WSBK - Phillip Island (Spoiler)

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« on: February 23, 2014, 10:20:23 AM »

Two great races! The Ducatis and the Suzukis have definitely improved. Aprilia looks to be OK without "eyebrow" as well.

Laverty was an animal...too bad about his motor in race 2.

The WSBK Video Pass is pretty nice. waytogo


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« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2014, 02:53:27 PM »

A stone lifted from my heart when I saw the Ducatis (almost) keep up, even on the straights waytogo

The Buell down 50km/h on to speed was scary...


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« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2014, 09:53:38 PM »

good racing, happy to get the season going again!


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« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2014, 10:03:23 PM »

Good Racing again at last!! Hooray for Suzuki! It's going to be an interesting season. What if they get halfway through the year and everybody runs out of engines? Roll Eyes


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« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2014, 10:45:29 PM »

Quote from: stopintime on February 23, 2014, 02:53:27 PM

A stone lifted from my heart when I saw the Ducatis (almost) keep up, even on the straights waytogo

The Buell down 50km/h on to speed was scary...

Eh, Checa got pole position at PI last year, so the stone may return. Cry

And the Buell, it's looking like a long season for our lads.

Quote from: derRoteBaron on February 23, 2014, 10:03:23 PM

Good Racing again at last!! Hooray for Suzuki! It's going to be an interesting season. What if they get halfway through the year and everybody runs out of engines? Roll Eyes

Starting the whole field from pit lane... what could go wrong?


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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2014, 08:19:09 AM »

I wouldn't be at all surprised to see several front runners need exra motors. Only allowing 8 for 14 rounds (28 races) plus practice and superpoles seems very tight.


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« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2014, 07:53:49 PM »

I wonder if Ape is rethinking the decision about letting laverty go


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Re: WSBK - Phillip Island (Spoiler)

« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2014, 06:46:00 AM »

Quote from: Speeddog on February 23, 2014, 10:45:29 PM

Eh, Checa got pole position at PI last year, so the stone may return. Cry

+1 The Ducs have always gone well in PI. The course has tons on fast corners and, from what I've read, the 1199 is very stable and corners well. We'll need to wait for the tracks with long front stretches to really gauge where the Duc falls.


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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2014, 09:02:22 AM »

Quote from: thought on February 24, 2014, 07:53:49 PM

I wonder if Ape is rethinking the decision about letting laverty go

Surely they are. I'm not sure they meant to let him go though. The report I read was he was going to MotoGP to ride their factory effort bike with Hayden...then Gigi up and left for Ducati which put a stop to the GP project. They apparently tried to get him back in WSBK, but already had contracts with Melandri and Guintoli, so they were stuck.


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Re: WSBK - Phillip Island (Spoiler)

« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2014, 10:50:16 AM »

Quote from: Triple J on February 25, 2014, 09:02:22 AM

Ahh... didnt know that and I'm glad that he wasnt just booted off for no reason. I've always liked him and I'd love for him to get some more recognition. Was hard for me to follow WSBK last year with the limited online offerings but should be fixed up this year Wink


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Re: WSBK - Phillip Island (Spoiler)

« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2014, 05:03:07 PM »

Quote from: stopintime on February 23, 2014, 02:53:27 PM

A stone lifted from my heart when I saw the Ducatis (almost) keep up, even on the straights waytogo

must be some of that unibrow magic.


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