* DOTD = Data Of The Day * Photo sourced from MotoGP.com Did you know that MotoGP is the oldest motorsport World Championship? Dating back to 1949, the series has seen numerous changes in classes offered, manufacturers included, circuit traveled to and World Champion level riders. To appreciate the series as it is today, we…
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DOTD: A Revisit to Jerez 2019
* DOTD = Data Of The Day * All rider photos sourced from MotoGP.com Although the first MotoGP race of the 2020 season has yet to be set in stone, fans, riders and teams clinch to the hopeful possibility that the season may kick off with back-to-back races in Jerez at the end of July….
DOTD: Zarco Trajectory 360
* DOTD = Data Of The Day * Rider photos sourced from MotoGP.com From Yamaha, to KTM, to LCR Honda and now Ducati, Johann Zarco has covered a significant amount of ground since joining the premier league in 2017. The French rider had an incredible rookie and sophomore season in the MotoGP series, finishing 6th…
DOTD: Aleix and Andrea at Aragon
* DOTD = Data Of The Day *Rider photos sourced from MotoGP.com It’s Thursday, or as we like to call it, throw-back-thursday! Today’s DOTD is taking it back to the 2019 Aragon Grand Prix post-race analysis where we analyzed two riders with very different styles and techniques. Aleix Espargaro and Andrea Dovizioso had notably strong…
DOTD: The Evolution of Danilo Petrucci
* DOTD = Data Of The Day *Rider photos sourced from MotoGP.com One of the more seasoned riders currently in the series, Danilo Petrucci made his MotoGP debut back in 2012 at the Qatar Grand Prix. His strongest Championship finish was this past season (2019) where he finished 6th with 176 points, a slim 2…
DOTD: Looking Through a Crystal Ball with Marquez and Vinales
* DOTD = Data Of The Day * All rider photos sourced from MotoGP.com We have some good news and we have some bad news… So let’s start with the bad. The bad news is that the German, Dutch and Finnish GPs have all been canceled. The health and safety of not only the teams…
DOTD: Efficiency Index Broken Down
* DOTD = Data of The Day *Rider photos sourced from MotoGP.com Generally speaking, Grand Prix Scout’s Efficiency Index identifies a rider’s ability to make forward progress throughout a race. Within this single number lies a handful of very important, individual performance indexes that allow us to gain a broad view of each rider within…
DOTD: Secretes behind cross-referenced data
* DOTD = Data Of The Day * The analytical study of a complex system, such as MotoGP, cannot be pinned on a single deciding factor. While each factor, or in this case performance index, can be studied individually, it is when the indexes are put into a complex system, of many components, that it…
DOTD: Revisiting Mir and Suzuki
* DOTD = Data Of The Day * Rider photo sourced from MotoGP.com With Alex Rins announcing his 2 year contract extension with Suzuki Ecstar, all eyes fall on his sophomore teammate, Joan Mir. Mir has yet to announce any news around his contract going forward but based on his debut year performance, we have…
DOTD: It All Comes Full Circle
* DOTD = Data Of The Day * Rider photo sourced from MotoGP.com The anticipation is slowly consuming race fans as they await the start of the 2020 MotoGP season. This is not only fueled by the longing for 20+ lap battles between some of the most talented riders to date, but also by the…