Sort of shows what it takes to beat Mladin, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mach24
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Sort of shows what it takes to beat Mladin, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mach24
Would we believe coincidence, finishing third at both races? They might be able to perform better than yesterday, I wasn't supposed to say that Aprilia would be able to keep its pace just a top three finisher...Quote:
Originally Posted by leopardsleeping
Wow, what a beginning to the season! Ben Spies has been impressive to say the least and Aprilia equally so. Both WSB and WSS are more than living up to the pre-season hype and will go down to the wire I think. Remember the year is very young and that all riders have slumps during at some stage so it's an extremely long way to go. The commentator's crap about the situation becoming almost dire for Haga is beyond belief. They are the one downer to the series (though secondary for me to Kawasaki's still lack of competitiveness). But enough on that.
Eugene Laverty beating the Ten Kate boys - especially for top speed. Still a worry seeing such Honda dominance though Crutchlow should be consistently up there if he irons out the mistakes and McCoy is looking faster on the Triumph and really carved his way through the field after a terrible start. Hoping Kawasaki will turn sporadic speed into constant speed.
Finally, for those with a good memory, check out the scary similarities between the start of this season with the beginning of the 1998 season. Opening race taken out by an established star on a Ducati before an upstart rookie took the next three on a Yamaha. Guess who was on the Yamaha... ;)
Very good, Ninja!!Quote:
Originally Posted by NinjaMaster
Great performances from Spies, and a lot of other decent showings elsewhere in a field full of talent and mostly competitive machinery. Tom Sykes is bedding himself in now which is good to see, his showing in race two was very strong on pace so we'll hopefully see him right up the front soon too.
My highlight of the weekend was of course the WSS race - an absolutely classic and a brilliant, brilliant result for Eugene and all those at Parkalgar. :up: I was getting a *bit* excited during that one!
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Originally Posted by The Phantom
That was the same problem for Haga in WSBK, even more so, since he was 10 km/h down at one point. While he was doing 307 km/h on the main straight, Spies and Biaggi were doing 314 and 317 consistently. That Aprilia really has a monster engine, the way Biaggi drove around Haga on the straights. Haga still managed to bring it home in 2nd in both races.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rod Richardson
Also, if anybody noticed, Haga was the only Ducati in the top 10 in Race 2. A pretty strong testament to his skill IMO.
BUT Ben Spies is on another planet at the moment. It looks like he is gonna fly away with this championship right now. Pure talent.
Clever strategy has been implemented by Spies, keep the distance close behind the race leader, measuring off the opponents' strength in the first few laps, make a right move to take over the lead when everything is possible. Riders could do that only if he knew that the bike has potency to make it possible.
Besides riding style of Biaggi which perhaps consumes tyres without enough grip when the race is approaching the end, or the rift of being difficult to take back once someone overtook him, the only one thing he can do with bike he is unsure the strength is just to try to make the gap as far as possible at the start. Being the race leader in the second race exceed the team expectation.
All the top three are great, Spies, Haga, and Biaggi. No need reluctance mentioning name. :)
[quote="NinjaMaster"]Finally, for those with a good memory, check out the scary similarities between the start of this season with the beginning of the 1998 season. Opening race taken out by an established star on a Ducati before an upstart rookie took the next three on a Yamaha. Guess who was on the Yamaha... ]
I looked it up... that IS fascinating.
Gotta be good for something occasionally! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Phantom
I know! :D oh but ..... :( but then again the title was won by ...........Quote:
Originally Posted by NinjaMaster