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In no particular order.
Febrve: What’s with him? Has he been injured? Not feeling it? What gives? Same for Nagl.
Herlings: After seeing that picture of his hand from last week, I’m starting to lean towards the crowd that says his speed is off because of it. I still stand by my statement that he’s a rookie in the 450 class, and rookies usually struggle, but more and more I’m thinking that hand has him slowed. Malin talked a bit about him during the broadcast – wondering what was wrong with him. I was surprised he didn’t mention the hand. He said something about “confidence” and one other thing, but no mention of the hand (unless I just misheard him).
Gasjer: He’s just flying right now. He’s hitting all his marks and riding pretty much error free. Obviously he’s got the starts all sorted out.
TC222: What an impressive multi-time champion. Fast and smooth. I think maybe his age has taken a bit of his speed, but I don’t doubt with a good start and a track he loves, he can still lay waste to all of them.
Covington: Good motos from him – especially the 2nd. That’s his second victory there. I wonder what the deal is? Confidence carry over? Closer to home and feeling good about it? Hard pack track like that to his liking?
The track looked pretty gnarly, but not as gnarly as the usual GP track in Europe. Seemed pretty dry too. I had a hard time telling for sure, but seemed like a pretty good crowd showed up.
I'm sure I'll think of some more stuff, but for now - just a quick gathering of immediate thoughts.
Febrve: What’s with him? Has he been injured? Not feeling it? What gives? Same for Nagl.
Herlings: After seeing that picture of his hand from last week, I’m starting to lean towards the crowd that says his speed is off because of it. I still stand by my statement that he’s a rookie in the 450 class, and rookies usually struggle, but more and more I’m thinking that hand has him slowed. Malin talked a bit about him during the broadcast – wondering what was wrong with him. I was surprised he didn’t mention the hand. He said something about “confidence” and one other thing, but no mention of the hand (unless I just misheard him).
Gasjer: He’s just flying right now. He’s hitting all his marks and riding pretty much error free. Obviously he’s got the starts all sorted out.
TC222: What an impressive multi-time champion. Fast and smooth. I think maybe his age has taken a bit of his speed, but I don’t doubt with a good start and a track he loves, he can still lay waste to all of them.
Covington: Good motos from him – especially the 2nd. That’s his second victory there. I wonder what the deal is? Confidence carry over? Closer to home and feeling good about it? Hard pack track like that to his liking?
The track looked pretty gnarly, but not as gnarly as the usual GP track in Europe. Seemed pretty dry too. I had a hard time telling for sure, but seemed like a pretty good crowd showed up.
I'm sure I'll think of some more stuff, but for now - just a quick gathering of immediate thoughts.
I think AC will be better at the slower more technical tracks. Gasjer is a road racer on a moto bike, doesn't mind going fast at all...
Not so bad they cant ride, but they will both be contenders for wins when healthy. Class i stacked this year so having a small nagging injury means your going from race contention to barely top 10s in a jiff.
TC222 is consistent and good again but he still needs some more speed to run with Gajser, who is on fucking rails.
Nagl I don´t really know, he hasnt been himself since the injury 2015.
Covington was really a confident thing. The 250class are all so close in speed that confidence is everything. Also probably resembles his home tracks. Covingtons championship issues comes in europe, when the sand is deep and the rocks are aplenty, He usually struggles more there.
The Shop
Well the Mexico track suits him because he is nowhere near that level on any other tracks, that is his biggest problem.
I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him going 12-10 in Italy.
In MX1 , its a way deep field , and all of the top 15 can podium with a start, Febrve took a big digger pre season, and isn't back to form, Gajser is just off the scale, he has the Honda how he wants it, and can do no wrong.
AC was up for the battle , but had nothing for him, on a goat track that was hard to pass on as always , but when we get back to Europe, expect him to be there.
Paulin looks like he likes the Husky, best of the 3 when it would be easy to be the worst and still be top 10.. Nagl not had the best of starts, Anstie finding his feet well on the big bike.
JVH, Desalle , and Tonus all looking strong, that first Moto was a proper race, even though there was no passing, the pace was such that Bobby had 30 mins of pressure and didn't crack .
Herlings is 2 months behind where he should be and just looks 'off'.. not doing little doubles that he would have killed last year, I hope he gets back to where he needs to be, else its going to be a shame for us watching ... Trentino next
Gajser and Cairoli for sure are the two favourites, starting to gap the rest. Cairoli will need a very good GP in Trentino and has to hope Gajser drops some points, so when Valkenswaard and Kegums come round, Tony can pick up some more points. Pre season called contenders like Febvre and Herlings can see that the title is already out of reach, if they're realistic. Desalle looks a bit off since that second moto in Argentina, hope he turns it up again in Europe. Van Horebeek and Paulin (what a mint jersey!) seem to be better than previous years.
Dissappointments so far: Simpson, who is very mediocre barring his win in the atypical GP of Indonesia, I expected more of him, as is Coldenhoff and Nagl. And man, Guillod, what happened to him? He looks fat and out of shape.
In MX2 Seewer and Jonass will remain the biggest contenders. Paturel needs to get two good results instead of only one very soon. Lieber will podium some more, but I don't think he will be fighting for the title until the end. Hope KTM picks him up so he gets full factory support. Prado and Covington are both very inconsistent, but that's nothing new. I think Brylyakov can be fighting for podiums in the next few GP's. Bogers dissappoints me the most in this class, was thinking he would be fighting for top 5s every race, but he has difficulties getting into top 10.
Same thing with Simpson. Wondering what happened with him.
Guillod had on e good half season in MX2, where he looked like he would step up to the next level, but he didn't and doesn't look half the rider he was.
JVH looks happy for being injury free.
In MX2 , Prado seems to be suffering the same as Mewse, pressure of being the next big thing is too much, especially when you have to deliver every week. Bogers will be better in Europe, he looked good last year at the end.
I guess the same applies in the sand, where he will get smoked ??
He rode well, as he did last year , he is getting better , just needs to find consistency.
Both he and Herlings seems to be riding without confidence right now, and the other sharks can smell it and overtakes them easily.
I like Paturels riding style, but his starts isn't helping him. Lieber on the other hans makes great starts but seems to be riding pretty much on the edge. Entertaining to watch and hope he can keep it on two wheels.
Maybe the results will be more normal when it's back in Europe? Bogers really should improve for example. Coldenhoff to me is a great starter more than anything. The same goes for Nagl with 2015 being the exception.
Pit Row
The more I watch, the more impressive I find the whole thing.
He can have the speed to win in some races but at the same time be a 10-25 rider in other races.
People expected him to be a top 5 rider from the get go because he has the speed. But he looks pretty much like the Covington from the last few years where he can show flashes of brilliance in 2-3 races but then be average at many others. That is why i instantly wrote in the race thread that the race in Italy in 2 weeks is HUGE for him. He really needs to be at least in the top 10 in both motos to keep this going.
Anyways, i'm really happy for him. It was pretty cool to see some emotion in the podium interview since it has been a rough start to the season for him. That is why Italy in 2 weeks will be crucial, to not go back to the "old" Covington who wins in Mexico and then just disappears in the next race!
I thought all the races were tight and action packed even with leader off on his own. Excellent racing from the worlds best.
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