Foggy used to line up a yard or so short and creep forward before the lights changed.
On a different note, the balance of power is so often in flux in bike racing. Both Rea and Giugilano have markedly slower bikes - such a turn around from the rulebook which was once skewed so much in Ducati's favour and those Ten Kate tuned blades of old ridden by the likes of Vermeullen and Toseland which were rocketships. I remember the CBR600 that Foret stepped onto in Supersport was indomitable. It's blatantly obvious even to newcomers to the sport that both are overriding to compensate for speed defficiencies. To me, Giugilano in particular runs the most unorthodox lines to compensate and what seems like spoiling tactics is his only way to be competitive. Rea is overly pushing the front.
The entire weekend was blighted by lowsides in all classes - some bizarre others forced errors under pressure.
As you know, I read your posts as if they were the word of God, so please have mercy on my heathen streaks. I have ordered two Wilski Bibles, as I wanted to take advantage of the free shipping.
First of all, yes, riders who "override" their bikes commonly have crashes, its a simple cause and effect, I agree with you. That, however, does not mean that people who crash often or are torpedoing other riders are necessarily "overriding" their bikes. Specifically, these two riders you cite above, which appear very animated during racing. Giugilano, in particular, reminds me of Frabrizio. Sharp distinct movements while riding, and seemingly having no issue racing other riders closely. JRea, is not as animated, but the contact he is willing to make is much more aggressive and ill-fated. Is this a riding style or a function of their machines? I humbly submit to you its a function of their riding style reflected in their racecraft. I agree they are not on the preferred weapon of choice, among a field where all the top brand entries are much tighter grouped in terms of parity than say GP. These two are not exactly riding the DucatiGP version of Wsbk. I'm not at all convinced its simply because they are overriding the bike to make up for whatever deficiencies they experience. When Frabizio rode for factory Duc, did he appear any more calm than now on the satellite BMW? Take a look at Carlos Checa, can we say he has a "markedly slower bike?" Certainly, compared to the Bmw, Aprillia, and the Kawasaki, right Tod? Do we see him regularly overshooting his lines, barging his way into non-existing imagined gaps, weaving on the straight to block other riders because he is down on speed? What significant differences do you detect in style with Checa when he rode the Honda compared to today? I would submit, not much. Sure, all the riders have moments of ill-fated aggression, Checa on Neuker is a great example. But JRea seems to have an ill-fatted aggressive move just about every event in close proximity to others. And I'll add, if its true what you say, that JRea is simply compensating for a disadvantaged package to account for his questionable riding, then I'd say he's not very considerate of his fellow competitors, as he's most often than not, using them as a berm to increase corner traction, or weaving in front of them to keep faster bikes behind him.
Btw, it was very entertaining to see JRea and Guigilano dice it up. Fun to watch two rider try to gain position which are fairly equally matched in
style against eachother. I was certain it would end in a crash. Turned out JRea crashed on his own, which was rather considerate of him.
