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Thats why its obvious that something is very wrong with covington. You dont go from beating Hunter (who clearly was faster than AC today) to not even taking points.
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Also funny how some of you have changed the tune, Hunter Lawrence has been one of the biggest names coming up recently but because he's showing speed in the USA some of you are acting like he was never supposed to do anything. Pathetic.
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Lawrence is young, so being substantially better this year than he was in the last two years is not out of the question. Especially when on a substantially better bike and team. I think Lawrence now is indeed better than he's ever been. I also think his style suits American tracks and racing better than Covington's. If they were to both go back to the GPs, maybe Covington would do much better and Lawrence wouldn't do quite as well. Who knows. To me, Gajser is kinda like Lawrence. I think Gajser would do well in ama where someone like Febvre wouldn't do nearly as well. I think it's a riding style thing. Some guys are just gonna do better at GP style tracks than ama tracks and some are gonna perform better on ama tracks than gp tracks. That's more what I'm starting to believe, and I believe Covington just isn't going to ever do nearly as well in the U.S. as he did in Europe due to his style of riding. It's not a speed thing and it's clear when you see certain riders who did well in GPs get smoked in the U.S. as well as seeing guys who did well in the U.S. get smoked in the GPs. Some guys are just better suited to one series and types of tracks than others.
As far as Covington possibly being held back by an injury, I think that still may be the case but even healthy I don't see the guy doing well here. Or at least not nearly as well as Lawrence. In the GPs it could be a different story for them both. There isn't a "better" series or "better" riders. There's just a different series and riders who excel in different areas. I think Covington excels on European tracks and formats more than ama, and Lawrence is better suited to ama tracks/formats than to the GPs.
That's what I'm starting to believe more and more.
Here. I called it.
2017 - Hunter proved the bike could win a GP, land on the podium, run with a Geico bike at WW Ranch, compete/beat Zacho at Matterley etc etc. Hunter also finished 300+ points behind his teammate on a Suzuki in the championship.
2018 - First race of the season, on one of the fastest tracks on the schedule, Hunter landed on the podium with his Honda, beating the likes of Prado on his 'cheating compared to the competition factory KTM'.
Personally 'sheer will' at Matterley and 'Geico bike' at Red Bud excuses Hunter, blames the bike and does a disservice to his MX2 regular competition. That's bullshit in my book.
Perhaps he wasn't on the best bike, but his results showed it was capable! He had speed, but also inconsistency, would fall apart and would crash in MX2. Arguably he did the same in EMX250 with largely less competition/depth.
So far in America, he's done the same!
People just want to slate the lad because of his success in MXGP and apply/use his results as a benchmark.
The bubble will have to burst, surely this won't continue all season? He'll either be sidelined or show his potential.
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