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Vroom Vroom Wednesdays: Taking a look ahead at everything shaping the 2026 MotoGP season in S6 Ep 11 · B 4EVA Kool "Race A Motorcycle" Podcast

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Welcome back to the Be Perfect Cool podcast.
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My name is Rex 45. We have some fun tonight talking
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about Moto GP, a little bit of World Super bike.
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That's the first round coming up, It's in Thailand.
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I'm excited. It's been a long offseason.
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I've been watching a lot of old Moto GP races from 2002, man, I
2:08
got to to 2015. There's some, there's a couple
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of rounds in there that I skipped, but it was good to
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catch up on a lot of that old Moto GP races because there's,
2:18
you see a lot of faces in the paddock today.
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You know, you might get a little blurb of who this rider was in
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Moto GP in the past, but you don't know how well they ride or
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what their skill level was like. But going back and watching and
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seeing Biaggi and some of these other guys, Checker, even Colin
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Edwards and some of these guys, man, it was good to see.
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And I was excited. And you know, we brought that on
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Be very Cool podcast and we chopped it up and a lot of
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people was was feeling it. So it was it was pretty good.
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So we didn't keep you guys entertained.
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And now that the season is back, we're going to even have more to
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talk about. We have a cool year with a lot
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of things planned. We got some writers to talk
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about in Motor America to come. So it's exciting.
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But you know, let's let me not get ahead of myself.
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Let me bring the guys in and see what they've been up to.
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Jordan, man, welcome to the show.
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How you doing tonight man? What's going on?
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Loving life, brother. Loving life.
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Back on two wheels, baby. Nice man.
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I mean, you know, if the weather is a little bit wild, but it's
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nice to know when you you can look, look in the garage and you
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know, you know, you're going to get on that bike this year.
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Exactly, exactly. And I did get a chance to test
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some Aprilia's just the other day, touch on some VR fours and
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some other tasty morsels I'm not going to go into right about
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now, but yeah. That's what's up, man.
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You're you're excited for Moto GP to be back, man.
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Absolutely. I cannot wait for Moto GP come
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back and see who's going to defend or get kicked off of
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their podium that, you know, come up and coming season.
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So yeah, I can't wait for the rookies that are that are really
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new to Moto GP to see where they kind of latch in, see if they're
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going to become an instant alien or they're going to be wash out,
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which I'm thinking is going to be more of the precursor, not
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the lack. Well, there's only two rookies
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and, you know, there's a little bit of an age gap difference.
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And I mean, you know, it's one of those things where it's going
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to be hard because Diego, he, he's, he, he, I, I don't think
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he sees himself any less than Top Rock.
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So it's going to be interesting. That's going to that's going to
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quickly be AI guess you want to call it a a reality check
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gruesome Rose Rosa. So yeah.
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All right, man. Hang tight, man.
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Hang tight, Tyson man. Welcome to the show, man.
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I really appreciate you coming on tonight, man.
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How you doing? You ready for Moto GP?
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How's it going Rexy? I'm doing good.
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Looking forward to all this snow to melt and Moto GP as well will
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be fun this weekend. Exactly, man.
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I heard today a little bit of the snow melt.
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I'm going to be up that way tomorrow.
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And you know, I mean, you know, I'm not looking forward to snow.
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I mean, a little bit melted, that's for sure, but there's
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plenty left. Still, Yeah, yeah, yeah, no
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doubt. I mean, have you, you know,
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decided to get into the ice riding or anything like that so
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that way you can get out in the winter time on two wheels?
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Winter sports are tough because everything going on the, the
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winters are very unreliable these days.
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So it's like, it's like a snowmobile, you know, like
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they're, they're great in principle, but then you drop 20
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grand on them and you only had one snowy day that year and it's
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like can feel like a waste. So that's stuff I usually try to
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stay away from. Like, I play hockey for winter
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sports and I ski from time to time, but that's my winter
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stuff. OK, OK.
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At least you're getting out. Yeah, I hear you.
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It's it's funny. I was thinking about that today
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and you know, because I want to get like a mini bike or
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something like that and I'm just like, wow, how much how much
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time am I going to spend on a? Stick before I get all the
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sudden whistles. Wait.
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Well, it's nice a little mini bike, you're in Florida.
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So like, dude, perfect little like offseason track thing to
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RIP around was like, I need an indoor place up here.
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And, you know, New England's just so sparsely populated that
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we just don't really have a density and a drive and a market
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for something like that to be sustainable, so.
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No, I, I, I, I know about that life for sure.
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But let's let's enough about that.
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Let's talk about Moto GP guys. You know Marquez was the winner.
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He's a defending champion. He got hurt at the end of last
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season. I think he missed the last two
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rounds of 343 to 4 rounds, give or take from that injury.
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I assume it was more at this point, he already won the
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championship. So nothing, nothing to prove.
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Maybe I could go out there and try to win one more race or
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something to that effect, but nothing crazy.
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But what are you guys that are looking see from, you know,
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Ducati in general? Is it a phone going conclusion
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that Marquez is just going to be #1 and everyone else is just
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going to be fighting for number 2?
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There's too many people that's been trying to grab that number
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one plate. And even though Marquez had a a
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small little injury at the end of the season, like I said, he
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got the championship. He was pretty much done.
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So he didn't really have to do too much like Valentino wanted a
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couple of years before like 4 rounds before the end of the
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season. And they just could have been
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like that. Whatever, I'm going to go home
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and, you know, throw back some, some martinis.
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But you know, that's part of our our culture is to even if you
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win the championship, I'm still going to show up.
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I'm still going to show people why I won the championship.
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I'm still going to promote my sponsors and stuff like that.
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That's the, you know, the business background of it, but
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the racer side of it is kind of like, yeah, I'm a champion.
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This is the reason why I'm a champion.
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And I'm going to still continue racing and pushing my efforts as
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to the full extent of my capabilities even after
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championship is done. So I think it's going to be a
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good fight, but I think it's just not going to be a Marquette
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ship. It's just not going to be a
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Marquette show. Let me say that Alex Marques is
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going to be up there. He's going to be up there
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fighting if Marquez doesn't slow down and give him the race like
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he did before. Sorry, did I say that out loud?
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My bad. I think there's going to be a
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whole bunch more people involved than just Marquez going out four
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or five seconds out and then he just, you know, clenching the
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title, becoming more than that. I don't know if I don't know if
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Marquez gave him the race. I think he gave him a few laps.
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And then he gave him a couple laps, but then he walked away in
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the last two laps. Yeah, he's definitely Lucy with
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the with the football there dangling that character brother
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like that and then take it, take it away at the last minute.
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Jord, Tyson, man, what are your thoughts on on on the season?
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You heard Jordan talk about Marquez and these other guys are
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going to be fighting. I think it's going to be closer
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personally. But what are your thoughts man?
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I would say it's it's probably fairly certain that Marquez will
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win the championship again, but I think it will be certainly
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closer than it was last year. The Aprilia bikes have taken a
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step forward. They were already fairly close.
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Like there's a fair few races last year where I was put, the
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Aprilia is the better bike. Mark is just a better rider on a
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equivalent bike, you know what I mean?
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Or like within the same ballpark bike.
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So. Aprilia is like is like the Fast
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and furious. The first one almost had you if
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Aprilia had more circuits to go. To doesn't say that to to Dom,
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and Dom says something else. I can't remember, it's been so
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long. Like you almost had what or
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something like that. You had nothing.
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Something like that double. Clutching granny shifting.
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Yeah. But yeah, no, seriously though,
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I, I do think that I agree with you.
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I do think that Aprilia has a really good shot.
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I think, I hope Martine falls in line.
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I think I like the I like the I like if Martine can be what
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Bagnaya and Bashini were when they're together on Ducati, how
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they work together. If, if Bez and Martine can do
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that this year. I think Martine could be that
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thing to put enough Ducatis between the Prius, you know what
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I'm saying? Yeah, but is he gonna just do
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that though? You know, like just can his ego
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handle that? Man, that's that's the that's
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the thing. I don't know.
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I you know when you think. So, but I've also not him so.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I, you know, what are your
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thoughts, Jordan, on that? Can his ego handle that?
