Top 10 Reasons Why MotoGP is Awesome: #3 — Passing Maneuvers

During a MotoGP race there are several instances where the riders will pass each other. After all, the race is not settled until the checkered flag drops.

So the passing maneuvers during a race, that is the one-off pass, is the third reason why MotoGP is awesome.

Most of the time during a race, riders get stuck behind those who have a slower pace than they do. Therefore, they would like to get pass. This can happen in many ways, such as in a corner around the outside or up the inside, but one of the most popular ways is to pass on the start/ finish straight. However, that kind of pass is not the most exciting.

One example of an exciting pass was during the race in Aragon in 2010. Nicky Hayden was stocking Jorge Lorenzo for the whole race. Towards the end of the race, Hayden seemed to have a higher pace and wanted to get past Lorenzo. Lorenzo had not been off the podium for that whole year up to that point and wanted to continue that trend. Hayden had not been on the podium at that point and wanted to change that.



Hayden tried some passing maneuvers earlier, but was unsuccessful in his attempts. On the last lap, "The Kentucky Kid" (Hayden) performed what he called a backyard pass on Lorenzo to get by him and take third position in the race.

It can be briefly seen in the following video here.

It changed the race and was just a single move.

Things like this make MotoGP more interesting and passing manuevers are the third reason why MotoGP is awesome.