My holiday

So I am on holiday for the next week which mean no posts =( Sorry guys

The week in picture no#4

The week in picture no#4

Monday

Paul Bird Motorsport have confirmed that they will competing in next years championship with their own chassis and two British riders! Bird said the team will be "all British – red, white and blue" although the riders have yet to be confirmed. Could it be Shakey Byrne or Scott Redding?

Tuesday
The MotoGP rookie rule is to be reconsidered (I wonder why... M-a-r-q-u-e-z-?) The rule was questioned at Jerez and talks got serious at Silverstone. (http://motogp-annie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/rookie-rule-reconsidered.html)




Wednesday
Desguaces La Torre SAG Team and Rodríguez split after a disappointing start to the season. It was an amicable split and the team say their sporting not 'human' relationship was the problem. They are now looking for a rider for the remainder of the season, maybe a Moto3 boy?




Thursday
The leathers Cal Cruchlow raced in on Sunday's British GP at Silverstone are to be autioned off in aid of 'Feed the Children'

Rookie rule reconsidered!!

So I was just thinking about what I could write about today and I drooped down the little motogp.com rss feed on my toolbar to see this:

Firstly =O *gasp*

Any initial thoughts? Mine were 'well we all know why they're doing this; Marquez' (yes that is a 14th tag for him, shhh!)

Obviously the article is on the motogp.com website(http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2012/Rookie+Rule+change) and a video, that they want you to pay for, grumble, grumble...

Any thoughts on the issue? Feel free to leave me a comment or tweet to me @annieharrison17  =)

I spread my love for the Spanish equally...

As you all will know I am deeply dedicated to supporting Marc Marquez, almost religiously (If not check the tags on the side he is running a close second with 12 tags!), and with the recent so-called controversy around Pol Espagaro's crash at Cataluyna I was wholly sided with him, especially when I heard that Pol's team is trying to overturn the decision to let Marquez keep his 3rd place.

However now I am a bit more empathetic toward Pol's situation. Don't get me wrong, I think he is a brilliant rider and I felt so sorry for him seeing him weeping in the garage after losing out at his home race, but unlike some I do not blame Marquez for what happened. Everyone knows that if you have a wobble and go wide you're going to come straight back on to the racing line to defend your position, so what Pol did was kind of risky. Let me put it this way, if you are in the fast lane on a duel carriage way and there is a lorry in the slow lane just ahead of you and you are beginning to overtake it and the lorry signals and pulls out in front of you, you don't continue because you will be crushed up against the barriers. Yes the lorry driver is in the wrong but what if, like Marquez, they cannot see the car/Pol? Does that make sense?

So I still maintain that Marquez did not do anything wrong, but I also feel sympathy towards Pol. Although I see no reason why Marquez should be penalised and no reason why Pol's team should chase the matter, as it won't change the outcome of that race, which is what they are truly angry about! 

The Week in Pictures No#3

The Week in Pictures No#3

Ok I know this feature died for a while (damn A-levels...) but now I am reviving it! :)

Monday

The Italian track used by MotoGP, Misano, was renamed "Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli" and unveiled today in honour of the late Marco Simoncelli.

Tuesday

Lorenzo has confirmed he has signed a two year deal with Yamaha, as opposed to relieving Honda of their empty seat upon Stoner's exit. I for one thought he would swap to the orange, red and white of Repsol...

Wednesday

I thought this was quite fun. The British boys across all three classes took part in pub games Olympics with the MotoGP guys taking bronze, Moto3 silver and Moto2 (the best class anyway!) winning gold for their efforts!

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2012/Silverstone+Pre+Event

Thursday

After Pol Espagaro's somewhat controversial crash a couple of weeks ago at his home circuit(http://motogp-annie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/marquez-penalty.html),  his mood is on the up taking a positive view towards Marquez and the incident: "Having him as an adversary will make me stronger and bigger, because I have to work twice as hard to beat him. We do not need to be friends, but we need to feel a fierce mutual respect and admiration for each other." (Full quote can be found here: http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2012/Silverstone+Pol+Espargar+preview)

Friday

"Road to London for Sic" ends in Silverstone after a seven day trip by the  Morciano Vespa Club to bring a replica Simoncelli helmet to be auctioned off along with a shirt and photograph auctioned off in aid of Riders fro Health and the Marco Simoncelli Foundation.

Saturday

Bautista grabs an excellent first pole position in the MotoGP class before British weather ruins the fun! Although Stoner and Lorenzo did go back out looking for a pole but to no avail, which is defiantly for the better!  

Sunday
Today it defiantly has to be the results of out boys! In Moto3 Danny Kent got 6th and John McPhee 28th, with Danny Webb not finishing. Moto2 saw Scott Redding beat Marquez to a well deserved 2nd place and Brad Smith forced down to 7th after battling at the front for the first few laps along with Gino Rea finishing 24th. MotoGP saw Cal Crutchlow start at the back of the grid, after an ankle injury which nearly caused him to not start the race, and come through to finish 6th, with James Elison 14th! So a good day all round! :)

Marquez penalty withdrawn

Ok so the stewards have changed their minds...Marquez has been reinstated on the podium, his 3rd place given back after his team appealed.

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2012/Marquez+official+confirmation

I don't know how Pol Espargaro feels about all of this??

Marquez penalty

Oh, Ok Marquez defiantly has a Lewis Hamilton complex!! He has been given a ONE MINUTE penalty, putting him in 24th position for the incident with Pol Espargaro, for which I am not afraid to say, he is totally blameless!!

Esteve Rabat is promoted to third place.

Catalunya replay...?

I am starting to think that Marc Marquez is developing a bit of a Lewis Hamilton complex.
If you don't know what that is, let me explain. Last year in the F1Lewis didn't appear as if he could do anything right having regular trips to see the stewards and facing disciplinary action the majority of the time. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/8545307/Monaco-Grand-Prix-2011-Lewis-Hamilton-risks-disciplinary-action-after-astonishing-outburst.html#)

Similarly Johann Zarco suffered last year in the final 125cc season having his first win at Catalunya striped after minuscule contact with Terol on the last corner, resulting in 20 seconds being added to his end time pushing him down to sixth place! (http://www.crash.net/motogp/race+report/169921/1/125_zarco_stripped_of_catalunya_victory.html)
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motogp/13660409)

I guess you can see where I am going with this. Although Marquez has not been penalised yet, I feel his chances are escalating after today's race at Catalunya with Pol Espargaro's crash and some defensive racing lines.
  

He is a bit of a Marmite character, but I remain assured he is one of the best riders out there...25 pole positions by the age of 19...ahem...