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USA Round 3 MotoGP recap with Rexy and the crew in S6 Ep 19 · B 4EVA Kool "Race A Motorcycle" Podcast

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Welcome back to another My name is Rex 45 and we're here every
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every day pretty much in and around the world.
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I have to say lots to talk about in Moto GP world Super bike a
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little bit more American stuff as well as I catch my breath.
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Want to bring the guys in and and introduce them one at a
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time. And we're going to dive right
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into it because this past weekend, if you're a girl super
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bike fan, it was pretty cool to watch.
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If Moto GP fan, pretty cool to watch.
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You may not have liked the outcome, but now you did as a
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writers. So we're going to dive into it.
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But with no further ado, let's get it cracking.
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TJ, man, welcome to the show. How you doing man?
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Doing good man. How you doing Ricey?
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You can catch my breath, man. I mean, the intro was playing.
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I had to run around like I had no sense.
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We made it back just in time it looks like.
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Just in time, you know what I'm saying?
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What's good with you, man? How's Boston?
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Man, it's getting better. Still cold, but you know, it's
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definitely riding season. See some bikes out there from
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the lower CC's now to the Harleys to the one thousands.
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So I couldn't say that is officially everyone can get out
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there. Pothole is kind of cleaned up,
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but sand and salt and snow for sure is gone from right now.
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But right got to. Keep them eyes moving man, got
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to keep them eyes moving. Sure.
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No. Doubt Reese man.
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Welcome to the show man. How you doing tonight man?
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Man, what's going on, man? Ain't ain't ain't nothing, man.
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I, I'm, I'm, I, I reached out to my peoples.
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I think we can get you some bodyguards, man.
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What's good? Hey, man, you know it pays to be
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a little bit like if somebody you know pays to be a little
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bit, you know, just a little days in college.
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Just a little bit, man. What's good, man?
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Everything good? Koda was good for you in person.
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Koda was good. It was hot, long weekend, a lot
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of people, lots of fans out there.
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It was a good turn out. Some good racing, some big
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crashes, Moto 2, Moto GP, you know, we'll talk about it, but
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it was some good racing. No doubt, no doubt, man
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definitely well fellas, I mean we're in just completed the
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third round second round of the world super bike.
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I gotta get my stats up as as unprepared as I am tonight.
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But I have to say, man, I mean, you looked at, we looked at at
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the end of the day on practice on Friday with all the practices
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you would have thought the weekend would have, you would
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have had a different outcome. You know what I'm saying?
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So like we always do, let's just go around the horn and, and, and
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talk about what you thought about the overall weekend.
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And then we'll dive into the nuts and bolts of the, of the
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whole weekend and, and, and you know, who's at fault?
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Did these penalties matter as are they doing too much?
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All that fun stuff. So we start with TJ, man, what's
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what's good, man? What you thought about overall
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the weekend Koda? Man, I thought it was, you know,
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third round. It's kind of what it's supposed
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to be. It's, you know, the season's
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growing and everyone's, you know, Koda's a great track and
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you know, points starting to really matter.
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But to start the the weekend is pretty much a mess, like a lot
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of crashes and everyone trying to get their feeling right.
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And you know, one point Juwan mirrors in first place.
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And I mean, like, you know, it's that time wise and stuff like
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that. So it was a lot of unusual
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things happened, especially like people crashing on celebrations,
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people crashing on warm up laps. Yeah, it was just it was just a
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lot, a lot happened. But it was a pretty fun,
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exciting weekend to watch all the classes.
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So Nah, I. I I agree.
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And and they had the baggage too.
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So that's an update, no? No doubt on Moto GP level.
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Pretty wild Reese man. What do you what do you think of
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the overall weekend? You heard TJ talks a little bit.
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I mean, on Friday at FP2O. Hey, Martine was in first place,
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Marquez second back, now your third Bez Digi Acosta, but it
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didn't end like that, man. What are your thoughts?
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It didn't end like that. I mean, there was a lot of
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crashes in practice, you know, was it Friday was a little cool?
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You know, it was real cool that day and then Saturday was back
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to being hot. Sunday was Dang sure hot too.
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No, I'm sorry. Saturday was cool.
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It's a little cooler. But you know, trying to figure
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out the different tire compound. I'm trying to figure out.
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I mean, there was a if you didn't know that, I don't
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remember what turn number that is.
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I know coming over the hill, getting ready to go to the
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backside, getting ready to go to the you know the back straight
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away there's a huge bump that they kept complaining about and
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you can see where Marquez crashed at.
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That was a there was a huge bump there.
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Almost like so much time for that track to get a little
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resurfaced or get a little friendly touch up.
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But there was a lot of crashes. I mean, I've seen a lot and we
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just got to get Jorge Martin not to crash on Celebration, make
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sure he brings the front wheel down straight, but.
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Dude, does that not bring you back to like, you know, middle
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school and guys are trying to show off in front of girls and
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like, you know what I'm saying? I mean, it's like, I mean, like
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we all crash and and, and like Rocco Landers did it and lined
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up at the grid and stuff like that.
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But like, you know it. What do you guys think about
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that, man? You know that it's not
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definitely not a good look. Probably shouldn't do it
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anymore. I mean, like we're saying he
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needs to keep his, keep his cool, you know what I'm saying?
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Like he's in a tough seat right now.
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And like, like I said, he just need to show winning results and
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that's it. And yeah, no, he's really
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excited that he got the win because the way he got it was
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pretty, pretty intense. You know, it wasn't really, it
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wasn't really handed to him. So he had to work for that.
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So I feel him on the celebration.
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But you know, a long wheelie down the straight, yeah, he's in
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like 4th gear, like accelerated like, I don't know, it's just
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wasn't smart on his part. I'm glad he's all right though,
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because he does not need another injury, especially him, you
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know, top the the championship. So, but yeah, now that was not
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smart on his part and I'm sure he won't do that again.
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No, I don't think so. I mean Reese, I mean I it's you
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know, he's not. I don't remember.
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Oh, hey, Martin, be one of the guys that's Wheeling.
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Even when he was winning in in Moto 3, Moto 2, even when he was
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winning, when he won the title, he wasn't Wheeling.
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So I mean, I can't, I don't you know, I can wheelie a bicycle
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every day, all day, one handy. I might even still be able to do
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no hands. But on a motorcycle, I'm not
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trying to wheelie on a track, much less down on any road.
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I mean, you know, what do you tell some somebody like this
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man? I mean, you know, stay in your
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lane. I mean, it's almost like stay in
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your lane. If you actually look at the
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Willy before that, like he did a, a small Willy on the front
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straightaway. And if you look the front wheel
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was kind of cocked and he almost lost it.
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And then he did the same thing on the back straightaway a
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little longer and it came down and that was it.
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But he did say in the fence is if something locked, he couldn't
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turn the bar or something locked up and he couldn't turn it.
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And but I mean, at that point in time, if it did it the first
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time on the front straight away, what would make you want to do
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it on the back straight away at that speed?
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Like, let's not do this and just keep it going straight, 'cause I
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know if that was my guy and that's our crew member, man,
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let's say I think we'd have been pissed.
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Like you got me staying here late after a win and I want to
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go celebrate. Nah, I'm going to kill you.
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No doubt. No, I feel the same way, man.
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It's, it's not a, it's not a, it's not a good look.
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It's just like when Bez and I forget which one the VR46 county
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riders are celebrating when they were Moto 2 and they both fell
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over. It's the kind of thing you want
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to, you want to stay away from. But let's talk about Q1 and Q2.
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Ferminalda Gear and Mir came out of Q1.
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I mean, these guys look at different times.
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They look pretty quick, like a lot of these bikes were.
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I mean, and they were all pretty close in times.
