Want to make motorsport more exciting? Just add water. That was definitely true in the case of Sunday’s eventful grand prix which saw a new winner, some big losers and a few fresh faces on the podium.

The season continues to develop as one of the most exciting in years. Despite there being two primary dominating teams there is less and less separating the other satellite arms and even the Open bikes which are mixing it regularly at the front.

Lorenzo’s win was about pace, luck and experience. He was fast, he proved that. He was lucky in that he kept the thing upright when required. But the experience factor kicked in when he sensed the conditions were becoming too tricky to manage.

His move to pit while the leading Honda’s pushed on proved the telling factor in the GP. Dependent on how the conditions developed, he could well have been giving away a certain podium result by erring on the side of caution.

Source: MotoGP.

Playing it safe was key in this case. Both Hondas ended upside down and the Yamaha rider was able to rejoin and win comfortably in front of his home crowd. And meanwhile, the race between Aleix Espargaro and Cal Crutchlow had a tight finish, with both landing timely podiums.

There’s no doubting Marc Marquez’ ability. But it’s at times like this, and even Phillip Island last year, where his relative inexperience and youthful exuberance shows. Lorenzo’s ability to stay cool and calculated in a pressure cooker situation earned him the win, while his younger rival would have needed a miracle to stay upright in Sunday’s race.

The title may be virtually decided in the premier class but if we keep getting served up races like last weekend then there’ll be interest right to the last lap of the last GP.

There’s been a lot of debate about the incident involving Jack Miller in Moto3. Fair or unfair, the outcome has been determined and what was a lead is now a defect.

Can Miller recover the points and win from here? Certainly. Is it still his main focus? Hard to tell. The Aussie already has a berth in MotoGP sealed up so him winning the title or not won’t have any real effect on his racing future.

Let’s hope he stays on it and snares a few more wins on the trot to recover and leave the class as champ!

Source: Ajo Motorsport.

At home the silly season is well and truly underway, with plenty of rumors surfacing regarding the makeup of the top teams for next year.

It’s particularly secretive business and to no surprise really – the ever-changing local racing landscape means a prize seat is even harder to land.

Of particular interest is the buzz surrounding the 2015 release of the Yamaha YZF-R1 and just who will ride it in Australia. There’s plenty of names in the possible pool, certainly more than fit the number of rides available at least in a factory capacity.

Time will tell as to who seals up the seats. Personally I’d love to see the shroud of secrecy over these kinds of things lifted a little. The less the media are kept in the loop then the less exposure road racing in general gets.

What is clear is that we’ll see a whole handful of changes as the MA-sanctioned series fires back into life. Let’s hope that both the ASBK and ASC are able to co-exist without too many competing interests and that grids in both series are healthy and sustainable.

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