2019 Spanish Moto GP Catuana -4 riders crash in Moto GP

Some people race on reflexes, others take a more planned approach. If you are in the middle of a bunch of riders all steaming along, it is high risk, so you always leave yourself somewhere to go.
I cannot relate to MotoGP because I have never ridden anything so fast. However it always interests me when riders approach a corner then stick their foot out. It seems that many MotoGP riders have come up through Moto Cross. When I ride, my feet never leave the footrests. If your foot touches the bitumen at speed, it can be reversed.
 
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I'm surprised the MotoGP guys copy one another. One thing I learned very early was never to do that. If you road race regularly, you notice that the guys always sit up at the ends of the straights as they brake. If you being pressured from behind, it is sometimes worth also doing that until your opposition reacts similarly, then on one lap stay down while braking and go around the corner flat on the tank.
 
acotrel said:
I'm surprised the MotoGP guys copy one another. One thing I learned very early was never to do that. If you road race regularly, you notice that the guys always sit up at the ends of the straights as they brake. If you being pressured from behind, it is sometimes worth also doing that until your opposition reacts similarly, then on one lap stay down while braking and go around the corner flat on the tank.
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yep! that will confuse the rider behind and make him crash!!
 
It doesn't usually confuse them. They just go into the corner a bit too fast and have a moment, which slows them down. When I was a kid, I raced a very uncompetitive bike against bikes which were made much later.
 
acotrel said:
It doesn't usually confuse them. They just go into the corner a bit too fast and have a moment, which slows them down. When I was a kid, I raced a very uncompetitive bike against bikes which were made much later.
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That is how John Cooper got Dave Coxford to crash on the British short circuits way back when!
Dave wasn't known as crasher Coxford for nothing
 
When you race, you need to be careful about what you do to other riders. It is OK to lead somebody into a corner too fast as long as they are capable of recovering when they run wide. I would never do that to a beginner. The other thing is, I never pop in front of another rider then brake. Life is too short to be doing silly things like that.
 
acotrel said:
When you race, you need to be careful about what you do to other riders. It is OK to lead somebody into a corner too fast as long as they are capable of recovering when they run wide. I would never do that to a beginner. The other thing is, I never pop in front of another rider then brake. Life is too short to be doing silly things like that.
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I have at certain circuits done this because the rider in front of me sat up and braked far too early, but left plenty of room and was well in front by the apex. The worse riders are those who dive up your inside going off the circuit limits whilst doing so and giving neither yourself or themself plenty of room. Its racing get over it.
 
One day I went up the road on the top of my head at about 70 MPH, because of that stupidity. It is the only time I have ever believed, I could have been killed. My collar-bone was dislocated by a ripple in the bitumen - It could so easily have been my neck - luckily I was on my side when I got there. It is a waste of time being annoyed about it, but if it ever happened again I would simply shunt the other guy.
The rule is - if you get to the corner first, it is YOUR corner - but you don't have to be an idiot.
 
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