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You think that, Martine? I mean, and we hear these rumors
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that he's leaving to go somewhere else next year, which
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I think is really odd because I got to assume Aprilia wants him
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gone. I have to assume that because,
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like the second best bike on the grid is Aprilia.
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So if you're not going back to Ducati, you'd want to stay with
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April, yeah? I agree.
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I agree. I don't know, like I said, I
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wish I knew Bazecki and all these, you know, top tier, top
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tier riders, like I know the most American riders here in the
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USI wish I was able to call them up and just just ask him those
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very few questions and kind of get a a general idea of Hey,
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what would happen if, like I said, I can call up a couple
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other guys and be like, Hey, let me ask a question.
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What happens if this were to happen as a rider, as a racer,
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you and I know that, you know, with like being an MC, you in
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your mind is like, there's no one better than me unless you
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prove it to me on the track or whatever stage you're on.
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Show me your best move, your best competition, your best
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whatever, and then I will, I would say bow down, but I would
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at least admit this person may be a little bit better than me,
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but for him to really bow down and be like, hey, you know, I'm
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just going to give you the win or something like that.
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I don't think it's going to be in his nature to do that.
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And most I said, you know, the Perelio has top notch at least
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top speed and corner speed. So it's just kind of like, you
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know, all you got to do is get a rider who's willing and knowing
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to put laps together, not just one flying lap, not just two
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laps, put the whole race together so that that bike can
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really shine. Right.
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No, I agree. I, I wasn't saying like have to
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give up anything. I think more just sharing data
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and and working together when it once the lights go out, it is
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what it is. But you know what I mean?
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Because that's the only way that I think Aprilia is going to do
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better. I mean, I do think that, yeah,
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the what, what are the track house guys?
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Aya Guru and Raul? I do think those guys are going
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to be finishing top eight. I mean, I think, I think Aya
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Guru will probably finish top ten because he was, he was like
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really the first one to figure out that Aprilia last year, even
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before Bez. And once he broke his leg, I
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think at Silverstone, not Silverstone, I figure where he
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broke his leg initially, that's when he he kind of struggled
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throughout the rest of the season.
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And Raul came to his own at the end of the season.
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I forgot, right? He didn't win the race, right?
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He didn't win the race. So I mean, I think everyone
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except for Martine is ready and I think they, those guys have a
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really good shot. There's only 6 Ducatis now, I
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mean, for the last few years now.
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So I mean, I think that's also exciting.
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Let's move over to Honda and and Luca and and mayor and what
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those guys are doing, because I think those, I think even Zarko,
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you know, this is I, I would say Honda is the third best team on
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the on the grid and I think they got a shot.
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So what you guys thinking about what Honda, you know, what do
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you think they can do this season?
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We start with Tyson. I think they'll definitely
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improve from their performance last season for sure.
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That is seems to be their trajectory.
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I don't know if I'd necessarily put them at like a firm #3 but
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like, you know, weekend to weekend, you know, I can see
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them at three. I can see them trading with KTM
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here and there. But I certainly think they're,
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they're probably on the best other than Aprilia, they're on,
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you know, the best trajectory for their program.
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It seems like everybody else is taking steps back, Ducati, KTM,
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Yamaha, but Aprilia and Honda seem to be, you know,
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progressing. They're making iterative steps
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one at a time at a time. And, you know, slowly those
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build up and, you know, you got yourself an impressive bike.
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I'd like to see Mir stay on the bike more.
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I feel like they can get some solid points if he stays on the
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bike. I don't think he's a bad rider.
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I just think he's, you know, like a lot of riders fall into
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that trap of like, you know, win it or Bennett and, you know,
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you're just on a terrible bike and you just start focusing on
15:34
at this point, just do whatever I can, you know, and then, you
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know, ends up in him spinning it.
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But I think as it gets better, more consistent, he'll stay on
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the bike more. Yeah, I, I hope so.
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And I, and he did towards the end of last year.
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Jordan, man, what are you, what are your thoughts on Honda?
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Smitty's not here to tell us how, how, how great because he's
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a, he's a die hard Honda guy, True and true.
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And you know, I do, you know, I do feel like, yeah, these guys,
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they, I, I, they're going to get on a podium.
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You know, God bless Rex love him very much.
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You know, even if harder was I mean spending my bad.
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I love everybody. Smitty would definitely say that
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they're they're making improvements and I'm not denying
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that they are making improvements.
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They they need to make improvements years ago and it
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just takes some time for development.
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Even with this test riders that they have, you know, that
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they're making, you know, adjustments as they go along.
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You know, I think they've got the not say the best 2 riders on
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there. Luca Marini has definitely
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making some, some headway, some steps and John Mirror, you know,
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he's he's a championship winner. So, so I mean, it's just kind of
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like, you know, if you kind of put those, those not say this
16:50
ends in the basket, but you put them together and then, you
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know, hopefully Honda, you know, I don't know if they had
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designers walk away or something like that.
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But for the past couple years, it's like they've been really
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stagnant. And I don't know why, but
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they've been having some feedback on saying, Hey, we need
17:06
to improve this, we need to improve that, change this,
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change that. And I don't know why they're not
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kind of going to where their riders are telling them to go
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to. So with the process they're
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making right about now, hopefully they're not, you know,
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like I said, win it. I've been in, like Tyson said,
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you know, hopefully not doing that too much, but hopefully
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they do a little bit more competitiveness, maybe not win
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it, but just be competitive, stay on the stay on the bike,
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less mechanicals and then can finish off more races than when
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you did last year. But I mean, shouldn't these guys
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get a little bit more respect for their name, Luca and and
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Mayor, I mean, you know, they're on a bad bike, right?
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These guys in their own right. When Mayor was on a Suzuki, he
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was nice. When when Luca was on a on the
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Ducati DVR, he was nice. I mean, he got on a podium.
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I mean, it's not like you know, when you say better guys, who
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would have been who are the better guys if not Marquez?
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I mean, you may say Acosta, but Acosta has yet to win the Voter
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GP race. So you can't really on paper
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he's he may be better, but who are better than these two guys?
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And that's what I'm saying. It's just like, you know, that's
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what I said. I was like, you know, I don't
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want to say they're they're they need to get better riders, but
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they do have people in that seat right now that should be giving
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them maybe not podiums every single time, but definitely top
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ten, top 12. And they're really lacking in
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that. Even when they do get good
18:30
starts, they start falling behind mid race and then they're
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down in 156017. It's kind of like I don't get
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it. So I don't know, I don't know
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what they're doing or what they need to do to stay upfront.
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Yeah, what what are your thoughts Tyson on on Luca and
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and mayor it are they are they better riders in Moto GP that
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that should be no seats that's going to give Honda a better
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result. I know you know, Jordan said,
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you know, they fell back, but I was in the beginning I mean Luca
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was starting to do well after his accident at Suzuka came in
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back from that. And mayor last year at the end
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of the year was also he got on the podium I think a couple of
19:07
times as well. So, you know, so they, they are
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pointing in the right direction, which is moving forward up the
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grid, not falling back like they were doing.
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You know, what are your thoughts?
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Do you think? Cuz I, I hate it a lot with Luca
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and, and me are saying, you know, let's get some other guys
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on the Honda as if they say if, if there's a bunch of Marc
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Marquez's waiting to come on that Honda.
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Just waiting in the wings on. The bike.
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I mean, they're clearly good riders, as you said.
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What? John Mirror is a world champion.
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But you know, people's, especially in racing, your
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reputation is only as good as your last race.
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You know, unfortunately Honda has been dogging their names
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with a trash bike. You know, like if all of them
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are performing relatively the same, I mean, sure, Mirror
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crashes a little bit more, but like none of the other Hondas
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were really doing anything crazy better than he was.
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Sure, they're finishing and getting points occasionally, but
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you know, like at that point I it's the bike.
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You know. The team needs to do a better
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job of giving them better equipment and a better package
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for every weekend. Like their job there is to ride
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and obviously they give feedback, that kind of jazz.
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But like, they're not getting what they need to do better.
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And they clearly at the end of last year's shows, they can
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clearly get podiums. They aren't good riders, you
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know, So there's something wrong with this motorcycle.
20:25
Well, maybe not so much anymore. As we said there, they are
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making progress here. They're one step after the
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other. They're getting better and
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better and better. But that is probably what has
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happened. And then, you know, their names
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have just got dragged through the mud because, you know,
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you're on bad equipment and, you know, people just see you doing
20:40
poorly. And they don't care that, you
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know, they don't see what's behind the behind the, you know,
20:46
the screens where all these issues are coming up.
