How dare he have a +.07 on that board
That is demeaning to the rider behind surely ....
How dare he have a +.07 on that board
That is demeaning to the rider behind surely ....
Who can forget the image of Suppo shaking his head in disgust in the video as Mark does NOT come in on the HRC pre-determined lap but followed Alzamora's plan
It was not a happy Suppo that day
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hanover
1. their lap time difference during the race was few hundred second so i wouldn't go as far as saying he was faster, but he looked very comfortable and had very good chance for victory, maybe 40% at most.
2. he wasnt that much faster at argentina. he was maybe slightly faster on the first half but marquez was faster with his second bike, even faster than rossi's first one. saying if it wasnt a two part race is stupid argument anyway cuz they were told thats the way its gonna be, like saying in a 20 lap race
that another person would won if the race 22 laps, doesnt really matter, does it?!
3.again not true imo, he might be faster during qualifying (ducati and suzuki loosing their advantages of the last season is a factor too) and set 1 or 2 fast laps, but he is more prone to make mistakes, he was much more precise with the bridgestone.
i do however think he is in a better form compared to his last season but one thing you seem to forget is that rossi is usually good in this part of the season, its the second half he struggle.
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Tennessee
Marquez actually saved his number 1 bike for the second half of race, one of the major reasons he was much faster after the bike swap
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hanover
i know, although i think they ...... something up on rossi's second one cuz he was lapping almost 1 to 1.5 second slower.
Maybe he needed Marquez as a reference to maintain his intensity. So after he lost touch with him he was slower?
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hanover
i have to rewatch the race but if im right his fastest laps came when he was trying to catch marquez and he was too far behind to have him as a reference, i dont think losing touch was the problem.
Yeh, I guess you're right: you can't ride around as long as that and not understand breaking points.
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Everyone seems to forget that Marquez out 2 seconds on Rossi on the first lap of the bike change, Rossi rode around for what he thought was going to be an easy second place in difficult conditions. Once the Ducs and Mav caught up with him his lap times dropped again. But never at any stage of the race did he go as fast as Marquez did in the second part of the race.
If im not wrong, rossi was all up marcs ... before the bike swap. Anyway. Its too soon to say whos gonna win the wc this year. Riders will crash during the race, fp's, Q's, WU's. May get injured. It will rain. Who knows the hell will happen. 1 of the top 3 riders will win for sure tho. I hope rossi. But if not i rather see marc win than lorenzo.
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Tennessee
Its still wide open tho. There are alot of if this and if that we can talk about that have happened in the past we can compare to this. I hope rossi can get his .... together and pull back, cuz i would really like him to get that 10th title overall. 37 points behind jorge is alot but not.
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Tennessee
Like i said earlier, Rossi making up points on Lorenzo is not like Lorenzo making up points on Rossi. Lorenzo is the faster rider and historically finishes ahead of Rossi more often than Rossi finishes ahead of him. That, and Rossi is not used to the pressure of coming from behind and tends to choke when things are tight, whereas Lorenzo is nails under pressure when things are tight.
Lets be real. So far this season, Rossi has been faster than lorenzo and faster than what he was last season.
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Let's be real...
Lorenzo 3 wins, Rossi 1 win.
Hmm I think it's time you took off the yellow shades...
Lets be real; 2 poles each. rossi has been faster during 3 races and did u forget he retired twice and started 7th in france and finished 2nd? He had a big chance of winning at mugello. I took of my glasses, but u really need some tho.
Lorenzo was faster in Qatar, COTA, Le Man and Mugello. The only two times Rossi was faster were in races with difficult conditions which Lorenzo doesn't excel in while Rossi does.
Rossi was faster in le mans during the race. He wasnt much faster than rossi at mugello. And austin; who cares. Rossi crashed too early behind slower bikes.
Take out the engine failure and Rossi is still behind in the points when he was ahead last year, JL is usually really good at the end of season tracks, and won't I think repeat an error like Misano 2015 if he is leading the title race rather than trying to make up a substantial deficit. Sure he can have a mechanical failure himself or be taken out by the error of another, although the way he starts takes him out of the range of most of the torpedo artists.
I actually give Yamaha the benefit of the doubt as to whether they will offer Jorge equal support which is one complicating factor, particularly since I expect MM to be close enough to be a threat to a Rossi/Yamaha title as well as JL. Not supporting Jorge this year might cost Yamaha their only chance of a title for three years, given while I agree Rossi appears fast enough this year it is a gamble that he will continue to be aged 38 and 39, and not a bet Yamaha really intended to make imo, as well as it being unlikely that MM will have bike problems which sufficiently hamper him over that period.
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Norah Head
Im trying to see your reality.
When you say faster do you mean the english word "slower"? Cos that would make what you said a valid point. Though probably not the valid you want.
