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A look ahead at everything shaping MotoGP Round 2 in S6 Ep 15 · B 4EVA Kool "Race A Motorcycle" Podcast

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What are we here for? What do you truly want?
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When change is not enough, what do you do?
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What are we here for? What do you truly want?
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When change is not enough, what do you do?
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My name is Rex 45 and it's the second round of the Moto GP
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season. Very excited about that.
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Heck, I'm going to be at the racetrack this weekend as well
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I think that's all the PSAI have for tonight.
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We're going to bring in the guys.
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Let's bring in TJ. Welcome to the show, man.
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What's good? How you doing this weekend, this
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week? I'm doing better.
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You know, the snow has melted up here, yeah.
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Temperatures getting a little better.
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It's still cold. But, you know, looking forward
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to my Celtics now, you know, Tatum coming back and 2nd in the
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East. And while I can't ride, you
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know, that's what I'm, you know, looking forward to seeing myself
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has improved. But other than that, couple
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bikes have been out on the streets and there's still a lot
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of salts in and potholes. I'm just waiting for that to
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pass. Right, right.
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Yeah, man, I'm, it's exciting to see Tatum back because it was a
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not a not it was a struggle. It's it was a struggle of him
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because you know, when you when you Jack yourself up and have to
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take that much time off, it's not easy sitting on the
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sidelines rehabbing when you you when you wanting to get in the
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game. But overall, as a Celtics fan,
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it's nice to have the team back and, and they seem to be doing
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fairly well. And, and so that's that's good
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to see overall basketball fun to watch, man So excited.
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You excited for Moto GP this weekend?
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Yeah, of course, you know, finally get to see some racing
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back on the track, you know, you know, the season's still fresh,
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but we got some news to talk about, I'm sure.
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So hopefully we can pull pull this weekend off.
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I'm still excited to see I'm in Brazil, so let's see what we can
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look forward to. No doubt, no doubt man.
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Let me keep it moving and and get everyone in.
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What's going on, Lewis man, How you doing?
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The real Lewis Ortega man, The numbers guy.
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What's good, man? I'm good.
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I'm good, man. How you doing today, man?
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How's how's everything going? I I don't like all the work I'm
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doing, man, I got to say. Yeah, same here man.
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It's when you take, when you get a job or you're, you're working
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for yourself, you know, everybody thinks, oh, you're
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going to have some. Nah, you don't have a lot of
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time, man. A 30 hour work week becomes a 50
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hour work week becomes a 70 hour work week.
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Before you know it, it's next week and you got to do it all
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over again. So.
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Well, I don't even have days off so.
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Yeah. Well, you know, we're getting
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ready now for, I mean, February, March is kind of the beginning
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of the gauntlet for the motorcycle season.
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So like you know, we have obviously we've got CODA in two
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weeks, then right after that we have Rhode Atlanta.
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And then right after that we have a big meeting and then we
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have some collabs that we're doing with some people.
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And then after that we got another Motor America event.
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And then after that we got, and then after that, when, after
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that. And that's how it kind of, you
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know, even this weekend, I was gonna take a little bit of time.
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And then it, I found out that HRMA had an event about 40
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minutes from my house here at CMP.
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And I saw a couple of my friends posting up.
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They were there and racing. And I was like, oh, let me take
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a ride down there and see. And all of a sudden it went from
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just taking a ride down there and seeing to people asking me,
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you know, how do I get a custom suit?
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Can I get measured? Can you get me a design?
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Can you work out this? And it's like, wait a second,
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man, I just, I just came here to watch.
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I think I'm here to work, but you know, it is, is that it is
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the nature of the beast when you're when you're in it, right,
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you kind of you're kind of always working even when you're
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not working kind of thing. All you need is that one guy to
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be like, hey, I know him. And that's like, oh man, here we
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go. Yep.
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That's it. You know what I'm saying?
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But that's why you do what you do, man.
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Fellas, let's, let's, let's talk about it.
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Brazil the second round. We got Koda next week after
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this, which is pretty wild to see.
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There's a there's a lot of things been swirling since the
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last round. But I think the biggest thing
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is, is the weather right now, right?
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I mean, it seems like, you know, another six days.
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We might wonder if it's, you know, we got to build an ark.
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What's going on with all the rain in Brazil, guys?
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We'll start with TJ. I don't know, I don't know if
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they tested the drains before they signed up for this, but
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yeah, it seems like it's not good from the pitchers that that
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that we saw. I mean, I don't know if it's
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just that one straight, but it looks like a real major flood.
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And you know, the bike's supposed to be there this
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weekend and hopefully they have their equipment to remove all
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that. And obviously there's going to
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be a lot of sand and dirt and mud and I don't know if our
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tires are ready for that condition.
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So I don't know soon we can what they can do.
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Yeah, I know. Like we mentioned it by a swamp
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or some of these guys, so. Dude, it's been it's been
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raining for it sounds like since Sunday, if the if the weather
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report is to be believed. So you know, it is it is it is
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pretty crazy. I'm trying to see if I can find
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a photo to to to post so you guys can see it for Moto GP.
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But Louis, since I have you man, and what are your thoughts man?
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I mean, this is, you know, this is kind of always been the
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problem when you're racing in South America is you're in the
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Amazon and I don't know if you've heard, but it rains a lot
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in the Amazon. I, I don't know if you ever knew
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that. That's why it's really green
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there. It's very humid.
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Yeah. Yeah, it's very humid.
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And there's a lot of this thing called water, and it falls from
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the sky and it tends to flood. And then when you build a
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racetrack on a swamp, it tends to flood even more so.
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So this is just par for the course, man.
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It just really sucks because it's an it.
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It's an expensive venture to get all of the Moto GP paddock out
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there. And the GP paddock is already
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there. You know, they're going to start
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setting up in about 24 hours if they haven't already started to
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set up. And hopefully the rain will, you
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know, the rain will subside. From what I've heard, they had
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trucks out there actually siphoning the rain off the
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tracks where it was flooded and then dumping the water off site.
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And then they had other trucks out there, You know, they had
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the blowers blowing the water off the track trying to get it
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as dry. The sun broke through a little
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bit. Then they had other hose trucks
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out there housing down the track because now it's just covered in
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mud. So, you know, I'm just hoping
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that they can, you know, the weather gods will cooperate and
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they'll be able to get this race off.
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Because if it's the last thing you want to do is you want to
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race in like sketchy conditions, wet conditions.
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And one of the things you don't know about, especially a track
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that nobody has data on, is even if this track is dry on the
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surface, you know, there's certain tracks even in the US
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when you go to them and they look dry, but in the morning
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they have this dew that comes up right through the track.
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And there's parts of the track that are moist even though it
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hasn't rained. And if this is, if this track is
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built in those kind of conditions that they don't have
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the right drainage, you can go into a corner that looks dry,
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but in the morning it's actually moist because that's the
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conditions of the, the, of the ground there.
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The, the, the, the water table there actually leaks water up
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through the track. And now all of a sudden you go
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into a corner thinking it's dry, but it's actually moist.
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And the next thing you know, garage sale and turn 12, let's
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get out the spare barks. You know, the mechanics are
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working overnight to try to rebuild bikes.
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You know, I'm hoping they can get away with this event without
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any major issues. But if it gets unsafe, you know,
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I hope that the Riders and Dorna do the right thing and don't let
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it happen if it's going to put anybody's life at risk.
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I I agree, I'm trying to share the image that's going to be
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downside. I mean, I mean, at least it's
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not like Qatar who's been pushed back to the end of the season
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because of all the because of the war that's going on in the
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over Iran. And so that that's huge, you
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know, just for scheduling people who've already bought tickets
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and all this got to be pushed back further.
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So to have Mother Nature play a part in this week could play a
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part in this weekend, because it sounds like the authorities, you
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know, want to make it happen. Because obviously, as you know,
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Louis, no one likes to lose money, right?
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Money, money, money. That's, that's, that's the crazy
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thing, TJ, man, what, what are you looking to see?
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You know, this weekend, once, once we, I, we'll, we'll, we'll
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make the assumption because we got to do a show that weather is
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going to be fine. And the worst case, it might be
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pretty muddy on Thursday. And and then in worst case,
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things might just get pushed back a little bit.
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Here's a look at the track right now that looks great for Jet ski
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man. Right, right.
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Yeah, No, I agree. Right.
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It's, it's pretty wild, you know, So, I mean, it's not too
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bad because you know, you know, if you got rain ties and there's
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a little bit of line there, you know, they're not going to be
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passed they're. Not going three wide into that
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corner. Well, and I don't know how they
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break into going to turn one or they coming at the start.
