Episode #238: Lap Of The Gods (Watch Party: MotoGP AUS 2015)

Apr 29, 2020, 03:21 PM

Watchalong Link: https://www.facebook.com/MotoGP/videos/215718166003868/?v=215718166003868 (Yes, MotoGP really uploaded this for free)

In a brand new, downtime series while we await the return of Motorsport, the first of back-to-back Watch Party episodes, where the gang rewatch a classic Motorsport race. This time around Andre is joined by RJ, Ryan, Cam and Chris DeHarde, and it's the critical 2015 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix that gets rewatched.

For context, the 2015 Season was going down to the wire between Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. Reigning Champion Marc Marquez was out of the picture with a vicious Honda, but still had four wins going into the flyaways. With three rounds to go, Rossi still had an 18 point lead over Lorenzo, but had to start from Row 3 as Marquez took pole position. What came next was a classic, but also a race that set the tone for the sport's most heated incident...