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I respect every single rider out there. But Malcolm is probably the one that deserves the least amount of respect. He relies strictly on talent. In the 250 class that carried him to a lites championship. It may have taken him 30 something races to win one, but nonetheless it got him there. Reality should be setting in for him now. He's got the talent and speed to be inside the top 10 consistently, unfortunately he doesn't have the desire.
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As far as the no bike excuse goes I was just implying that a lot of pros use it as an excuse for not training and if it was the case with Malcolm the family including himself have plenty of resources to get bikes.
Oh and support or no support there's no reason why he should still be out of shape this late in the season when he had all summer to bust his ass in the gym. If I recall Dungey was out for most of the summer with a neck injury and for some reason he managed to line up at A1 in top physical shape so why is it that Malcolm is still out of shape when he had just as much if not more time to get in shape than Dungey. It's simple, some people just want it more that's all.
I don't know but maybe it's time for Malcolm to branch out on his own and try and do things his own way because it doesn't appear like things are working all that well for him the way they are now.
No idea what Malcolm's salary or podium bonuses are but I know exactly what Forkner is making for the next 3 years along with his bonuses and I'm not the only one. So yeah I believe some people on the internet know how much these guys are making.
He doesn't really look like he wants to be out there to be honest. I'm guessing any salary he's getting is way below what he thought he'd be getting and his results must be quite demoralizing for someone coming off a title. I wonder if he might do a couple more rounds and then sit the rest out.
Listen, I couldn't agree with you more. His fitness sucks and depending on how you look at it, there's no excuse for it being that poor. Personally, I don't think he needs an excuse for it. Just a few years ago, Malcolm was strugging to even make mains.Almost out of nowhere, he turned in a few good rides eventually winning a championship, but he BARELY won that championship. He was turning heads because he went from barely making mains to holding a #1 plate in a couple years time, not because he was spanking everybody on the track. So I don't completely understand why people had these high expectations for him to be a star in the premier class. It's also the same reason I don't think he needs an excuse. He's had such an inconsistent career that I never at any point held him to a high standard. He had no obligations to anybody all summer and this seems to be the time people are the most upset with his performances?? Comparing him to Dungey and Tomac is comparing apples to oranges. They are on a level that Malcolm's never been on so why now do we expect him to be?
I love watching him race no matter what position he's in. He looks like he's actually racing the other guys and not racing the track. He's grabbing a handful of throttle in spots he normally wasn't to pass guys, he's changing lines and getting two guys in one corner, rather than stalking someone for a lap and passing them in a spot he knows hes faster in. When he's riding like that, to me, it looks like hes a kid out there having fun and that alone isn't common at this level. Again, I agree with you about the fitness. Its horrible and I wish it was better cuz I'd like to see him up front battling the whole race. But because I never planned on him being there, he didn't let me down. Some people on here are so upset over it, you'd think they had money on him winning the championship.
I guess his bike set up magically turns to shit after 5 laps because he always gets great results in the heats.
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Does not take $20K in Ti to make a bike competitive. Most of anything you need to be competitive can be purchased over the counter, and a good mechanic can help him set the bike up.
What??? He finished 7th overall in his rookie year.
http://vault.racerxonline.com/rider/malcolm-stewart/points
Being fast means nothing if you can't keep the pace for the whole race or be consistent enough to finish more than a few races in a championship series. I agree that people on here get upset when a rider doesn't meet their expectations. As for Malcolm the only expectations he needs to worry about are his own and I'm pretty sure he's not meeting them. It seems to me like he's relying more on his talent more than anything. That's not enough these days. If it was James would certainly be out there and winning races.
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