Joined Sep 2013
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matlock
Looks like they may be genuinely struggling, my guess is tire. It is day 1. I expect it to get much better next couple days. HRC will not sleep, and they have an army of techs.
Where did Barbara come from.
Honda finishing that far down is shocking... Old Hector (The Barbarian) Barbera finished surprisingly high.. Cal the highest Honda?? Ummm
Suzuki's look really strong. Duc's look good.. Aprilia, well they have a really nice paint job.
Lorenzo back on top at Qatar Test
Where did Barbara come from.
I meant Barbara Walters.Dos Aguas, Valencia. Got his break in 125cc through Aspar and worked his way through the classes.
Lorenzo has stated that there will be a lot of surprises in the race, and Marquez is apparently struggling with Mid corner turning, which subsequently is affecting his corner exit.
So. Aprilia bought the ZeroShift transmission.
And it would appear that the lower winglets aren't for cooling after all (Ducati deleted them and Honda added them nowhere near vents)
I'm starting to think Marquez needs to start learning how to adapt his riding style.
The days of riding the front, and using heavy late braking under the expectation the front will hold to rotate the rear is over for him barring any tire construct changes to allow for this...none of which I see occurring.
I don't mean to sound cynical, but did barbera put in those laptimes on his own?
Let's hope that for a change the suzukis don't just look good in testing.
What are they for anyway? Can't be supposed to add downforce on the front can it? Genuine question
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