MotoGP has become as boring as snot. An even worse insult: it’s become as boring as Formula 1.
The recent Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi — a hard-braking track normally noted for exciting passing — was a follow-the-leader snoozefest. Sufficiently so that, for the first time since I’ve subscribed to Dorna, I fast-forwarded through parts of the race.
What made this ennui even more tragic — as in, we should have seen it coming — is that it’s for the very same reasons that car racing has become so processional: technology and tires.
The first is easily understood. The winglets that look like Tyrannosaurus Rex appendages on the modern MotoGP fairing have dramatically increased aerodynamic downforce. They are largely responsible for the incredible drop in lap times lo these last…
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Motorcycle Mojo (Digital) - 1 Issue, November/December 2024