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another MotoGP championship over 😢 however it was a great fun
MotoGP Valencia final race yesterday:
  • Bagnaia clinched the World title 🏆
  • Suzuki checked out with a style P1
  • Jorge Martin is soo good in qualifying, why can't he deliver on Sunday's ?
  • Vale, Ago and F1-F. Alonso on hand to celebrate
  • Ducati wins after 15yr drought
  • M.Marquez riding like mad, hit gravel, DNF
  • Quartararo will be happy and sad, both at the same time, he did a lot with Yamaha this year, the bike was just not fast enough on straights
  • Miller from P4 hit gravel, DNF
  • Great and exciting 2022 championship in all three categories.
  • Morbidelli never recovered from that knee surgery, just can't bounce back, wonder if his days are numbered?
  • Miller will do good in KTM, alongside with B. Binder, they just need the bike in top shape, also Miller needs to keep his falling in check :ROFLMAO: ...lots of bruises to kiss-it-better, for Ruby Mau 💋
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  • Suzuki should reconsider and stay
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Everybody wants for Suzuki to stay, Alex Rins even won yesterday and Mir came at P6 which is amazing, Suzuki is in the top3 of the most competitive machines. It must have been hard for Rins and Mir,
to race knowing this is the end, I'm surprised they did find the motivation.

Mir said:
“I don't know if you saw. I didn't celebrate it. I didn't want to celebrate this last race with Suzuki. Because for me, it's not a happy day,” Mir explained. “We will not work together as a team again, and this makes me sad.”

2023 will look something like this:
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Ducati qty 8
Aprilia qty 4
Honda qty 4
KTM/GASGAS qty 4
Yamaha qty 2...are they next, to pull the plug?

Hard to believe Bagnaia was 91 point behind at one point, half way through the championship

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Toby did well today, he says he's broken about 30 bones in 30yrs: his left wrist (six times), his right wrist (five times), both femurs, and his shoulder, among others. “And I've broken three vertebrae in my neck,” he says.
He's going to be in a lot of pain when he hits 60!. More than Mick Doohan.

Incidentally Mick just sold his house.... $40m

Life at the Top!
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125 bikes - Not a single Suzuki's in bikes :rolleyes: ...will Suzuki close their motorcycle division soon?
Suzuki stopped all racing activities, they want to focus on the future (alternative fuels or E.V. ...) Only Sert/Yoshimura are racing a GSXR1000 in endurance racing this year, no factory help...
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Day 1 drama in bike category
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Thanks @Dado for the updates, I know Africa Twin is merely a name now BUT the history and current roots are such a special motorcycle story. 👍🏻 #viveledakar
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YouTube is still a good source for this year Dakar 2023 content, there are also some Malle Moto privateers running their own YT channel with the "inside view"
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that Audi RS-Q E-tron EV is (for now) outperforming the ICE's, if they win this year Dakar, I bet there will be a few more EV's next year
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who said Dentist can't drive (y) :)
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last two stages full of drama, absolute deluge, more rain then GB and Ireland combined ☔☔☔

Audi's following each other too close, both Sainz and Peterhansel out of contention :( one would think they would have some Sena's/Cardo's and warn each other on a team level ?

Stage 7 was a go but no bikes, too wet, Al-Attiyah looking good in his Hilux
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what kind of batteries did they install in those Audi's :unsure: some stages are over 900km long? Do they have a Honda generator in the trunk :)?
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what kind of batteries did they install in those Audi's :unsure: some stages are over 900km long? Do they have a Honda generator in the trunk :)?
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last two stages full of drama, absolute deluge, more rain then GB and Ireland combined ☔☔☔

Audi's following each other too close, both Sainz and Peterhansel out of contention :( one would think they would have some Sena's/Cardo's and warn each other on a team level ?

Stage 7 was a go but no bikes, too wet, Al-Attiyah looking good in his Hilux
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Please - I have gone for long walks in my local park in worse weather! #WeHaveWebbedFeetInTheUK
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Some more, albeit a guestimate, on that e-tron

Some more, albeit a guestimate, on that e-tron

Impressive mileage on one charge (y)
Impressive mileage on one charge (y)
Yeah, it does have a petrol motor as well 🤣 . I must admit to not being an expert on this but learning as I go along. The technological feat of the powertrain is impressive……just a shame it’s a total waste until Hydrogen power takes over!?! 😂

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the beauty of Dakar 2023 Saudi Arabia
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two more days, it will be race to the finish in bikes:
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Giroud looking good:
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with Sainz and Peterhansel gone Al-Attiyah in command:
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Jones lonely in the lead:
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with no KAMAZ this year, IVECO one and two:
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All set for a cracking finish. 🍿 👀
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