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I was surprised that he didn’t do more than he did last night. I don’t think I ever saw him in the broadcast. Did he have a big crash earlier in the day, or was he really just the slowest factory rider in the main event last night?
I wonder if Husqvarna had bike issues last night. Malcolm’s crash sure looked bike related. Even Ricky said so.
He may have been the slowest factory rider but he was also the swooniest. Industry insiders were probably leaving trails of swoon in his wake
He did have a crash during the day, track was sketchy I’d just want to get past that and on to next week
If Malcolm's crash was bike related, how did he get back on it and keep riding? Craig said the bike was great pre season and he just didn't have it yesterday. Time will tell for the rest of the season.
He looked fine in practice and I really thought he was gonna do great in the main! Really screwed up my fantasy team. It looked Like he was just riding out there with no purpose. Not racing. Wonder what it was?
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Crashed in whoops in practice.
If you look at the lap chart, it looks like he got back on the bike then just rode it off the track. He was listed as being in 3rd place on lap 17, then never crossed the finish line again. He seemed to be in a big hurry to get back on the bike, so if it was running right I expect that he would have finished the race just for the points.
Definitely looked like his hit neutral. Could be fuel pump as well. Fuel pump can work good enough for bike to start but not good enough to ride.
Crashed in the whoops during the day.
He said the following:
"A1's done and it was a rough day for me," Craig said. "I started off good in practice and then had a pretty big crash in the whoops and from there on out it was a struggle. I rode tight and not like myself. I’m pretty frustrated with the night, but we're healthy, we're moving on, and only up from here. I've just got to work on starting up front and putting myself in a good position to battle more next week."
The dust has barely settled from A1 and riders are being crucified for not hitting the podium.
What matters are the positions in the final standings.
The crash in the whoops was gnarly, to be fair, and he didn't just bounce back up.
It was obvious that was having an impact on him as soon as the heat race started.
I didn’t expect a podium, but based on the fact that some were even suggesting him as a potential surprise winner I certainly expected a top 10 performance. I would imagine that he did, too.
Ricky said. Ricky has never blamed a rider for an error. Malcolm t boning Dylan last year "it looks like his bike malfunctioned" said the same thing about Bogle on JB aswell
A lot of riders that had crashes throughout the day seemed to go into, “screw it, I just need to make it through tonight” mode (except Eli)
I think cc will be fine. I expect it go go like outdoors where he has a few really good rounds followed by a bad then a few good ones.
Ya, i know what you are saying. I really don't think he has a win in him...maybe he gets lucky and bags one but I doubt it. Top 10's are a realistic goal and maybe a lucky top 5 here and there.
Tomac, Webb, Sexton, Ferrandis, KickStart, Colt, AC, Anderson, Mookie, Barcia, AP...Joey...it's going to be tough.
The dudes who were calling a win for Craig must be smoking some of the finest Indigenous cabbage available.
Credit to Colt for sliding into a sweet 6th. Not easy to do that nowadays....
2nd in free practice
5th in first timed practice
crashes hard in whoops in 2nd time practice. He stated he rode tight in the night program on a track that everyone claimed as being gnarly.
You can’t win a championship or leave A1 with being able to claim it was a good year. However, you CAN certainly remove yourself from contention and ruin your year. Many did.
He showed remarkable speed and will definitely be up front. The season is a marathon. Not a sprint.
Great point. Once again Christian Craig showed remarkable resolve to overcome all odds and keep his championship hopes alive with a 13th!
you can’t win the title at A1 but you can certainly lose it.
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Tremendous adversity that CC faced on Sat night. I'm certain RDL will see fit to do a feature on him and his family because of it.
So a good whoop rider switches to a ‘23+ Austrian bike and now struggles in the whoops? Where have I seen this before…?
As good as Christian is, I don't think it is at all a surprise he only finished 13th. Every person that finished ahead of him, except for Savatgy, is a past series champ(SX and/or MX), and of those, Nichols and Cianciarulo are the only ones that aren't multi-time champions. In other words, the 450 class is hard!!!
Vital 101. If you don’t podium your washed up and should retire, hand factory ride to ( inset name), change bikes or train at Aldons…
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he was fine in the whoops. He tweeted he tried jumping through the whoops one time and it bit him.
And Im sure they will run the feature while bikes are on the track and not during the 1.5 hr down time you have throughout the day. Gotta make sure they shove the Craig family bullshit down everyones throat.
He also was last coming into the first turn, was on the most inside gate got pinched off predictably seems like you have to really send it to get any kind of good position on the inside gate like that.
I had him for a top 5 in my picks, soon as I heard he went down hard in the whoops, I removed him from my picks. Likely banged up or rattled from that crash. All my other picks were wrong, so it didn’t matter. Craig will have his nites where he is on and I do think he can podium a main.
450 supercross is tough
I don't think anybody thinks of Craig as a championship contender. The point is, if he builds throughout the season and puts together several top 5s and a couple of podiums, I don't think anybody is going to care about his A1 dud.
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