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[wiss19]

The new aerodynamics has reshuffled the cards, but it is fundamentally different than the aerodynamics via wind deflectors and wings before because of the "ground effect". I think it will be much more difficult in the future to change the aerodynamics so that the car behind is negatively affected.  

I'll have to read up on why the ground effect was banned in the 1980/90s, perhaps for safety reasons, "porposing"?

This was the reason, new ownership of F1 wanted more and more closer fights, they do not care if the fight is for the 8th spot or first spot, they just want people to fight for each spot. We all know that we had years and years where the positions was so rock solid that there would be 10+ second difference between the cars all the time, most probably even more differences, and by the end of the race there weren't too much risk of changing positions.

This is why they shuffled things around and made it a bit more closer, nowadays we could see positions changing even during the last 5 laps and that's not irregular, that is by design and will continue to happen for the rest of the season.

[Republikcoin.com]

I think it's not difficult because Indonesia has already a circuit with international scale which can use the young talent to practice. but what is needed is not only that, the racer is must being study from Racer pro and implement the guidelines, so that they are not limited to moto2 and moto3 only.

What you say is not wrong because racing facilities have also started in Indonesia, but believe me that this is not easy for anyone because abroad there are racing schools that only educate children for racing events, for example Cev Repsol and Academy VR46 which is in Italy, where all Italian racers can train there as long as they participate in the Academy. Meanwhile, in Indonesia it is still not complete for racing facilities because what a rider needs is not only a circuit, but many other things that must be supported for them.

[bestcoins1]

CEO of Dorna Sports, Carmelo Ezpeleta, estimates that Marc Marquez will only return to race in the Portuguese MotoGP at the Algarve Circuit, Portimao, April 22-24 2022. This he stated to Speedweek, Wednesday (30/3/2022), the day after Repsol Honda announced Marquez had to be absent from the Argentine Series 1-3 April.

Ezpeleta believes that apart from being absent in Argentina, Marquez will also be absent from the racing week at his favorite circuit, namely Circuit of The Americas, Austin on April 8-10. The reason is, despite stating that Marquez's eye condition continues to improve, dr. Sanchez Dalmau wants the Spanish rider to be optimal in undergoing therapy.

"Diplopia this time doesn't affect Marc as much as it did in October. I also hope he can return to riding as soon as possible. Maybe he will try it at Portimao on April 24. However, it seems that his rest period could be longer," said Ezpeleta.
^{Source: Bola.net / gpnews.ig}

[Lantind]

Is it the same track as the f1 right?

The track was changed specifically for MotoGP only, while for F1 racing it will remain the same as before, so the changes made are still passable and not permanently closed.

Have they changed only that spot on the track?

Those changes are for MotoGP only for safety reasons, so there won't be the same changes for F1, that's the news I know.

[dezoel]

Las Vegas track will definitely be awesome. I believe that if the situation is all about "money", then Las Vegas could provide so much money for F1 for sure. I mean look at the Saudi Arabia situation, they have talked about how they have to stay because they were afraid what happened to WWE would have happened to them as well. That's not really understandable, just because they paid you some money, you are fine with going to a place where you are afraid of leaving?


There was a bomb going off just 7 miles from the track ffs. Las Vegas could be a way to replace Saudi Arabia GP, which way they will be capable of actually providing the viewers a decent track as well.

[coinlocket$]

Later tonight F1 is going to announce about Las Vegas GP from 20223:
https://twitter.com/F1/status/1509183828593717260
How cool, another city track with 90° turns. I'm already excited. Not. 3 GP's in USA, isn't it's too much?

The propriety is from the USA so I think it is normal.
Also not a big deal if they keep increasing the number of the races in one year I can be only happier.



