MotoGP Qualifying was insanely exciting

Kinja'd!!! "Fred (FreddsterExprs)" (freddsterexprs)
04/11/2015 at 17:07 • Filed to: None

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Brief summary: Marquez takes provisional pole position before all riders return to the pits. As soon as round 2 starts, Cal Crutchlow on a privateer bike beats him narrowly, then Rossi and Lorenzo and Dovizioso go faster. Everyone is waiting for Marquez' time, and just as he enters the front straight for his first timed lap, his bike dies. He slows down, drives towards the pitwall, stops the bike and jumps over the fence with about 2:40 to go. He runs to his pit, the crew gets out the second bike, he jumps on that and blasts away. Seconds before the clock goes to zero, Marquez goes over the line to start his last lap. By now, all drivers are done with theirs. He goes nuts and drives a lap at 101%, sideways and on one wheel wherever possible and boom, beats the others on his suboptimal bike by 3 tenths.


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Kinja'd!!! norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
04/11/2015 at 17:12

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That kid is brilliant on that Honda.


Kinja'd!!! NonDriftingS13 > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
04/11/2015 at 17:24

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Do we have a video?! I need to see this


Kinja'd!!! itranthelasttimeiparkedit > Fred (FreddsterExprs)
04/11/2015 at 17:47

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Is that pic from today? I'm pissed I didn't go since the weather actually held back (or at least on the NW side of town)


Kinja'd!!! Fred (FreddsterExprs) > itranthelasttimeiparkedit
04/11/2015 at 19:30

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Nope, it's just an image Google gave me. Dorna, the FOM of MotoGP, is very strict on video and current photos, so I had to use that.

The weather actually really cleared up in time for MotoGP Qualy, both Sessions were dry and more or less warm.