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Post by Droog on Feb 19, 2019 7:01:32 GMT
Good to see Bautista is on it but I was also glad to see that BMW are competitive straight out the box and even Honda looked good for their first test.
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Post by mekon on Feb 19, 2019 10:16:41 GMT
Only just clocked that time for some reason. Be funny if Rea gets smoked by the Bautista/Ducati straight out of the box. Kawasaki will just have to find some more cheats downs the back of sofa.
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Post by neilf on Feb 19, 2019 10:35:11 GMT
Cheats? It used to be Ducati that everyone said was cheating! I doubt for one second that Kawasaki are cheating; they're just using the rules that are put put in front of them. If there is a loop hole that they can exploit, then fair play to them!
PI has always been a strange circuit, a riders circuit, which throws up anomalous results and doesn't reflect the rest of the season.
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Post by mekon on Feb 19, 2019 10:48:02 GMT
What about all their frame hoodwinking that Scott Smart put a stop to? Funny how Sykes went off the boil once Scott Smart cleaned up the town.
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Post by neilf on Feb 19, 2019 11:45:24 GMT
Frame hoodwinking? I must've missed something or forgotten about! Was this outside the scope of the rules?
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Feb 19, 2019 13:37:45 GMT
I remember something dodgy going on regarding frames a few years ago but cant remember the details. The point about PI being a one-off is a good one, the Aprilia 2-stroke got pole there.
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Post by norbs on Feb 19, 2019 14:02:41 GMT
The point about PI being a one-off is a good one, the Aprilia 2-stroke got pole there. And Eugene won on the Suzuki there a few years ago then didn't score another podium all year (I think!). |
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Post by neilf on Feb 19, 2019 14:10:58 GMT
And Eugene won on the Suzuki there a few years ago then didn't score another podium all year (I think!). That was the example that I was thinking of, plus Gobert on the Bimota SB8R in 2000... but this was more down to the monsoon like weather that weekend than the bike. |
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Feb 19, 2019 19:49:54 GMT
No guesses what the bookies are thinking. Its going to be closer that that, hopefully. Jonathon Rea 4/9 Avro Bautista 5 Chaz Davies 15/2 Leon Haslam 10 Alex Lowes 16 Tom Sykes 25 Michael vd Mark 20 Marco Melandri 33 Sandro Cortese 51 Eugene Laverty 100 Toprack Razgatlioglu 100 Leon Camier 100 Jordi Torres 150 Marcus Reiterberger 200 Riryuichi Kyionari 200 Michael Rinaldi 250 Leandro Mercado 300 Alessandro Delbianco 750 www.oddschecker.com/motorsport/world-superbikes/winner |
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Post by vazy on Feb 19, 2019 20:06:08 GMT
A tenner on Toprack has to be worth a punt
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Post by Droog on Feb 19, 2019 21:12:31 GMT
I quite fancy Haslam to win a race at Phillip Island.
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Post by vazy on Feb 20, 2019 8:13:49 GMT
I quite fancy Haslam to win a race at Phillip Island. It'll not be for the want of trying |
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