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Post by no66 on Sept 15, 2019 15:07:46 GMT
Last year: 1. MM 2. AD 3. AI
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Sept 18, 2019 12:18:52 GMT
Hoping for a good result from McPhee this weekend.
He is in 6th in the championship, but only 5 points off Antonelli in 5th and another 5 from Ramirez in 4th. He is equal to both of them in numbers of podium finishes this season with three each.
His best result at Aragon is only a 6th though, in 2017... Come on John!!
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Post by beefus on Sept 18, 2019 17:21:24 GMT
Be good to see McPhee get a few more podiums this season....big ask though, M3 so competitive.
The championship isn’t over but if MM wins and AD is down the order he could basically cruise to the title during the flyaway rounds.
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Post by mekon on Sept 18, 2019 19:42:06 GMT
McPhee always seems down on speed on the big straights. Rare he even manages a decent draft that doesn't involve VERY late braking. Wonder if he's got a bad position or something. Engines should be around the same.
Marquez will walk this one I reckon. Pretty much he could fall off and miss all the following rounds and still possibly win given Dovi is so inconsistent and everyone else is like +125 points away. Vinales is 141 points down!! Bit of a shit show from the competition this year. Nobody can put it together, it's a bit like the Rossi years when Barros would win a couple, then Giblet, then Biaggi, the Capirossi but no real challenge from any one of them.
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Sept 18, 2019 19:51:12 GMT
This will be a standard weekend.
Moto3 will be race of the day. Moto2 will be a bit cack. MM to walk the main event.
Lowes's turn to crash, so a solid 6th for Cal.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Sept 18, 2019 20:15:03 GMT
I didn't bother to comment on Moto Gp as it's a foregone conclusion. Hoping for a decent battle for 2nd and third though. I'd like to see an FQ / Rins dust up.
Moto 2 has been better lately I reckon, I wonder if Fernández will put one of his moves on Márquez?
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Sept 18, 2019 20:32:10 GMT
I didn't bother to comment on Moto Gp as it's a foregone conclusion. Hoping for a decent battle for 2nd and third though. I'd like to see an FQ / Rins dust up. Moto 2 has been better lately I reckon, I wonder if Fernández will put one of his moves on Márquez? Agreed, but I fear moto2 will be stretched out too much to be half decent again.
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Post by mekon on Sept 18, 2019 20:58:02 GMT
Why does moto2 get so crap a lot of the time? Surely by now people would know how to set a bike up or whatever? It's usually the most spread apart of the races.
Remy Gardner is just throttle mad hoon though it seems. Guy just seems to give it loads until he falls off. Ballsy and everything but I can't see him sticking around if he just qualifies ok and then crashes running near the front all the time. Then again Lowes is still there.....
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Post by no66 on Sept 19, 2019 6:44:33 GMT
McPhee always seems down on speed on the big straights. Rare he even manages a decent draft that doesn't involve VERY late braking. Wonder if he's got a bad position or something. Engines should be around the same. Marquez will walk this one I reckon. Pretty much he could fall off and miss all the following rounds and still possibly win given Dovi is so inconsistent and everyone else is like +125 points away. Vinales is 141 points down!! Bit of a shit show from the competition this year. Nobody can put it together, it's a bit like the Rossi years when Barros would win a couple, then Giblet, then Biaggi, the Capirossi but no real challenge from any one of them. Been watching McPhee, I think he has the speed down the striaghts but seems to hold back. Playing the tactical game. Something that has worked out latley but has also gone wrong on too many occations. Last race was epic from 18th to 2nd is pretty good. He is getting his elbows out a bit more, just hope he can pull of some more podiums and even a win. MM, can't see past him.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Sept 19, 2019 7:00:49 GMT
Dovi can't even see him....
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Post by neilf on Sept 19, 2019 7:45:22 GMT
Remy Gardner is just throttle mad hoon though it seems. Guy just seems to give it loads until he falls off. Ballsy and everything but I can't see him sticking around if he just qualifies ok and then crashes running near the front all the time. Then again Lowes is still there..... I have a feeling that Gardner just needs to have the right people around him, some sort of riding coach; You can teach a fast rider to stop crashing... etc.
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Post by beefus on Sept 19, 2019 12:57:22 GMT
Remy Gardner is just throttle mad hoon though it seems. Guy just seems to give it loads until he falls off. Ballsy and everything but I can't see him sticking around if he just qualifies ok and then crashes running near the front all the time. Then again Lowes is still there..... I have a feeling that Gardner just needs to have the right people around him, some sort of riding coach; You can teach a fast rider to stop crashing... etc. ....like Fenati has, he's got the Iannone brothers guiding him now.....what could possibly go wrong!!
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Sept 19, 2019 19:23:27 GMT
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Post by Eddie The Bastard on Sept 19, 2019 19:49:43 GMT
Dovi can't even see him.... Dovi will be up there I reckon. Just when you think he's gone stale he turns it on.
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Post by mekon on Sept 19, 2019 21:01:27 GMT
Quite a few riders needing to recapture some form out there. Crutchlow and Petrucci being a couple of them. Obviously Lorenzo but I don't think he gives a fuck about actually racing at the moment and is just going 95% until the season ends.
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