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Straight. Well, I think this is this is
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pit in on the right hand side here and this might be like the
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last turn or something to head down the the the straight.
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I. Think, I think that's where it's
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located on the track, but you know, at least it's not covering
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the Red Bull signs. The Red Bull get their money's
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worth. Right and listen, Red Bull, I
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mean without dirt, I don't know if Red Bull have his name.
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So this might be fitting where the sign is right now.
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So you know, TJ, let's go back to, you know, what are your
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thoughts, man, on, on what the weekend from the weekend.
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We would talk about the rumors afterwards and the trades and
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all this and Mark, one year deal or two year deal or what that
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means and blah, blah, blah. Because nobody knows, only Mark
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knows. What are you, what are you
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hoping to see this weekend overall, man?
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You know, this is where, you know, everyone needs to, you
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know, try to get their points and really get their things
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dialed in because, you know, as the weeks progress, it gets
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crazy. So looking for a see if Pedro
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Acosta can continue his spree and and get back on the podium,
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possibly get another fresh place.
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You know, that's a lot to say, but not a lot.
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But you know, he could do it also.
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I want to see if best Zacky get back, you know, in this form and
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stay on the top on top. And I just want to see the the,
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you know, top rack get a second race, see if he can do better
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than he did last time, even though Yamaha is under the
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weather basically. But you know, this is just this
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is a new track where no one has data.
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So this is an advantage for a lot of riders to, you know, at
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least get some type of points in the in the in the Sprint or GP.
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Right, right, right. No, exactly.
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It's the same thing. Well, I'll, I'll, I'll render my
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opinion after we talk to Lewis. So, but Lewis, man, hey, man,
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what are you, what are you hoping to see overall before we,
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we, we go into the individual riders and stuff like that?
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We, I, I, I, I would have thought TJ would have been
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rocking a Yamaha hat or shirt because he, you know, I, I
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think, you know, we, we all have been knocking Yamaha.
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And this past week, I kind of feel bad like we can't write
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them off completely. I mean, I, I think we might have
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oversold the, you know, the expectation of Top rock coming
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into Moto GP for the first time. But what are you looking to see
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overall this weekend coming up, man, once the weather clears?
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I mean, I think it's going to be a cool weekend because nobody
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has data on the track. So I think the team that's got
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their their stuff together the best is going to initially have
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at least the best launching pad because nobody has a base
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setting for this weekend. You know anything about GP bikes
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every single weekend you have to set them up for every single
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type of condition. They're constantly changing the
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Rakes, they're constantly changing the swing arm length or
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the the overall wheelbase. They're changing this, they're
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changing that. They're constantly trying to
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find tents. But I, I tell everybody the same
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thing. Fast guys will go fast anywhere
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they go quickly. It won't take a fast guy 7 trips
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to a track to figure out how to go fast.
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At that track. You know they'll go out.
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And if you don't think that they're already sitting
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somewhere and they already don't have a game plan of what gear to
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be in going into what corner and where to try to tip in and don't
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already have an idea where the line is.
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What's a fast corner? What's an entry type corner?
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What's an exit type corner? If you don't think these guys
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already have that, that's the difference between you and them.
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These guys aren't going in there going into turn 1 trying to
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figure out what gear they need to be in turn one, Turn 2 and
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turn 3. They already know what gear
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they're going to want to be in. And then as the weekend goes on,
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they're going to adjust that based on the speeds that the
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track allows and so forth and so on.
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Like there's a a whole bunch of things that are happening before
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they show up. With that said, since there's no
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data, is this an opportunity for Yamaha to pull one out of the
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hat? Because everybody's on a level
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playing field, realistically, you know, if they go in there
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with the right attitude, if they're able to put things
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together quickly, you know, can Fabio possibly pull something,
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some magic out of his hat and get on the podium?
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Not even win, just get on the podium.
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Because at this point, getting on the podium for Yamaha is a
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win. You know they can't.
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They didn't sniff the top ten in the first weekend.
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Like that is an embarrassment beyond an embarrassment.
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Yeah, I mean, there, there, there's there is some of that.
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We'll we'll we'll dive on to Yamaha with with with TJ as
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well. You know, like I was saying
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before you started talking Lewis, they could steal one,
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which one would hold? But I think it's safe.
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It not safe. It's I, I don't know if that's
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possible. I mean, I think it's, it's
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probably more possible that he can get pole and, and start, you
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know, up front, how far back they fall.
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I, I will, I will pull up a layout of the track.
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I mean, it's going to be hard to look and see how tight turns off
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from just a layout without actually being there.
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Or have a, a good video of the track to see if it's, if it's a
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tight enough track that the Yamaha don't need to stretch his
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legs, Because if he doesn't have to stretch his legs, you know,
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in the US, if he's in Roblin, you know, great, right?
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You know, it's a small track, he'll hit it.
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No one's going to be running top of 6.
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So you don't have to worry about that.
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But you know, TJ, do you see that?
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Do you think that Yamaha can can finish in the top ten like like
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Lewis? Yeah, I was going to get this
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kicked out in. Front of front straight, but I
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think I said I I would give them that.
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Like Quattro arrow will will will pull good.
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Maybe even Miller, too. I mean, I think the other teams
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will figure it out as well. So like, I don't know if there's
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much of a shot even though they have a level playing field, but
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I don't want to. I don't think they would finish
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in the back like all four of them, like, you know, the last
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four, like not scoring any points.
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I think they have an opportunity to at least one or two of them
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be top 15, maybe one of them a top ten in the Sprint.
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But I think the other bikes will eventually figure it out where
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they still be on their, you know, under there, under the
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weather basically, right, right, right, right.
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Can't figure it out. OK, all right, I hate I hate
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that. I hate that.
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Let let's talk about KTM. Well, we'll talk about top rock.
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I mean, is he getting is he is it too much to ask for for a guy
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that just came into Moto GPI mean, you know, we were saying,
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you know, before he got in there, there were people saying
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like, oh, he'll he'll get on the podium.
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He'll show everybody after the first round.
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Now he's just kind of like. It's not easy.
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Most most of those people were Turkish by the way.
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Is. That what that?
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Was it was the same? It was the same people that
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tried to tar and feather Buliga at the last round.
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Those were the same guys saying that as soon as he shows up,
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he's going to dominate Moto GP. Right, right.
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I think he said that too. I think he is we on a little
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bit. You never know.
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They could change. Yeah, I don't know how.
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So is it? Is it, is it just is, is the guy
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getting too much, too much publicity?
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I mean, you know, there's good publicity and bad publicity and
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either 1 is good for the business, but like it, it's too
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soon to tell really, right? I mean, at least after the next
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three rounds, we'll have a better baseline than the first
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round of, of, of where he's at. And since he all the guys were
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around the same pace, you can't really say he's that far off
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because they all finished around the same, around the same
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position. Not position, but yeah, around
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the same positions. I think for one he took his
20:48
first ball which is good. Not that you want anyone to
20:51
fall, but that gives you a better feeling of where your
20:54
limit is. And I feel like he needs to find
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a a higher limit, like he needs to feel that limit, you know,
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but as far as the publicity, I think he's a superstar on his
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own, right, especially coming from a world super bike.
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So like, I mean, you don't want to put him under the radar.
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You know, he still needs that fuel to keep him going.
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Just kind of like just be patient.
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Like his talents will show eventually, I'm sure.
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But but yeah, that was good. I'm glad he took his first ball
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and that kind of probably helped him out a little bit, even
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though that whole first weekend went to shift very young by
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myself. Right, right, right, right.
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Yeah. I mean, I mean, that's a crazy
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thing Lewis do. Us as fans just need to just
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kick off our keyboards a little bit and let this guy just mature
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a little bit before we we hang him out to pasture.
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Yeah, because first, you know, right off the bat, you got to
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give the guy a little slack 'cause he's on a Yamaha and we
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know that the bike doesn't have, you know, the capabilities that
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the other bikes have. If you look where he's riding,
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he's riding right where Jack Miller's riding.
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He's right in that same Jack Miller range and he's right in
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that same, you know, Alex Rinse range.
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So if you take it, you know, if you take it, what Alex Rinse has
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accomplished, if you take what Jack Miller's accomplished and
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you take what Top Rack is kind of doing, he's still in the
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learning process. But all those guys are good
22:22
riders, but they're going to be limited by the bike and, and,
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and Top Rack, I think more than anybody else, has to adapt his
22:29
riding style to the bike because these bikes don't work the way
22:33
world super bikes work. You're not going in into a
22:36
corner with the back tire 2 feet off the ground and trying to
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turn it at the last minute. Like that's not the way Moto GP
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bikes work. Like he's got great balance.
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He's able to do things on bikes that are amazing.
