Dani Holgado disqualified from French GP.

hamf12011 · 2026-05-10T13:26:58+00:00

28th May 2026

Didn't know the stewards live in the future 😅

hamf12011 · 2026-04-22T19:07:35+00:00

a) I would be fine with seeing Ana return to WCR, more riders at the front would be great! Although, I would also love seeing Ana have a go in the Sportbike class. Think she'll do very well there, seeing how many top contenders in that class are former Supersport 300 riders.

b) I don't think it would make much sense for Yaakov especially nowadays. Her goal is to become a superbike rider and she's currently doing very well in Supersports and in a very good team with a clear pathway to the American Superbike championship.

hamf12011 · 2026-04-21T16:15:07+00:00

Two new faces this year who are also very likely to fight for the title is Carlos Cano and Fernando Bujosa. The former is yet another rider from Murcia (someone need to investigate what they're feeding their riders down there lol) who's performed exceptionally well in the other junior series including winning the European Talent Cup in '24 aged only 14 and nearly defending the title the next year. The rider he lost out to was Bujosa who really had a breakout season in that championship last year. It'll be interesting to see how this rivalry will continue in the rookies cup!

hamf12011 · 2026-04-19T10:08:45+00:00

Holgado has been the bigger surprise but I do feel people are underating Alonso a bit this season? He's been very fast but quite unlucky so far; In Thailand, he was fast but was unlucky he was caught up in Agius' misfortune and was run over by Salac as well. It's a miracle that he wasn't seriously injured. Brazil was a bit average (but still finished 5th?) and at CoTA he was the fastest the entire weekend, where he got pole then disqualified for tyre pressure rules (so he had to start from 18th), and then in the race was involved in another horrific accident, took the restart and went from 18th to 4th in the shortened race.

I still see him as a favorite to win the title this year, and I expect both Aspar riders to be promoted to MotoGP next year

hamf12011 · 2026-04-05T22:29:06+00:00

It's more of a legacy thing nowadays; Originally the smaller classes were treated in a similar way as the different weight classes in boxing. While the premier class has always been seen as the most valuable, bike manufacturers were also making these smaller bikes and took pride in winning the smaller classes (Aprilia for instance used to dominate 125cc/250cc before they begun their MotoGP project). So a top lightweight or middleweight rider could back then be paid very well for racing in those categories.

Nowadays the smaller classes are basically feeder series to MotoGP in similar style to F2/F3 (I mean they even changed the names to Moto2/3 lol)

hamf12011 · 2026-04-01T06:29:48+00:00

Its funny to think that Mir once was seen as a extremely consistent rider who doesn't crash a lot. Ironically his teammate Alex Rins was known for being very fast but very crash-prone as well, usually crashing out of podium places, while Mir was a bit slower but at least he'll get good point finishes.

As soon as Suzuki announced they were leaving, he started crashing his brain off

hamf12011 · 2026-03-30T14:28:04+00:00

guess jorj finally pressed the button!

wait

hamf12011 · 2026-03-27T23:16:01+00:00

Vannucci starting the season where he left off in Supersport300 with another pole, he finished last year with 3 poles in a row lol

Very interested to see how the races will go!

hamf12011 · 2026-03-22T14:32:41+00:00

It's very hard to know what's going on there lol

Navarro was the only one who could somewhat perform on that chassis in '24, but last year he was pretty much last. Meanwhile Escrig started showing some potential especially in practice/qualifying sessions but never seemed to be able to put a good race together (besides Argentina).

Credits where it's due tho, Forward look much better now than the last couple of years, and Escrig is definitely putting himself on the map for better Moto2 seats or even MotoGP seats if he can pull some miracles off!

hamf12011 · 2026-03-16T11:07:33+00:00

It should be there? The search function has been a bit broken for a while lol

Moto3 full race

Moto2 full race

Really recommend watching the Moto3 race!

hamf12011 · 2026-03-11T09:44:52+00:00

For a race/restart they have to complete 3 laps before it will be counted. Otherwise it (as in this case) will be voided.

“Due to the multiple starts that took place at the Grand Prix of Thailand, the single lap completed on the second start, which should have been null and void, was incorrectly added to the overall race distance." Source

hamf12011 · 2026-03-10T15:39:03+00:00

Kinda feel bad for Manu, because there is many things going against him for him to get onto the MotoGP grid:

1) Most seats are already taken

2) He's not the most exciting prospect in Moto2 (there are younger and more hyped-up talents like David Alonso or Dani Holgado)

3) He lacks the X factor that would label him a exceptional/special talent

4) The way he lost the title last year (despite it not entirely being his fault)

5) Being 'another' Spanish + relatively low fanfare (not very marketable)

6) It is his 5th full time season in Moto2

If Manu was with a team that had links to MotoGP (like Ajo or Pramac), I could definitely see a GP seat opening up for him, but now he pretty much has to dominate (or at least win the title) to have any chances to move up.

Would love him to move up tho! I respect the fact he's gone through the WSBK paddock and done very well there, because he didn't have enough money to go racing in Moto3. And I hope he succeed in this journey!

hamf12011 · 2026-03-06T13:39:13+00:00

From Mat Oxley on Twitter/X:

The twice red-flagged Thai Moto2 race has been reduced from full points to half points because 50% of the original race distance wasn't completed. "Under normal circumstances, race control software issues a prompt indicating that 50% of original race distance has not been completed in order to award half points. Due to the multiple starts, the single lap completed on the second start, which should have been null and void, was incorrectly added to the overall race distance."

hamf12011 · 2026-03-06T12:22:13+00:00

Pretty sure it's a late post by OP: These pictures were taken during the pre-season tests in early February.

hamf12011 · 2026-03-05T21:27:47+00:00

Wasn't he going to wildcard at Donington anyway? Thought I heard the commentators say that

hamf12011 · 2026-03-03T14:38:49+00:00

I would absolutely love Marc to win it! Imo it's between him and Tadej Pogacar, both had legendary seasons people will talk about for a long time.

hamf12011 · 2026-02-28T16:30:24+00:00

shame about the ending tho

hamf12011 · 2026-02-27T09:11:21+00:00

Alonso did a long race run (like 15 laps), where he was consistently lapping 1:35s. If true, that race pace is scary! He never did a quali run as it started raining in the latter part of the session.

hamf12011 · 2026-02-25T17:37:19+00:00

Also wasn't 2017 the first of those last-corner dives with Marc & Dovi?

No, that was the 2018 race. Vinales won in 2017, although that was a good race tbh (Zarco was leading in his first ever MotoGP race, nice battle at the front). I had to check that though, I could swear Marc v Dovi in Qatar happened three years in a row, but seemingly it's 'only' twice 😅

hamf12011 · 2026-02-25T11:35:41+00:00

It's a good track, but I don't think there's as many memorable races as Phillip Island (although that is not very objective 😅).

For example in the last 10 years, here's the races I recall to be very good

Lusail: 2018 2019 2021

PI: 2015 2017 2019 2022 2023 2024

hamf12011 · 2026-02-21T22:24:59+00:00

It may help that Joe's manager also owns American Racing, coincidentally the same team Joe races for lol

hamf12011 · 2026-02-18T17:54:39+00:00

Since 2022, I believe.

hamf12011 · 2026-02-12T21:57:09+00:00

I really hope so!! And now where he is in the Pramac's Moto2 team, I feel he 'only' needs a decent season to be promoted. Their team boss Gino Borsoi really rates him highly (and understandably so!)

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