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They're trying to work through things and, you know, nothing's
20:50
working and every single weekend you're crashing and that that
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kind of, that's not helping you either, you know?
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So I think they are. I'm sorry, what?
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I said not mentally. No, that wouldn't help me.
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I would struggle. Yeah.
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It's a long season. What is it, March to November at
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this point? Late October, That's a long
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season of international travel racing.
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Like it's a lot. So I think they're good riders.
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I think they just need to give them a better package and
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they'll start getting those podiums and those race wins.
21:23
No, I it's actually February, right?
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Because the first round is actually, I guess it's March.
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They have it as no, the first one is February.
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So yeah, it's February to November 22nd.
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So it's wild. Yeah, that's so long.
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Yeah. I like that the, you know, the
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winters are shorter. That's amazing.
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But at the same time, like it's a lot for these guys.
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Yeah, no doubt. I I completely agree.
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And let's before we move off a Honda, let's talk about Zarko
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and his teammate Diego. He's a rookie.
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Zarko, you know, wanna wanna race, got on the podium another
21:58
race. For some reason or another, they
22:01
stopped giving them this and this I don't understand.
22:04
Like if you're, if you give everybody the good parts, I
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mean, I like there's a rule that we can only have two and and all
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four. You got to fight for two pieces
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of chicken just. Like.
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Give everybody the parts. I don't understand, like, OK,
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you got to be top five to get these parts.
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It's like, how am I going to top five and get these parts?
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And and that's the whole point. And you, you, we laugh about it,
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but like this learned the truth. It's just like, how are you
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going to limit what you give to the riders and then expect them
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to get the results without the parts?
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And is, isn't it sabotage if it's because Zaco was the first
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one that was doing well last year and the year before that,
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you know, on the Honda and, and it's kind of like, like, are
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you, did you sabotage Zarko or did you again, you know, did you
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just say, Hey, these, these work?
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So are we got to, we got to take this off your parts, dude,
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because we know it works and, and give it to these other guys
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and, and stuff like that, man. I mean, I think I don't know the
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expense of the rule, but I mean, you know, what are your
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thoughts, Tyson? You know, should these guys
23:08
like, you know, get all the same parts?
23:10
So we can, you know, see who can be upfront.
23:14
I would love if everybody had the same parts, the same bike.
23:16
That would be amazing. You know, we could live in a
23:19
utopia where everyone gets a Lamborghini and we all have
23:22
yachts and no one works and pigs are flying around, but just not
23:25
the world we live in. You know, I'm I'm assuming it
23:29
has something to do with LC Rs contract would be my guess is
23:33
that because from what I heard like especially I think this
23:36
year they're like more of like a full team, but like last year,
23:39
they're more of just kind of like a name slapped on a extra
23:41
Honda, which was what I gathered.
23:44
I'm not sure if that's 100% correct or not, but but from
23:48
like an engineering and sort of just like a science standpoint
23:51
of like trying to do better their thought process may be we
23:54
have two prototype bikes here on the Honda factory team.
23:57
This is where we are going to be making our improvements to
23:59
improve our, you know, package our program kind of deal.
24:03
And it could be useful to have a control which is the bike we
24:08
started out with the beginning of the year.
24:09
We know Zarko is going to be good on it.
24:11
He's got a lot of experience. He'll get every piece of
24:15
performance out of there that he can get.
24:17
And then we're going to keep making changes to our bike to
24:20
see if we can get better. And then we can see like, OK,
24:22
here's Zarko on this old bike. Now we've done all these
24:25
updates. Great.
24:26
Now it's faster, they're on the bike more, you know, and OK, now
24:29
we've done that. So let's make those parts and
24:31
give them the Zarko now that kind of deal.
24:32
So that may be another reason why he is not getting all of the
24:36
parts. I I doubt it is actually
24:39
sabotage. I'm sure they would love for him
24:42
to be on a factory bike and, you know, doing the exact same
24:44
thing. I hope so because you know, you
24:46
know, you mentioned all being on on the same machine.
24:50
I mean, they did it in Moto E and that really shows you who
24:52
are the strong riders. Even though that series is no
24:55
longer around. We do see it in the WCR, in the
24:58
women's series on the R sevens and they're all and we see like
25:01
the fast people are up front and and you can't blame the machine
25:05
because they're all the same bikes.
25:06
So there's something to that to really if, if the playing field
25:10
was the same, we would actually know who the better riders are.
25:13
And you know, I guess, you know, it might come down to the
25:16
engineers and the mechanics and who can, you know, you know,
25:20
configure the bike to the riders like independence.
25:23
But at the end. But I know we're not going to
25:24
see that in in in the real world.
25:27
There may be a couple of series where everybody may be on the
25:29
same bike, but for the most part, there's just too many
25:31
manufacturers that need to race on Sunday so they can sell on
25:35
Monday. But.
25:41
As bullshit I hated they're closed on Sunday and Monday.
25:43
What the That's when I need parts.
25:45
That's when I need them. You went on, they still on
25:50
Tuesday? Exactly, exactly.
25:55
Let's talk about KTMI mean and we haven't even talked about the
25:58
rumors of people leaving yet, but we'll leave that to the end
26:01
to the rumors section because they're just rumors.
26:05
You know, we're looking at Ducati 1 Aprilia to Honda 3 is
26:09
safe to say maybe KTM 3. We can put them equal at 3 even
26:13
if we'd like 0.3 point whatever. What does KTM have to do this
26:19
year with with, you know, they got a rider that's ready to go.
26:23
They got the only rider that seems to love the program and
26:26
drinking the kool-aid is vinyl is at the moment.
26:29
Brad is just, you know, Brad is like the, the bigger guy trying
26:34
to hide behind a smart, a skinny tree.
26:36
Hopefully nobody noticed them cuz I love Brad, but like he,
26:40
he, he's gotten a pass this whole time in Moto GP.
26:44
Remy Gardner did not get that same pass Icaleuca Ono did not
26:48
get that same pass. You know, what are your thoughts
26:51
on KTM and and the financial woes that they had to go through
26:54
last year and maybe still restructuring from that this
26:57
year? What are your thoughts on KTM
26:59
and what they should bring in and what they can do with all
27:02
that chaos and craziness that's happening?
27:05
Just start with Jordan. I think they've got.
27:08
Both teams have A at least one rider on each team that can
27:13
really, I would say shake up of the championship or if not,
27:19
bring a spark and a a shot to the team.
27:24
Pedro Costa, you know, he's not a rookie anymore and he's got
27:28
loads and loads of talent as well as skill that he's brought
27:33
out. And he showed people that, yes,
27:36
I may not be able to, you know, surpass Marc Marquez, but I can
27:40
definitely show a wheel every now and again or if not, doesn't
27:44
be able to get on the podium. So I think that's definitely
27:47
worth talking about. And then Bastanini, we talked
27:51
about him before. I just like, you know, get him
27:53
on any type of Rd. where he gets a breath at something and you
27:58
know, he may be off to the races, but it's it all comes
28:01
down to I think set up with him. Vinyalis.
28:05
I think, I don't know if we talked about this enough, that
28:09
once he got his bad reputation from Yamaha, then it's kind of
28:14
like he doesn't really have too many seats left to kind of jump
28:18
back and forth on before he's pretty much out the door.
28:22
Got the motorcycle whisperer with him.
28:24
He got Lorenzo, but. He, we talked about that he
28:28
needed to have him with him to keep his edge at the limit so
28:34
that it'd be like, listen, you may not like me, but I can do
28:36
this, you know, other than that, he probably would have been gone
28:40
already. But like I said, KTM gave him a
28:44
pass and he's really trying to keep that even though he hasn't
28:50
been. What was this his best?
28:53
Healthy, healthy. He won last year, but not just
28:56
being. Healthy besides being healthy,
29:00
his his away. From him wasn't it wasn't it
29:02
Coda he won was it Coda is that is that right and they took it
29:05
away from oh that was on the pro yeah, never mind that was on the
29:07
pro that. Was his top one.
29:10
What's the KTM over the past 4-2 years Has been like 10, no?
