On the same Saturday, Lando Norris would not wait behind Oscar Piastri in the Singapore Sprint, and Jorge Martin had to let Marc Marquez go while he was leading the Indonesian MotoGP Sprint. On purpose. His front tyre pressure was too low.In this video: why clean air cools a MotoGP front tyre, the 1.8 bar rule and its 16 second penalty, and why F1 checks the same thing on the grid instead, from Hamilton at Monza in 2015 to Pedro Acosta asking MotoGP to copy it.Ride Along Trackside breaks down MotoGP for Formula One fans, one lesson per video, with the racing as the evidence.Subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtracksideLap Times:0:00 Introduction0:53 Did Aprilia Get It Wrong1:31 Clean Air Cools The Tyre2:02 The Minimum Pressure Rule3:06 Martin's Choice3:52 F1 Checks It On The Grid4:27 Why Leaders Let Rivals Pass4:44 Still Two Points ApartCorrections: at 2:29 I say 1.6 bar. The front tyre minimum is 1.8 bar. At 2:52 I say Marc Viñales. It is Maverick Viñales.Should MotoGP's tyre pressure rules be the same as F1's? Let me know in the comments.#MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTracksideImages: Aprilia Racing; KTM Images/Polarity Photo; Rudy Carezzevoli / Getty Images; pedrik / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).
On the same Sunday, two races were decided by tyres. Lewis Hamilton started on slicks on a wet track at Sepang and still made the podium. At Motegi, Marc Marquez won on a rear tyre nobody had properly tested, because Michelin took the soft out of the race overnight.In this video: how much rubber actually holds a MotoGP bike to the road (about the size of a credit card), what happened at Motegi on Saturday night, and why F1 refused the same kind of call at Indianapolis in 2005, when only six cars started the race.Ride Along Trackside breaks down MotoGP for Formula One fans, one lesson per video, with the racing as the evidence.Subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtracksideLap Times:0:00 Introduction0:57 Isn't It Just Pit Stops1:23 A Credit Card Of Rubber2:41 Saturday At Motegi3:59 A Tyre Nobody Had Ridden5:17 Indianapolis 20056:41 The Tyre Maker DecidesWas Michelin right to change the race overnight, or should riders live with the tyre they picked? Let me know in the comments.#MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTracksideImages: Aprilia Racing; KTM Images/Polarity Photo; Honda Racing Corporation; Ryosuke Yagi, Rdsmith4 and Smudge 9000 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0, CC BY-SA 2.5, CC BY-SA 2.0).
On Saturday in Baku, George Russell led the Azerbaijan Grand Prix by more than ten seconds. Then a Safety Car gave it all back, and he won by less than two tenths of a second.In this video: what a Safety Car actually does to an F1 race, what MotoGP does instead when a rider crashes, and why the real reason MotoGP has no Safety Car is the tyres. Plus Oscar Piastri's two restarts, and what Baku did to the F1 title fight.Ride Along Trackside breaks down MotoGP for Formula One fans, one lesson per video, with the racing as the evidence.Subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtracksideLap Times:0:00 Introduction0:31 Three Races One Crash1:08 Why A Safety Car Comes Out1:49 What The Safety Car Did2:53 What MotoGP Does Instead4:00 The Real Reason Is The Tyres4:51 What Cold Tyres Did In Baku5:23 The Gap You Keep5:59 Should MotoGP Have OneShould MotoGP bring in a Safety Car, or keep yellow flags in one sector and let the rest of the field race? Let me know in the comments.Images: © Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (incl. Florent Gooden / DPPI); Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool; Yamaha Racing; KTM.#MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTrackside
KTM filed for insolvency in November 2024 owing around two billion euros. Twenty-two months later it won a Grand Prix at its own home circuit.In this video: what actually happened inside KTM's collapse and restructuring, why a Formula One manufacturer in the same position leaves instead of staying, and what MotoGP's cost of entry does that F1's cannot.Ride Along Trackside breaks down MotoGP for Formula One fans — one lesson per video, with the racing as the evidence.Subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtracksideLap Times:0:00 Introduction0:42 In F1 They Would Have To Leave1:37 What Happened To KTM2:33 F1 Has Run This Experiment3:17 What It Costs To Enter3:56 MotoGP Has No Cost Cap4:34 The Cost Is A Drought5:18 A Pause Or An Exit5:53 The Rider Was Ready First7:01 Should MotoGP Cap Costs#MotoGP #KTM #RideAlongTrackside
On Sunday the 13th of September, both F1 and MotoGP ran their fourteenth round on the same day. One of them finished 81 points apart. The other finished exactly level. In this one you will learn:- How MotoGP breaks a championship tie, and why Marc Marquez leads on five Grand Prix wins to Jorge Martin's one despite both being on 274 points- Why Formula 1 has the identical count-back rule and has never once had it decide a title, while MotoGP already has, back in 1967- What it is about MotoGP's 22 rounds and two scoring sessions a weekend that keeps producing title fights this close Ride Along Trackside is MotoGP explained for Formula 1 fans. One lesson a week, proven by what just happened on track. Ride Along Trackside - subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtrackside Lap Times:0:00 Introduction0:55 The Weekend's Two Races2:06 How MotoGP Breaks A Tie2:45 Why Sprint Wins Do Not Count3:12 F1 Has The Same Rule4:11 1967, The Year MotoGP Needed It4:48 Two Structural Differences5:48 A Championship Is As Close As Its Rules Allow6:37 What It Means For The Last Rounds If your championship finished completely level on points, would you give the title to the rider with the most wins, or the one who was more consistent across the year? Both sports say wins. Let me know in the comments. #MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTrackside