BrotoGP

BrotoGP is here to wax poetically about the most exciting things in motorcycle racing. The Japanese GP at Motegi was not one of those. Thankfully we are gifted with a new British Superbike Champ in Scott Redding. Leon Camier and Barni racing gets a little air-time. We cover the "fiasco" that was Race 1 of the WSBK Argentina round in San Juan, based on the little information that we have. And we finally talk about Johann Zarco riding for HRC for the 3 season-ending races. Phillip Island is up tomorrow so listen to this ASAP.

We're back and not much has changed since we last recorded. The 2019 MotoGP championship is sealed with Marquez finishing in front of Dovisiozo. Fabio Quatararo almost won that race just like Kev almost didn't mini-rant this episode. But the real meat and potatoes of this podcast is two points:

1. What's more exciting - good races and a boring championship OR bland races and an exciting championship?
2. Garrett Gerloff is going to race in WorldSBK

Kyle Wyman joins us and bring a lot of insight about some of the racers, especially Gerloff. Of course we talk about the past and future of MotoAmerica with another American going to the world stage. Some of us have high hopes for him and that GRT Yamaha team.

MotoGP is back from the summer break and Marc Marquez did the thing in Brno. Ya - the weather was tricky. Ya - Zarco put it on the front row. Ya - Cal was mean to Taka. Ya - Rins got mad. And all that made for the most exciting race in history! (sarcasm). BrotoGP tried, we really tried!

#motogp #nothinghappened #marquezwinsagain

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Is Maverick Vinales back? Is Yamaha back? They won at Assen again. Sorry, BrotoGP is going with a bit fat "nope". He might show well at Sachsenring, but don't expect regular podiums or wins from him for most of the 2nd half of the season.

MotoE is HERE! We spend quite a bit of time giving you a little preview of what to expect, what's different, and how we think it will go. Kev thinks that one of MotoE biggest fake issues right now might be there largest strength - a lack of noise. Check it out.

KTM and Zarco's woes get a bit more air time. Ya Zarco gave up during the race at Assen, pulling in "before things got dangerous". Kev blames KTM, not Zarco for that one.

#dutchtt #vinaleswinsagain #rossicrash

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BrotoGP does record when Marc Marquez wins! MotoGP was back at one of my favorite tracks - Catalunya - but Jorge Lorenzo ruined most of the race. Kev lays out how you might be feeling about him losing ground on becoming our antihero. Jorge, you could have been Deadpool!

After that, we jump into Fabio Quartararo vs Casey Stoner. I'll say it right now, Fabio is looking better than Stoner right now. We cover their rookie years and talk about LCR vs Petronas SRT. Gotta love that oil money.

Lastly, we go over the historic Dutch TT and why Kev thinks they should still race on Saturday.

#jorgelorenzocrash #fabiovscasey #motogp

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We start this one off with a topic you might not expect... Jorge Lorenzo. Jorge Lorenzo isn't exactly setting the grid on fire with his performances on the RC213V. It might be considered the best bike in MotoGP, but he simply cannot ride it well enough. But that doesn't mean Jorge is going to be dropped from the team (early).

Mugello was the culmination of a life's work for Danilo Petrucci and it showed on his face in parc ferme. A win on your home soil, in front of all those fans, against the best-of-the-best, with 0 asterisks has got to feel amazing. Did you know he almost quit GP entirely... twice? Danilo is a beast and we are so lucky to get to see this moment.

Andrea Dovizioso was given a lot of credit for Petrucci's win - by Petrucci himself. And its odd in the hyper-competitive environment of MotoGP to HELP your teammate beat you. But it happened. So we have to wonder why. Is Dovizioso training his teammate in an effort to beat Marquez for the title? Someone needs to finish between Dovi and Marc - Petrucci might be the best candidate.

The Mugello race showed once again that Alex Rins has what it takes to fight for wins. The Suzuki and Rins are maximizing their strengths of turning and tire conservation and minimizing their weakness of HP - and we really mean "minimizing", see Yamaha's woes. Because of all this, we thankfully have a 3rd rider spicing up the championship. Rins will take more points off of Marquez later this season - he should be worried.

Its hard to get BrotoGP to talk about Yamaha in MotoGP, especially with Rossi crashing out of his home race at Mugello. I don't want to deb the whole thing, but the story is old. They still don't have a handle on their electronics. Their HP deficit seems to be growing year after year. They are definitely the 4th-best bike on the grid. Perhaps Mugello 2019 can be their low point and we'll have something positive to say next time out.

Rider safety in MotoGP is thankfully something that isn't taken lightly. So when Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez call for changes to the icon Mugello Grand Prix circuit to make it safer, people listen. Yet is that really the best solution here? The braking zone for turn 1 is less safe because the GP bikes are almost at 360kph. So why not just slow them down?

There were a trio of Ducati's near the front of Le Mans and two of them are building a massive rivalry for that factory seat - Petrucci and Miller. This race goes to Petrux. But we'll be keeping an eye on both of them, on and off-track. Kev shares an amazing story about pizza. Then we dive into the surprise of Fabio and the disappointment of Mav, building our own rivalry for them. We jump into some cognitive dissonance to make unsurprising wins a little more exciting. Then we finish this one off with all the drama and surprise surrounding KTM, Pol, and Zarco. Oh, and we talk about hype, spoilers, and the announcers - good and bad.

GP made it back to Europe for the Jerez round. Classically, this means the factory teams and the championship contenders start gapping the rest of the field... but that isn't exactly what happened. Marquez still did his thing after HRC convinced him the COTA crash was the bike's fault. But we had plenty of surprises from Quartararo, Morbidelli, and Vinales. And there were a few "1-star reviews" on top of that with disappointments from Jorge, Dovisiozo, and even Rossi. On top of that, KTM and Zarco are making plenty of headlines for the wrong reasons. Enjoy.

#FabioQuartararoPole #PetronasYamahaSRT #MotoGP

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WorldSBK is at a crossroads right now. Bautista is winning everything (literally) and bringing more eyes to the series. But if he keeps doing it, will they stay? Rea and Kawi may fight back, but that arms race is going to leave other factories behind. Kev has a solution, but its probably not what you think.

We spend some time talking about Moto2 talent as well. Tom Luthi is showing he's the true Gatekeeper in Moto2, Schrotter has upgraded to Journeyman, Baldassarri is true talent, and the rest... well you'll see. You just might root for Alex Marquez after this one.

Oh, and of course we talk about cats. And birds. And cats and birds.

Racing is back this weekend.

#worldsbk #bautistawins #rootforalexmarquez

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MotoGP at Circuit of the Americas gave all the fans plenty of surprises. Rins' talent and Suzuki's development have been confirmed with their first win together, Suzuki's first since Vinales left the team. America fans were able to see Rossi back on the box. And Jack Miller showed us that he can ride the Pramac Ducati in the dry like the best Pramac riders before him - with a few extra f-bombs.

But that's not all. Marquez may have showed us that if he doesn't practice crashing (in practice), he may not be able to accomplish those amazing saves during a race. Honda shit the bed with one of their worst weekends in recent memory. Kev has words for the announcers over Iannone's crash and their coverage. And of course, we gotta talk a little about jump starts.

There was no time for Moto2, Moto3, or WSBK in this one. So catch us soon, before GP at Jerez, for more coverage of those races.