29:14
I think it was like it was like a second place or something they
29:16
took away from him. Yeah, I think.
29:18
I think he got penalized last year.
29:21
For for some nonsense. But my point is he keeps on not
29:26
really keeping his name in good standing.
29:30
And if you only got, you know, so many bikes, so many owners,
29:35
so many teams. Man come on, man.
29:38
Come on man. We got, we got, we got peace and
29:39
love, man. I mean, listen to Michael.
29:43
Come on man. Come on man.
29:47
Come on, man. The man donated money to, gave
29:49
money to KTM when they were suffering and bought into the
29:52
company. Come on, he he, he showed them
29:55
how to. He had to please give me his
30:00
seat. I.
30:01
Had to keep his seat. Yeah, exactly.
30:04
I will pay for my seat here, take this money.
30:08
Like I said, he's still a good racer.
30:11
From what I understand, he's not giving a whole bunch of good
30:14
feedback to say, hey, let's fix this, let's fix that.
30:17
You know he's just complaining about animal power.
30:19
No, I, I, well, I, I, I disagree with you there.
30:22
Yeah, because I, I think he was the quickest rider.
30:25
He was the quickest rider last year until he until he hurt his
30:28
shoulder and and and Acosta started having the same setup as
30:34
Ben Yalis last year. And then Acosta started being
30:37
the number one guy. What do you thought you had a
30:39
lot there, Tyson? What are you talking about?
30:40
Oh. Man.
30:44
I mean, as like a team. I think this year's probably
30:46
awash for KTM would be my guess, especially given the financial
30:50
troubles and the changing of the regs next year.
30:53
My guess is they're like, we're going to put just enough money
30:57
to get this team across the finish line in November and then
31:02
put the rest of it into the 2027 bike.
31:08
Yeah, I probably, I don't expect much out of them this year.
31:12
And I'm with you, Jordan. Like, I don't know how Bender's
31:15
got in the past like he is. He had one good wet race in
31:19
Austria and he has been riding that success.
31:22
Was that 3-4 years ago? It was 21 or 22, wasn't it?
31:26
It was a while. Ago and like he's been riding
31:28
that and just like I think because no one notices him in
31:31
15th place most of the time and so no one talks about him and we
31:36
always forget that he's on the KTM and Pedro is, you know,
31:41
fighting for 3rd and 4th place constantly and doing what he
31:43
can. I mean, I think of the
31:47
generational talents on the grid right now is probably Marquez,
31:51
Quatrero and Acosta. And if Acosta can't get a win
31:57
out of that bike, I don't see anybody else getting a win out
31:59
of that bike unless a Meteor hits the other 16 bikes.
32:07
And Lorenzo, man, you know he's right there, Lorenzo.
32:13
Lorenzo can only go so far. He ain't behind the wheel
32:16
anymore. He can.
32:17
He's only coaching from the sideline.
32:21
Come on, He got his scarf on. He got his cappuccino.
32:25
Come on, man. Let's let's let's do these
32:26
circle drills. Let's go.
32:27
He's adorable. But yeah, I don't, I don't
32:32
expect much out of them, frankly.
32:34
OK, now it's, it's, you know, this business, there's racing
32:40
business, it's not for the faint of a heart.
32:42
So, and and it's the ones who take the risk.
32:47
I mean, I I appreciate what KTM has done.
32:49
I got AI, got a few KTMSI mean, you know, I, I like what they've
32:52
done, you know, getting to me. Ducati's been there with the
32:55
finances. I don't think Honda's been
32:57
there. They've been pretty good about
32:58
managing their money. I think Yamaha has been pretty
33:00
good about managing their money, but everyone else has gone
33:03
through financial troubles are really, you know, saying they
33:06
all have had. Yeah, they're a.
33:10
Luxury. Exactly, You know what I'm
33:13
saying. So you know, the fact that
33:15
they're staying in Moto GP is a plus and I hope they do stay in
33:18
it. It'll be very it'll be tough.
33:20
You know, I think for any, any person that competes at any
33:23
level that if you have a machine that you, you got so close to to
33:28
tasting it, right. I mean, they're like the Indiana
33:30
Pacers. They're just so close.
33:34
It can't get over the hump because.
33:42
Is that your team, Jordan? You know what I mean?
33:48
It's one of those teams that like, you know, they just and,
33:51
and, and I know they will, right?
33:52
Because I don't we don't get to write history.
33:56
They do, you know what I mean? But it's if you, if if you give
34:00
up, you never really know if you get over the hump.
34:01
So I do hope that KTM stays with it and they figure it out and,
34:06
and, and continue moving because we we need it in, in, in the
34:09
series. But yeah, it's going to be
34:11
tricky. I mean, I think they still could
34:12
be a number three. I think could be a number 3
34:14
bike. I, I won't know.
34:16
We won't know until the first round or second round.
34:18
But I think that Acosta and I think Vinyall is these two guys.
34:22
I think they're going to be top 6.
34:24
I think they're going to be fighting.
34:25
I think if a plastic and stay on the bike, he's going to be top
34:28
four, top three in that area because that's how he was last
34:31
year until he went until he crashed.
34:33
So he's going to be up there who you don't.
34:37
Think Bassini is going to be up there?
34:39
I think if Bassinini figures out that bike, I think he will and,
34:43
and, and, and he's been a late pace guy on the Ducati and
34:47
there's times on the on the KTM last year he was coming through
34:52
the to through the grid. And but same thing.
34:56
I think he he crash out right or he'll make a mistake enough that
35:00
at that point you just got to conserve.
35:03
Yeah, I know, I know. He did a couple of tops, 5-7,
35:07
something like that. Yeah.
35:08
And another time he was crashing out.
35:10
It was kind of like, like I said, winning a Bennett.
35:12
Yeah, so I'm a fan of Bastianini as well.
35:15
I think he should have kept his factory seat, but anyway at
35:17
Ducati. But that's a whole that's that's
35:20
history now. But I am a fan.
35:21
I am I'm a fan of him. I think that the fact that
35:24
Vinyalla's figured out the KTM last year quicker than he did,
35:28
he kind of kind of made it seem like, oh, you know, one year on
35:32
a bike should be enough to figure it out.
35:33
But we know it's not. Look at Raul, look at some of
35:36
these other guys that's taking them a few years to figure out
35:38
bikes. And so if I hope he gets the
35:41
time with KTM to figure out the bike, but it's it's it's fickle.
35:45
KTM is fickle. They cut people.
35:47
You know, you're like, damn, one year, that's it.
35:51
You saw enough. So it's interesting.
35:56
Yeah, exactly. But let's talk about let's talk
35:59
about Yamaha. You know, we got we got top rock
36:03
on the B4. It sounds like Quattro R is not
36:06
happy on the B4. It sounds like Renz is cool.
36:09
It sounds like Miller is just kind of like I I know it's like
36:12
to to build a bike. He's on the Honda when he first
36:14
came in and that was building when he was on the satellite
36:17
teams. He was on the early Ducatis when
36:19
they were figuring it out in 2015 sixteen and think 17 and
36:22
before he got the factory seat as well with alongside Peko and
36:27
stuff like that. So I mean, I think for Miller,
36:30
he's just kind of like we're working, you know, where should
36:34
these other guys be at Quattro hour?
36:37
Because, you know, he wants to leave because he's not getting
36:40
what he's want. But I, I, I, you know, I was
36:42
talking to some of the guys the other day, where could he go?
36:45
The only place he can go is Honda.
36:47
And, you know, I mean, Honda, we're saying is third place and
36:53
at at best as far as the manufacturers, not necessarily
36:57
3rd place overall in the championship.
36:59
You know, what are your thoughts on on Yamaha?
37:02
Is it just continue to rebuild, you know, keep the, the, the,
37:07
the chemistry up in the, in the paddocks while we can?
37:10
Or is it like, let's, let's, let's, let's clean shopping and
37:14
who wants to stay, stay and other people that that don't
37:17
feel we are, we're, we're, we're going to be competitive again.
37:19
Get rid of them. What are your thoughts on where
37:21
Yamaha is? Let's start with George.
37:25
Good question about shouldn't like ultimately just clean house
37:29
or just keep what they got. I'm inclined to say that they
37:34
should really kind of keep things together, kind of know
37:38
where everyone's head is at. Cuatuaro not really happy
37:42
because the past two years he's playing not just second fiddle,
37:46
but he's kind of playing catch up with Ducati and Marquez.