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However, these bikes limit you from doing those things.
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So all the things that made him a great super bike rider don't
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make him necessarily a great Moto GP bike rider because the
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Moto GP bike is not going to adapt to his style.
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He's going to have to adapt to that style and and the fact that
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he's right there with Miller and Rin shows you, you know what?
23:08
The dude has talent. The dude does belong here, but
23:10
he's always going to be limited by what the Yamaha package is
23:13
because they're all limited by the Yamaha package.
23:17
When the package gets better and he continues to adapt to the
23:20
riding style, I think you'll see him start to progress and maybe
23:23
be instead of the fourth fastest Yamaha rider, the third fastest
23:27
Yamaha rider, and hopefully the second fastest Yamaha rider.
23:30
But but the top 4 Yamaha riders are still not going to be in the
23:34
top 10 on a regular basis. Like, that's just not where that
23:37
package is at right now. All right, before, before we
23:40
move on, who? Who out of the four riders give
23:45
us the order or how they finish? Cotorara Rinz Miller top rack.
23:51
Yeah, Quatararo Rinz, Miller top rack or top Rack Miller?
23:56
I think those two guys are almost interchangeable at this
23:58
point, and especially at a new. Again, this is a new track.
24:02
So being a new track, you know, let's see who adapts faster than
24:05
a new track. Does Miller do it faster than
24:08
top rack or does the top rack do it faster than Miller?
24:11
But you you think it's factory 1 and 2?
24:13
I mean, I think it's factory one and two regardless because
24:16
they're they're getting all the extra little bits and pieces
24:18
that the non factory team doesn't initially get.
24:22
OK. All right, TJ, what are your
24:23
thoughts, man? What's what's your?
24:24
What's your order? Yeah, I, I agree.
24:27
I mean, I was going to say Fabio definitely he puts in the most
24:31
effort and he won't throw it away.
24:32
Miller have the chance of throwing it away, so I can't sit
24:36
put him second. So I got to say rinse and then
24:39
I'll say Miller or top rack or top rack.
24:42
I got to say so. All right, guys, out of all the
24:46
riders in Moto GP right now, I I don't know.
24:49
I'm going to miss a couple. But Marquez has done it a couple
24:52
of times, going to new tracks and winning and be the first
24:54
rider to win it. Bazecki has done it once.
24:59
Who else am I missing? Oliveira.
25:01
But Oliveira's gone, I think rinse has done it once as well.
25:06
So there's not a lot of riders that have gone into a new when
25:09
the when the a new track is in the first season as as one.
25:15
So who do we think is going to win out of these guys and and
25:20
the whole season? Or is it really that you know,
25:21
the top ten riders from from the first round?
25:25
You think these guys who like Pizaki, like Marquez, like
25:29
Orenz, who have, you know, have won in the past going to a new
25:32
track, you think they got to Who do you think will win?
25:39
I mean, I'm not agree with Lewis what he said earlier.
25:42
I mean, like at this point you got to rely on your your team.
25:48
So whoever has the best, you know, camaraderie are set up
25:52
right now or like, you know, whoever's having the most fun
25:55
together, like will probably have the best chance, you know,
25:59
to get a victory. So if somebody's not paying
26:03
attention or off or a little bit sloppy, just throws things off
26:06
when you don't have data. So like whoever's whoever's
26:09
already ready to put together mentally and and physically.
26:13
So I think we'll have the best chance.
26:15
All right. No doubt, no doubt.
26:17
Lewis, man, what are your what are your thoughts?
26:21
Who you betting on? We're going to pick anyway
26:25
before the show's over our top three.
26:26
So this is kind of like a warm up.
26:29
I mean, the, the, you know, if I had to pick the, the, the easy
26:33
money is, is on Marquez because Marquez still has a almost 40%
26:37
winning percentage across every time he's thrown his leg over a
26:41
bike during a race. Good stuff, which which is, you
26:44
know, it's crazy man, to think that this guy's that like think
26:47
3536% to 38.8% depending if you add in Sprint races.
26:55
So, you know, this is a guy that you know, four times out of 10
26:59
is going to finish on the top step, not just on the podium,
27:02
but on the top step of the podium.
27:04
Like that's that, that's a stat man, you know.
27:10
So, you know, I would have to say he, he, you know, and he's
27:13
also got a little bit of a chip on his shoulder from what
27:16
happened in the last round. You know, he was, he, he was in
27:20
contention and, you know, he had the, the, the rim tire
27:24
malfunction and it wasn't like he wasn't riding to 100%.
27:28
I know Ducati had some struggles that weekend, but I think
27:31
between that weekend and now, I think Ducati's been doing a lot
27:35
of work. They, they, they're not sitting
27:36
on their hands. They're making sure that they
27:38
come to this event and Dakota all guns blazing.
27:42
Right, Right. Yeah, Man, Ducati got something
27:46
to we'll, we'll get through them.
27:48
We'll get through them. But Ducati got they got
27:49
something to figure out. So you you're saying you got
27:51
your money on Mark? I don't know.
27:52
Is that what you said? Yeah.
27:54
Yeah, yeah, I got my money on Mark for definitely for the
27:59
Sprint. You know what?
28:01
And again, this is weather conditions permitting and he's
28:04
he's not a bad rain rider either.
28:06
So if it is wet, like he's one of those guys that does know how
28:09
to ride the hell off of out of a bike in the rain.
28:12
If it's dry in the Sprint, yes. And in the race, yeah, I'll
28:18
still go with Mark in the race man shorthand long, I think.
28:22
I think he can do both. I think he can do a double.
28:24
OK, I I agree with you to a degree.
28:28
Also, one last stat on this side of the world, Marquez has an
28:32
even higher winning percentage. Yeah, yeah, I can see that so
28:38
well, since we're talking about Marquez and Ducati, let's let's
28:40
let's go into that. Let's talk about the the the
28:42
factory guys, the guys on the factory bikes, the guys on a 24
28:47
bike, which it sounds like it's firming and and and Morbidelli,
28:52
this is Morbidelli's home, so it's another home Grand Prix for
28:56
this the Brazilian. What do you expect to see from
29:00
Ducati overall? You know, Lewis is on record
29:03
saying Mark Mark could take it, so it might be a Ducati Ducati
29:07
has a good shot. Now obviously we're not saying
29:10
weather, you know, weather plays a part in it and all that so
29:13
outside, let's let's take out the weather.
29:15
Let's just you know, rain and stop the track is is is dry.
29:18
It's not raining cats and dogs and there's no puddle.
29:22
They might have to run rain tires, but it's not crazy.
29:27
How how, how does Zuccotti look overall?
29:29
Is this a track where, you know, they try to start a new streak
29:32
since they lost their 88 podium streak that they had going?
29:36
What are your thoughts, TJ? Yeah, I mean, I I think this is
29:42
where they need to step it up, you know?
29:44
I mean, Mark will start the streak.
29:47
Cross your fingers that Pekko can get himself up there and at
29:50
least top five. And as far as Al Daguerre, I
29:55
know he's hurt, but I think he's coming back.
29:56
And Morbidelli, I mean, I don't know.
30:02
I mean, Perrier is on the A game and I'm sure that they don't
30:06
want to fall off just because it's a new track.
30:09
And I think Ducati's just just going to have to rely on Mark to
30:13
set the trend and hopefully the rest can follow.
30:16
But I don't know. I think Mark will find his way
30:20
because he's the smartest out there, I think, and he knows all
30:24
types of situations. They he'll find a way to finesse
30:28
something to get himself up right, as long as he can stay
30:31
up. So.
30:33
I mean Mobidelli, I'm looking now when Mobidelli finished
30:36
fourteen in the Sprint. Then let me let me get this
30:40
right. 8th in the in the GP race.
30:43
So it wasn't too bad. Diggio finished six.
30:45
So I mean, you know, he Diggio was the first Ducati in in the
30:50
top six there in the Latin race in Thailand.
30:54
So I mean, do you, do you see, you know, I mean, they, they're
30:57
looking better than Dana Grassini and the factory boys at
31:01
this point. Thing is the first first race,
31:05
you know, so you know, everyone's figuring it out.
31:08
I think the fact that you will get the advantage at the end of
31:11
the day. So we'll we'll see.
31:13
I think it's I hope so. I hope that I want to see them
31:17
up there, you know, because you know, new faces in the front is
31:20
always good. But I don't know, I think, I
31:25
think the fact that you had it all.
31:28
Right, all right. No doubt, No doubt there.
31:31
Lewis man, what are your thoughts on that man?
31:33
I mean, I mean, I think you know the VR46 has a has a good shot
31:37
since they got a a better record than Cassini and the factory
31:40
boys right now. What are your thoughts you.
