The Alvaro Bautista Crash Count (Spoilers)

He'll win some races but the Duc isn't the bike it was two years ago, well actually, it is and that's the issue. He'll crumble under pressure. Very fast rider no doubt but he'll send it soon the road a lot this season. He's a stopgap until Ducati can get someone that can go a whole season and actually compete with Rea for the whole season.

 

Theory here.... if Rea loses the title again this year I see it like this...

1. He resigns with Kawasaki, but only because they have a new bike coming.
2. He moves to Ducati.
3. He retires.

 

I like option 4 better. Get a MotoGP satellite ride for a season for shits and giggles and to say you did it, then retire.

MotoGP really needs an old dude’s support series. Maybe 6 - 8 rounds on some older GP bikes, purely in Europe so they don’t have to do much traveling. Call it the 35+ class.

 

The dream for many "wanna be's" !









I would only be allowed to compete under the nom de plume "lanterne rouge"

 

GP Masters. Rossi is back

 

I have a feeling Miller will be the one taking that torch from Bautista at Ducati when his time in that seat is up. I don't see a long bright future for Miller in gp's much longer if results don't start becoming more regular (considering the other riders in the pipeline), and I think he'd be a monster in WSBK anyway.

 

I’m excited to watch him race in Australian SBK after the MotoGP season again.

 

I love ASBK. Some of the best racing on the planet.

 

Know where I can watch more of the races this season? Do they have a season pass?

 

Not sure, as I haven’t looked into all the ‘22 championships, yet. I just renewed MotoGP and am only going to do one other subscription. Shit’s too expensive and time consuming.

 

I always watch them on Youtube.

 

Donington Park WSBK 2022

Race one - Crash

 

Hmmmmm

 

Was a weird crash, and I've never seen such a perfectly timed announcer's curse - literally mid-sentence saying "Alvaro is such a different rider this year and doesn't craaaaa------" and he lowsided

 

I’ve a signed Suomy Bautista from his 250cc days in the collection. It inexplicably fell of the shelf a little while ago. Now it’s an official replica helmet.

 

It’s good to post off topic in this thread about the time AB could be crashing just so a thread bump doesn’t necessarily mean a spoiler

 

Imola 2023

Race 2 - crash from the lead

 

God dammit! Skipped the WSBK thread on purpose, walked right into this one.

 

Looking on the bright side. This thread bump only spoiled 3 seconds of the race.