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I mean, let's be fair, you know, they weren't they weren't it
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wasn't a stretch like we, you know, not to say we thought, but
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I think some people were hoping that Marquez was going to, you
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know, set the bar different coming to coder and stuff like
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that. Well, you know your thoughts
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about Q1 and Q2, you know, did you came out and pulled it,
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pulled it out. But you know the prelias, I mean
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I, you know, I hate to say, but you know, I did say Martine Bez
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or Agura. These are prelias man.
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I mean they they were looking pretty good.
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Well, you guys thoughts TJ on the on Q1Q2?
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I mean, Q1 for sure. I mean, like it was good to see
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Al the gear get to the top and definitely Mirror because the
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struggles Mirror's been having and for Al the gear just to come
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back off of injuries still walking around with the crutch.
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It's pretty impressive at the speed that he's caught up to
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with the lack of training or lack of testing over the winter.
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So for them to to move and see a Honda and alligator get to Q2 is
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pretty good. Thing is that a coder like it's
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like 2 minutes of lap. So with the 15 minutes, you
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really have no time to to waste no mistakes at all.
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But I was really impressed by Digi from him bouncing back from
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the last round to to this round, just staying at the top level.
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So really impressed by that and he's actually definitely holding
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his own. I I I I agree Reece, what are
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your thoughts man on Q1Q2 Digi being the strongest Ducati rider
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like 2 weekends in a row, it's fair to say you know what I
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mean. What are your thoughts, Reese?
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I mean, I was very impressed by Diggy.
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He was very strong the weekend, so I was definitely impressed by
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his writing style. He was very impressive on lap
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times, very consistent. So that was very shocking to see
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over any of the Ducati and hindsight, you know, Mark is
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still Mark, but he is still kind of battling an injury, still
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trying to get his strengths and still trying to find out his way
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on that bike. But he did show some impressive
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maneuvers and pace during the race and Altigerra was pretty
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impressive still, but still with his injury and Agora and that
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got that kid was very, very impressive over the weekends.
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Him, Baz and Martine, all the affiliate guys were very, very
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impressive. Even Fernandez was impressive.
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So I I got to hand it to them, all four of those guys that
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wrote, they were very impressive over the weekend.
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Right. Right.
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I was in turn 15 so. I got one more thing Richie,
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though. I'm impressed though with Petco
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to see him, you know, pretty much at the top of the sheets
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all weekend and actually riding pretty well so.
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I thought he was getting impressed by him crying.
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Well, he's saying like, you know, we first saw Jerome Mayer
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get a track record. He hasn't been up there in a
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while in, in the qualifying and then, you know, switched to I
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think Peko and then back to Dizzy.
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But it was cool to see Peko up there 'cause he's, he's, he's
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ahead of Mark. I mean, obviously Mark had his
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problems, but that was also finally to see had stepped up a
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little bit. So right, right, let let's talk
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about we'll talk about the Sprint, we'll talk about Mark
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and Digi and we'll talk about Petco and Martine.
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Since you since you brought up Petco Reese, I mean that that
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last that pass was, you know, that that that that that that
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that's like being accosted at the club at like 159 where ends
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by by by somebody that scares the hell out of you.
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I mean, come on, that pass. Like, like, I know Martine is
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hungry for one, He's hungry for one, right, But like, come on,
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man, you could have done it. You could have done it
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differently, right? It was that is it.
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That's just me. I mean, if you don't want to get
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past, keep thinking, go faster, just go faster.
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I mean, what else do you want me to say?
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I mean if you look at the. He stood the guy out.
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Come. On now.
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OK, so we want to talk about that.
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I mean, but if you look at it, Martine and I was why I'm
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sitting there and turn 15, Martine had the pace and speed
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over Pekka coming down that straight away.
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What do you want him to do now? Saying that, if you're going to
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say give Mark, if you're going to say give Mark a penalty for
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that pass on Acosta, then Martine should have got it.
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See, I, I don't, I don't even, I don't even have to do the show,
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man. I mean, you already know what
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I'm going to say, right? Because it's, it's it is kind of
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like clear as day. Like, come on.
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I mean, if So, what we're saying is if Mark would have kept it
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up, he wouldn't have got penalized.
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Right. And that's that's where as Lewis
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would say, the inconsistency of the stewards.
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I mean, if you look at the past Mark did get past Acosta, I
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mean, or a Digi. He did get past Digi.
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He crashed on his own and Digi ran into the back door.
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It's not like he pushed Digi wide or anything like that.
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Digi still had the line but but you that.
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That, and I said this from the last round, right?
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Mark is starting to take a risk. Last year, he didn't have to.
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Well, he's trying to take risks. He's trying to figure out the
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limit of his shoulder or his injury.
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He's trying to figure out the injury, the the limit of it.
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You know he is taking a little bit more risk, but the that pass
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wasn't as bad as Martinez. OK, All right.
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So Martine should have got penalized for that.
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And and OK, what are your what are your?
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Thoughts. Cause Martine did.
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Martine did physically stand Pekka up.
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Oh yeah he did. He physically did stand him up
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and bump him off his line. So if you're going to give Mark
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that penalty, then Martine should have got the same
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penalty. But apparently he didn't.
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Why? Because they both stayed up.
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But that's unfair. It is, yeah.
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And and you know, so to your comment, please say something.
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I mean, my even Michael Jordan said something.
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Yeah, go faster. I mean, let me just say go
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faster in that case, then you wouldn't have had that problem.
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We wouldn't have been in that situation.
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You OK? So in that fairness, yes, Pekka
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has a little bit of an argument, but at the same time, what was
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the gap? I don't know.
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There was a huge gap, but it was like what the the three seconds
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or two? It was a gap, ladies and.
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Gentlemen, I rest. Yeah, it was like, you know, go
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faster. A season.
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And a half and Pecker was on a soft tie and Martin was on a
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medium. So he he definitely had more
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pace and I think it was just the wrong corner to do it, even
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though he didn't have much time. And I also think the stewards
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was just so busy this this weekend that they just couldn't
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get to it in time or something like that.
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But I think if they were really consistent that that should have
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been a penalty regardless if it wasn't the last corner, because
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that's what Mark and Acosta, they got the the last corner to
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the finish line or it was before the last lap, but I don't know.
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It's just I think they should just be more consistent, like
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like reset with if marked it and fall and and did you didn't
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crash to him. I think it would have been just
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a whoa, what was that crazy moment?
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You know, I gore drove into that same corner.
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I forgot on who, but it was very tight, very close.
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Nothing happened and you know in.
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The main race, right, But yeah. I, I forgot who it was, but
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yeah, that. Was that was, that was
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beautiful. I mean, it was, it was, but it's
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a consistency. Though, so yeah, that was nice.
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Yeah. No, he, he's.
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He's coming along and I feel bad for the you know, I you know,
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we've said this on the show, you when it's a mechanical, you feel
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bad, right, because and and for digit and for Agoura, who was
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coming through the pack like he it could have it possibly could
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have been a a pro year 123, you know, no, it was.
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Going to be a pro year 123 because Agoura was he was
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starting to gap people. Yeah.
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Oh. Yeah, Nah, he, he was, he was
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definitely moving. It's unfortunate for I think did
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you because of the crash with Marquez.
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I mean, granted, even though they they got penalized, you
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know, it, it it's unfortunate because this is 2 rounds now,
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right, that he's had some bad luck.
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Let's let's talk about the the penalty that Bez got and was it
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Luca for riding slow against Mark?
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And, and I think he was either, I think he might have been one
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of the qualifings or maybe FP2. Or was it Bassini?
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Because I know Bassini was going to slow too.
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Was it it? It might.
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Have been I know Bez was one of them because he got the he got
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the two grid push back right? So he started on the road to
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race and who started 7th on the race?
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No, it might it might have been bash.
