2024 MotoGP

[Enoch]

OK...KTM were only 2nd and 9th...while Aprilia finished 8th and 10th...with Yamaha 11th and Honda trailing in after that.

The interplay between manufacturers, teams and riders with the FIM, Dorna, IRTA etc is intriguing...if not entirely beneficial.

I'm entirely a spectator and cannot compete with your personal involvement as posted above. You must have a closer perspective on the interaction of sponsors, teams etc etc than I will ever achieve. I am at the mercy of the media to keep me informed about issues and developments.

At the moment I don't hold out much hope of MLav's riders getting into the top 10 (much though I would like them to) but I hope that his sponsorship will bear fruit in the junior series (ECT and Jnr GP). I applaud and am grateful for his efforts to support and promote UK riders amongst the competition from Spain and Italy. Likewise, Dorna's Talent Cup series (Northern, British and Asia) seem to show a management that is determined to promote and international interest.

PS Dorna are far from perfect, IMO. Very much family controlled and too closeted (secretive / closed) for the best interest of the sport. However, I hope that they can improve.

I too am now just a spectator, I only ever had a small involvement, which I enjoyed immensely at the time.
Sadly I honestly believe we’ve seen the last of British riders in MGP. Even 8 years ago when I went to Spain with BSB the tracks we visited were absolutely flooded with kids as young as 6 or 7 and all they did was ride mini moto all day long, from 10am to 5pm it was non stop. These kids were drifting backing it in, elbows down, knees down unbelievable. We have absolutely nothing like that in the U.K., and if we did someone would complain about the noise and it’d be banned.
This is where it begins, those youngsters I was watching back then are probably amongst the current crop of Moto 3 riders, and the best will move on up and so it continues. We don’t have a chance of developing young riders to these levels. It’s a bit depressing really and one of the reasons I’ve lost interest.

Anywho I’m off to the TT in June, first visit since 93, at least we’ve got something that the rest of the bike world rave about. Was also there in 92 for the Hizzy, Foggy battle.👍👍

[bwest76]

I cant find anywhere to watch the highlights like there was last year.

Anyone have any suggestions?

[PickleB]

I cant find anywhere to watch the highlights like there was last year.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Learn German...link?

[bwest76]

Learn German...link?

I like bratwurst and beer and I can shout, does that count?

[PickleB]

I like bratwurst and beer and I can shout, does that count?

Probably.

My post may have some across as condescending, but it wasn't meant that way. I had been skiving off of free streams for F1 and MotoGP for quite a while with Ch4 highlights as a backup until a subscription to Discovery+ took one of those out of the equation (plus covering BSB etc).

I don't know what to make of there being no UK main stream coverage of MotoGP. It's a time of interest IMO (see the Jake Dixon Diaries) but it's down to commercial interests and if the support is lacking then there will not be any coverage.

[Mouse]

I cant find anywhere to watch the highlights like there was last year.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Plenty on Youtube

[wadebridge59]

I cant find anywhere to watch the highlights like there was last year.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Live qual/races on https://www.threenow.co.nz/. Need a VPN/smartdns to watch, but free to register. But can't see any highlights listed. https://www.vidio.com/categories/519-motogp has live and catchup. Indonesian provider, about £35 for year.