31:43
Know what I say about the hometown half a second, man,
31:46
when you're when you're in front of your fans, when you're in
31:49
front of your people, you always find that half a second.
31:53
So I think whatever issues Franco might have had in
31:57
Thailand, I or the the first round Thailand, yeah, I think
32:01
that they will work around those.
32:05
I think he's going to have a a really good weekend because
32:09
again, when you're in front of your home crowd, you really want
32:12
to perform well with Frankie, though that could be a double
32:15
edged sword because when Frankie tends to push, he tends to cost
32:18
the team a lot of parts, but he can keep his head straight
32:22
because remember last year in Argentina, he had a he had a
32:24
good weekend in Argentina. So if he can kind of replicate
32:29
what he did last year in Argentina, this year in Brazil,
32:32
that'll be great for him because he did, you know, he got
32:35
outperformed by Dijan Antonio. And both of those guys are guys
32:39
that are riding for for work right now.
32:42
They're both looking for contracts.
32:44
And you know, how you perform is going to be a big, big part of
32:48
what goes forward. You know, I know there's also
32:50
some politics behind there and some alliances.
32:54
I'm sure that Frankie would prefer to stay in Moto GP than
32:57
Girl of the World Super Bike. So you know from here on out,
33:01
every single round for both of these guys is super important.
33:04
Like not just winning the race or trying to get on the podium,
33:07
but out working your compatriot in the garage next to you.
33:11
Right, right. No, Listen, man, it's going to
33:13
be interesting to to see man Reese, what's going on, man?
33:18
Welcome to the show, man. It seems like you, you know, you
33:21
know how to, you're coming at the right time.
33:23
Are we talking about Ducati? Oh boy, I.
33:26
Don't know what's going on there, you know, you know, what
33:29
are, what are your thoughts, man?
33:30
I got to set the camera up to and and do all that fun stuff.
33:33
But we know we're professionals. We make it happen.
33:35
How you doing, man? Welcome to the show, man.
33:37
Hey, how you doing, man? Yeah, I hear you over here
33:39
talking about Ducati, man. But you know, I mean, when I
33:43
came in and heard and what I hear, I mean, you know, Lewis is
33:47
right. So is DJI mean, everybody is
33:49
correct. I mean, you know, your hometown
33:51
race has a big factor on it, you know, you know, that extra push,
33:56
the momentum. But I honestly think that Ducati
34:01
is going to that the factory boy is going to be up there.
34:04
I think the factory boy is going to be up there.
34:06
I think he may have a shot depending on how bad that you
34:09
know, depending on how his his injury still heals and coming
34:12
along. And I also think, you know, you
34:19
know, the Garcini team is going to be there.
34:21
I think all I I think they're they're going to be there.
34:24
I think, you know, out of here, maybe, you know, if it's
34:27
depending on how at 100% if he is, yeah, depending on where
34:31
he's at. So I mean, but I I'm still
34:34
trying to, I'm still going with the the champ, unfortunately.
34:38
All right, all right. I mean, you know, we talked
34:41
about, I know we talked about Ducati, but I, I think people
34:43
are going to start commenting at this point if we don't talk
34:45
about the Honda kid there. Diego, He he's also from Brazil
34:52
And and so is he going to steal a little bit of the Thunder from
34:54
Mobideli? You know, you know, he got
34:57
something that he got, he got he got a good what what what we
34:59
giving them like, you know, a couple of points half a I I am.
35:04
Going to give him a couple points.
35:05
I am going to definitely give him that.
35:06
I mean, he is one of the hometown guys.
35:10
I definitely would say he'll be up there in probably like the
35:13
top 15. You know, I'll give him the top
35:16
15. He did surprise me the last
35:18
round, you know, very surprisingly for what he had
35:21
done for a rookie. And I think he, you know, give
35:27
him a couple more times. I think he can be very dangerous
35:29
and very, you know, not as an Acosta was coming in his rookie
35:34
year, but somebody that we can, you know, kind of get behind on
35:38
what he's doing. I was going to say he is a Costa
35:40
is because, you know, remember the great Maverick Vinales said
35:45
Diego could have won it in Moto 3 when he first came in and you
35:50
know, but the Costa was there. So it was the the IT was
35:53
destined for Costa. But to look what he did in Moto
35:59
2, Diego getting it in his second year in Moto 2 is very
36:02
impressive. Even though he didn't get a Moto
36:03
Three win, he did get that Moto 2 win.
36:07
He did and I mean it. It's you could be in a constant
36:11
nest, but you know and do very well in Moto 3 and Moto 2.
36:15
But you know, everybody knows coming into the to the big boy
36:18
stage and to the GP, it's a whole different ball game in a
36:21
different realm. I mean, everything kind of comes
36:24
up on you very, very quickly at 200 plus.
36:29
So if, if, by, if by the fifth round and we'll bring, we'll
36:33
bring everyone in, but by by the fifth round, if, if Diego is,
36:39
you know, finishing in the top 8, then, then, then, then you
36:44
know, we'll have a little bit more to say.
36:47
I'll talk to all the bring all the guys in.
36:49
Feel free to chime with D-Day and, and go around.
36:52
What are your thoughts on on on on Diego and and is he is he
36:57
going to finish better than top 15 this weekend?
37:00
Yeah, I'm surprised we haven't brought him up yet, but this is
37:03
this whole track. And like Lewis said, I'm sure
37:06
he's going to have extra half a second on top of his learning
37:10
skills and his thirst to learn and and push as hard as he can
37:15
because you know, he he, you know, he knows he's good.
37:20
But yeah, I think I think he he'll do all by fifth round if
37:25
he's like averaging like top, you know, 12 or 8, you know, I
37:29
think he he'll become a solid rider.
37:32
I mean, he will become a solid rider.
37:33
But like, like Reese was saying, the way Pedro Costa came in, he
37:39
came in surprising all of us. And then his second year was
37:45
kind of like his burning curve. So like, you know, it's it's
37:49
fine line where you, you know, I, I like the way Diego came in
37:53
this first race. So we'll see.
37:56
It turns out that his home Grand Prix, I mean, I don't even know
37:59
how how often he drives there. So maybe he he has an advantage
38:03
of knowing the track and the layout and probably help him a
38:06
little bit so. Yeah, and I agree.
38:09
How would your thoughts Lewis Mann on on Diego and you know,
38:13
is he is he getting the the right amount of energy?
38:17
Should he be getting more energy?
38:18
I mean he the guy is the Moto 2 world champion.
38:22
Yeah, he's a Moto 2 world champion, but he's also, you
38:25
know, Honda is a different animal than anything he wrote in
38:29
Moto 2. But the fact that he's doing as
38:32
well as he's doing in the short period of time that he's been on
38:35
the Honda goes to show one that kids got skilled 2.
38:38
The Honda's coming a long way and the Honda is going in the
38:41
right direction. Cause in the past it used to be
38:43
like you used to sacrifice new riders to the Honda.
38:47
You know, you get on a Honda. Oh man, it was.
38:51
It was nice knowing you, man. I'll see you.
38:55
So, so I want to introduce you to the guys that work the
38:58
ambulance because you're going to be seeing them a lot this
39:00
year and these guys are the guys that work the crash truck.
39:03
You're going to be seeing those a lot.
39:04
And now the Honda's actually pretty good.
39:08
Like it seems like whatever they're doing, like, you know,
39:11
guys aren't in the Kitty litter as much as they used to be.
39:13
So they're definitely going the right way and he's benefiting
39:15
from this. You know, he's on a Honda that
39:18
is a little bit more manageable, a little bit better at handling,
39:23
a little bit more stable. I think they still have a couple
39:25
of places they can tweak because if you look at the bike, it's
39:28
still a little sketchy under braking.
39:31
It's still got a couple of pieces here and there.
39:33
But overall, like the guys are tend to finish a little bit more
39:36
often now, whereas, you know, if you look at when Marini and Mir
39:40
were first on the bike, I mean that was yard sale every other
39:44
weekend, both bikes, you know, most of the guys weren't
39:47
finishing. You know, Honda was showing up
39:50
with two trucks, one with the bikes and one with the bodywork.
39:53
And now you know they're actually getting through the
39:55
weekend with less bodywork repairs.
39:57
Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. So.
39:59
So he's going to benefit. From this and and he's going to
40:03
be Rookie of the year. You know, I know some people
40:05
don't want to hear that it's very early in the season, but he
40:08
is going to be Rookie of the year.
40:09
Yeah, yeah, he's going to, I mean, top rockets going to have
40:12
to be the number one, the Yamaha to to beat to beat Diego at this
40:16
point. But let's talk about the other
40:18
Honda guys. What do you think we're going to
40:21
what do you expect to see from when we talk?