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It's either Bashini or Luca, but I thought it was 2 VR 46 Academy
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riders that woke up penalized for that.
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You know, I don't know how much you saw Reese on a big screen.
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You know, like. Because to me.
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I didn't feel like Bez was going that slow to, to, to be, to, to
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be penalized. He wasn't going fast for sure,
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but he would, like we've we've seen morbidly go slow.
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I mean, I saw it, but when you saw Mark coming into the line,
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Mark was there and I think, I swear it was Bassini, but he sat
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up and Mark. Had an issue where Bassini was
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mad at Mark. Yeah, Mark impeded him.
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Something like that. But I know somebody stood up,
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somebody sat up and I was just watching.
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I was like, what the heck happened?
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So. Yeah.
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What are your thoughts, TJ on on the mark and Bassini and Bez?
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I think it's Luca. I think it was Bez and Luca, but
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you know there was. There was so many, so many
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impediments and, and that practice, I think it was like
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like 6 riders involved, like 3 defenses.
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But it, it's just that all these riders are just trying to stay
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close as possible to try to get a draft this long back straight.
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And you know, it's just that extra 10th because they're all
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running the same 22 O 1-2 minute two O 1.
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So you know, every 10th matters. So when 11 rider just slows down
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just a second, someone just gets mad like you know, but.
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There's a lot going. On like the the penalties that
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is just shuffling around the grid.
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I don't know if it's really worth it.
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Like you said, we've seen more fidelity going super slow.
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These riders know how to take a sharp line if they have to.
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It's just if they feel like they lose like 110th of a second, you
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know they're upset as them body. So it's.
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Just it's just hard. It's.
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Just you don't have enough time to get around to make another
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clean lap like that. You're burning your tires.
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So it's just you get frustrated. So I think it's more frustration
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if anything. I'll give you 1.
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I did see a lot of impedement coming through the S S like
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there was a lot cause if you don't make through the s s,
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there's a straight run off that goes straight onto the other
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side. So when they, they were just
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doing it a lot of times they weren't missing the s s.
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It was trying to see how deep they, you could watch them to
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see how deep they can go in to go straight and they'll just
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say, OK, I can go this deep. But instead they'll run straight
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to the run off and just going out the other side.
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But when you go through the out to the other side, the guy
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coming through the ass, this is right there behind you.
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So boom, you just did an impedement right there, right
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there. You did an impede and they were
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all doing it. I'm like, Jesus Christ, no man.
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It it the penalties, I hope they get it sorted out.
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Let's talk about it pretty a little bit more.
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I mean, you know, one or two in in the main race, you know, Bez
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crashed out. We talked about a guru a little
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bit, you know, doing what he's doing and and Fernandez, I mean,
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it's it's pretty impressive. I mean, let's talk about like
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Bezes crashing the sprints, right, because he's thrown away.
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This is second round now that he's still away some points in
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in the Sprint. And you know this, you know,
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even though Mark Marquez is is not 100% and Ducati might not be
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100%, he's not the type of person that's like going to go
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all season and not still try to get something.
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So you can't give away points. I mean is is you know, what are
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your thoughts on on, you know, Bez, his crashes where he's
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finishing in the points and then just a pretty overall we go with
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TJ first. Yeah, I mean.
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Like he's a master at the GP race.
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Like he's very impressive. You know, that's what's holding
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him down right now. He definitely have to figure out
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what's going on with him in the Sprint.
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I don't know if he's just trying to get too much of A pace in the
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beginning, knowing that it's shorter laps.
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But overall, pretty has been very impressive and it's really
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good to see that, you know, all four of them are pretty doing
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pretty well, especially Jorge Martin to help get all the good
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data and basically get all the points.
25:25
But he's flirting with messing with his own championship after,
25:30
you know, the type of season he's had last year going into
25:32
this year. It's kind of like this is his
25:35
chance in a way, but he can't just throw it out.
25:39
You know, he's been in first place I think most of the time
25:42
as well. So like, this is kind of
25:43
something that Pekko used to do. He's just can't can't get into
25:47
that, that that mode. You know, he's going to have to
25:50
adjust and try to like result to, you know.
25:56
Top five or? Something because the Sprint is
25:58
only the first place to get 12 points, so you know you got to
26:02
get at least something out of it, right?
26:04
Right. Reece, do you think that a
26:06
Prelia can sustain this kind of run all season?
26:09
And if you're in the box, I mean, what are you, what are you
26:11
telling Bez on these on these crashes?
26:13
Because I I think Marquez finished figured that out early
26:16
on last year and stopped crashing as much as he was at
26:19
the beginning of the season. You know what your thoughts man.
26:23
Well, I think that Prelia can withstand his all season.
26:25
I mean, from what I saw, yeah. I mean, from what I saw over the
26:29
race and over the weekend, I mean, they're really, they're
26:32
are strong as hell. I mean, they are, they are one
26:35
of the strongest on the grid right now.
26:37
So I think they can withstand and and keep this pace up all
26:40
season with Bez crashing. And there's there's two
26:45
different races. There's a race within the race
26:48
and there's a race being out front.
26:50
Everyone can, you know, when you're chasing the rabbit or
26:54
chasing someone or behind someone, it's a lot easier.
26:58
But when you're out there in front and you're by yourself,
27:01
it's a whole different race because you're trying to, you
27:04
know, you stay focused, keep that pace, hit your marks, you
27:08
can think a little bit more. So it's a different race within
27:11
itself. Once you're up there out front.
27:14
And I think with Bez, you know, there come it's it's almost like
27:20
you can watch him. He's pushing, pushing, pushing.
27:23
You have to actually, and a lot of guys, you know, from being on
27:26
the, on the crew side, a lot of, a lot of riders don't pay
27:29
attention to their board. They, you know, they don't see
27:31
it. They'll, they just go, they'll
27:33
just blow by it and they'll take a look at it maybe at once every
27:37
three laps or once every four. Sometimes it's good to take a
27:40
look at that board because if you actually notice, you can
27:44
have a, a little bit of a gap and you can maintain that pace
27:48
and kind of bring yourself back down.
27:50
And I think that's what Bez has to learn how to do is maintain a
27:53
gap and just maintain a pace, not try to push so much because
27:57
it's almost like a, a, a mental break right there that he lost
28:01
because it's like he just tucked the front.
28:03
That was it. Now you.
28:04
Know at the end of last season with him winning I I did pose
28:09
this question and and I don't remember who laughed a little
28:12
bit. Is he the closest thing to Rossi
28:16
coming out of that VR46 Academy? Because I mean, the he looks
28:20
like he he's having fun even though he's crashing.
28:23
He you know, like when, when, when Bezek, not Bezek, he went
28:27
when Bagnaya was winning. He didn't look like he's having
28:30
the fun that Bez is having. Well and and Rossi had fun when
28:34
he won. Let me answer that one too.
28:38
Well, let's let's let. Me let me also say this, he had
28:41
he's now set the record for leading the most laps in Moto GP
28:44
history. He's won five in a row now.
28:48
So he's got, he's in the record books.
28:50
I mean, I know he needs like 4 titles.
28:53
I know that, right? I mean, that's going to be what
28:54
he's missing. But right now, the boy looks
28:57
good, right? He looks good.
29:00
I'm not going to say he does. As far as close to a Rossi, I
29:05
mean, if you want to consider the flamboyant part, yeah, you
29:08
know, he he wants to be the flamboyant in front of the
29:10
camera. Yeah, that's that's a Rossi.
29:14
The way he rides it almost reminds me of a Simocelli.
29:18
OK, OK. I can see that, I can see that
29:21
you know the way he. Rides and he's aggressive.
29:24
It reminds me of a Simocelli. Yeah.
29:27
I can see that. OK.
