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Post by philthewindsurfer on Jul 2, 2021 16:14:11 GMT
Hello again Gary.
Gerloff fastest in FP2. Thats some going.
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Post by mekon on Jul 2, 2021 21:35:49 GMT
What's with the bikes this round? They all seem unstable as fuck both on the brakes and out of corners. Surface?
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Post by armstrongracer on Jul 3, 2021 1:38:57 GMT
I dont understand why they don't fill the meetings with more races, As a spectator its actually quite boring, so much waiting around. A person can only eat so many dogburgers. Different in the old days (I'm starting to sound like one of Harry Endfields Old Codgers here). I actually raced in the 79 Marlbro clubmans finals at Silverstone. It was support to the GP, they had 125, 250, 350, 500's, 250 proddy, 500 proddy, 1300 proddy plus slidecars, that was on top of a full GP shedule that included 80's and sidecars back then. Oh, and there was an F1 race also. The only time I ever saw Hailwood race and despite all the Sheene V Roberts hype he was the hardest riding man I saw all weekend. The Ducati may have won at the IOM but on a circuit as quick as Silverstone the Ducati was seriously outpaced by the P&M Kawasaki's, especially John Cowie's. Didn't stop him trying though, Woodcote was scary fast then and if you got it wrong ending up in the grandstand was a serious possibility. I watched practice from the marshalls post inside Woodcote, he took that with barely a roll lap after lap 2-wheel drifting from inside kerb to outside kerb. I know its a cliche but he would have hit the preverbial postage stamp every lap. I came late to bikes & my punk ass 19 year old self thought he was just some old scrote my mates dad kept wanking on about. How wrong I was, came away seriously impressed.
different in the old days
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Jul 3, 2021 10:33:44 GMT
I think its down to TV coverage. They want the main event to start on time. I've been to WSB events in the past when they just had WSBK & WSS.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Jul 3, 2021 13:40:25 GMT
R1. That was entertaining to say the least. What a ride from Toprak.
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Post by pantah on Jul 3, 2021 13:42:41 GMT
Who needs grid position. Brilliant from Toprak
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Post by mekon on Jul 3, 2021 13:51:33 GMT
Thought Redding would do something at one of his good tracks. Then again Davies did fuck all either.
Gerloff is a loon. Once he stays on he may take a title.
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Post by armstrongracer on Jul 3, 2021 14:00:21 GMT
Garret Geroff.
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Post by pantah on Jul 3, 2021 14:39:27 GMT
Not often you see a bike running out of fuel. Lucky he had a comfortable lead there.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on Jul 3, 2021 15:53:42 GMT
Genuinely pleased for Toprak. It would have been a disaster if he'd run out of petrol half a lap earlier though.
Gutted for Scott, but more for Saint Garret, that ride deserved more.
I hope HRC and Bautista feel suitably embarrassed having been beaten by someone who crashed and remounted!
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Post by mekon on Jul 3, 2021 16:29:33 GMT
That Honda looks shite. It seems to push the front a lot and also constantly wheelies.
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Post by Droog on Jul 3, 2021 18:27:11 GMT
The Honda looks seriously powerful. Maybe too powerful for the Pirelli tyres?
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Post by mekon on Jul 3, 2021 18:46:24 GMT
When Gerloff overtook Baustista it couldn't keep the front end on the floor and Gerloff pulled distance on him fairly easily.
The road bike bike is a beautiful thing though. Some dude turned up on one fresh out of the dealership.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Jul 4, 2021 10:00:02 GMT
Tyre lottery for the SP race.
Lowes & Redding wets, the rest on inters, mostly.
Edit. Lowes had a late swap to inters, not that he got far on those.
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Post by philthewindsurfer on Jul 4, 2021 10:19:29 GMT
Not so much of a tyre lottery then. Redding is a long way behind Rea in the points now. He will struggle to catch Toprak I reckon.
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