Perhaps you were right the first time...

It's them Pesky Honda's that did me down...

Game on TN, and welcome to the fight Kate.

Have we really got to wait a month for battle to be rejoined?

My money's on Sully.

Apparently, it's the taking part that matters...

Well done Katie, TN & Jinx.

Bloody Katie.
Bloody TN
Bloody Jinx

And still bloody Marini.
Bloody Honda.

Bloody Marini.

I needed that as well. Bloody Bastianini and poor bloody Ogura.

You like rounders?

😜

Bugger. Not even on the podium.

Well done TN!

Acosta to get a penalty, Bastianini gets an unlikely podium?

With Mir crashing out (again, you say?) I think I'm on 7...

Does Martin appear, hauntingly?

*Marini. Bloody spell check.

I expect Mir, Marino, Fabio, Zarco, even Morbidelli to make occasional top 10 appearances, depriving me of points. Also, you can never discount the enigma that is Vinales. What is going on with him?

I think once Herve and Guy started to think about selling, the heart went out of Tech3, which, for a team that ran on a lot of emotion, was critical.

KTM have beaten Binder. Binder is a pure racer; I hope he still has it, but who else is going to take him?

Hey!

I'm fine, drifting along on life's sweet gestures...

And you?

It's a better start to the season than I had last year. I'm quite happy with my choice of no Yamaha's, but I fear Mir may be a thorn in my side if he can stay on the bike...

Tight at the top. Hope I haven't peaked too soon...

My riders need to understand the order in which they should finish.
Rule #1. Finish the race
Rule #2. Finish in the top 10
Rule #3. Finish in the correct order.

It's not that hard.

I can't believe you picked Mir over Martin. Mind you, I nearly picked Mir over Ogura!

Bloody Pecco.

Looked like an equal first to me?

Bloody Raul, Fermin and Rookies...

Bloody Raul...

I'll be attending Portimao and Valencia, luckily in my camping-car, so the date change will have little impact, other than rearringing the house/animal sitters.

I'm keen, Buriram seems an age ago. Had the misfortune to watch some F1 in the meantime; WTF have they done?

Anyway here in spirit at least, as I'm on theatre duty this weekend, and all of the performances clash with sprint and race times. So, if you knew the results, keep it to yourselves...

But you do have two factories involved. I guess the MotoGP baggers will be performance matched, but what about the riders?

This rumour has been debunked as someone's wishful thinking! I hear that Trackhouse are looking to sell some of their shares in the team, the buyer of which may have a say in rider selection. They have made quite an investment in Raul, so I can't see him going if he continues with his current form.

No crane?

I suspect he thought that Remy was getting preferential treatment from KTM (at Ajo and Tech3) even though he won more races.

I think there was also a little bit of impostor syndrome at play, which thankfully seems to have been dealt with...

Looks good in silver!