40:23
We'll start with Reese from Marini.
40:27
Yeah, Luke, Marini and Zarko and also Mir.
40:31
I mean, I know I feel bad for Zarko because I feel like Zarko
40:34
feel like I can beat Mir and Luca.
40:37
I was doing it in Moto 2. Just give me the package, man.
40:39
Give me the package and I'll do it.
40:41
And he was doing it last year. He's the Honda that was on the
40:44
podium first and got a win. So, you know, what about these
40:48
guys know you expect to see kind of the same thing as Thailand,
40:51
which you know overall is decent.
40:53
I mean, outside of the mechanical for Mir.
40:56
What? What are you thinking, Reese?
40:58
I mean, I kind of expect to see the same thing as Thailand, you
41:01
know, I mean, one, no reason I say that is because normally has
41:05
data at this track. It's kind of like a new track
41:08
everyone's going to kind of fresh in.
41:11
The only data that they're going to get really kind of coming in
41:13
is what they kind of get the feel for testing and or, you
41:18
know, in qualifying and practice.
41:20
That's going to be their best feel for it because no one
41:23
really has any kind of previous data on the track.
41:25
You don't know what the weather's going to be like.
41:27
If it's going to, you know, it could change any moment, could
41:29
change here from what it looks like.
41:31
It does like it's going to be a clear when I look this, this
41:35
morning, it does like it's going to be a clear weekend for them.
41:38
So it's this is I, I, I just see them kind of going at the same
41:43
pace at the same realm, this at the same thing as they were in
41:48
Thailand to see where, you know, Zarko and everyone else is.
41:51
I think they're going to be in the same kind of that same mid
41:54
pack area. Right, right, right.
41:56
All right, TJ, man. What are your thoughts, man?
42:00
I mean, I, I like Honda. I've had one Honda, 1 Honda and
42:07
you know, what are your thoughts, man?
42:09
And I mean, you know, with the contracts and all that.
42:12
I, I, I assume these guys are it's kind of in their mind, but
42:17
what you thinking is it, Do you feel like what Reese is saying?
42:19
Like they kind of no data. So they'll build similar or the
42:23
Honda, maybe these guys have enough to to also try to steal
42:27
one. If if Yamaha can steal 1, you
42:30
know, maybe Honda can steal one One of the factory guys.
42:34
I think I think they definitely have a chance.
42:36
I know Mirror is definitely thirsty to finally get back top
42:41
five or, you know, get worried, but long after his last two
42:45
crashing seasons, pretty much the whole year.
42:47
So they're definitely going in the right direction.
42:49
I definitely feel that Mirror will probably surprise them all.
42:54
Hopefully Zarko. Zarko will step up eventually.
42:58
When he does it, then you kind of got to pay attention to him
43:02
getting closer to his home Grand Prix.
43:04
But Luca Morini, I'm just still waiting to see him step up a
43:08
little bit more. I know he's been doing really
43:10
well, but I think Mirror probably have a better, better
43:14
chance I would say this round if if it was out of all of them.
43:18
Alright, alright man. Luca didn't finish top ten man
43:21
so. He did.
43:22
No, I mean, Luke is doing good, Still good.
43:25
I want to see him do better. I want to see him do better.
43:27
That's it. You know, some people might say
43:29
it's not a Yamaha. Well, there's a, there's a rumor
43:32
going around that I heard kicking around in a couple
43:34
places that Mir is in discussion to maybe take Alex Marquez's
43:40
spot at Ducati if Alex Marquez does make the switch to KTM.
43:44
So again, the rumor mill is always spinning.
43:47
But if that happens now, Marini becomes the number one rider at
43:50
Honda and he's going to need somebody sitting next to him.
43:54
And they got this young, fast kid that they can slide in next
43:58
to him and then they can give that extra seat to another
44:02
rider. Yeah, but what what do you think
44:04
about? You know, I mean, Mayor is
44:06
feeling good on that Honda man. I mean, you know, we don't, we,
44:09
we see that we don't know what the 26 Ducati's going to be
44:13
like. And and if he he would, well, he
44:15
might get a 27. Well, he'll get a 20.
44:17
Yeah, 20. Seven No, no in 27.
44:19
Everybody has to get a 27. Because 8. 50.
44:23
So, yeah, so I guess that's fair enough.
44:26
I mean, I mean, it's, it's, you know, I mean, you know, it's
44:28
fair enough that OK, I can see that.
44:30
What, what what do you expect to see from Luca and and and Mia
44:34
this weekend? Lewis?
44:38
I mean, I hope to see them in the top ten, both of them.
44:42
I I think you know, Mir showed a lot of a lot of good riding at
44:46
the first round. He he had some some solid
44:49
results. You know, I know he had some
44:51
issues as well, but he had some solid results.
44:53
And I think again, the Honda package is a more competitive
44:58
package than anybody thought. It's still not at the level of
45:00
the Ducati or the Aprilia, but I think it's really starting to
45:05
get close with the KTM. Because if you look at where all
45:07
the KTMS were and where the Hondas were, like, you know, I
45:10
almost feel like the Hondas were one step in front of the KTMS
45:13
for the most part. And if that's the case, then you
45:16
know, Honda now is can kind of consider themselves the third
45:20
best manufacturer on the grid. And if you really want to
45:23
consider yourself the third best manufacturer on the grid, your
45:26
guys need to finish in the top. 10 No, I agree.
45:30
I mean more than one of you guys.
45:32
Yeah, more than just one. You know, and, and we had a
45:34
couple of KTMS in the in the top ten, top eight with the yeah,
45:39
we've been to finishing seven. Let's move over to we'll, we'll,
45:44
we'll, we'll leave. Let's talk about Aprilia.
45:47
I mean, because, you know, in theory, after the first round,
45:49
these guys might be the, you know, they might be the Fab 4.
45:55
Your top 3 is on Aprilia man. I mean, the way Aprilia is
45:59
going, I mean, they're wanting to take the top step.
46:03
I mean, they're they're actually pushing forward.
46:06
They've come a long way. They kind of built off of their
46:10
success from last year and it just kept moving forward.
46:15
So I think this year and coming here in Brazil, I think they can
46:21
actually take it. I think they can actually get
46:23
the win over the Ducati guys. You know, I think they they have
46:28
the they, they still have them the best chance out of everybody
46:32
on the grid to compete with the Ducati.
46:36
And I think all four can actually be top ten.
46:42
I think all four can be top ten, yeah.
46:44
They were. They were top five.
46:46
So that gives you an example right there.
46:49
I mean, the only reason I say top ten again, here we go again
46:52
is the same same story, same song and dance.
46:54
It's just what data do we have here?
46:57
That's that's for me as coming from a crew guy and seeing data
47:03
all the time. That's the biggest factor is
47:05
saying, what do we have here? So we're kind of going in blind.
47:09
Right, right. TJ Mann, you know, Aprilia, I'm
47:13
a fan of them. I've, I've owned one of those as
47:15
well. I mean, you know, Iagura,
47:19
Fernandez, Martine, you know, they all, I mean, you know,
47:23
Iagura's a second year Fernandez, he's, he's having
47:26
his, his second coming. Martine, all these injuries and
47:30
these guys are, are are, you know, top five.
47:32
I, I mean, you know, is it something you feel like they can
47:36
carry the whole season or it, it may come apart just because
47:41
there's no data at in Brazil? No, I kind of like it.
47:46
I think they can carry this on and I think they can put their
47:51
foot down and and open people's eyes and have people worried and
47:55
or teens worry that little push a little panic button almost
47:59
where to see what we have to do to finally like catch up to a
48:03
prayer. You know, just hoping that I
48:07
Gore can stay stay healthy and in contention with all the
48:11
riders. I know we always do good in the
48:13
first couple races. Raoul Fernandez has been looking
48:16
amazing, especially the end of last year into this year and
48:20
Horry Martinez said. He's always never lost his step.
48:24
He was just injured and that hopefully he gets his feedback
48:29
and. You know.
48:30
That Zeki's on his A game so if. Only he injured.
48:35
His team, so I think, I think they probably like, they
48:41
probably have the best chance. But you know, we, like you said,
48:44
we have no data. It's going to be crazy because
48:48
whoever is, I think a lot of people are going to be following
48:50
each other and someone's going to invite, you know, the the
48:53
whoever's in threat. You know, it's kind of going to
48:55
be like the reference basically on, on an important point,
48:59
Terrence. So it's going to be pretty
49:01
interesting to see. Yeah.
49:02
No doubt it. It sounds like Reese and, and
49:06
you have Bazecki as as, as, as you know #1 but we'll see when
49:11
we pick our, our top three before the show.