29:28
All right. What are your thoughts, TJ?
29:32
And I mean. If if you want to compare him to
29:34
Rossi, I'll say he's probably the best closest since since
29:39
him. I really think he is having a
29:41
lot of fun. You know, I feel like he built
29:44
up his fan base and trust in teammates and stuff like that
29:48
where they kind of like want to give him the package and he's
29:52
he's doing really well with it. And like he even said himself,
29:56
he's having a lot of fun in the paddock.
29:57
And like you said, he married his bike.
30:00
He's been, he won 3 Grand Prix in a row.
30:05
He's led the most last. Well, I mean like the the GP
30:09
race, right? Right.
30:11
Right. Oh well, yeah, the last. 5 but
30:12
yeah, yeah, but yeah, I think he's having a lot of fun and the
30:20
best thing is the bike's working well, so I mean the results are
30:24
showing. So, you know, Valley was having
30:28
a lot of fun every time he went, he had the crazy celebration and
30:31
I think that's what's what's missing.
30:33
But he got slight, slightly, a little bit of it with the
30:37
beginning of the year with the advantage of the place and
30:40
hopefully more to come. But we'll see.
30:42
We'll see. Definitely I, I like the, the,
30:45
the crowd dive in a little bit there.
30:48
Let's talk about Martine before we move on to the other
30:51
manufacturers. And all last week I said, can
30:54
this man, what can he do to, to, to stay with Aprilia?
30:57
Because at the end of the day, I think it's a win win if Aprilia
31:00
can keep him and they stick around.
31:02
I know they're going to 850 next year or whatever the case may
31:04
be, but you know, he's sure looking pretty good to say, hey,
31:09
maybe we can figure about the bad times.
31:12
What are your thoughts about one week is not enough, one round is
31:15
not enough? See you at the winter summer
31:17
break. I, I think he's showing a lot.
31:23
You know, it takes, there's a lot of riders who, who's been
31:27
injured and it's, it takes him a while to pick up pace, even if
31:31
the bike's not 100%, you know, keeping up with everyone.
31:35
But he jumped right in after being injured, you know, like
31:38
3-4 times in a row. And to show that he could be top
31:43
five, top three, get a podium. Yeah, you got to, you got to be
31:49
considered. I mean, yeah, they had a lot of
31:51
bad times before that. But you know.
31:56
Time he was on the. Wounds it it it winning helps so
32:00
as long as he don't do any stupid things like winning
32:03
celebrations. So I think.
32:08
He's in AI, think he'd be in a good shape but if.
32:12
It's a tough. Decision on a prayer, you know,
32:14
it's like they know what they're going through and what what they
32:17
went through with him and then they're like, damn, he's
32:19
winning. But we, we still have bad blood
32:23
like, but you know, but he's winning.
32:25
So you get somebody else like Juan Mir or something, and then
32:30
like what? Listen.
32:32
We're we're, we're, we're seeing.
32:35
You know, NBANFL, NCAA coaches win titles and get fired or
32:41
plays get traded after winning the title.
32:45
You know, I, we, we, you know, grudges.
32:47
Grudges are, you know, the root of all things, man.
32:51
Yeah, I know. Go to war.
32:53
What are? You what are your thoughts,
32:54
Reese, man, I mean, you know, come on, I mean, would you if,
32:57
if you were in the paddock? Are you, are you starting to
32:59
talk to the, the CEO there of Aprilia?
33:03
You're like, are you sitting here like, man, I ain't putting
33:05
my job on the line yet for this guy.
33:08
I don't know. I mean, it's still like, I mean,
33:10
you don't know what goes on behind the scenes.
33:12
I mean, you know, they could keep keep the stuff in house.
33:16
Maybe they could have came to agreement or came to term and
33:19
they could have put, you know, bury the hatchet.
33:22
But it it's going to take a lot of humbleness from Martine to to
33:26
come to apologize. And if you're very humble
33:28
because, I mean, you left the bad taste in that in that
33:31
manufacturer's mouth. Yeah, winning does help.
33:35
It does show. But at the end of the day, are
33:41
you OK just because you're winning?
33:43
And if something goes wrong, are you going to go back to the
33:45
media when it's clear and, you know, just splatter the name all
33:49
over the place so that's, you know, they look at it and you
33:52
also didn't. Help make the bike the what the
33:54
bike is, right, you know? Basking any to that you just
33:57
kind of piggyback off the bass and now you're like, I'm taking
34:00
the winning ways and and showing this so you know you didn't come
34:04
in from the jump and help you just pretty much bash the bike
34:07
and said kind of screw it. Brilliant.
34:10
Yeah, yeah. And.
34:11
I agree. Yeah, I you said bastiony, but I
34:12
know you meant Bez for Bez I'm. Sorry, you know they're they're.
34:16
They're, they're Italians, man, you know they, you know, they
34:19
all got the same. Name with AZ here and as you
34:21
know, Jesus Christ right? So.
34:24
You know they're both short. And both look like little kids.
34:28
Yeah, I, I. I know we're going to move on
34:30
from Ducati, but Morbideli, Alex Marquez, I mean, Alex Marquez
34:34
finished fourth in the in the Sprint.
34:37
Let's see what he did in the in the in the in the race real
34:40
quick, just to make sure I'm in the right spot, 4th and 7th.
34:44
You know, more of more more of a deli man.
34:48
I mean, I don't know, he, he's like, I mean he world super
34:52
bike. Yeah, I mean he.
34:53
Like I, I tried, I mean, for two years easily, like the first
34:58
after he left for Yamaha, I was like, yo, give this guy a
35:01
chance, give this guy a chance. But I don't want to say he's
35:04
like a disgruntled employee, but like you're, you're not helping
35:09
the 'cause I mean like Didgia, like he's like, I need a
35:11
contract, get on the podium, right?
35:14
More videlity is just like let me just get the top 10.
35:20
Jesus Christ, you. Know you stayed on a 24 bike
35:23
like, you know, like, and, and, but Fermin is on a 24 bike and
35:30
we see an Fermin is injured and we see what he's doing on a 24
35:33
bike. So like, I don't is that, is
35:35
that a head case kind of thing? I mean, like is, is, you know,
35:38
is, is there a gypsy just moving from one rider to the next where
35:42
they just put him in a fog because, you know, we saw it
35:44
with Fernandez. I mean, you know, Morbidelli
35:48
looks like he's happy and he feels good, You know, and I've
35:52
been told by bosses, I, I don't have urgency in my voice.
35:57
So I'm not saying he has to have urgency in his voice to to know
36:00
what the situation is. But is this a guy that's just
36:03
waiting to just to finish out a contract and just saying, OK,
36:06
I'll go to World Super Bike next year?
36:09
Pretty much. I think that's where it comes to
36:14
we. Just start with TJ and then then
36:16
Reese for the follow up. What your thoughts, man, on
36:19
Mobidelli and Alex? I know I ranted more on
36:21
Mobidelli because it's just like, we're rooting for this
36:24
guy, man. But now you just, you know, the
36:26
season's still young, but you know not for him.
36:30
Yeah. Yeah, I think Mobidelli it's
36:34
it's I think it's just the VR40 Sixers just trying to hold on to
36:38
hold on to him. I, I don't know, but I, I think
36:40
his world super bike time, he might be doing something else on
36:45
the side and can't focus on Moto GP, whereas I don't know, he
36:49
just can't keep the pace. Like something something's up
36:52
where you know, like the here there some, some racist, he's
36:58
showing himself some racist. He does some bonehead stuff and
37:02
it's just very inconsistent. But like last year he had a
37:05
chance to be very good, but he did a lot of bonehead stuff to,
37:10
to 'cause that and I don't know, it's just time.
37:13
As far as the Alex, I think they're both just in a fog.