37:49
And just kind of like, you know, I need just need that on top of
37:53
of the couple of the mishaps that he had, which really,
37:57
really broke Yamaha's heart, broke a lot of Yamaha fans
38:02
heart, including myself. I wish I had my Yamaha shirt on.
38:06
I mean, right when that right height device failed, I, I
38:12
started crying, dude, I was, I was in tears.
38:17
Yeah, that was that was tough because he had a really solid
38:19
race, really got solid lead. But.
38:22
He he ultimately said no, that's racing and kind of I think it
38:26
was a little bit more than that. Behind the scenes.
38:29
He's probably pissed. But you know, with the the
38:33
Primack Yamaha team, they just seemed like with, with Miller
38:39
and top rack, I don't know, maybe it's just me, just they
38:42
just seem like it's play time. You know, they're they're joking
38:47
around and playing around and wheelies and stoppies and jokes
38:51
and blah, blah, blah. It's kind of like I want to see
38:53
these guys get really get to business and really show.
38:55
OK, You ready to to win a championship?
38:58
You ready to, you know, get down to business and make this stuff
39:00
happen? I mean, yeah, it's good you have
39:02
a little bit of hype behind you. But you know, when it comes down
39:06
to when that, you know, I'm going to say the flag drops.
39:09
Sorry for, you know, regular Rd. races when that red light goes
39:13
out, you know, it's it's serious game after that.
39:16
So what you going to do when that happens?
39:18
So I don't know what they need to do to kind of focus on on
39:24
game time when it is game time, because I got a few more
39:27
sessions left to really see and their their practice time on the
39:36
time wasn't bad, wasn't they weren't far off.
39:39
But it's kind of like, OK, can you translate that fun and
39:43
festivity stuff to, you know, podiums and wins?
39:46
And right about now, I don't see it.
39:48
So I don't know what they need to do to get everybody on the
39:51
same page. Put the focus on this is where
39:54
we need to go or just like you said, to scrap everything and be
39:57
like, OK, you guys play around too much.
40:00
This guy's pissed off whatever reason because he's not getting
40:02
what he wants. And then rings is just kind of
40:05
like. I want to race.
40:07
I want to race. Yeah,
40:24
I do think that Cuatro Arrow may need to go talk to like like a
40:31
Rafael Nadal, like a Djokovic, like a Michael Jordan, people
40:36
who had to get over adversity and and deal with the tough
40:39
times, right? Because it's all when you, when
40:41
you, when you grow up winning, you don't know what it's like to
40:45
lose. You don't know what it's like.
40:47
It's different when you grow up, you're losing and you have to
40:49
learn how to win. You know, I'm saying when you've
40:51
been winning and all of a sudden you're taking Ells, you got to
40:55
learn how to process that and deal with that.
40:57
And I think like, you know, you look at Djokovic, he had to get
41:01
to the point where he had to even break down his diet to be
41:04
able to beat Nadal and be able to meet beat Federer.
41:06
You know, Michael Jordan had to beef up and get stronger to be
41:10
able to deal with the and go through the pigeons and all
41:13
that. So I mean, I think for
41:16
Quatararo, where he's, he's been up there and now he's going
41:20
through his adversity. Like I it's, it's, you know, a
41:22
lot of it's mental because you know, if you in any sport, if
41:26
you trust the process, eventually you get there.
41:29
If everybody buys into that process and everybody's moving
41:31
as a team, usually that's the team that wins that everyone
41:35
that's buying in and, and, and, and making sure they're on
41:38
tight. So, you know, what are your
41:41
thoughts, Tyson for Quatraro, for Yamaha?
41:45
Is it, is it just let's get ready for 27 and just get
41:49
through the year? It sounds like Quatroara might
41:52
leave. And we'll talk a lot a little
41:53
bit after this about the rumors, stuff like that.
41:57
What are your thoughts on where Yamaha is is, you know, is Jack
42:00
Miller and Top Rock doing too much showboating?
42:05
I mean, listen, if you if you got fans, you got to keep them
42:08
happy. And if they bind your merch and
42:10
their sponsors are happy, they're happy even if you're not
42:13
winning. So sometimes you got to be the
42:15
Harlem Globetrotters. I was just gonna say that I was
42:20
like, I was thinking, I can't remember if this is true or not,
42:23
but I'm pretty sure like circus clowns originally became a thing
42:26
to like entertain the crowd while the next actor animals
42:29
were being prepped to come out. And so that's that's Primack
42:33
this year. They're they're part of the the
42:39
celebration committee at Yamaha and their job is to ensure team
42:44
chemistry and morale for top for Quatro.
42:47
And that's it. Yamaha is going to need to throw
42:50
a lot of pizza parties and I don't know, I mean, this is
42:54
corporate. Well, it's not corporate
42:55
America. So they may back up a truck for
42:57
him, but we'll see it sounds. Like they did the last couple of
43:00
years is that the rumors are true.
43:03
I mean, if they aren't true, then he's an idiot and should
43:06
have left sooner. So as you guys said, I don't
43:11
really know if he has an option. Like we can wait, we can wait
43:14
for rumors on where he's going to go.
43:15
But but, yeah, from what I've heard, preliminary for the
43:19
season is that they've lost some of their quality pace with going
43:23
to the V4, which was kind of all they had going for him last
43:27
year, in which we saw that Quattro could blast his way in
43:31
the first lap or two based off his good quality.
43:33
Stay with the top three. And then just hope the rest of
43:37
the guys chew through their tires and start dropping back
43:40
before he chewed through his tires.
43:42
And then, you know, stick with it that way.
43:45
And I just, I don't know if that's going to be possible this
43:48
year. I'm sure some rain and some, you
43:51
know, adverse track circumstances will give the
43:54
Primek boys some good opportunities to get some
43:56
points. But yeah, they're probably it's
43:59
not going to be a fun year for any of them.
44:03
I like top rack, you know, he did an amazing job.
44:07
Look at where the BMWs are in World Super Break right now.
44:09
Meanwhile, Top Rack would have been like, you know, hugging
44:12
Bulliga's bumper if if not being in front, like he's going to
44:15
have a rough year this year too. But I this is probably the best
44:19
situation for him though, because like if he was on a
44:22
Ducati rolling up in 13th, 14th place because he's getting used
44:26
to the bike and the rest of the Ducatis are in the top ten, he
44:29
would have been out in a year. Him and Primack just chilling
44:33
with Miller, you know, 20th to 15th right there, people.
44:36
No one's going to notice him. He's going to be, you know,
44:39
happy go lucky almost like, you know, I feel like Danny Ricardo
44:41
kind of deal on the grid, just like, you know, cool, chill guy.
44:45
And then hopefully you can figure this stuff out and like,
44:48
you know, figure out the bike and actually like race it like
44:50
we know he can. But I doubt it will turn out
44:54
that way for him. But I hope it does.
44:56
Yeah, I agree. And you know, I was talking
44:58
about this, you know, because there's there's a lot of over
45:01
the course of history, they've been a lot of world super bike
45:04
champions that's gone into Moto GP and not a lot of them is add
45:08
to my knowledge. I don't know if any has won a
45:10
championship, much less a gang or races.
45:13
Yeah, I don't think so. You know.
45:15
Was Colin Edwards the most successful?
45:19
Came in and got Naviaji Bayless came in and you know Edwards got
45:24
on the podium, but he never won but he got on the podium a bunch
45:27
of times that came over there's some others that came over, but
45:35
it's it it's you know you know you know crutch flow came over
45:39
right you know he. Was super sport.
45:42
He came over. Oh, he's super sport.
45:44
Yeah. And so it's it's it's not easy.
45:48
And, and I know last year, I think a lot of people kind of,
45:51
you know, drank the juice of what he was doing and, and world
45:55
Super Bike to think like, Oh yeah, he's just going to come
45:58
and smack up these Moto GP guys because clearly, you know, they,
46:02
they don't, they're not quick. And from what I was reading,
46:05
like a lot of the stuff that he's doing on that bike is just
46:08
because like maybe not just because, but a lot of reason has
46:11
to do with like those frames just aren't as stiff as the Moto
46:15
GP ones are. And then you get out of the Moto
46:17
GP, they don't do any of those sorts of things because it's
46:20
just all of that force is going directly into the front tire,
46:24
whereas if you have less stiff frames, like some of that force
46:28
will twist the frame instead of going directly into the tire.
