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What does "flag to flag" mean? (self.motogp)

submitted 7 months ago by JustAManOnAToilet to c/motogp

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New to watching, keep hearing people talk about tomorrow's race being a "flag to flag" and to me that just sounds like any race since there's a green starting flag and checkered finish flag. What am I misunderstanding?

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Track goes from dry to wet.

Also that they keep two bikes with different tires to swap out as needed.

[–] JustAManOnAToilet 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ah! Thank you! That's why the commentators were concerned about damaged bikes then!

Edit to add I'm pretty sure I upvoted you but it's still only showing one, sorry not sure what is going on.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I was trying to find a good reference but all I could find was bloated SEO garbage.

I think the deal is that a flag-to-flag race is not red flagged when it starts to rain. Instead the riders can switch bikes, which is not normally allowed.

[–] macrocephalic 4 points 7 months ago

I agree that technically all races are flag to flag, but yes, when they say "flag to flag" they mean a wet race where the riders are allowed to change bikes when conditions change - instead of just stopping the race.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

Flag to flag coverage? Means the whole race is covered by the media.