37:17
I don't know what the fog is, but you know, they just can't
37:21
keep their pace up, you know like they did last year, but
37:25
definitely trying to root for Alex to get get back to.
37:28
I don't know if it's because whatever mark does like Mark has
37:34
AI think a huge reference for him last year.
37:36
Right, right. But I.
37:37
Mean it got to be this. I mean, you would think that's
37:39
the same. What are your what are your
37:41
thoughts, Reese? Yeah, if I'm over deli, man,
37:45
it's just time to go. It's time to time for, you know,
37:47
different pastures and time to just move on and and try to
37:51
redeem yourself into another series because this Moto GP
37:55
ain't it. It ain't it for you, bro.
37:56
It's it's, it's time to take Old Yeller Outback and put them out,
38:01
put them out the passion to let it go, man, because you just
38:05
ruining your career, right, Right.
38:07
Is it? I mean, you know, some people
38:09
lose the factory seat and feel like, you know, they're not the
38:12
same. It's like, you know, some NBA
38:14
players, you know, they don't want to come off the bench.
38:16
They'd rather leave the NBA. That's not like a LeBron.
38:19
Right there. But I mean, it could be.
38:25
I mean, he's, I don't know man, he's just, I mean he really
38:30
wasn't even doing nothing in factories.
38:31
He the same position he's in on VR46 is the same position he's
38:35
finishing in on factories. So what are you really doing?
38:38
Like you, you lost the factory, but you're still doing the same
38:42
exact crap. So maybe he was.
38:46
Maybe it's just factory, but he's not injured now.
38:50
So what's the difference? Yeah, we had to point it.
38:54
Out for the audience, man. I can't put all the bodyguards
38:57
you need. I mean, there's really no
39:01
difference, man, I'm, I'm sorry. I was just like, yo, after a
39:04
while, man, you got to think I keep paying you this money as a,
39:08
as a, as an owner, I keep paying you this money, paying this
39:11
money, whether it's 300,400 thousand, 1,000,000, whatever.
39:15
I, I, I'm just paying you to hold a seat up.
39:17
That's pretty much what it is. What am I paying you for?
39:21
You know, and, and Digi over here is doing work.
39:24
He wanted a bigger contract and he's putting in the work for it.
39:27
So what are you really doing? You know, so it's, it's just
39:31
maybe it's time to go and try something else.
39:32
Maybe he'll be better on a production bike.
39:34
You know that prototype, right? Right.
39:36
No, it it's interesting. You know, some guys can be
39:38
handed the keys or or women can be handled the keys to the
39:41
Kingdom and and lose it all and other people who have to
39:44
struggle because Didjia, he was on his way out with Grassini,
39:47
right? And and the man had to literally
39:49
win a contract, right? And now you see him getting the
39:52
26th bike. And here's a guy that kind of,
39:55
you know, you, you know, you can't get any, you can't have a,
39:57
a better mentor than Valentino Rossi and, and, and be able to
40:02
ride for him on his team bikes and stuff like that.
40:04
And Moto 2. And it didn't happen for Moto GP
40:08
though, but eventually came over.
40:10
But still, you know, it, it, it, it is odd for, for mobility.
40:14
So I, I, I have to say, I hope he's going through something
40:17
and, and it gets sorted out because the dude's a talented
40:20
rider. So you know, but you know,
40:22
sometimes you're in the fog and it is what it is.
40:24
Let's talk about KTM and Honda. You know, Diego Murira is, is,
40:30
is looking good. Marini's looking good.
40:33
He's starting to get better. Mayor with the crashes, Zarko
40:37
with the crashes are like, you know, Zarko like, yeah, I feel
40:42
bad for Zarko too, because it's like, you know, you, you had the
40:45
French and then, you know, Silverstone last year, you're
40:48
getting some pole. I've been thinking he had a pole
40:49
position too and stuff like that.
40:51
And then it's just kind of like he's he's in the weeds now.
40:55
What are your thoughts on on on on Honda?
40:57
And then we'll dive with the KTM and and World Super Bike.
41:02
I mean, I think Honda's doing pretty good.
41:05
Like, I mean like Luca Marini finished fifth in the Sprint.
41:09
Mirror did crash, but I think he rejoined, but he didn't get any
41:12
points. But yeah, there's still it's
41:16
still in the back. Like Zarko 9th squeeze one point
41:20
out. But Luca Marini's doing a lot
41:24
better than the mirror. Like mirror still can't finish
41:28
at Grand Prix for the life of him.
41:31
And I I know he can pull out good results.
41:33
Like he showed it in qualifying. And then, you know, just maybe
41:38
we need more rain races for soccer to wake up.
41:41
I think it just takes a couple Grand Prix for these guys to
41:44
wake up. I don't know, when they feel
41:45
like they don't have a shot, then they start doing really
41:48
well. I don't know.
41:51
But I think, I think Honda is still improving even though they
41:56
didn't have the best results this weekend and I forget.
41:59
What the other? Part of the question was.
42:02
We'll we'll talk about KTM, but we'll get we'll get recess
42:05
thoughts on it and then we'll jump into KTM.
42:09
Marini right now is 10 in the 10th in the championship.
42:12
So Honda's in the top 10. Granted all the Oprios are in
42:16
the top 87. Pretty crazy.
42:22
Well, your thoughts, man, Honda and they, they give us away some
42:27
contingency, man. So, you know, they might be
42:30
hiring, man. Congratulations, Aprilia.
42:35
I mean, it's about time you showed up to the big dance.
42:39
But with Honda. My question is with Honda, what
42:44
the hell is Juwan Mirror's crash budget?
42:47
God, Lee, that boy will crash a bike.
42:51
Man, That budget's got to be out, out astronomical.
42:54
He can't be making no money. They just pay it and pay it.
42:58
But you know, Moreira, I mean, he's he's very impressive as a
43:03
rookie. So I I will definitely give him
43:06
that. Luka Manini is coming around, so
43:10
he's coming off. I know he was coming off an
43:11
injury. So he's he's coming back strong
43:15
and so he looks really good. Zarko, I don't know, maybe they
43:21
just lost their way on that, that end on the the Castro, they
43:24
just on, you know, they just lost their way a little bit.
43:27
They just trying to figure something out because I think
43:29
they got the new bike, right. I think they got a factory bike
43:31
I believe. So yeah, yeah.
43:33
So I. Think they could have just lost
43:34
their way a little bit. They just got to figure it out
43:37
what they had to now just figure it out.
43:41
I mean, he did look impressive. I mean, I was very impressed
43:43
that he did. He was, I think it was the race,
43:48
the regular race, he crashed out, but he still kept going to
43:50
get data that he was in complete last.
43:54
But it was it was good to see him and he was he was running a
43:57
good pace. Like if you looked at his pace,
43:59
he was still up there in the top, you know, top 12, top 10
44:03
pace. So I mean, he just there's just
44:07
little things he could like he said, you know, he could just
44:08
have mental breakdowns just like anyone else.
44:11
And like I said, it was, it was a scorcher out there.
44:14
So that that plays a factor too, in your the heat, the brain.
44:19
So, you know, I think they'll pull together.
44:23
Yeah, I will. I.
44:24
Will say I think Mayor has a good shot of getting on a
44:27
podium, you know, before the rest of them because that's what
44:30
he's fighting for. When he's crashing, he's he's
44:32
fighting. He's, you know, he's, I think he
44:34
was top five, six or something like that when he crashed out or
44:37
something. So he's been he, He.
44:39
Was top five and I was watching I was like damn mirrors all the
44:42
way up there and not it was funny because as soon as I saw I
44:45
was like give him about 33 laps he'll crash out sure enough, I
44:48
heard mirror crashes told you I was like it's coming he'll crash
44:54
out one of these sooner or later yeah, it's.
