Ad-free MotoGP pod: What are Martin and Bagnaia doing? Mandalika reviewed
Added 2024-09-30 10:28:19 +0000 UTCThe latest swings in the 2024 title fight give The Race MotoGP Podcast panel Simon Patterson, Val Khorounzhiy and Matt Beer plenty to debate and puzzle over after the Indonesian Grand Prix.
After Jorge Martin crashed from the sprint lead and Pecco Bagnaia struggled for most of the weekend yet still came away with a sprint win and a grand prix podium, The Race Members' Club asked us what on earth is going on with this title fight and why the contenders seem so incapable of consistent results.
They were far from the only riders in strife at Mandalika, though, and we also look into the many other reasons why only 12 bikes made the finish on Sunday.
Yet more tyre pressure angst, VR46 proteges going too easy on each other and Yamaha's sort-of-progress also feature heavily.
Comments
No problem at all Jonny, thanks for the questions! - Matt
Matt
2024-10-01 11:56:25 +0000 UTCThere's a really interesting theory in there Maurice, I'm definitely going to throw that out there for Val and Simon to debate - probably in an off-season episode - Matt
Matt
2024-10-01 11:56:10 +0000 UTCThanks for a great podcast, but Dorna, the teams and the manufacturers have only got themselves to blame. All the ride height gizmos should have been banned early doors but I bet Dorna were happy Ducati rather than Honda and Yamaha started winning on a regular basis. However, if they only allowed 30 minutes for testing a new front tyre at the official Misano test whose fault is that?
Maurice Henry
2024-09-30 20:53:03 +0000 UTCAppreciate answering my questions, another great pod.
Jonny W
2024-09-30 18:07:29 +0000 UTC
