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Last place in MX2 qualifying, only completed 8 laps.. Anyone got more info?
The Shop
We all know that Jimmy will NOT stay in Europe that is just a clear fact.
The only thing what i'm wondering now is will he go back now and get his head straight for nationals or will he stay in Europe and try to overcome his situation as it is right now.
I hate to say it but this is not working for both rider and team so maybe its time to check everything and make a choice
Not bagging on GP's just saying we have more talent farther back in the pack.
Pit Row
Decotis is a good little rider, he's better than his results are showing but for whatever reason its just not clicking for him.
Maybe the lightweight idea comes because of the way Herlings is killing them all right now, but Herlings would kill anyone right now. Remember him lapping Bagget not so long ago? doesn't make Bagget slow it's just the Dutch kid is fast as fuck. His fastest lap of race 2 today was on his 20th lap and it was 5 and a half seconds up on the fastest lap of 2nd place (11 and a half seconds faster than Decotis' fastest lap). Hes ridiculous right now.
That CLS Kawasaki is one of the best rides around,I'd of thought Jimmy would have been getting somewhere by now but things unfortunately don't seem to be falling into place, Brasil next, hopefully he can make some progress
I agree with you but tbh there are plenty of American fans who don't understand that (admittedly some Euros too) because many of them rarely even watch a full GP race. I often go into the comments section following a GP related video on RacerX - and frankly some of the remarks there are just plain ridiculous. The unsurprising truth is that GP riders are especially fast on the GP circuit; they understand the tracks, the format, the bike set-up etc. They are comfortable with every aspect of it. And the same applies to the AMA guys who are faster on the National tracks and under the National system. Anytime a rider transitions from one to the other - he will likely be on the back foot for a certain amount of time. To me that's the only fair and accurate way of looking at it.
With that said I am surprised Jimmy hasn't scored a point yet. I realise he isn't a top rider in America either but he has shown flashes of speed in his career and I would've thought he'd be in the top 20 by now. According to Malin, Lupino (Jimmy's teammate) commented that Jimmy has the speed but fitness is a problem, and Jimmy himself has said that arm pump has also been an issue for him. We all know how debilitating that is. Some of his qualifying times do hint at potentially much better results but something is lost between those and the actual race. I honestly hope he can get it together. I feel he just needs that one moto, that one race to get the ball rolling and build a bit of momentum and confidence.
Jimmy D has NEVER had much success outdoors. I am not sure why that is so hard to comprehend. Heck I wonder if he ever won a NESC moto in their A class?
From the talk on here learning about Decotis I understood that most rated him highly and the prospect of him on a PC bike would see him right up there
Also going to race GPs would be a prequel to going PC AMA in 2014
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