44:58
It's hot. It's I mean, again, you know,
45:00
Hopefully he'll find his rhythm because he is a nice writer.
45:03
I think they should keep him as well and stuff like that.
45:06
Let's talk about KTM because now Bastianini's throwing himself in
45:09
the mix with with Pedro Acosta now on, on the KTM.
45:14
And, you know, I got to kind of apologize to Maverick.
45:18
I mean, the man is training so hard.
45:20
He's shaking screws out his body.
45:23
I mean, this is, you know, I mean, when was the last time you
45:26
heard somebody, you know, loosening screws in their
45:29
shoulder, Maverick? It's time for him to say bye bye
45:32
and retire. It's time to go home, take your
45:36
ball and go home. Did he train too?
45:37
Hard in the offseason? No, he didn't.
45:40
Maverick, come on. I, I, I lost, I lost a lot of
45:47
love and respect for Maverick when he is very inconsistent and
45:50
he was over on the blue. OK, all right, all right.
45:54
He might. He might be one of the first
45:55
ones to know something was wrong.
45:56
I could not take. He actually he did know
45:58
something was wrong. He just, well, everybody knew.
46:00
Something wrong? But even he put a a statement
46:02
out saying that he did wish you never left Yamaha, you wish you
46:05
just stayed. So that tells you right there
46:08
that he wish you just stayed. But hey, you just wanted to be a
46:10
little child and do dumb stuff and blow the bike up, you know,
46:13
whatever. So it is, you know, you know.
46:16
Me and Chuck, Chuck's 50 bikes down the road, he almost
46:19
destroyed an engine. I mean, you know, I don't know,
46:24
but but well, you know, but I don't want to take away the
46:28
shine from Bastianini because he's, you know, we gave him a
46:30
lot of Flack last year, more you guys than I did.
46:33
He, you know, he's seems to be coming around, getting quicker
46:37
to the front. It's possible, you know, maybe
46:40
by the summer break, this guy could be, you know, him, him,
46:43
him. Acosta could be top.
46:47
Five, Yeah. I mean, I'm, I'm convinced that
46:52
these KTM writers that none of them talk to each other.
46:56
I mean, I don't know how much teammates talk to each other,
46:58
but I'm convinced that they just out there, just in their own
47:03
world because it's just that's the Mimi's back.
47:07
Is that what I'm saying? I mean like so I mean you.
47:17
Got Pedro Costa, like his attitudes, like, I don't know,
47:23
it's changed a little bit. Like he's very snappy, like,
47:25
like the way he answers things, like I don't think he's really
47:30
happy, but he's going to ride hard, you know?
47:34
And Bastianini, I feel good. I feel happy that he got on the
47:38
podium, you know, I feel like he definitely needs to get back in
47:42
his own ways now. He's been struggling a lot
47:44
lately, so be good to see him back up there in the top.
47:47
And Maverick, I mean, I feel bad that he has a little screw that
47:51
that does stuff. But like, now what?
47:54
What's your timetable like? It's like another month and I
47:59
don't know what he's going to have to have the training with
48:02
the same guy again. And so I don't know.
48:06
And then Bender is just, you know, Bender you.
48:10
Know I will say Maverick last year was the fastest KTM until
48:13
he got hurt parked the fire on the Acosta to do something and
48:18
now Bashani is the second year on the KTM and maybe they're
48:21
figuring something out yeah I I mean I think Ducati when they
48:24
had eight bikes on the grid this seems like all the riders
48:27
communicated and it seemed like that was that that is that is
48:30
the best way moving forward and I don't know if Aprilia is doing
48:33
it and KTM is not but it's good to see it's good to see Bashani
48:38
up there because I do think these guys are talented and and
48:40
deserve it Let's let's talk about.
48:46
World super bike man. I mean, you know, and then and
48:48
then you know, it was it's pretty crazy wanting to do
48:53
Ducati all weekend. Oliveira on the BMWI mean, if
48:57
Lewis was here, he'll just say he had the hometown bump.
49:01
But if Portugal had over 80,000 people come out to World Super
49:06
Bike, the biggest numbers since 2015 Bahrain.
49:12
Is it just because Oliveira? Is it because World Super Bike
49:15
is back? What do you guys think thought
49:18
of World Super Bike? And, and I mean, I know Reese
49:21
was at Coda so I don't know if he hadn't got a chance to watch
49:24
it yet. What are your thoughts man?
49:27
Yeah, I thought World Super bike is really good.
49:29
I mean, I only pretty much saw the the big bikes, but yeah, I
49:35
mean the same finishers, finishers for all three races.
49:40
I think top five actually, that's the same.
49:42
I I only looked. At top three but.
49:48
Yeah, go ahead. But but yeah, it's just this,
49:52
this right now it's the Booleaga show.
49:53
It was really good to see equal lack of water out there fighting
49:58
and definitely Miguel had a extra couple horsepowers, his
50:02
home track and I thought it was pretty cool to see him actually
50:07
get on the podium and please his fans.
50:09
So I feel like every time we went to Porto Mile with with the
50:12
GP is either hurt. One time Marquez hit him and you
50:16
know, so you want the first one. What's that?
50:21
I said he did win the. First one when they returned.
50:24
Yeah, so when we got. Back on the GP calendar.
50:29
But no, it was it I. Think.
50:31
It was 20. I don't I don't know 1617 I
50:35
would have to look it up, but they they did a thing on it.
50:38
That's the reason why I know. What are your thoughts?
50:40
Reese man on on the world super bike?
50:44
You know Olivier already. He's got the the the turn out
50:47
one and two. I mean, you heard TJ say it's
50:51
the Bulliga show. You could say I'm only 2/10
50:54
behind this mofo. So Oh no, I'm coming.
51:00
No, I mean. I saw a little bit of it.
51:02
I did get a chance to watch it a little bit.
51:04
Not all of it, but I mean, the stuff I watched, I mean, it
51:08
seemed like the Bullocker show. It should be the Bullocker show
51:12
the whole season. You know, like, like Louis will
51:16
tell you, I mean, being in front of the home fans, we'll give you
51:21
that extra boost, that extra horsepower.
51:23
So that does boost up Miguelo there.
51:26
And you know, they have he had no one there to target him in
51:28
fixation and run into him, you know, so so I mean, he better do
51:35
something because this is at the end of the line here.
51:40
But being in front of your home crowd gives you a big boost.
51:43
I mean, you got to look at it, go back to GP, look at, you
51:45
know, Joe Roberts. Joe Roberts ended up in 9th and
51:48
Moto 2, you know, and that's in front of his home crowd.
51:51
So, and he, he normally ends up 14th, 15th, you know, so being
51:55
in front of your home crowd has a big, a big play in it.
51:58
You know, it gives you a big boost and a big jolt of energy
52:01
and say, I want to do this and I want to be more aggressive.
52:03
So, you know, congratulations. I mean, it's just like I said,
52:06
it's all the same top guys and top players.
52:09
They're always going to be there.
52:10
And you know, it's it's it is unfortunately it is Bulagas, you
52:17
know, championship to lose. OK, I.
52:20
I, I, I'll go with that. I'll go with that.
52:23
But I think Ika's coming. I mean, I think Ika's sitting
52:25
here like, man, that was a nicer rider than U Moto 2.
52:29
I'm coming, you know, and, and you know, to go from 6th to 7th
52:35
in the first round to be like, you know, OK, I'm, I'm, I'm
52:39
behind you now. And he had to fight to the pack
52:42
a little bit. I I think that, you know,
52:45
halfway through the season, I think it's going to be close.
52:47
I don't think I don't, I don't, I don't know if Bouliga Bouliga
52:50
can't make it like any sport. I think it's going to be really
52:56
close from what he's showing this this year.