46:32
So or the swing arm or, you know, whatever the triple trees,
46:35
you know, the forks, like all that, you know, that goes into,
46:37
you know, the, the rigidity, rigidity of your chassis.
46:39
But. And, and he'll probably will get
46:42
it. I don't think, I don't think
46:43
he's going to get it in the first year.
46:44
Bashanini Usually we see like we've seen the guys over the
46:47
course of, you know, the last five years when they jump on a
46:49
new bike, that some people struggle for a year, some people
46:53
struggle for a couple of years, some people struggle a lot
46:55
longer and never figure it out. Raul Fernandez, He struggled for
46:59
what, four years, 3-4 years down?
47:00
He won a race this year or last year.
47:03
Exactly, exactly. And that's fortunate because you
47:05
know, Ika, Luka Ono didn't get that opportunity, Gardner didn't
47:09
get that opportunity. You know, Sam Lowe's didn't get
47:12
that opportunity on the pro year when he came in, you know, all
47:15
these all guys that did one year Moto GP and got pushed out, you
47:19
know what I mean? Bought.
47:20
Him like four more years. I was like, he's gone this
47:25
season or next season, and then he won that race and I was like,
47:28
yeah, yeah, three more years, three years, you know?
47:32
I, I think, I think he did the, the Djinn Antonio, because the
47:37
same thing this year would have if he didn't start winning
47:41
Racini, he was going to be automotive GP as well.
47:43
And then he started winning and look where he's at now.
47:46
He's getting the factory bike over Morbideli and Morbideli was
47:50
a much better rider than him and Moto 2.
47:53
And and so, you know, we do see that.
47:55
I'm happy for our, I think, I think Raul came in into Moto GP
48:00
too soon. I know when you're called, you
48:01
got to go, but he came here with Remy and I don't think he was
48:07
ready at that age. And he only did one year in Moto
48:10
2, right? And, and so, so I mean, I'm a
48:14
happy for him because I think he's a talented rider and, and
48:17
I'm glad to see it working out now and stuff like that.
48:20
But let's get into the let's get into the rumor mills.
48:24
We, we, we are we, we. I've heard, I've seen on social
48:26
media that contracts are already signed.
48:29
If, if, if it's to be told it's true.
48:31
Acosta's already signed back, 9 is already signed.
48:34
Martinez has already signed. Qatarar was already signed, you
48:39
know, for 27 because this is everybody got a seat for 26.
48:42
Obviously. Let's start with the first one,
48:45
Acosta going to Ducati. Does that make sense for Ducati
48:51
to get rid of their two time championship champion?
48:54
For a non race winner Moto GP rider, no.
48:59
No, no. Certainly not the loyal choice.
49:08
And I'm, and you know me, I'm not a dude, not a huge Ducati
49:11
fan. I mean, I love, I love the
49:13
manufacturer, but to do that, it'd be like, that's that.
49:18
I'm not a gambler either, but that is a huge, huge gamble to
49:22
put somebody in that not just that position to be like, OK,
49:26
you've, you know, barely won any races.
49:29
We've got a two time champion here.
49:32
I mean, who has more, you know? Yeah, no.
49:38
No, no. I.
49:40
Can see both sort of sides of the coin.
49:44
There's pros and cons to, you know, should they have done it?
49:46
Should they have not have done it?
49:50
I don't know. It's tough.
49:51
Like I like Ben. Yeah, especially with his
49:54
performances and testing. I mean, we'll see how the season
49:56
goes, but it looks like they figured it out.
49:58
And I, I think I actually heard that the the issue that everyone
50:01
was having on that 26th bike bike was the whole shot device.
50:05
They wanted to keep that under wraps.
50:06
And then eventually Alex let it leak and then Pekko let it leak
50:09
and here we are. But it seems they figured that
50:12
out and he's, you know, back to his form.
50:14
So it could be like a huge fumble for them.
50:17
I I think this is going to be one of those decisions where
50:19
it's going to be it'll be written in hindsight where
50:23
sometimes they'll make a choice like signing Marc Marquez, like
50:26
we all when they signed Marc Marquez for Jorge Martin, like,
50:29
did anybody really question that?
50:31
Like, I wasn't questioning that. I did.
50:33
I did. You did, yes, 100% and.
50:37
And Mark. Mark is.
50:38
And I don't care. I felt this about, you know, you
50:40
know, when when you haven't won a championship since Casey
50:45
Stoner and this guy gives you 2 in a row, he's your God.
50:49
Come on. I mean, and you know. 1-2 in a
50:53
row without mark. Yeah, if it doesn't matter.
50:56
I mean, it don't matter. I mean, you got Mark, gotta show
50:58
up. You gotta show up, bro.
50:59
You gotta show up. You know what I'm saying?
51:00
I my fault you didn't show up. I I didn't get you drunk.
51:05
Mark Mark is hobbling to his bike every day in the early
51:09
twenty 20s. You know, no leg, no arm.
51:14
Don't get me wrong, I get it. I get it from a, from a business
51:17
standpoint, but I would, for one, I would have kept
51:19
Bastardini and and and and and Petco.
51:24
And because the Ducati is winning the, it doesn't matter
51:27
who's on the Ducati. They were going to win the
51:29
championship the past four years like they did, and they're
51:31
probably going to win next year. Doesn't matter who's on it,
51:34
right? They didn't.
51:34
They didn't need Marc Marquez to win a championship because they
51:37
were going to win it. But that's not the choice that
51:39
they make. I know that.
51:41
Make the choice on who Who do I think should win it?
51:45
They who do I know is going to win it on my motorcycle?
51:49
They could not afford for Mark to go to Aprilia.
51:52
Like if he if Mark went to Aprilia, I could see him winning
51:55
the championship last year. Like, it may not have it may not
51:58
have been as dominant of a season, but I definitely think
52:01
he probably would have won it. Yeah, And, and, and this is
52:03
where the lawyer to come in, because I think they should have
52:05
been loyal to Pekko and I think they should have been loyal to
52:07
Martin because Martin bought them a championship and it is a
52:10
gamble. Listen, you know, and, and I'll
52:13
go back to basketball. Kobe stayed with the Lakers,
52:17
Jordan stayed with the Bulls, these Patrick Ewin stayed with
52:21
the with the Knicks and and blah, blah, blah, right.
52:24
And that's cool to see. Like, you know what I'm saying?
52:27
There's something to that and I get it.
52:29
You know, numbers run and there's a difference between the
52:32
person that started a company versus the shareholders that
52:35
bought the company. You know what I'm saying?
52:38
So I get it. But I, I do think that like, you
52:42
know, from fans watching it and young kids coming up and parents
52:46
of young kids watching it and seeing it, you know, it like it
52:50
sticks with me. Like damn, bro, like Ducati,
52:52
like they had eight bikes on the grid.
52:54
There was going to be Ducati that one they had six bikes on
52:56
the grid. It was going to be a Ducati.
52:57
Like I like, yeah, you're going to sell more bikes, right.
53:03
But at the same time Marquez was was was was shit and all you on
53:07
that harder for so many years and disrespecting the Ducati for
53:10
so many years that like why would you put this dude on a.
53:13
Ducati because. They didn't want it to happen
53:16
again. They already experienced it in
53:21
the late twenty 10s. You know what I'm saying?
53:24
And, and so that's, that's my, that's that, that's all I, I, I,
53:30
it'd be one thing if they weren't winning with, with, with
53:32
these guys, right? If they were winning with these
53:34
guys, it's a no brainer, but it's just kind of like pro, like
53:37
these guys had it, they had it. They let Marquez sit on that
53:40
Honda. And don't get me wrong, and I
53:42
will also say this, I think if Marquez was still on a Honda, he
53:46
might have had a good chance to win it last year because of how
53:48
Mir and how Luca did. I think that Mark could have won
53:54
or be second or second or third in the championship, if not
53:57
winning it last year on a Honda just based on how the Honda did.
54:01
And if we want to say Marquez is the alien.
