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Post by philthewindsurfer on Nov 17, 2022 9:11:03 GMT
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Post by mekon on Nov 17, 2022 9:36:07 GMT
Baustista will win because he's small.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Nov 17, 2022 9:47:04 GMT
Baustista will win because he's small. And Ducati will win because they're fast. And because they cost more. |
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Post by mekon on Nov 17, 2022 13:37:34 GMT
They are also red which wins races.
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Nov 17, 2022 19:30:33 GMT
Its a bloody shame that PI won't see a title decision.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Nov 19, 2022 15:59:09 GMT
The rain and drying track mucked that race a bit. Toprak had an issue in pitlane which delayed him, Rea won in for the 1st time for yonks.
Kyle Smith led the race for a wile, and still finished 12th on wets.
Forecast for tomorrow looks like patchy sowers.
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Post by pantah on Nov 19, 2022 23:57:07 GMT
The weather did fuck things up a bit but the pit stops gave a new dynamic. Kyle Smith did amazingly well to make wet tyres last 22 laps and Alex Lowes just stayed out too long before pitting. He could win tomorrow as he looked strong.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Nov 20, 2022 10:18:03 GMT
Sad to see ELAv ending his career with a bad crash at T1, pelvis injury of some sort according to media. Cross fingers its not too bad.
Hell of a gamble for Bautista in the SP race on slicks which paid off. Alex Lowes had a good weekend, but still ended up 6th.
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Post by mekon on Nov 20, 2022 11:14:33 GMT
For some reason the sprint race didn't record so I didn't see that.
I guess that sort of sums up Laverty's career really. Never really had luck on his side once he moved into the big leagues.
I can see another year of pain for Rea next year. He's getting old enough to be past his prime but I suppose Bautista is as well but if they don't handicap Bautista then he'll win next year.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Nov 21, 2022 6:41:51 GMT
I thought the wet / dry gamble made the last round quite interesting given that the title was already in the bag. The part I don't like is the minimum time for the swap. It's obviously understandable from a safety perspective, but seeing people penalised for leaving the pit a second early is abit odd.
A good show of force from Scott in the first few laps of Race 2, he did well to hold up the field and maek himself wide for a while!
Interesting results of the works teams' second riders, Lowes obviously coming out on top, Rinaldi on the other hand....
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Post by mekon on Nov 21, 2022 8:13:24 GMT
Why did the minimum stop time come about? Was there an accident?
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Post by pantah on Nov 22, 2022 13:23:01 GMT
Shame that race 2 ended on a red flag, it was shaping up for a cracking finish with tyre degradation a major factor and rain in the air.
Hopefully Eugene isn't badly injured, shit way to end his career.
Got to say Alvera showed massive bravery to run with slicks in the sprint race and it made for a great race.
Philip Island is a fantastic track but the conditions were all over the place, hopefully the weather will be better in February.
One of the best seasons ever for me.
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Post by mekon on Nov 22, 2022 17:13:38 GMT
I think Bautistas skill level is being a bit overlooked, maybe purposely, cynically I'd say to try and push this weight agenda. At the end of the day he was a MotoGP rider and historically half decent gp riders have done well.
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