53:00
Not even seen. Montela is another rider on a
53:03
Ducati. Sam Lowe's on a Ducati is
53:05
another guy that that's showing some pace as well.
53:09
So I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that's going to be
53:12
Bulaga because these guys are seeing that.
53:15
OK. If we put it together, we might
53:18
be able to get there. Time with the no no.
53:24
No, no doubt there. Let's let's talk about before we
53:29
wrap and get out of here and I won't give you enough time
53:32
because you have some stuff you want to get off your chest
53:33
Threes world super bike and and and some of the Moto 2 stuff.
53:39
So what happened in coda, man? What's going on, man?
53:42
I mean, you know, you're, you're being noticed.
53:46
I mean, it was nice to be out there and then get a couple, you
53:48
know, I guess some people are saying that, you know, they saw
53:51
and they recognized me from the podcast and stuff like that.
53:54
And, you know, it was nice. So it it, you know, to everybody
53:57
out there, you know, we appreciate all the love and
53:59
respect and, you know, keep following and keep watching.
54:03
You know, we'll make sure we have some good stuff on here for
54:05
you. So that was actually kind of
54:06
nice. But that's it.
54:11
But no, no but. Everyone out here man, listen to
54:18
everyone out here and I'm going to say this from a respectable
54:21
point of view and from an inside crew member please.
54:26
And this goes out to no disrespect to your riding level
54:29
riding skills, just please, please ride your own ride.
54:33
Do not try to think because you're buying AV 4, an R1, AZX
54:39
10 or anything like that. Please do not think you're any
54:43
of these guys out here on the track, any of the pro levels.
54:47
Don't think that, you know, I know that Ducati's come out with
54:49
a Super Leguera and you guys want to buy it and you think
54:53
it's everything under the sun that we use on the track, which
54:57
it is. But it.
54:59
Takes a skilled rider to get the maximum performance out of that
55:04
thing. And if you don't know what
55:07
you're doing and you try to go above, you know, as my grandma
55:10
would say, you ride faster than your angels are, you're not
55:13
going to like the ending results.
55:17
You know Tom Howerson that used to be here with Yamaha, he did a
55:21
study on on riders and it was fact that the compression of
55:27
your forks, the front forks, the average day St. rider will
55:32
compress their forks about 20 to 32%.
55:37
That's it. 25, no, sorry, 25 to 32%.
55:41
The average day pro or semi pro level track day rider will
55:46
compress their front forts about 45 to 50% compressed the average
55:54
top guys on the pro circuit level from AMA.
55:57
And we're talking about AMA. I'm not talking about GP level.
56:00
That's a different line of level from moral super bike to even
56:03
whatever they will compress their front forts about 98%.
56:09
There is a big difference when you are trying to do this level.
56:14
So I just strongly advise, just please, please stay within
56:21
yourself and don't think that you're buying a bike, which is
56:24
great, but just understand what you're buying because you know,
56:28
Ducati is coming out of here with carbon ceramic rotors and
56:32
carbon fiber forks and carbon fiber swing arms and frames.
56:36
It's nice but understand what you are buying and getting
56:39
yourself into also, you're not. Getting the engineers that come
56:42
along to. Set up the bike.
56:46
You're just getting the bike. You know engineers, right?
56:50
At 247 horsepower at a race, easy to use.
56:53
So just please understand what you're buying, yeah.
56:56
No, I, yeah, I, I mean, you know, we, we, we do love the
56:59
comments and, you know, we do this to, to entertain people
57:02
and, and, and stuff like that. And, you know, we see it and,
57:07
and, you know, I think that the best way I can, I can, you know,
57:12
add to it is, is like, you know, like do the research, do the
57:17
research. I, I think because sometimes,
57:19
you know, folks comment and I wonder if they, they, they've
57:23
done any research at all, even looked us up any bed to see what
57:27
we are, who we are, what we're doing and stuff like that.
57:30
Because nine times out of 10, I think if you do the research,
57:33
you'll, you'll see that, you know, we, we, we have an idea
57:36
what we're doing and what we're talking about and, and stuff
57:39
like that. And, and we can always agree to
57:41
disagree, but it's always good to do the research first because
57:46
it's, it's, you know, it's kind of it is.
57:49
You know, I've, I've had people come up to me and say, you sure?
57:51
You know what time I'm like, listen man, I've been here 12
57:54
years with Yamaha and you know, blessed to be on his side and
57:58
I've been riding since O four. I've been in the track since O
58:01
8. So I've seen him come and go.
58:03
You know, I've, I've had my amateur license, I've had, you
58:06
know, some fun times and I still have it.
58:10
But, you know, being on the on the factory side and seeing a
58:13
lot of things, trust me, I know what I'm talking about.
58:17
I just, I, I see it and it's like, man, slow down a little
58:21
bit. Yeah.
58:23
Yeah, yeah. And, and you know, and as we
58:24
talk about on the show, right, because again, to, to, to go to
58:28
your credibility, the business is such that if you're not good
58:32
and know what you're doing, you're not there, you know,
58:34
right. It's, it's as simple as that.
58:37
So, you know, it's that, but we we do appreciate it.
58:41
But you know, I don't, I don't want to pay for a bodyguard for
58:43
this guy. So take it, take it easy on him
58:48
asking for a photo or something like that.
58:53
And. You know, dude.
58:55
Definitely body Ducati because that bike does look nice.
58:59
For 160 grand, they could stay right there.
59:04
You know, I I I you know, I would have to at least have AGT
59:07
3 before I I would I would get that.
59:11
But it it you know, it's, it's it's cool, right?
59:13
I mean, and I think we're at an age with motorcycling with the
59:18
the collectors and getting these cool motor, getting these one
59:21
off bikes. So these limited production
59:23
bikes, before there was occasional right there like
59:26
anniversary bikes back in the day you were seeing, but now you
59:30
know, Ducati, MV, Augusta, Triumph, I think even you know,
59:36
BMW is doing it to a degree now Yamaha is starting to do it.
59:39
Honda is starting to do it to a degree.
59:41
It's starting to happen. Even Aprilia came.
59:42
Out with that X model they just came out with.
59:44
Then they just launched again, you know, and and.
59:46
So that's where it is. The model is.
59:48
But you know, yeah, you got to a a, you have to be on the track
59:52
and you have to like, you know, I, I, I think if you, if you
59:56
haven't been club racing for what I don't know, two to three
59:59
years, you know what I'm saying? And that's minimum.
1:00:04
But you know, but you'll see that two or three years if
1:00:07
you're doing 10 rounds a year, you know, hauling your bikes up
1:00:10
and down, you know, doing, you know, 4 to 6 races a weekend and
1:00:15
you got some regional titles, then we then, then I think it's
1:00:18
fair to say you can have a conversation.
1:00:20
But like track days, no disrespect to track days, folks,
1:00:23
It's, it's a whole different animal.
1:00:25
I mean, it's not, it's, you know, my, my, we, we will joke
1:00:28
about, you know, playing ball and stuff like that.
1:00:30
But I'm not going to go big joke with Carmelo Anthony or some of
1:00:34
these guys and, and think I can, I can actually run with them in
1:00:37
my mind. I could, but I'm not going to
1:00:38
sit here and, and go on their feed and tell them I can school
1:00:42
them in the gym. I mean, I, I guess we've seen
1:00:43
that too, because some of these guys are starting to play some
1:00:45
players, but it's a different animal on, on the on the track,
1:00:49
you know, you. Can do your research, that's it.
1:00:53
Just do your research. Do your research on what you're
1:00:55
buying, what you're riding. And you know what Rexy said.
1:01:00
I mean, it's a different animal, but if you at least get out
1:01:02
there to the track, you'll actually at least learn your
1:01:05
bike. But it would make you that much
1:01:08
of A sharper St. rider than you imagine, right?
