Haha. Do ya rekon Ant could do with some of those "showers" QLD has recently experienced ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Phantom
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Haha. Do ya rekon Ant could do with some of those "showers" QLD has recently experienced ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Phantom
I think Ant could do with some promising dry form, more than anything else... Its going to be dry far more often than its going to be wet...
It's easy to get excited when you see the Ant up there at the pointy end, but it's the racing that counts. I think Ant needs to get used to the qualifying tyres, so he is not playing catch up during the race. His race pace is usually quite good, but he is always fighting his way up from the back of the field. By the time he catches the mid field, his tyres are toast. If he can qualify in a decent position, I feel he can fight for the podium.
18 Feb 08 Anthony West: 12th - 63 Laps – 1:41.026Quote:
Originally Posted by maxu05
"We've mainly worked on the handling and the steering of the bike today. We've made a big step forward in the front-end set-up and I feel a lot more confident, although there is still room for further improvement. We have also tested some qualifying tyres from Bridgestone that I have never used before and the results were promising, I am sure that given more time using them we could have gone even faster. We finished off the test with a 10-lap run to see what the tyre performance is like towards the middle of race distance and we found more consistency than with the previous tyres we have used. We now have a plan to fine-tune the set-up with what we have learned here in Jerez and I will return home to continue with my training programme before heading to the last pre-season test in Qatar."
Jack
I'll gladly send these showers over to Ant!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pantah Jack
Disappointed!
Sure was!! I guess Ant was even more so..Quote:
Originally Posted by Mach24
BUT it's only 1 race there are 17 to go.. Let's be positive here.. :)
Only disappointed? I was gutted. Still, he can (and will) only improve from here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mach24
Like I have said in another thread, this race is unique, and not a good measure of how the season will pan out. I think Westy is uncomfortable with the bike at the moment, but, I am sure he will get it together soon. Don't write the man off after only 1 race, same goes for Rossi by the way.
What's up with him? Totally out performed all weekend by a still far from fit team mate.
I reckon that Suzuki and Kawasaki were a bit lucky last year that the Honda and Yamaha 800's took a while to get right plus they were on Bridgestones which no longer seem to have the same advantage. I think they're going to have a very tough 2008.