49:14
And Lewis man, what are your thoughts on Aprilia?
49:17
And also if these guys finish top 6?
49:22
Does Aprilia lock up or track house lock up?
49:26
Marti, Agura and and Fernandez for for for 27 and 28.
49:32
I think Agura, yes, Fernandez, I think is on the bubble.
49:36
You know, that's another guy that I've heard some rumors that
49:38
somebody might be taking his seat.
49:41
And if somebody takes his seat, you know, maybe he goes to KTM
49:44
because there's going to be some empty seats at KTM.
49:46
So that that's still in the air. He's another guy that just needs
49:50
to keep his head down and just keep performing week in and week
49:53
out and try to save that seat if you can, because the last thing
49:56
you want to do is go from an Aprilia, which looks like a
49:58
strong package to a KTM. You know, like that's a, you
50:03
know, that's a serious downgrade.
50:04
And we saw the kid win last year and I don't think he's gotten
50:09
any slower. So, you know, he needs to just
50:12
keep his head down and keep riding the wheels off that
50:14
thing. And then on the factory side of
50:16
things, you know, Martine had had a good weekend.
50:20
I still think Bazecki is the number one rider at Aprilia.
50:23
I think Aprilia is all in on Bazecki.
50:25
If you look, they put out a social media thing where they
50:29
gifted him an ape 'cause he really liked the ape.
50:33
And you know, so when a, when a company is doing that for you,
50:38
you're their guy. And, and it's, it's almost like
50:41
I know they're not doing it on purpose, but maybe it's me
50:45
because I'm mad petty. That's the kind of shit that I
50:48
would do to with my number one guy after Martine did what he
50:53
did to them. Like, like I would do that on
50:55
social media just to be like. Well, I, I, I think you know,
50:59
there, I think if Mart, if Martine wasn't injured last year
51:03
and it went different and again, if he injured his mouth and
51:06
didn't say, say one word, I think he would be getting the
51:10
same love. But with that said, no one
51:13
expected. I mean, I expected a lot from
51:15
Bez last year, but I don't know if they went in like expecting
51:19
much and for them to give, you know, they went from possibly
51:22
losing money to probably be made some money for what Bazecki did
51:26
last year. Well, no, for sure.
51:29
What Bazecki did really saved the team, saved the the the
51:33
brand. If you really think about it,
51:34
imagine, you know, you come into the season with four guys, one
51:37
of the guys is the reigning world champion.
51:40
The reigning world champion gets hurt and now you got this other
51:42
guy that came from a satellite team that had kind of like mixed
51:47
results. He was a good rider, but never
51:49
had steady podium results. Never.
51:51
And then you had two rookies on your satellite bikes that had
51:54
0.000%. You got rid of all your
51:58
veterans. And even for the time you had
52:00
your veterans, you had Asparagus and all these other guys.
52:04
You know, I think three wins in five years is what Asparagus
52:09
had. So, you know, you're hoping for
52:12
the best by getting this reigning world champion.
52:15
And then he gets hurt 18 times before the season starts, never
52:20
rides the bike, really. And you're leaning on this
52:23
number two guy that you're hoping can at least maybe get a
52:26
couple of podiums. And all of a sudden he becomes,
52:30
you know, the most, one of the most feared riders in Moto GP.
52:33
Like, how'd that happen? Right, right, right.
52:35
And he pulled him out of the quicksand.
52:36
Like he literally, he pulled him out of the quicksand.
52:38
They were in quicksand, you know they were, they were like 1979.
52:44
In quicksand and TMZ was talking about them.
52:46
Yeah, in Quicksand 1979, every show, worst thing that could
52:52
happen to a kid, you get stuck in quicksand.
52:54
They were in that quicksand. No doubt and.
52:58
And they let him marry his bike. Yeah, yeah.
53:00
That's why they let him marry his bike, keep his bike, gave
53:03
him a gave, signed him to a contract the beginning of the
53:06
year. Like they rolled out the red
53:08
carpet for him because he really did pull them out of a dark,
53:14
dark area. And let me ask this guys, can
53:17
Martine repair his contract, repair the relationship enough
53:22
to stay with a pro year beyond this year?
53:25
What would I mean? He has to win enough title, he
53:27
has to win 1020, get pole position or like like what kind
53:32
of stats he need to stay with a pillar.
53:36
I'm starting. With quiet, I know it's like I'm
53:39
like there's. Nothing.
53:42
You want me to answer that one? What?
53:44
What, what? What happens?
53:45
What happens? When, what, what, what?
53:48
Go ahead. What what happened was?
53:54
I mean, as a, as a, as a crew guy, you know, once you go, once
54:00
a rider starts talking, you know, bad about the team, bad
54:04
about the bike, it, it leaves a sour taste in your mouth As a
54:08
crew guy, 'cause as a, as, as, as members or crew guys, we're
54:14
not just showing up just to just give you a bike.
54:17
We're showing up 'cause we want to win as well.
54:20
You know what I mean? We want to win as well.
54:23
You know, we want to put the team on our back.
54:25
You know, our jobs are on the line, stuff like that.
54:28
And you know, just like you, you know, we're traveling all over
54:32
the world, traveling all over the place.
54:34
And, you know, we want to do the, you know.
54:37
We're up late. Nights trying to either repair a
54:40
bike or get the bike ready for you for the next morning minimum
54:43
sleep. So we want to win as well, you
54:45
know, So when you start talking bad about the team or bad about
54:49
this and that it, it puts a sour taste in your mouth and it's
54:51
kind of, it's is really, really, really tough to repair that
54:57
relationship. You know, there's riders in our
55:01
paddock that have felt that. Right, right, right, right.
55:05
All right, so that sounds like no RIP.
55:09
No, no, Yeah, right there. Hey, if your.
55:12
Girl cheats on you, do you? Do you really take her back,
55:15
man? Well, we'll go.
55:21
You know, some people do That's that's.
55:26
Sims. They're called Sims.
55:31
OK, we'll, we'll get to to Lord and then we'll talk about some,
55:36
some, some events that's happened this past this past
55:38
week. Go ahead, man.
55:41
No, I was going to say he definitely left the salad taste
55:43
and you know, the team's mouth because you know, the way he
55:47
tried to extend his contract and, and, and through the fine
55:51
lines and all that stuff. But I think that it's a possible
55:56
way out. I mean, their team's doing
55:57
really well right now. So he's just going to have to
56:01
shut up. He's going to have to win or at
56:04
least be top five, top ten, Let the the talent and his riding do
56:09
the talking. And when something goes wrong,
56:13
like if like a chain falls off or something like having a
56:16
Maverick or whatever to see how he reacts and not react like,
56:20
you know, like at least you know some some someone going crazy
56:25
over an issue. So I think there's AI think
56:28
there's a way out, but he's going to he's been being the the
56:31
cage for a while. So all.
56:33
Right. No doubt.
56:34
All right. I love this man.
56:35
Listen, man, if if Martine wins 15 out of the 22 Sprint races,
56:43
give us six wins in the GP races by all the crew member Rolexes,
56:49
a couple of cars or some people. I mean, you're telling me you're
56:53
not going to be like, all right, man, we'll, we'll, we'll, you
56:55
know, give up half his salary. Nothing, huh.
56:58
So then, after all, after all that, after all that, I see him
57:04
on a Honda. So it's it's the game is for
57:11
real, right? Yeah, yeah, the game is for real
57:14
It the paddock is a very small place.
57:18
And. The the Moto GP paddock is like
57:20
any other paddock in the world, except it's on TV, it's on
57:25
pay-per-view and they make millions of dollars.
57:26
But it's still personalities, it's still people, it's still
57:30
mechanics, it's still teams. And if a rider does the wrong
57:34
thing, like right now, Ducati just fired one of their
57:37
mechanics. Yeah, I heard about that.
57:39
Literally because he didn't show up on time.
57:42
And they were like, no, everybody else shows up on time.
57:44
If you don't have the dedication to show up on time, you're
57:47
fired. We're that serious about this
57:49
kind of dedication. And that's a mechanic.
57:53
Why should a rider be any different?
57:55
A rider as a brand, as as Piaggio, as Aprilia, this rider
58:01
I feel damaged their reputation in a way that nobody else has
58:07
ever damaged A reputation. You know, he, he was
58:11
unprofessional in the way he went about it.
58:13
He, he took it to the media. It was very public.
58:17
All these things really do damage a brand.
58:21
And nothing, nothing is more important than the brand, you
58:26
know, nothing is more important than your Piaggio logo, than
58:29
your Prelia logo. Like that's your brand, that's
58:31
your recognition. That's how you're known when
58:33
somebody comes along and puts a black eye on your brand.