1:01:11
Right. You know, the, the, and the
1:01:13
crazy thing, man, I, you know, we still, we still see people
1:01:17
that talk about, you know, St. riding is, is better than, than
1:01:22
track riding or safer or there's still people that just like they
1:01:27
don't get it. But you know, you can't really
1:01:30
talk about track or life if you if if you haven't been there,
1:01:32
never been. On it, it's like you.
1:01:34
Know one and done is not enough because it it you know like my
1:01:38
first three years I still didn't know anything you know what I
1:01:41
mean and and so but like once you get more immersed into it
1:01:44
you realize like OK yeah, I had a guy.
1:01:47
Argue with me saying that it takes more balls to be out on
1:01:53
the street than it does on the track.
1:01:57
I said, have you been on the track?
1:01:58
I said I was like, listen, I'm coming through.
1:02:03
If there's that much room I'm coming through, I'm coming
1:02:08
through. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:02:12
Not. Not it.
1:02:13
It takes honest, honest to got it, you know, You know, I don't
1:02:17
do it on the streets, but it takes nothing to dip to traffic
1:02:19
on the streets, on a bike, in the straights, maybe some
1:02:22
twisties, that's what we can talk.
1:02:24
But on a straight I like I can do that all day all day.
1:02:28
I man I can do that in my my 2:50 and make room much less.
1:02:35
You. Have.
1:02:37
No idea what you're talking about.
1:02:40
On the street you can stay above 7000 RPMS basically like right?
1:02:46
Exactly. Exactly, You know that that's
1:02:48
the only part of we're not trying to disparage street
1:02:50
riders or anything like that, but you can't really talk about
1:02:53
the track and unless you really put some time in it, you know,
1:02:56
and and then you'll get a better understanding.
1:02:58
And most people that's got everyone that's done it like,
1:03:02
you know, three to four years at the track that I've talked to,
1:03:04
they they talk differently than than what I hear people comment
1:03:07
on about the track. That hasn't been to the track
1:03:09
that much. I've had a guy walk.
1:03:12
By me at JP and he saw this kid, this was his first.
1:03:16
He was from Dallas and he was, he rode his bike from Dallas all
1:03:20
the way down to Austin. And he was like, man, I thought
1:03:23
I could ride. And he was like, I've been
1:03:25
riding for a couple for some years now.
1:03:27
But he said the first time I saw these guys on the track, he
1:03:29
said, yo, I can't ride for I was like, it's a different level.
1:03:34
It it it. Is and, you know, and, and, you
1:03:37
know, ego, whatever I mean it, you know, I, I think, like I
1:03:41
said, the people that are in it, I, we're more realistic of, of,
1:03:44
of what we, what we think of between St. riding and track
1:03:48
riding. And I love the street.
1:03:49
I mean, I, I, I, I ride, I was just talking to TJ earlier.
1:03:52
I'm like, I mean, I want to get back to riding every day on the
1:03:54
street again, because I do enjoy it, but I'm not riding on the
1:03:57
streets, you know, trying to do 160 that that's not the pleasure
1:04:01
I I get. And it's, you know, like I, we
1:04:04
had Eric Woods on the other day, Eric Wood on the other day and
1:04:07
talking about St. riding versus track riding and just the, you
1:04:10
know, the different, the obstacles that are on the street
1:04:14
and, and, and whether you know, it, it's worth it or not.
1:04:16
I mean, for some people it is and they not even it's, you
1:04:19
know, you know, I'm not trying to turn that show into that, but
1:04:21
it's not because I've seen podcasts of other people that
1:04:25
they're talking about how many friends they've lost, you know,
1:04:28
from, from the street riding. So and I don't.
1:04:32
I don't want. To do that, I've been in the
1:04:33
industry too long and I would just want to see it keep
1:04:35
growing, get back to where it was and, and I just want to, I
1:04:39
enjoy meeting new people out there.
1:04:41
I go to bike nights and I enjoy, I still enjoy the street as
1:04:44
well. I still enjoy, I mean, I enjoy
1:04:46
for what it is, the street. You go, have fun, go to get
1:04:49
something to eat, go ride around with your buddies or go to a
1:04:51
bike night. But I also enjoy the track life.
1:04:55
Track life is where I can let loose and not worry about a car
1:04:58
and not worry about anything if I do happen to go down.
1:05:00
I know EMTs is right there on the team, but I actually go out
1:05:04
there and I can actually push my bike to the actual limit a
1:05:07
little bit. Not to the fullest limit, but I
1:05:10
can get out there and and you know, push it. 55 limits.
1:05:16
Right. Get to that point, but like, oh.
1:05:19
I ain't doing that again. You know, I'll just before we
1:05:24
get out of here, I was talking, you know, it's like you may not
1:05:26
crash as a rider or a person in a car, but you can cause someone
1:05:31
else to crash. You know what I'm saying?
1:05:33
And I remember as a kid riding around doing foolishness as
1:05:36
well. And I remember we, we caused
1:05:38
other people to crash because they were paying attention to
1:05:39
us. You, you know what I mean.
1:05:42
And so, you know, you may go home and ride safe all the time
1:05:46
and, and, and get home all the time, but you can cause an
1:05:48
accident with someone else because of what you're doing.
1:05:50
And, and that matters too, you know, So you know, it is, it is,
1:05:55
you know that that's the last of it.
1:05:57
We'll, we'll add, I'll add for the night.
1:06:01
Lewis isn't here to talk about the scores.
1:06:03
I don't know if I can. Do I have the scores I can show?
1:06:07
Yeah, but you better. Have them scores.
1:06:08
You better have them scores. He gets a.
1:06:10
He get Lewis got ADNF because I didn't.
1:06:14
Last week so. Oh, that sucks.
1:06:16
Oh, come on, he. He that bad?
1:06:21
He told her Jawad. Beer Aprilia.
1:06:23
Aprilia. Aprilia baby and and if, if if
1:06:28
Agura didn't crash out on Sunday, man it it would have
1:06:31
been further. This is just this is just for I
1:06:33
believe it's just for this round.
1:06:35
It's not for the whole thing. I'll get the whole tally up.
1:06:40
You can see the whole tally here.
1:06:41
That's the whole tally. So 171.
1:06:50
TJ got 144 and Reese is at 1. I got to maximize my screen 157.
1:06:57
Yeah, yeah. So.
1:07:00
Let's say how. How is Lewis going to catch up?
1:07:03
We we're going to have to get a DNF?
1:07:05
Exactly. It might, might, might, might
1:07:07
be, you know, he's got. He's got to get perfect results.
1:07:11
Well, you know, you know our. Our race direction is similar to
1:07:16
Moto GP. The rules change every week.
1:07:22
Subject to change so that now that.
1:07:26
We know that, you know, somebody could mess around.
1:07:29
They might have to give us their their predictions ahead of time.
1:07:32
We'll get a DNF. The new rule starts.
1:07:39
Now. So you know.
1:07:42
We'll see. We got we got some time off.
1:07:45
Well, you don't, Reese, and I don't, because I'll see you in
1:07:48
a. Few weeks.
1:07:49
And I wrote Atlanta. I got two weeks, man.
1:07:52
I'm heading up. I'm I'm actually heading that
1:07:54
way now. I'm in the West Coast and I'm
1:07:57
heading east. Nice, nice.
1:07:58
So so we'll we'll we'll definitely we keep it locked
1:08:01
with with more podcasts than for sure, but we got a little time
1:08:05
off for Moto GP and World Super Bike.
1:08:08
But my name is Rex 45. It's the be forever cool
1:08:10
podcast. I want to thank Reese from
1:08:12
Attack, Yamaha, TJ from 2 Wheels and Coffee Peace.