Source: https://www.racefans.net/2022/03/31/f1-new-las-vegas-street-circuit/


The track seem to have some potential

[LTU_btc]

The propriety is from the USA so I think it is normal.
Also not a big deal if they keep increasing the number of the races in one year I can be only happier.

https://talkimg.com/images/2023/09/10/mepXZ.png
Source: https://www.racefans.net/2022/03/31/f1-new-las-vegas-street-circuit/


The track seem to have some potential

Well, currently we already have 23 races in calendar and according to current contract it can't exceed 24 races. So, some talks already started about removing one of current tracks from calendar:
https://the-race.com/formula-1/which-gps-are-at-risk-as-vegas-forces-f1-calendar-rotation/
Monaco, Spa and Paul Ricard is at risk to be removed. Ok, I wouldn't miss French GP, I don't see removal of Monaco very likely, despite that's impossible to race there. But if they will remove Spa because of this track, I will be mad.
BTW, Las Vegas GP race will be on Saturday, 10 PM local time. I think it means that race will be 7 AM on Sunday in most of Europe 

[bestcoins1]

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It is unfortunate that there are two Honda drivers who will not participate in the Argentine Grand Prix due to serious problems and one of them is Takaki Nakagami who has tested positive for Covid-19 so he has to completely miss the Argentina series.
Meanwhile, Marquez himself will be replaced by the usual rider, Stefan Bradl for a while. This really made the Honda team slump and especially the manufacturer because they had to collect more points in the races earlier this season.

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BREAKING: Due to logistical issues, the #ArgentinaGP schedule has been changed, so there will be no track action on Friday (^{Source: MotoGp})

Big update to the regular schedule here at #ArgentinaGP Get used to the new layout, this weekend's action will be packed #MotoGP #Motorsport #Motorcycle #Racing
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Hopefully there won't be anything new that can hinder the MotoGP Race in Argentina this time because it's been two years since there's been a MotoGP race there.
And I'm really looking forward to the Race there in dry conditions because it can present beautiful moments like those that have happened in the past.

[Lantind]

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For a period of five years Yamaha has always been there in every season to enliven the competition and fight for the world title. Will the positive trend be there again this year ? where Yamaha didn't have a lot of power in its engine for this year and even looks very low when compared to other manufacturers for now.

[swogerino]

The propriety is from the USA so I think it is normal.
Also not a big deal if they keep increasing the number of the races in one year I can be only happier.

https://i.imgur.com/gppkSuQ.png
Source: https://www.racefans.net/2022/03/31/f1-new-las-vegas-street-circuit/


The track seem to have some potential

Well, currently we already have 23 races in calendar and according to current contract it can't exceed 24 races. So, some talks already started about removing one of current tracks from calendar:
https://the-race.com/formula-1/which-gps-are-at-risk-as-vegas-forces-f1-calendar-rotation/
Monaco, Spa and Paul Ricard is at risk to be removed. Ok, I wouldn't miss French GP, I don't see removal of Monaco very likely, despite that's impossible to race there. But if they will remove Spa because of this track, I will be mad.
BTW, Las Vegas GP race will be on Saturday, 10 PM local time. I think it means that race will be 7 AM on Sunday in most of Europe  

At first I thought what will be the time of this race as probably Europeans would be ready to go to work on Monday but that is a good solution to run it at 10 PM in the local time.Most people from the official Instagram F1 page were not happy commenting things like "We race for money" and "We can have a full F1 season running through the USA only" while I personally liked the track and it is in a really great place to be,the famous Vegas,you simply can't hate Vegas.

[Cnut237]

I don't see removal of Monaco very likely, despite that's impossible to race there.

Yeah, they will always keep Monaco, the most boring race of the season. Once qualifying is over, the points are basically settled... unless of course you trash your car after securing pole, and then get ruled out of the race, not that that would ever happen. 

[karabiber]

Toprak Razgatlioglu managed to win the 2021 World Superbike Championship. Toprak has a contract with Yamaha until the end of 2023. Toprak says he will move on to the MotoGP World Championship if he joins the factory team. For this, Quartararo's deal should not be extended. Toprak is a very talented person and Quartararo may not be signed for this.

[judas]

It is going to be really interesting to have another street Grand Prix in the calendar next season. The street ones are not that bad to watch but I don't like them as much as the other ones. Because it becomes harder to see many overtakes in a race especially if the track is too narrow. Monaco GP can be given as the best example to it I assume. But we will see what the Las Vegas GP will bring us then. By the way, the reactions to this news by drivers were so fake. 