58:36
Trust me, man, you never forget that.
58:39
OK, All right. So is it is it's safe to say
58:41
that Martine knows this, so he knows he's moving on based on
58:46
what you guys are saying. You know, there's no repair.
58:50
Costa's relationship with KTMI there 'cause he gave it the I.
58:52
Was gonna say right he came to bite the thing but.
58:57
These guys are moving. I mean like mid race, right?
59:01
I mean, right, It's it's literally.
59:03
You don't air out your dirty laundry in your own house.
59:06
You just kind of keep whatever it is in house and keep it to
59:09
you, your own clique and crew. I mean, like Lewis said, you
59:13
don't air it out in public, you don't air it out on social media
59:16
and the media and the press. You just kind of keep it to
59:19
yourself and. And we have, we have, I'm going
59:22
to be honest, we have mouth breathers out there, fans that
59:26
are like, oh, that's emotion. Riders need to show emotion.
59:29
That's when you're paying the bills.
59:31
You can show all the emotions you want when I'm paying your
59:33
ass to be on my bike. If my bike explodes under you,
59:36
you better burn with that bike, OK?
59:39
Because that's what I'm paying you to be on that bike.
59:43
And whether the bike sucks, the bike is the best bike in the
59:46
world. Every time you get on and off
59:47
the bike, I want to see a smile on your face.
59:50
As soon as you start giving my bike the finger, as soon as you
59:53
start disrespecting my mechanics, as soon as you start
59:55
doing anything detrimental to my brand, you're the problem.
59:59
Man, listen, you got me. Want to go watch the Enzo
1:00:02
Ferrari movie, right? Now.
1:00:05
You know how it is. Who's up next?
1:00:11
Oh, you don't like at the car next?
1:00:15
That's what it is. That's exactly what it is.
1:00:17
There's only one guy that ever went up against Ferrari and
1:00:21
actually won. Wow.
1:00:23
Because he made Ferrari a winning car.
1:00:26
You know, he complained about the car and he showed them how
1:00:30
to make the car better. And he's a lifelong Ferrari guy.
1:00:33
To this guy, he's still considered one of the greatest
1:00:35
Ferrari riders of all time. There you have it, man.
1:00:39
Listen, it's it's it's tough business.
1:00:40
So let's let's talk about KTM a little bit before we we jump in
1:00:45
a little bit of Motor America stuff and get out of here.
1:00:48
You know, Acosta looked pretty good.
1:00:50
He got his win, got win by by race direction.
1:00:56
Most people don't like that, you know, but you know, when is a
1:00:59
win? It was a Sprint win and again,
1:01:00
these guys don't really count the Sprint as wins.
1:01:04
So he finishing the GP. So in his mind he still hasn't
1:01:07
won a race. It's possible he could steal one
1:01:10
here as well. How much of not winning AGP race
1:01:16
yet is in the back of Costa's mind?
1:01:19
When you see guys like Furman coming in there and doing stuff,
1:01:22
you see guys like Fernandez coming in and doing stuff.
1:01:25
You see Iagura now coming in and Diego is looking like he may
1:01:29
have some speed. How much of not winning a race
1:01:33
yet? And you're supposed to be the
1:01:36
next of the the names that, you know, bikes are named after and
1:01:40
tracks are named after and stuff like that.
1:01:42
What do you thought, TJ? How much is it a big deal for
1:01:45
Acosta to not win? And is it in the back of his
1:01:48
head? Oh, it's a big deal.
1:01:51
It's a big deal because in his eyes, he's a winner.
1:01:54
He has a talent. He know he can do it.
1:01:57
He don't want to point fingers saying it's the bike, you know,
1:02:00
because I can ride good. But he's just not seeing the
1:02:04
results. And I'm sure it's just eating
1:02:06
them alive for like, like I said, seeing Perman get a win
1:02:10
and then all these other riders get a win before him when he's,
1:02:13
you know, got over a year under his belt.
1:02:18
But yeah, I think, I think if he was aspired, I think he wants it
1:02:22
back. So definitely, definitely think
1:02:27
he's going to be after. I think he's not going to give
1:02:30
in after seeing him going to turn.
1:02:34
Was that the last turn with Mark Marquez and stuff?
1:02:37
So. OK, Reese, is it, is it
1:02:41
different with riders like like like Acosta?
1:02:45
I mean, we all want to win, right?
1:02:46
You, you said it, we've said it many times.
1:02:49
We all get up and go to the paddock and go racing or go play
1:02:52
basketball, whether it's pickup or whatever.
1:02:54
No one's just sitting here saying I'm here for the
1:02:57
exercise, you know, you know, like what you know, these guys
1:03:03
is, is it is it is it's eating them more, eating them a little
1:03:06
bit more that look the losses than the win.
1:03:09
Oh yeah, of course. It's definitely eating at them.
1:03:11
I mean, the guys that train hard that really put the work in, you
1:03:14
know, they, they want to win. They're not here just to play.
1:03:17
You know, they're sacrificing time, you know, their energy and
1:03:21
a lot of stuff. So they want to win.
1:03:23
And you know, like, you know, it, it was the same way with me.
1:03:26
Like, you know, you're going to the game.
1:03:29
I'm like, listen, I'm I've been out here six hours and you've
1:03:32
been here too. I want to win.
1:03:34
I don't want to lose, you know? So, yeah, it's it's eating at
1:03:37
him, you know, not to have that win yet, not to, to, to have
1:03:42
that, that as you call it, the monkey off your back.
1:03:45
You know, once once you get that first one, you know, it's almost
1:03:49
like a trickle effect. You know, the next one can come
1:03:51
the next one, but it's always just getting that first one.
1:03:54
The Sprint race doesn't count. Yes, No, But to get it in that
1:04:00
sense of fashion, like I still want to win beat you straight
1:04:04
up. I want to beat it head up.
1:04:06
OK, all right. No doubt, man.
1:04:08
Louis, what what are your thoughts, man?
1:04:09
On on Acosta there. You know is it?
1:04:14
You know what are your? Thoughts.
1:04:16
His W is coming. His W is definitely coming, it's
1:04:19
just a matter of time. The guy's got the talent.
1:04:22
The KTM, at least his KTM and the way he rides it is working
1:04:27
really well. I don't know when it's coming
1:04:29
because again, the KTM is one of those bikes that on certain
1:04:32
tracks it just seems to perform better than other tracks.
1:04:37
But I, you know, his day is definitely coming.
1:04:39
There's no chance that he's not going to go at some point this
1:04:43
season. He'll be on the top step barring
1:04:46
injury, barring something like that, like at some point this
1:04:48
season, because we saw how competitive he was this past
1:04:51
weekend. This is a new track.
1:04:53
Everybody's starting with 0. He's had some success at CODA in
1:04:58
multiple classes and then when you go to Europe, you know he's
1:05:02
got the the Red Bull Ring, which is a great track for, for the
1:05:06
KTM and all these other places. So his day is coming.
1:05:11
He just needs to be patient. He's still got a win.
1:05:14
Even though he got a win by committee, it's still a win.
1:05:17
You still get to cash the the winning check and you still get
1:05:21
the 1st place trophy. But he'll get his, what he'll
1:05:23
feel is that his legit win battling heads up at some point.
1:05:27
And if at some point he gets a win, you know, in a similar
1:05:31
circumstance, it's still a win, man, because anytime you win,
1:05:35
whether it's by committee or if somebody has a mechanical or
1:05:38
somebody crashes on the last lap, you have to finish the race
1:05:42
to win. And if you don't finish the
1:05:44
race, then the guy in second wins, then that's a win.
1:05:46
That's how winning works. That's not work.
1:05:48
I mean, you know, you mentioned patience.
1:05:49
Some of the other guys mentioned patience as well.
1:05:52
Is this his adversity that he just doesn't realize he has to
1:05:55
go through? Or I mean, is the people that I
1:05:57
showed his people around him telling them?
1:05:59
Because we saw it with Bastionini, we saw it with Ben
1:06:02
Yalas, we saw it with Iagura, we seen it with Fernandez, even
1:06:05
though Fernandez was different. You know, they like everyone has
1:06:09
to go to this adversity where this guy at 16, you know, he
1:06:14
he's like Alcaraz or the soccer player there, I forget his name.
1:06:19
The young kid where they just been winning so much now that
1:06:23
when they have a little struggle, you see them kind of
1:06:26
implode in public. You you can't always be the
1:06:30
biggest fish, man. There's always a bigger fish
1:06:33
and, and on some weekends you'll be that bigger fish.
1:06:36
And it's true. He's, you know, he came through
1:06:39
Moto 2 and I mean, he more or less dominated Moto 2, you know,
1:06:45
I mean, he cleaned up and then he caught the Moto GP and he
1:06:49
hasn't been on the greatest package.
