championship.
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MotoGP
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Max Midnight
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If it continues like this it seems to be building up to a boring season...unless you are a Marquez fan.
jaybar6
XS650 Addict
It is far from boring. the race yesterday was very exciting. the world champion was back and was wiped out with a punctured lung. Morbidelli was leading the race for a long time with a good start, before he was reeled in.
seems the formula for making motoGP exciting this year is to have something, unpredictably, fall off/apart on Marc's bike. otherwise the result is very predictable and racing is really only for the third place on the podium. My suggestion for the race direction is to consider exploding facteners for Marc's bike and then have those go off randomly through the season to even out the field.
i am most facinated by the moto3 engines. 250cc, 70hp. remarkable!
jaybar6
XS650 Addict
Is that from a single or a twin?
A single
evidently Yamaha is bringing out the RoyalStar engineers out of retirement: https://www.gpone.com/en/2025/04/15...tests-two-v4s-1000-and-850cc-at-valencia.html
jaybar6
XS650 Addict
Technical Editor Kevin Cameron dives in with Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoyer on how the relatively small Bologna-based manufacturer has found its winning formula. A fascinating discussion on how ducati is dominating motogp.
Charles13
XS650 Addict
Unfortunately 250gp bikes from 40 years ago had more power although; 125gp bikes only had around 60hp tops
the sound of the Yamaha V4 GP bike:
https://www.gpone.com/en/2025/06/11...-at-full-speed-on-the-barcelona-straight.html
https://www.gpone.com/en/2025/06/11...-at-full-speed-on-the-barcelona-straight.html
The results may be boring with his wins, but the racing was very exciting at times.
Portimao: the best sprint of the season
Best track, best racing. A great show for Moto GP fans.
Max Midnight
XS650 Addict
Whilst I acknowledge the genius on Mark Marquez the racing has been more interesting without him - six different winners in the last six races.
Charles13
XS650 Addict
What do you guys think about Toprak coming next year?
wishing Toprak the best. Always good to see talent, though being on a satellite team for Yamaha is not the best entry. Yamaha needs to find someone who can keep up with Quartararo and clear the the field behind him, otherwise the inline 4 cannot do battle, but can clearly make fast laps if the road is clear. Is it settled that all Yamahas next year will be V4?