54:03
And if these guys were able to do what they did on the Honda
54:05
last year, I think Marquez would have knocked it would have would
54:08
have brought it across and and finish it last year.
54:10
So I also think that I. Think it would have probably
54:14
came third in the championship if it was on a Honda.
54:17
I don't think it probably would have been second.
54:19
But like I said, we had. I remember.
54:21
Listen, listen, Listen, man, listen.
54:24
Marquez won by like 200 points in that Honda.
54:29
He could have, he could have lost 150 points and still won
54:32
the championship because the rest of the other riders didn't
54:35
have the numbers. And like I said, that's when he
54:37
go going to the Alien Syndrome. Does it sound like there's
54:41
nobody in there like an alien like that like him anymore?
54:44
Yeah. Put him almost on anything.
54:46
Put him on a freaking bicycle. He's gonna win something.
54:48
Yeah, OK, All right. So, but I mean, Marquez is here
54:51
now and he's on a Ducati and love him and hate him.
54:54
You know, it's not. And I'll say for me, it's not a
54:56
guy. I don't hate him.
54:57
I just don't like what Ducati did.
54:58
I think they should have. I would have kept my guys that I
55:01
won with and you say to a Pat Riley, you know what I'm saying?
55:04
You see, with certain coaches and stuff like that, they keep
55:07
the guys even though they know they're better, you know,
55:09
because there's some things that people can do that that you may
55:12
not show up on the stats and I'll leave it there.
55:16
So let's move on to the other room is so Acosta might replace
55:19
Bagnaya. Quatarara might go to Honda.
55:24
Is is does that make sense for Quatarara?
55:26
It's the. Only choice really.
55:30
He he can take a satellite job and go to and go to Grassini.
55:35
Pull the Marquez move. And.
55:37
Yeah, you can put on Marquez, right?
55:40
And then replace Marquez when Marquez leaves.
55:43
And for one year, he can do a one year deal with Marquez, with
55:46
Grassini and so you. Think Mark, you think Alex would
55:48
be good with Yamaha there? No.
55:51
Well, so continue with the rumor.
55:52
It sounds like Alex Marquez might be going to KTM.
55:55
That's. Also what I heard, so there's a
55:59
seat available. I've also heard that it's not
56:04
been released yet, but Petco has all but pretty much signed for
56:08
Aprilia. Yeah, exactly.
56:10
That deal is done. And and and yeah and, and if I
56:14
was Petco I would too based on what Ducati is doing because
56:17
bro, y'all doing too much. And then as together I think
56:20
should be actually a pretty good, a very solid competitive
56:23
pair. I agree.
56:25
I agree. I.
56:26
Think Ducati is not doing enough for Petco?
56:29
So yeah, not say he's going to abandon shit, but for him to go
56:33
to Aprilia, I think it would be a smart move.
56:35
Oh come on man. Like, listen, man, I won one and
56:36
two for you and ain't nobody won since Casey.
56:39
Like, come on, I, I hate to say this.
56:42
When we look back at it, we're going to remember Petco's we're
56:45
going to talk about Petco's one and two because they he he
56:48
killed the drought. You know what I'm saying?
56:52
Martinez for the Red Sox and then and and and Pedro for the
56:55
Red Sox either O 4 like they're going to live forever.
56:59
It's not this, not the fifth one they got or whatever one they
57:01
got. It's that first one as after
57:03
that drought, you know what I'm saying?
57:04
So. Yeah.
57:06
So, I mean, if you're not going to, you know, give me not say, a
57:11
good machine something like that.
57:12
But if you don't give me the the kudos that I deserve, then all
57:16
right, I'm out. Yeah, no, I, I, which is
57:18
unfortunate. I mean, it's motorcycle racing
57:20
and you know, I mean, I think, you know, we'll see because,
57:24
because if if Petco does go to Aprilia, we'll we'll see if he
57:28
can win on a different bike and it's a different challenge and
57:30
so forth. So yeah, so Pecker going to
57:32
Aprilia, There's a rumor. So where does that leave Renz
57:38
Mir? Who's who for sure.
57:42
You know Martine, right? Because where, where does
57:45
Martine go if Pecker comes to to to Aprilia, if he goes to Honda,
57:50
it's it's kind of like, you know, you got the corner suite,
57:53
now you're on the 3rd floor. Now you in the basement try to
57:58
tell you something. I don't know if he's going to
58:03
have a seat with the VR 4016. So I mean, I mean, there's not a
58:08
lot of Lex, there's not a lot of space left to go to that you can
58:13
actually really be either competitive with or at least
58:18
able to not not design, but kind of focus on building up, like
58:24
they said, LCR, Honda and kind of getting them back up to where
58:28
they need to be at. So I mean, there's very little
58:30
to go through. Yeah, go ahead.
58:33
Oh, I thought he was going to say something to Tyson.
58:37
Yeah. So I mean, I think it'll be
58:39
interesting the end of 2027 because, I mean, last year we
58:43
only lost how many? We only lost a couple of riders
58:47
last year for Moto GPI. Think this.
58:52
If I remember right. We samcat and and Oliver.
58:59
Oliver, Oliver, Oliver Riviera, blah blah blah.
59:02
His name. It was somebody.
59:04
Else Samcat, samcat samcat Cantra.
59:06
Yeah, Samcat Cantra. Miguel Rivera.
59:09
And that's it. No.
59:11
No, don't only only have two rookies, man.
59:13
OK. So yeah, yeah, yeah.
59:16
You mentioned about some cat last year.
59:18
It's kind of like he's a great rider, but he's constantly like
59:22
last place, let's replace him. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
59:25
Now, which is unfortunate. He's with Honda and World Super
59:27
Bike, but him and Jake Dixon, the boys are broken up.
59:32
So it's a it's a tough, it was a tough outing for Honda because
59:34
both their factory guys are recovery recovering right now.
59:40
Yeah, OK. He was a good writer.
59:42
What am I saying? He he should have been replaced
59:44
years ago to for someone who can give them more feedback and give
59:48
them a little bit more knowledge, track knowledge and
59:51
and race skill knowledge so that they can actually, you know,
59:54
progress that motorcycle because they haven't really progressed
59:56
it besides Yohan. Listen man, the year before that
1:00:01
was Takadakagami. Sam Cat only did one year back.
1:00:06
And even Taco was doing like 3 or 4 years, but he was sort of
1:00:11
kind of in the back. He did like.
1:00:13
He did like. 15 placement back in the back again.
1:00:16
You only got like 5 points in the whole freaking season.
1:00:19
It's kind of OK, yeah. I mean that that was that was
1:00:22
more of I think that was more marketing for the Japanese fan.
1:00:26
And I and I know with Aya Gur growing up per year, I think
1:00:29
they wanted him to go on that Honda and he kind of broke that.
1:00:33
And then since some cat didn't do well, that's why in, in the
1:00:36
Michel is not on LCR this year, right?
1:00:39
Because they don't have a Japanese rider, which is
1:00:41
unfortunate. I mean, when you look at it, you
1:00:43
know, there's no Americans in Moto GP and we'd love to get
1:00:45
another American Moto GP. So it's not just the Japanese or
1:00:50
the Australians or, you know, the, the Turkish, I mean, you
1:00:54
know what I'm saying? So it'll be nice to have more
1:00:56
nationalities in Moto GP. There's not a lot of slots.
1:01:00
That's the downside and but it does help when you got a bunch
1:01:04
of people around you. So if you look at top Rock,
1:01:07
that's a market that's untapped. And, and so there's a lot of
1:01:09
money for Moto GP there. The Australian market, there's a
1:01:12
lot of money for Moto GP. Same thing with the South
1:01:14
Africa. So I, I mean, I think you'll see
1:01:16
these riders staying Moto GP more so because you know, of
1:01:21
what they, they bring to the sport than actually what they
1:01:25
finish on the, on, on NRA, which is absolutely.
1:01:28
True. It is what it is before we get
1:01:32
out of here guys. So we're doing this Be Forever
1:01:35
Cool championship. It's points based.
1:01:38
At the end of the year, you guys get a children.
1:01:39
Whoever wins, we're going to add up the points.
1:01:43
You know, you get to pick, you know, three riders each round.
1:01:46
This is, you know, fantasy football or fantasy motorcycle
1:01:49
racing without the technology. So you pick three writers where
1:01:57
they finish on the grid. Those are the points you get.