1:06:51
You know, it's not like his skill has diminished.
1:06:54
He just needs to be patient. And I think once once he leaves
1:06:59
KTM goes to a more competitive package with another company,
1:07:03
you'll see even more wins coming.
1:07:05
But if he even if he gets only one or two wins on the KTM this
1:07:08
year and he finishes out his KTM career this year, it's not like
1:07:13
the guy couldn't win before. You're always limited by the
1:07:16
tools you have. No doubt, I think I we got we
1:07:21
got our pick out our top three. But Reese, man, I you know,
1:07:25
sounds like you know, you had some troubles, man, you want to
1:07:27
tell us about it? You know you have some vehicle
1:07:30
issues. Truck broke down on the way to
1:07:32
Coda man. Is it the diesel price?
1:07:35
You guys got to buy that diesel. It's expensive.
1:07:40
There's a little truck issues, man, that's all.
1:07:43
It's all good. You're still smiling, man.
1:07:47
So Alessa, that's I, I've been, I don't know if he was stranded,
1:07:51
but I've had, you know, vehicle issues and, and, you know, and
1:07:54
I've, I've said it a few times in DC and it's no fun being
1:07:58
being broken down on the road, man.
1:08:00
Nah, I mean, it's no fun. I mean, truck had a lot of
1:08:03
issues, but hey, we got it there.
1:08:05
You know, we did the testing and you know, we were good.
1:08:08
We were OK Bobby finished second in the lot.
1:08:10
You know, Bobby came out P2 and you know JD came out what, P5?
1:08:16
So. Nah, I did.
1:08:19
Ready for? Ready for, I wrote, I wrote.
1:08:21
Atlanta. That's it all right, man.
1:08:23
Last testing for the season. I'm going to be there man,
1:08:26
looking forward to it. All right, let's go guys, before
1:08:30
we get out of here, I think I got to do I do I have it.
1:08:32
Can I show it the the you guys can see the leader board again?
1:08:35
Just remind people. Yeah, you can show that leader
1:08:38
board, whatever. Whatever, whatever, whatever.
1:08:47
I gotta appreciate it man, because a win is a win and you
1:08:50
know, I might not get any more so.
1:08:54
Hey, at least I'm in second. That's all that matters.
1:08:57
Got a basket? What are you guys thinking this
1:09:00
time man? Who you going with?
1:09:02
Who needs time? Just feel free to speak.
1:09:05
If not I'll go around and call. What do you got, TJ?
1:09:11
Oh, I don't know how to see. Let's go.
1:09:13
I'm definitely going to say Mark.
1:09:15
All right. But Zacky.
1:09:18
OK. And I feel like a praise is
1:09:22
going to be on the A game. So I'm going to say Raul, I'm
1:09:25
going to say. Raul, Wow.
1:09:26
OK. All right, that's what's up.
1:09:29
Getting some diversity. What?
1:09:34
What do you got, Irese? I got Bazecki, I got Mark and I
1:09:43
got Acosta. OK, alright, alright.
1:09:46
Yeah, that's I like it. I like it, Lewis.
1:09:50
For the Sprint I got, I got the same.
1:09:54
I got more. I got Bazecki mark and 3rd
1:10:01
place, third place, third place. You know what, I'm going to go
1:10:06
Alex Marquez because he had a bad weekend in Thailand.
1:10:10
Hopefully he bounces back all. Right.
1:10:13
And then for the actual GPI got Mark Bez and I'm going to pull
1:10:21
the I'm shooting, but I'm going to say Martine all.
1:10:24
Right, OK. That's what's up in that in I
1:10:28
guess top three because we. Top three, yeah.
1:10:31
I guess thanks for making a little clarifying Sprint and
1:10:34
main race you guys. Are you picking the same riders
1:10:37
for both Sprint and main race or do you want to break it up like
1:10:41
Lewis did? I'm going just I'm going to
1:10:45
switch Acosta to Alex and the Sprint, OK?
1:10:51
All right. Yeah, I'll probably switch.
1:10:52
Not that I want to follow suit, but I think Acosta and Sprint
1:10:57
instead of instead of Rao instead of Rao I feel like I
1:11:01
feel like. OK, All right, Kickbox opposite.
1:11:06
That's that's that's that's that's good.
1:11:08
I'm I'm going Bez. Yeah, that one's going to be
1:11:14
tricky. I'm going to put more of a deli
1:11:17
in there. Don't don't don't get me don't
1:11:19
go wrong. And I missed a good lineup.
1:11:22
I like I like all of Aprilia guys.
1:11:24
So it it's it's it's just who's going to have the better luck.
1:11:30
And you know what? I don't know if I should do
1:11:35
that. All right, I got Bez, I got
1:11:37
who'd I say I got Mogadeli and I'll go with Acosta.
1:11:42
I'll go to Acosta on the on the on the thing.
1:11:44
I want to say Petco, but we'll we'll we'll I got so.
1:11:51
It might be his. Time it might be his time, man,
1:11:53
listen to half a second. What would daily want to get on
1:11:56
the podium? So but I I you know, again, like
1:12:00
you guys have said all night, it's the new it's a new track
1:12:04
and no data. So it's really anybody's game
1:12:07
and some of these other riders can definitely steal one.
1:12:10
But you know, Acosta and Bez look really good.
1:12:13
Obviously, if Marquez doesn't have any issue, you know, he's
1:12:16
he's a sure win. Alex.
1:12:18
I don't know what's going on this year.
1:12:20
He didn't look well enough to sit here and say he he he
1:12:22
shouldn't be up there yet. It wouldn't be fair from to
1:12:26
Fernandez and Aya Guru to put the put the put to put Alex in
1:12:30
front of them at the moment. And they all cut, to me a kind
1:12:33
of, you know, around the same pace.
1:12:36
Well, also this weekend Fermin Aldeguer comes back, but you
1:12:40
know, I want to wait and see how he's recovering from his injury
1:12:43
before I start putting him up there again.
1:12:46
But if he looks good this weekend, then expect me to put
1:12:48
him pretty high up at CODA. Right, right, right.
1:12:51
Yeah, yeah, he was 'cause he looked good last year.
1:12:54
Yeah, he looks. He could look strong did.
1:12:56
He crash out last year. At Coda I don't.
1:13:01
Remember I, I. Yeah, I think he crashed out at
1:13:04
one of the two races. I don't know if it was the
1:13:06
Sprint or the actual race at Coda he crashed out, but he
1:13:09
finished the year super strong once he got adapted to the the
1:13:13
Ducati and I think he's going to be the number one rider at
1:13:17
Grassini next year for sure. Yeah, No, I, you know, like
1:13:21
we've been saying so far, the Hondas, the KTM, the Ducatis and
1:13:24
their Perlia as well. Ducati got to figure that out
1:13:26
because they they didn't, they weren't on the folding.
1:13:28
But it's going to be interesting to see what, what, what.
1:13:32
Well, one, if the weather holds up and there's going to be a
1:13:35
race. So if there's a race, if it's
1:13:38
wet race, then you know, the guys that are pretty good with
1:13:41
the wet conditions will probably be upfront and then it's
1:13:44
anybody's game. But if it's a nice pristine
1:13:46
conditions, then it's going to be interesting.
1:13:49
I'd be at Jack Miller. That'd be up there in the wet.
1:13:52
Yeah, I. Think so.
1:13:53
I mean, you got Jack Miller, you got Zarko, you got Marquez, you
1:13:57
got Quadraro. I mean, there's a list of guys
1:14:00
that are really, really good in the rain.
1:14:03
So it'll be interesting to see if the great equalizer steps in
1:14:07
and is pure throttle talent and bike feel, you know, then we'll
1:14:12
see how how the race pans out. It might get real interesting.
1:14:14
You might see some rookies, you might see some young guys that
1:14:18
you didn't expect. You might see like an Al Gura
1:14:20
pull pull something special out of his hat.
1:14:24
I hate the. Rain.
1:14:25
But I love the rain because it just throws like just everything
1:14:29
out the window, man. Yeah.
1:14:31
So it it shows a different level of writing, no doubt.
1:14:34
Man, I want to thank everyone for coming on.
1:14:36
My name is Rex 45. It's the be forever cool
1:14:38
podcast. I want to thank TJ with two
1:14:41
wheels and coffee Reese from attack performance Yamaha get
1:14:45
well, you guys use AAA. You got, you know, I have to get
1:14:54
them as a sponsor. Why they?
1:14:59
Why think progressives on here? Shout out to the real Lewis
1:15:06
Matega, the numbers guy. Peace.