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WorldSBK | 2019 | Round 2 | Pirelli Thai | Mar 15 - 17

Discussion in 'General' started by ljuice26, Mar 15, 2019.

  1. Potts N Pans

    Potts N Pans Well-Known Member

    I can't wait to see Rea on a works SP-2!!
     
  2. turbulence

    turbulence Well-Known Member

    speaking of facts... how’d the other “much faster bikes” do?
     
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  3. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

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  4. fastedyamaha

    fastedyamaha Well-Known Member

    Laverty and Rinaldi had slower top speeds than Rea. It’s also not an apples to apples comparison because of where people brake in relation to the timing loop.
     
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  5. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    Rea: 303.3 weekend best
    Laverty: 307.6
    Rinaldi: 306.8

    But yeah, I suppose you can make the case for Rea being an early-braking wimp.
     
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  6. 418

    418 Expert #59

    I don't care about the top speed. Look how hard that thing accelerated between turns 1 and 3 this weekend. Rea got a better start in race 2 and still was behind Bautista into T1. Bautista is riding his ass off but if you can't see the plain advantage the Duc has it's time to take up knitting.

    This reminds me of 2007 MotoGP season but this time the Ducati actually handles.
     
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  7. SPL170db

    SPL170db Trackday winner

    I know its 2 different years @ Thailand and whatnot and qualifying isn't the race (especially since they both crashed in Race 1), but if you look at both Davies' and Laverne's qualifying times from this year on the V4R and last year they are almost the same even though each of them are on completely new bikes. Rea's Q time dropped by a 1/2 a second.

    Laverty:
    2018 Q time on RSV4 - 1:33.119
    2019 Q time on V4R - 1:33.037

    Davies:
    2018 Q time on 1199 - 1:33.148
    2019 Q time on V4R - 1:33.196

    Rea:
    2018 - 1:32.814
    2019 - 1:32.341

    Just for shits and gigs :D

    Bautista:
    2018 Q time on GP17 Duc - 1:30.976
    2019 Q time on V4R - 1:31.912
     
  8. tzrider

    tzrider CZrider

    I went back and read.

    Rea's name was barely even mentioned in this thread.

    Sensitive much?... :D
     
  9. Prospect

    Prospect Hayai

  10. sdiver

    sdiver Well-Known Member

    FIFY.
     
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  11. CB186

    CB186 go f@ck yourself

    Bautista is also setting the bike up like an old school SBK. Get in, slowed down and fired out.
     
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  12. jonathanp

    jonathanp Tech drop out

    Hell the Honda’s had a higher top speed than JR
     
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  13. sicc

    sicc Well-Known Member

    who cares about top speed or points standings. we can measure the championship in seconds.

    bautista is winning the championship by 48.666 seconds. (gap to 2nd place)
     
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  14. definitely not a cat

    definitely not a cat Well-Known Member

    I kept thinking Bautista was going to tuck the front. He backs that thing in all the way to the apex then front end looks like it twitches a bit when starts to roll on the throttle. Pretty impressive to watch.
     
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  15. Potts N Pans

    Potts N Pans Well-Known Member

    The real reason for the AB outrage is...


    His crash count thread has come to a stop :D
     
  16. sicc

    sicc Well-Known Member


    thank god for crutchlow
     
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  17. Mot Okstef

    Mot Okstef Scrolling all day long on RRW.com

    And Chaz and Eugene both had a mechanical DNF in Race 2. :(
     
  18. fastedyamaha

    fastedyamaha Well-Known Member

    It's not that he's an early braking wimp. Every time they post trap speeds for MotoGp, they always point out that fact that speeds will vary based on your braking markers vs the timing loop. Ducati built a good bike and they have a good rider on it. They don't even have an extra 200cc of displacement like in the past for people to whine about.
     
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  19. BigBird

    BigBird blah

    I'm Team Green and all that, but KRT is getting it handed to them right now. But this seems to happen every few years. A former good motogp racer comes to WSBK and kicks a$$. Biaggi did it a few years ago, and now Bautista.

    Actually you know what, motogp racer + eyebrow = WSBK champ :eek:
     
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  20. wac

    wac Well-Known Member

    Checa too.
     
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