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July 24th, 2018, 12:47 PM | #1 |
Senior Member Joined: Feb 2015 From: England Posts: 1,413 Likes: 684 | Suzuka 8 Hours this weekend
One of my favourite events of the year, should be good.
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July 24th, 2018, 12:50 PM | #2 |
Senior Member Joined: Oct 2007 From: Australia Posts: 1,585 Likes: 483 I Ride: R6 |
What surprises me is how the local Japanese riders tend to beat the WSBK/MotoGP boys in qualifying. I don't understand how.
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July 24th, 2018, 12:53 PM | #3 |
Senior Member Joined: Feb 2015 From: England Posts: 1,413 Likes: 684 | I'd guess they have a fuckload more experience at Suzuka, WSB has never raced there and MotoGP hasn't since 2003. Remember the local Japanese wildcards when they raced at Sugo in WSB? They always seemed to dominate.
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July 24th, 2018, 02:29 PM | #4 |
Senior Member Joined: Oct 2007 From: Australia Posts: 1,585 Likes: 483 I Ride: R6 | Solid answer. Make sense. Very few MotoGP/WSBK riders know their way around Suzuka, but I still don't get how they outpace riders who have done a few stints at Suzuka (e.g. VdM)?
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July 25th, 2018, 01:07 AM | #5 |
Senior Member Joined: Feb 2018 From: Italy Posts: 681 Likes: 537 I Ride: Honda CRF250 (modified for Dirt Track) |
Amazing race. Do you guys know if there's a place online to watch the race at? Looks like it's not gonna be on Italian TV... |
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July 25th, 2018, 04:03 AM | #6 | |
Senior Member Joined: Feb 2015 From: England Posts: 1,413 Likes: 684 | Quote:
It's being covered live on Eurosport, I'm not sure if that's just UK though. No idea about online, there will probably be something to stream from. | |
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July 25th, 2018, 08:59 AM | #7 | |
Senior Member Joined: Feb 2015 From: England Posts: 1,413 Likes: 684 | Quote:
Like I said about the Japanese wildcards in WSB at Sugo they turned up and battered guys like Kocinski, Fogarty, Bayliss, Edwards and co. Bit like the Brit wildcards at Brands and Donington, it wasn't uncommon to see BSB lads like Hodgson(before he was WSB regular), Byrne, Reynolds, Rutter, Hislop and Walker get wins or podiums against the regulars, which I put down to experience. Also another thing to consider as well is the 8 Hours is a bit "extra-curricular" to the MotoGP/WSB/BSB riders, it's a good thing to have on your CV but to the Japanese riders this is the one, this is their Indy 500, their TT, their Daytona, their Le Mans, it's massive to them so they'll be possibly more motivated. | |
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July 29th, 2018, 03:50 AM | #8 |
Senior Member Joined: Feb 2015 From: England Posts: 1,413 Likes: 684 |
Alex Lowes and Michael Van der Mark win. Yamaha's 4th consecutive win on Honda's home track.
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July 29th, 2018, 06:27 AM | #9 |
Senior Member Joined: Oct 2015 From: UK Posts: 329 Likes: 196 |
Missed all after Jacobsen came out in the rain. At that point Honda looked to be in a decent position compared to the Yamaha, being on the wet tyres. What happened with that?? Track dry quickly or something else?? |
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July 29th, 2018, 12:28 PM | #10 |
Senior Member Joined: Feb 2015 From: England Posts: 1,413 Likes: 684 | A few incidents bringing out the safety car got Yamaha back into it
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