Pedrosa KO’d? He should take it up with Puig
Rider X gets ready for Laguna Seca and has a worrying thought about the Spaniard’s accident.
So, Everything ok?
And how could it be otherwise in a place like this. Shopping in San Francisco, great weather, a race to run and holidays round the corner.
I think Pedrosa wouldn’t agree with you.
I don’t want to talk about that.
That’s impossible, I’m here to talk. Talk.
I pity Pedrosa. I’ve seen him look unwell and I’m worried that he’s here. I also have an issue with the fact that everything seems to be ok between him and Puig.
Why?
Don’t you remember that at the beginning of the season, when he was well ahead in a race, they were telling him he had a much smaller advantage than the one he actually had? There, I remember that you guys, and rightly so, had criticised that situation. A rider needs to be told the truth. Because if you make him push extra hard and he gets injured, then he gets injured because he’s been lied to.
So you’re saying that it happened at Sachsenring too?
Maybe, but I’m not the one saying it as I had other things to think about. Some people who were working at the pitwall said it. They said that Dani was being shown an advantage of two and a half seconds less than that which he actually had. Just when he fell.
But why?
Let’s say that he had a strategy in mind where he set himself an objective which he wouldn’t slow down before reaching in order to ensure himself a win, and let’s say that when he had already reached the advantage he had set himself he was being told from the pitwall that he still had a good bit left to go. I think that’s an irresponsible initiative.
And if they did that to you and you won because of it?
After the podium I would be almightily pissed off. I want to feel like a man, I’m a rider, I know what I’m doing and I want maximum transparency when I’m racing. If the few tidbits of information I get during the race are lies which I’m flying past at 300km per hour I would be furious, very much so. However, if he’s happy...Maybe he’s ok with it. Maybe he’s the one who asked to be pushed in that way, using doubt.
Well, he doesn’t seem happy to me...
Precisely. Also because here you can’t do what Bayliss used to and ride without using the clutch. Over here you need it. It’s one of the ‘manual’ helps you have when you need to brake.
How about a clutch using the thumb? Like Doohan used to do with his rear brake?
Are you kidding? In this place the clutch needs a lever, a long one. They’re mega clutches. You’d have to have Hulk’s thumb, certainly not Pedrosa’s. To me it’s unthinkable. If he manages to ride here it’s because they’ll give him enough painkiller to numb a horse.
Laguna Seca?
I can’t tell you if it’s my first time here or whether I’m a veteran. But it’s a very particular track. To me it’s still dangerous when compared to our usual standards. There, it’s one of those few tracks where you need time to get used to it and gain confidence.
And the rookies?
There, that’s it. According to me those guys should get an extra turn. As happened 3 years ago when racing came back here for the first time. Not doing that is unfair.
Will the Americans from the AMA like Hacking and Spies do well?
Maybe Spies who’s already slightly familiar with the Suzuki, otherwise I really don’t think so. We’ve already seen it with Duhamel. These bikes are very different. Do you get that or not? You have to be precise, to the millimetre, an engineer. They’re used to an altogether different type of riding, completely different bikes. Well, the level of AMA which tends to be quite hyped up is actually much below that of the world superbike.
Rider X gets ready for Laguna Seca and has a worrying thought about the Spaniard’s accident.
So, Everything ok?
And how could it be otherwise in a place like this. Shopping in San Francisco, great weather, a race to run and holidays round the corner.
I think Pedrosa wouldn’t agree with you.
I don’t want to talk about that.
That’s impossible, I’m here to talk. Talk.
I pity Pedrosa. I’ve seen him look unwell and I’m worried that he’s here. I also have an issue with the fact that everything seems to be ok between him and Puig.
Why?
Don’t you remember that at the beginning of the season, when he was well ahead in a race, they were telling him he had a much smaller advantage than the one he actually had? There, I remember that you guys, and rightly so, had criticised that situation. A rider needs to be told the truth. Because if you make him push extra hard and he gets injured, then he gets injured because he’s been lied to.
So you’re saying that it happened at Sachsenring too?
Maybe, but I’m not the one saying it as I had other things to think about. Some people who were working at the pitwall said it. They said that Dani was being shown an advantage of two and a half seconds less than that which he actually had. Just when he fell.
But why?
Let’s say that he had a strategy in mind where he set himself an objective which he wouldn’t slow down before reaching in order to ensure himself a win, and let’s say that when he had already reached the advantage he had set himself he was being told from the pitwall that he still had a good bit left to go. I think that’s an irresponsible initiative.
And if they did that to you and you won because of it?
After the podium I would be almightily pissed off. I want to feel like a man, I’m a rider, I know what I’m doing and I want maximum transparency when I’m racing. If the few tidbits of information I get during the race are lies which I’m flying past at 300km per hour I would be furious, very much so. However, if he’s happy...Maybe he’s ok with it. Maybe he’s the one who asked to be pushed in that way, using doubt.
Well, he doesn’t seem happy to me...
Precisely. Also because here you can’t do what Bayliss used to and ride without using the clutch. Over here you need it. It’s one of the ‘manual’ helps you have when you need to brake.
How about a clutch using the thumb? Like Doohan used to do with his rear brake?
Are you kidding? In this place the clutch needs a lever, a long one. They’re mega clutches. You’d have to have Hulk’s thumb, certainly not Pedrosa’s. To me it’s unthinkable. If he manages to ride here it’s because they’ll give him enough painkiller to numb a horse.
Laguna Seca?
I can’t tell you if it’s my first time here or whether I’m a veteran. But it’s a very particular track. To me it’s still dangerous when compared to our usual standards. There, it’s one of those few tracks where you need time to get used to it and gain confidence.
And the rookies?
There, that’s it. According to me those guys should get an extra turn. As happened 3 years ago when racing came back here for the first time. Not doing that is unfair.
Will the Americans from the AMA like Hacking and Spies do well?
Maybe Spies who’s already slightly familiar with the Suzuki, otherwise I really don’t think so. We’ve already seen it with Duhamel. These bikes are very different. Do you get that or not? You have to be precise, to the millimetre, an engineer. They’re used to an altogether different type of riding, completely different bikes. Well, the level of AMA which tends to be quite hyped up is actually much below that of the world superbike.
