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From: Champ on 5 Aug 2010 09:54
No discussion here on the WSB meeting last weekend - this place seems
to be dying.

Anyway, the racing was bloody good. Especially worth watching are the
last 5 laps of the Supersport race, and much of the second WSB race,
especially Crutchlow's exits through the last corner onto the
start/finish straight.

I've not been following WSB as much as in past years, but the talk is
that the Yamaha has worn its tyres too hard this year. Given Spies
success last year, this raises the obvious questions of whether this
is down to changes to the 2010 bike, changes to the 2010 Pirellis, or
just that Spies was exceptionally good at tyre management. Apparently
Crutchlow was able to run the pace all weekend because the
temperatures were lower than usual (hey, it is England).
--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Dirt on 5 Aug 2010 11:02
On Aug 5, 8:54 am, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote:

> I've not been following WSB as much as in past years, but the talk is
> that the Yamaha has worn its tyres too hard this year.  Given Spies
> success last year, this raises the obvious questions of whether this
> is down to changes to the 2010 bike, changes to the 2010 Pirellis, or
> just that Spies was exceptionally good at tyre management.  

I'd say there's a fair chance that Spies is just good at tire
management. If I remember right, the Yamaha had a reputation for
being hard on its tires before Spies arrived.

I also agree this place is dying.

-Dirt-
From: Dirt on 5 Aug 2010 11:04
On Aug 5, 8:54 am, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote:

> especially Crutchlow's exits through the last corner onto the
> start/finish straight.

Yup. I slo-mo'd three or four of those. Quite impressive.

-Dirt-
From: Andrew on 6 Aug 2010 00:03


"Dirt" <christopher.l.cavin(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:02e738e4-0195-4350-89bd-4b4d5545eaa5(a)z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 5, 8:54 am, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> I've not been following WSB as much as in past years, but the talk is
>> that the Yamaha has worn its tyres too hard this year. Given Spies
>> success last year, this raises the obvious questions of whether this
>> is down to changes to the 2010 bike, changes to the 2010 Pirellis, or
>> just that Spies was exceptionally good at tyre management.
>
> I'd say there's a fair chance that Spies is just good at tire
> management. If I remember right, the Yamaha had a reputation for
> being hard on its tires before Spies arrived.
>
> I also agree this place is dying.
>
> -Dirt-

I also have to put down my lack of excitement for WSBK to Haga's lack of
performance this year.
There was no more exciting rider these past many years.
I also wonder if it's the bike, with BMW stealing Tardozzi, maybe the Duc
electronics are just not up to snuff this season.
Fabrizio hasn't made that much of an impression this year, after I picked
him to win it all.
MotoGP had a lull with Rossi's crash, and the AMA is a joke.
I need to watch some BSB, I haven't seen a race this year. Moto2 has been
awesome though.

--
Andrew

From: Chris Paine on 6 Aug 2010 06:26
On 5 Aug, 14:54, Champ <n...(a)champ.org.uk> wrote:

> I've not been following WSB as much as in past years, but the talk is
> that the Yamaha has worn its tyres too hard this year.  Given Spies
> success last year, this raises the obvious questions of whether this
> is down to changes to the 2010 bike, changes to the 2010 Pirellis, or
> just that Spies was exceptionally good at tyre management.

The Eurosport commentators seemed to be saying something about the
fact that a new spec tyre from Pirelli was being used in the previous
few rounds, but at Silverstone for some reason they had reverted to
the old spec tyre. Apparently the only rider who liked the new spec
tyre was Biaggi. Anybody know any more details on this, such as what
was the difference between the tyres (size?, construction?) ?

Cheers,
--
Chris Paine <cmp(a)ist.co.uk>
"I'm happy, I'm happy, I'm happy ...
and I'll punch the man who says I'm not."
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