[coinlocket$]

Well, currently we already have 23 races in calendar and according to current contract it can't exceed 24 races. So, some talks already started about removing one of current tracks from calendar:
https://the-race.com/formula-1/which-gps-are-at-risk-as-vegas-forces-f1-calendar-rotation/
Monaco, Spa and Paul Ricard is at risk to be removed. Ok, I wouldn't miss French GP, I don't see removal of Monaco very likely, despite that's impossible to race there. But if they will remove Spa because of this track, I will be mad.
BTW, Las Vegas GP race will be on Saturday, 10 PM local time. I think it means that race will be 7 AM on Sunday in most of Europe  

I hope they remove Monaco but I think it can't be removed due to the money involved.

It is the worse GP of all of them all but one of the richiest.

[Republikcoin.com]

Toprak Razgatlioglu managed to win the 2021 World Superbike Championship. Toprak has a contract with Yamaha until the end of 2023. Toprak says he will move on to the MotoGP World Championship if he joins the factory team. For this, Quartararo's deal should not be extended. Toprak is a very talented person and Quartararo may not be signed for this.

In terms of talent, I think Fabio Quartararo is more dominant because he came from Moto3, Moto2 and then to MotoGP with a contract in the satellite team and was able to become Rookie Of The Year at that time before being signed by the Yamaha factory.

Now for Toprak Razgatlioglu who is in WSBK now, I think it will be more difficult when he moves to MotoGP even though he was a WSBK world champion last season with Yamaha, but considering that in the past there were several WSBK riders who moved to MotoGP, they did not experience an increase in performance as expected by the team, then this can also happen to Toprak Razgatlioglu if he moves to MotoGP even though each rider has a different way of driving and a different character in racing.

And the goal of the Yamaha factory itself is to keep Fabio Quartararo for the next few seasons, but if this doesn't work for Yamaha, then instead it is to bring Toprak Razgatlioglu to MotoGP instead.

[bestcoins1]

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Nakagami has been declared Fit after the Covid-19 test again and will participate in Race Argentina this time as usual, and hopefully he can continue to improve without any other obstacles because Honda itself is being hit by a disaster with Marquez's absence at the Argentine Grand Prix this time so that they hope other Honda riders can be more consistent in the race later. And hopefully today the weather can be very good in Argentina.

[Lantind]

Ahead of the Argentine MotoGP, Franco Morbidelli revealed a number of factors that made it difficult for him on the motorbike.
Morbidelli still hasn't "fused" properly with the bike. As is known, before joining the factory team towards the end of the 2021 season, Morbidelli used to ride the Yamaha YZR-M1 Spec A.

After a long injury that missed five races in MotoGP last season, Morbidelli no longer relied on the M1 Spec A based on the 2019 motorbike but went straight to the factory-spec Yamaha M1. Not to mention understanding the character of his new bike in the last five races of MotoGP 2021, Morbidelli faced a similar situation at the start of this season.

"Like I said, I don't have enough experience with the bike (latest version of the M1) and the team. I say this because I look at Quartararo's working method and the calculations with the team if you make some changes to the Yamaha," he said.

"This is a very significant aspect in the evolution of the bike (Quartararo). I really want to get to work and think technically like him as soon as possible.” ^{Source : Motorsport.com / breaking_news_motogp.id}

[Davian144]

Rossi has not left MotoGP and will be a part of it for a long time. Just in a different function, team boss. There are so many talents from our own #46 academy that all can cheer for it, like Bagnaia for example. I don't see a problem with that, but the yellow Rossi caps will definitely be around for years, but I also see at this no problem.

For that matter, I personally also strongly agree because it is clear that Rossi is the boss of his own team and Rossi himself can also get Wilcard during the race in Italy later with his own team.
But so far I personally have not browsed the news about it.

It's official, Marc Marquez will pass the next Grand Prix in Argentina.

https://www.skysportaustria.at/marc-marquez-muss-fuer-motogp-in-argentinien-passen/

As for the issue of Marc Marquez, I think it is very clear that he will be replaced by Stefan Bradl in the Argentina series later and it is also uncertain whether Marc Marquez will return to racing in Austin Texas.

[coinlocket$]

Redbull opened to the possibility to change Perez with Gasly for the next year.

Gasly is still a Redbull driver and his contract will expire the next year.

Source: https://www.formulapassion.it/motorsport/formula-1/f1-piloti/marko-gasly-red-bull-perez-2023-611114.html