#MOTO GP 2019 SERIES#

So it goes in the lower tranches of MotoGP. As Gresini thanks God for a factory team, the results are going to continue to disappoint. With Aleix Espargaro and Andrea Dovizioso has two fast guys who often fail to finish races, for any of a dozen different reasons.

Aprilia Racing Team Gresini-Fausto Gresini has managed to retain better riders, but the bike is not improving quickly.

Points will be somewhat hard to come by this year. Everything is new for this team, and it will take awhile to gel and become a top satellite team.

I assume Morbidelli gets a 2019 bike and the Frenchman a 2018.

Petronas Yamaha SRT-Franco Morbidelli and teenager Fabio Quartararo will front for the new satellite Yamaha team.

WhoвЂ™s afraid of the big bad Austrian wolf? Espargaro was raving in print recently about the amazing boost in power the 2019 engine was putting out as he and the other three KTM bikes finished 17 th, 18 th, 19 th and 23 rd at Sepang.

Red Bull KTM Factory Racing-Johann Zarco and Pol Espargaro versus the world.

His ankle will never be right, heвЂ™s compensating like crazy around it, and is unlikely to improve upon a disappointing 2018. Cal Crutchlow, alas, is taking over for Pedrosa as the Titanium Man, setting off airport security alarms all over the world. He needs to be in the points pretty much every time out and appears able of doing so. One is convinced there has to be more to this guy than simply being a Countryman.

LCR Honda-Takaa Nakagami has shown some surprising signs of life at Jerez last fall and again at Sepang last week.

Bagnaia could be the #1 rider on this team by the end of the season. Bagnaia appears to be the second coming of JLorenzo. Miller has something to prove on the 2019 bike. Alma Pramac Racing-The volatile Jack Miller and New Kid in Town Pecco Bagnaia will qualify the hell out of their Desmos but will be too up and down to compete seriously.If Rins had six more horsepower under him he could give Marquez a go. This is a team that was crying to be slotted third, but I fear Mir may have a bit of a steep learning curve, having been riding 250cc bikes only two years ago. Team Suzuki Ecstar-a rapidly improving machine, one proven fast mover in Alex Rins, another on the way wearing #36, Joan Mir.The bike does not appear to be sufficiently improved over last yearвЂ™s vintage to make a title possible, but both riders are podium threats each time out. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP-The torch has been passed in the Yamaha factory garage, with Maverick Vinales the early favorite to take the intra-team title away from the GOAT.If I could get some decent odds IвЂ™d take this bet, especially if Petrux gets the bit in his teeth, wins a race early, and decides he has a shot at Marquez, too. It appears the latest iteration of GigiвЂ™s handiwork is up to the task.

Winning Minnow Factory Ducati Team-Dovizioso, at or near the top of his game, and a very hungry Danilo Petrucci will keep the team title close.

#MOTO GP 2019 SERIES#

Lorenzo needs to avoid another series of injuries. Marquez will almost certainly take the title, and Lorenzo could easily end up with 200 points himself. Too bad so few of you are reading this stuff anymore. These predictions are SWAGS-sophisticated wild-ass guesses-and are clearly subject to debate. I thought it was worth re-posting, if only to get a laugh at #8.ДЄs with everything else this time of year, trying to keep a few balls in the air, we bring you one of these lame predictions, this one for the final steam standings in November.

This is the 2019 season preview, penned in February 2019.

Moto gp 2019