{"id":20044,"date":"2019-10-06T22:51:06","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T17:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/?p=20044"},"modified":"2019-10-06T22:51:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T17:21:07","slug":"motogp-our-top-5-questions-on-motogp-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/motogp-our-top-5-questions-on-motogp-riders\/","title":{"rendered":"MotoGP: Our Top 5 Questions on MotoGP riders."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After Marquez&#8217;s eighth world title in Buriram, Thailand Grand Prix. We have a few questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Danilo Petrucci<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The slump continues since the German GP<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In Czech Grand Prix Danilo stood in the eighth position.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In the Austrian Grand Prix, he stood at the ninth position.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In British Grand Prix we saw him taking the seventh position.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At San Marino, we saw him taking the tenth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At Aragon, he took the twelfth position and\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In today&#8217;s Thai GP we saw him taking the ninth position.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While Danilo Petrucci himself has accepted slum in his form. However, he has also said that he struggles in hot and in low grip conditions which is something not new. He will need to understand where he has to work when there is a lack of grip on the track.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While Danilo and Ducati might do a thorough analysis of why this has happened and may take corrective actions forward. We are sure Ducati and Danilo are going to shine in the coming races. Question is how soon Danilo Petrucci brings himself up in the table?<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jack Miller<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Australian has renewed his contract with Pramac Racing in August 2019. Austrian GP was one hell of MotoGPs\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-can-moto-guzzi-come-back-with-v85-tt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">that<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0we have seen in 2019 with full of adventures. While the GP was good there were rumors with\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-yamaha-niken-bags-prestigious-2019-red-dot-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">various teams<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and of course with Jack Miller<\/span><a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-is-honda-building-cb1100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0as his contract<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0was not renewed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, we have seen Pramac racing renewed contract with Jack Miller followed with one important statement in the press release\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jack\u2019s new deal was confirmed on Wednesday morning European time, and confirmed he will ride a 2020 factory-spec Ducati next season alongside 2019 teammate, Pecco Bagnaia&#8221;.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The question is when will Jack Miller get a new factory Ducati?<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Jorge Lorenzo<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">While we see one Repsol Honda rider Marc Marquez at the top we see another rider who has lost his form and rumors setting on fire that he may retire. However, we see Lorenzo trying hard to get his form back when he was with Yamaha. In 2017, Lorenzo signed a contract with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-ducati-unveils-join-ducati-contest\/\"> Ducati<\/a> from Yamaha. The first win with Ducati came to him in Mugello.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In 2018 Lorenzo switched to Repsol Honda by taking the place of Dani Pedrosa who was on the verge of retirement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In 2019 During the first practice session at Assen GP in a tumble, Jorge fractured vertebrae since then his form has seen a slump and there were strong rumors of his retirement and moving to other teams as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Questions here are will Lorenzo stay at Repsol Honda or will he retire?<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Johann Zarco<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-prado-and-ktm-are-world-champion\/\">KTM<\/a> ended the contract with Johann Zarco. In a press release statement by KTM that said &#8220;<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Johann and KTM decided to\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-and-rumors-patent-history-of-suzukis-new-bike-gxs-700-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">mutually end their<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0association at the end of 2019 but developments and on-going work mean that priorities have been realigned. The Frenchman will be exempt from his MotoGP duties but stays contracted to KTM until the end of the season.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Given the fact that Zarco had a total of only twenty-seven points and standing eleventh in his last San Marino GP before KTM and Zarco parted there ways.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, we got to know the latest from MotoGP that Zarco has been approached by Yamaha European Test Team.\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Lin Jarvis has said Yamaha have approached Zarco in a bid to secure the Frenchman\u2019s services in 2020 for their European test team&#8221;.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Question is will this contract go ahead? Or will Zarco move to Repsol Honda as rumors of Jorge Lorenzo getting retired are high? If this becomes true we might see Zarco riding on new factory Honda that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/motogp-marquez-is-on-top-at-catalunya\/\">Marc Marquez<\/a> is expected to get.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Valentino Rossi<\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Doctor once ruled the podiums but now we don&#8217;t see this scene often. However, we see Rossi staying with Yamaha.During the start of September. Yamaha\u2019s project leader, Takahiro Sumi gave an\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livingwithgravity.com\/news-yamaha-is-secretly-developing-250cc-sports-bike-with-cross-plane-dynamics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">interview<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0with theSpeedweek.com could mean new M1 is on its way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He said<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u201cAfter the disastrous last season, we had to change something \u2013 Sumi explained \u2013 on the bike and also on our way of thinking, especially in terms of development. We have changed many small things. The bike is not so different, actually, but Yamaha is different: now we use every resource to develop a more competitive bike and get out of the crisis for next year \u201c.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We might see Doctor on his new M1 for the upcoming season. The question is when?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":19138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,39],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20044"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20044"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20061,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20044\/revisions\/20061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}