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Posted by Howard Kveck on March 8, 2008, 3:18 am
> >It's looking like a Mich track atm apart from Stoner. The young guns
> >(or newbies) seem to be adapting very well. I'm assumming Stoner was
> >on race tyres but wonder if the 3 Yams were on Q's or not?
>
> They weren't. Everyone was doing 5-6 lap runs.
>
> >I'm picking Stoner to win but hell it's hard to predict any other
> >positions yet. One would assume Rossi will get sorted but the other
> >Yams are looking good, (although Edwards will no doubt get his usual 5
> >forward gears and 1 reverse setup for the race) I'll see how they go
> >tomorrow before my final 2 rostrum picks.
>
> The yamahas were losing 0.1s to 0.5s in the last sector that includes
> half the main straight. Toseland has the same problem as Rossi last year
> of being 15 klicks slower on top speed.
>
> The lights and running at night thing is weird. They're racing deep into
> the night, which means it's cold and potentially there's mist and dew on
> the track. And with Europe only 3 hours difference it's not in normal TV
> time. Does look good though.
>
> Surely titanium slider screws is illegal? But Stoner seemed to be
> running them.
>
> GO BRADLEY! 3 Brits in the top 10 of 125. How did that happen? His
> Gingerness is proper fast. Inside the circuit record and well in front
> of the field.
He's looked consistently fast so far this year - the earlier tests and the
practices for Qatar showed that. The Polaris team seem to know how to make the
bike
fast - the longevity was certainly a problem for them last year. I hope that's
been
solved. Interesting that there are no Hondas in 125 at all - it's been a long
time
since that's been the case. There are two somewhat factory-supported Hondas in
250 -
JIR Scott's Takahashi and Wilairot but that's it.
It'll be interesting to see if Rossi can adapt to the Bridgestones or if they
have
to do a lot to make the tires work for him.
--
tanx,
Howard
Whatever happened to
Leon Trotsky?
He got an icepick
That made his ears burn.
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