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Bottom post of the previous page:

John wrote: 5 years ago I'm just happy for Bautista at this stage, I always felt he was more talented than his results showed in MotoGP.
Yeah even Rea has never managed 9/9 from a season start. :smiley:

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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 5 years ago
John wrote: 5 years ago I'm just happy for Bautista at this stage, I always felt he was more talented than his results showed in MotoGP.
Yeah even Rea has never managed 9/9 from a season start. :smiley:
Well Rea has managed 9/9 2nd places, so there's that :tongue:

It's good for Bautista and WSBK after the Rea / Kwaka domination of recent times. But Bautista in MotoGP was underwhelming, so for him to click with WSBK in such a way is a nice story for the sport and follows in the footsteps of other more recent MotoGP converts... Biaggi and Checa.
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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 5 years ago
John wrote: 5 years ago I'm just happy for Bautista at this stage, I always felt he was more talented than his results showed in MotoGP.
Yeah even Rea has never managed 9/9 from a season start. :smiley:
Chris or Jonathan? :roll:
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John wrote: 5 years ago
Everso Biggyballies wrote: 5 years ago
John wrote: 5 years ago I'm just happy for Bautista at this stage, I always felt he was more talented than his results showed in MotoGP.
Yeah even Rea has never managed 9/9 from a season start. :smiley:
Chris or Jonathan? :roll:

Either. (or neither) :wink:

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John wrote: 5 years ago
Everso Biggyballies wrote: 5 years ago
John wrote: 5 years ago I'm just happy for Bautista at this stage, I always felt he was more talented than his results showed in MotoGP.
Yeah even Rea has never managed 9/9 from a season start. :smiley:
Chris or Jonathan? :roll:
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I tuned in to watch the WSBK race at Assen Saturday to see the start was delayed due to bad weather. I went back to it a little later and they were all gridded up ready to start. And then it started to snow. Hard.

Race was postponed and will be run tomorrow (Sunday) morning, time TBC.

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yes. Just some 30 km east from Assen, where i live, we had some snow too. But not as much as Assen or around the Nürburgring.
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Bautista wins again, Rea 2nd again. Sykes 10th, Melandri & Cortese behind him. Honda looks as lost as ever even with the extra help.

So much for Kawasaki beating a trimmed down Ducati on a circuit with no long straights. Rea will probably bitch about 8th place on the grid.
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Great start from Rea in the second race.....

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Rea doing a Trulli train here, if Bautista wanted he'd make a move already. Just waiting now...
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van der Mark passed Rea for 2nd.

Can't wait to hear the Kawasaki excuses after this one!
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WTF was the last couple of laps of the SSP 300 race like! Choose your own line at the final chicane. Best shortcut wins!

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Bautista's winning run ends with 2nd & 3rd place at Imola but guess it's down to his lack of knowledge of this track. Guess that's the only hope for Rea to beat him at non-MotoGP tracks. Race 3 was cancelled due to heavy rain. Toprak got a podium in Race 1!
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Jerez Race 1: Bautista wins again, van der Mark 2nd and Rea wrecks Lowes on the final lap to claim 3rd.
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Rea has been demoted to 4th place after that BS move on Lowes and drops to back of the grid for Race 2. Melandri inherits the R1 podium.
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Deserved it. Sadly it does nothing for Lowe’s who scored no points as a result of Rea’s action

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