WSB 2018

[BLS]

Phillip island this weekend , qualifiying starting soon. Can our own wee johnny Rea go for a 4th title to equal carl fogarty? or is he going to get pushed harder this season , cant wait to find out!
Whats youre thoughts on this seasons WSB ?

 

[DriftnSlide]

I think JR is so comfortable on the ZX now he willbe a force to be reckoned with this year again. Chas Davies, Sykes, Van der Marc, Melandri will be the usual threats and my tip Jordi Torres for a top 4 finish this season. Hope Norge has a better season than last year aswell.

 

[Chris666]

WSB badly needed more riders at the sharp end, hopefully the boys can deliver racing that's anywhere close to that of BSB

4th title - hard fought yet probable

 

[DriftnSlide]

Bad luck for Jonny in r1, dodgy pirelli tyres again but at least he held on for some points.
I see they will have a mandatory pit stop for r2, due to the tyre issues today. Will have to start on the coffee about now and try to stay awake for r2 tonight.

 

[BLS]

Cracker ride from melandri all the same , bad luck for jr but fancy him for race 2. The yamaha boys trading paint a few times lol

 

[genman]

screamer of a race 2

 

[DriftnSlide]

screamer of a race 2

My missus came down at 4.30 to find out what "all the fuss" was. lol

 

[Chris666]

What's with the Ducati shake? What a race

 

[genman]

What's with the Ducati shake? What a race

too much power for the midget on it

 

[DriftnSlide]

Fair play to Norge aswell, he went off like a demon, had a biggie and still got up again for points.

 

[genman]

Fair play to Norge aswell, he went off like a demon, had a biggie and still got up again for points.

he is certainly consistent

 

[nobby]

great race
melandri is definitely not making the numbers up this year ... a serious threat to Johnny's reign
chaz is still pushin the limits on his duc
honda seems to have made some progress over winter
at the moment it certainly looks like a more open playing field which is great for the sport overall

 

[DriftnSlide]

Eugene Laverty is back for Imola this weekend, after mangling his pelvis in Thailand. 8th quickest in first practice.

 

[Chris666]

Talking point of the weekend already - 300SS superpole...

The boys tripping each other up while Ana Carasco sticks a pole time in nearly a second ahead. First female winner last year at Portimao and first female pole

 

[DriftnSlide]

Good WSS race.
Cluzel was masterful at the front.

 

[Chris666]

That was a great race! Nice to see the Superbike boys down for Kenan

 

[DriftnSlide]

That was a great race! Nice to see the Superbike boys down for Kenan

Yea,
Even though he cost Norge a WSS championship in 2009, racing him on the penutimate round for 2nd place and pushing him onto the grass when he wasn't even in the running.
Cal won it that year anyway.

 

[DriftnSlide]

BTW..........WTF is going on with Josh Brookes face ??
What does he think he looks like with that mouche.????.

 

[Chris666]

A Peaky Blinder

 

[DriftnSlide]

 

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[DriftnSlide]

I could'nt have got that much bigger.

 

[Chris666]

I really like Shakey and Brookes on the sofas though, same as Christian Iddon getting into commentary last week at Oulton... (and even Hutchy at the NW through his injuries) I think it also helps that they're talking to Matt Roberts week in week out

 

[DriftnSlide]

Yep, they get proper riders for commentary, it helps when theres people who know what they're talking about.

 

[DriftnSlide]

Quote of the meeting....
"well Johnny....is there any others out there who you think might be hard to get past" ?

Johnny....."I don't know, I haven't seen any of them"