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  1. 5 days ago

    MotoGP Just Got Team Radio. It's Nothing Like F1

    For years, team radio has been half the drama of an F1 Grand Prix, and it was one thing MotoGP just didn't have. This weekend at Silverstone that changed, with team radio celebrations shown on the MotoGP broadcast for the first time. But if you tuned in expecting the F1 version, what you got was completely different. This is MotoGP for F1 fans, and the way MotoGP is bringing in radio tells you exactly where the sport is heading under Liberty Media.In this one we break down what MotoGP team radio actually is, a one-way bone-conduction earpiece built for safety, not the two-way driver-and-engineer chat you know from F1, and why a rider like Alex Marquez said he can't always even hear it. We look at why it's arriving now, as Liberty Media opens up a sport that ran for years as a closed shop, the same move that helped blow F1 up. And we get into what Silverstone proved, with Aprilia locking out the podium for the third time this season and an injured Marco Bezzecchi finishing third in both the sprint and the race, in tears as his own garage chanted his name.Lap Times:0:00 MotoGP Just Got Team Radio. It's Nothing Like F11:13 What MotoGP radio actually is2:45 Why It's Opening Up Now3:36 What Silverstone provedIf you come from F1, would you want MotoGP to put riders on live two-way radio, or would that ruin something F1 has lost? Let me know in the comments.Ride Along Trackside - subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtrackside#MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTrackside

  2. 4 Aug

    Why a Customer Team Can Win MotoGP but Never F1

    Last year McLaren won the F1 drivers title with Lando Norris and took back to back constructors championships, and they did it buying their engine from Mercedes. Red Bull did the same thing with Renault. So in F1 a customer can clearly win. But in MotoGP a customer team can lease the exact same bike as the factory and beat them with it, and in 2024 one of them won the whole championship. This is MotoGP for F1 fans, and it all comes down to one word: manufacturer.In this one we break down how MotoGP satellite teams actually work. They lease a complete bike from a manufacturer like Ducati, Yamaha, Aprilia, KTM or Honda and build nothing themselves, right down to the aero. We look at how Jorge Martin won the 2024 title on a satellite Pramac Ducati with a record 508 points, and how Ai Ogura and Trackhouse Aprilia scored a satellite 1-2 at Assen. Then we cross to F1, where every team has to build its own chassis and aero, which is exactly why McLaren and Red Bull win as engine customers while Haas, who buys as much as the rules allow, has never won a race. In F1 you have to be a manufacturer, and that is the whole difference.Lap Times:00:00 WHY A CUSTOMER TEAM CAN WIN MOTOGP BUT NEVER F101:06 THE MOTOGP MODEL03:05 A CUSTOMER WON THE TITLE04:45 WHY F1 IS THE OPPOSITEIf you come from F1, would you want F1 teams run the way MotoGP does, or MotoGP run more like F1? Let me know in the comments.Ride Along Trackside - subscribe for weekly MotoGP breakdowns: linktr.ee/ridealongtrackside#MotoGP #F1 #RideAlongTrackside

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