1:02:00
So, you know, it's, it's pretty straightforward.
1:02:05
You know, we'll, we'll start. If you need some time to think
1:02:08
of who you think is going to finish, I'll name my 3 since
1:02:12
I'm, you know, I guess I get to play with my points, but I kind
1:02:14
of have to keep it the same because that's not Oh, I guess I
1:02:18
gotta I might have to abstain actually from this.
1:02:20
Like I already, I already gave my, my, my 3.
1:02:23
So I'll be double dipping. It would be like double rounds
1:02:26
for me and everyone else got single rounds.
1:02:30
So I got to I got to, I got to, you know, pull myself out of
1:02:34
this one. All right, that that'll keep the
1:02:35
numbers right. So, yeah.
1:02:36
So we'll start, we'll start with if you guys need more, a little
1:02:41
more time, I'll do a little pee. Public service announcement,
1:02:45
please, like go ahead. I was going to.
1:02:47
Say so. This is like the the podium.
1:02:50
Yeah, it doesn't matter if it's just where they finish in the
1:02:52
race. So if they.
1:02:52
Finish if I guess top brackets 20th and he gets 20th I get
1:02:57
points but if he gets 19 I don't get any points.
1:02:59
No, no, no, you just you just, you just pick three riders and
1:03:03
then where they finish on the on the point list or non points
1:03:06
list is what you get. So if you pick Mark and he get
1:03:09
and he wins the race, you get 25 points.
1:03:11
If you pick. If you pick Peko and he got a
1:03:14
DNF you get no points. OK, sounds good.
1:03:19
Cool. So you know, you think about
1:03:21
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1:03:27
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1:03:32
misspeak and stuff like that. Really appreciate all that.
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Definitely check out Be Forever, cool.com.
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We're doing this fund that's kicking off the first week of
1:03:44
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On that note, guys, you got you want to pick your writers that
1:05:08
you think is our way, they're going to finish or you don't
1:05:10
matter where they go, I'm gonna finish, but pick your three
1:05:12
riders. I know my 3.
1:05:14
Go for it. Alex.
1:05:18
OK. I've got for my #2 I still love
1:05:26
him to death. Franco.
1:05:28
OK. And my numero tres is going to
1:05:33
be Mark. OK.
1:05:35
All right. I'm throwing a wild card now.
1:05:38
Throwing a wild. Card.
1:05:40
Because I know Jorge is going to be up there.
1:05:42
Jorge is going to be up there somewhere.
1:05:45
I'm just hoping that he doesn't break himself.
1:05:47
So my my wild card is Martin. All right, pick 3.
1:05:51
So really stick we take the wild card.
1:05:54
It's only wild card in name, not.
1:05:56
Important. It's an honorable mention, not a
1:05:58
wild card. I see.
1:06:03
My 2 1/2. My 2 1/2 Martinez.
1:06:12
No doubt. What do you got, Tyson?
1:06:16
I'm going to go with the Marquez brothers and then Betseki.
1:06:19
OK, OK. I mean, that's pretty much it
1:06:21
for a lot of for a lot of the guys is Marquez, Bez.
1:06:26
You can see a lot of those podiums.
1:06:28
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So it'll be interesting I, you
1:06:31
know, fold those closure I pick Bez, Pekko and Acosta this round
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interesting. So I.
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See, I see how it is. This is an actual Rossi fan
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here. You can't.
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Let him know all. These years later.
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That's what it is. Is that what that means?
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I did not look at it that way at all.
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Wow, I don't know what I'm doing.
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I'm the dude disguising the dude playing the dude.
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Oh my God, it's the. Next to the dude, around the
1:07:02
dude. Yeah.
1:07:06
From the the the actual, I don't remember what they called him,
1:07:09
but the all the the black guy who would be what was his name?
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He'd like the booty, sweat, drink or whatever.
1:07:17
Yeah, yeah. Well the actor came out and was
1:07:23
joking around and he was like dude, I swear to God RDJ was in
1:07:26
character the entire time, like walking me like what's up
1:07:30
brother? He's like who are you talking to
1:07:31
man? We're not brothers.
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Yeah, yeah, he, yeah, he was like he that he did.
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He didn't say that took a lot out of him, but he also said he
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was young at the time and he appreciated a lot more now.
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But he was just like, you know, they they got me to a place
1:07:46
where they got what they wanted out of him and in the acting.
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So it's pretty wild. I I still, I still like that
1:07:51
movie, man. It's one of my favorites.
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Like I quoted all the time. It's.
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Hilarious. Oh my goodness.
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Hilarious. All right, man.
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I mean, I think we got a good list and and apparently I'm a
1:08:04
Rossi fan and so I don't know that you.
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Already knew that. The selection spoke for itself.
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I just confirmed. I just confirmed it.
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It's two choices. He either loves Rossi or hates
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winning. I don't think he hates winning.
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Oh. OK, OK, OK.
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Well, you know, I mean, I do think that Bez can win.
1:08:31
I do think that Acosta can win. And if Pekka finds his way,
1:08:35
he'll he'll win too. So I mean, I think.
1:08:37
Costa can win with what evidence?
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If everybody else falls. There we go that.
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That will work. Let me go.
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Back. Let me go back to it.
1:08:46
Acosta can win. Let me go back to it.
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I almost had you. Win by inch or a mile, winning
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is still winning. Canada's learning that this
1:09:00
week. Oh, God, yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:09:03
It's, it's been, it's been good for the USI, you know, you know,
1:09:07
listen, I mean, between Russia and between the Canadians that
1:09:10
in hockey, they've been kicking our butt for a while.
1:09:12
So it's definitely. Like this is our 4th sport that
1:09:20
we kind of care about and we still compete with you guys at A
1:09:23
at the similar level. Right.
1:09:25
Honest. Yeah, could.
1:09:26
You imagine if like basketball players or football players like
1:09:29
LeBron, LeBron is an athlete, a specimen of a man.
1:09:34
That dude actually would like started skating at three years
1:09:36
old. Yeah, these other countries
1:09:38
would be done. Well, you know, I, I, you know,
1:09:41
get off topic a little bit. I show speed.
1:09:44
Young kids watching, I show speed.
1:09:47
They're going to say, Hey, you're like, oh, I can play all
1:09:48
the sports, you know what I'm saying?
1:09:50
And, and, and be somewhat at in the top percentile.
1:09:54
Like, you know, I show speed is showing some of these guys when
1:09:56
they when they and, and women, when he's competing with them.
1:09:59
It's just kind of like, here's a kid that has no, I mean, I I'm
1:10:03
sure he's training right, because they got a lot of money,
1:10:05
but for the most part, he's challenging all these people
1:10:08
and, and he's doing fairly well. So, so it's like a kids, the
1:10:11
young kids seeing that now sitting here like, Oh yeah, all
1:10:14
the things I want to do, I'm going to go do it.
1:10:18
You know the you like, you know you because we hear, I hear
1:10:20
stories of like Randy Mal Moss playing basketball and football
1:10:23
and some of these guys that play football, basketball and
1:10:26
baseball, you know, now they're going to add like 3 more sports
1:10:29
to it. Yeah.
1:10:32
I didn't know that Randy Moss was actually playing basketball
1:10:36
before you started playing football.
1:10:38
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They don't do it.
1:10:40
They don't. Yeah.
1:10:40
Professional like a professional level basketball player before
1:10:43
you play football. Yeah, he was him and him and
1:10:46
Jason Williams went to the same high school and, and, and, and
1:10:50
Jason Williams was was was was the point guard and he was also
1:10:53
the QB in, in West Virginia. I did find out about that.
1:10:56
Yeah, I did find out about J Dub White.
1:10:59
Chocolate. Yeah, No, no, listen, I mean,
1:11:03
but you know, I think we all know people like that or like
1:11:06
that and you know, that that, that, that are good at a few
1:11:09
things. And you know, you know, so it
1:11:13
we, we hope to get more people being able to play at the high
1:11:17
level and stuff like that, but it's going to be crazy in the
1:11:19
future. Definitely, definitely.
1:11:21
So I agree. No doubt.
1:11:23
All right, man. I want to thank everyone for
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coming on. My name is Rex 45.
1:11:27
It's the Be Forever Cool podcast.
1:11:28
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