2022 MotoGP

[SoCal250]

Surprising news for the upcoming Thai round. Danilo Petrucci is going to ride the Suzuki in place of Mir who's still out with an injured ankle. Apparently Ducati gave approval for Danilo to fill in.
If this actually pans out it will mean that in one year Petrucci will have ridden a KTM GP bike, a KTM Dakar bike, a Ducati Superbike, and a Suzuki GP bike.

It's looking like Petrucci ordered the weather this weekend for his maiden outing on the Suzuki. The forecast is for moderate rain every day (and temps in the mid to upper 80's).

[SoCal250]

It's looking like it will be a wet race so my picks for Buriram are:
1. Miller
2. B. Binder
3. M. Marquez
and fighting for the podium: Quartararo, Petrucci, Zarco, A. Espargaro, Olivera...

[sav0r]

Wow! What a race! I might have to watch that one again.

[Hawaii-Mike]

Yes today's race was really interesting!  Lots of lead changes and luckily there were no big crashes at the front.  A couple of crashes happened farther back.  I won't say too much here in case some of us haven't seen it and will be watching soon.

[sav0r]

An absolute banger for sure. I loved the ending. I tried to keep the details minimum there too. It is too good of a race to spoil.

[sav0r]

It's all over. Not a particularly amazing final race but I suppose a nice ending for the departing manufacturer.

[Hawaii-Mike]

Congratulations to Pecco Bagnaia. Good showing for Fabio Quartararo, I think he did well considering his Yamaha is underpowered against the Ducati's.

[Hawaii-Mike]

Also congratulations to Alex Rins, the winner of  two of the last three races in the 2022 series. He rides for Suzuki and the manufacturer is calling it quits. Certainly another manufacturer will pick Rins up.

[sav0r]

Such a shame to watch Suzuki chip away at it and end the season that way only to leave. Only Honda in Formula 1 can do it worse.

[SoCal250]

It was quite a wild season. Pretty damn exciting all the way through! I can't wait for next March!

Such a shame to watch Suzuki chip away at it and end the season that way only to leave.

Yeah, it's so sad to see Suzuki bail out after so much success. Heck, they had the world champion only 2 seasons ago! The series really needs the manufacturer variety. It's becoming the "Ducati GP Series". 

Certainly another manufacturer will pick Rins up.

He's riding for LCR Honda now, alongside Nakagami. And Mir has jumped over to Respol Honda, joining M. Marquez for next season.
I watched the Valencia tests live this morning. It was interesting to see the riders on their new bikes. And Miller is on a KTM now, Oliviera on Aprilia, A. Marquez on a Duc, and P. Espargaro & rookie Fernandez on GasGas (KTM). Lot's of new aero updates being tested for 2023.

[sav0r]

I am looking forward to next season too. Hopefully the GasGas keeps up the pace.

[SoCal250]

So far it doesn't look good for Yamaha. They have 4 new engine variants but the reported power improvements seem to have vanished. Quartararo and Morbidelli both complained about it. Honda appears to have bigger issues - engine and handling. MM93 said that with the current 2023 bike they can't win the championship.

I am looking forward to next season too.

Only 135 days to go!

[Hawaii-Mike]

Kawasaki, please return to MotoGP!