Motocross of Nations - Qualifying Discussion

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Park Boys 10/6/2018 9:05am
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Damn the South African came to play
63mark wrote:
I thought the Belgian teammanager was coming to play aswell, his guys aint showing much yet...
He's gonna be busy. They created a team with the fastest European guy in the world and the fastest African in the world. He will have his work cut out for him!
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karsmakers 10/6/2018 9:06am
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Look at the pictures people..this more of a sand race than a mud race, at least for now
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FlaNard 10/6/2018 9:07am
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Either a thread full of incredibly dim people or a lot of committed trolls. See you guys tomorrow. Wink
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Rs444 10/6/2018 9:07am
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8 laps for Ap and he is still 4 seconds slower than vlanderen who Only did 3. Didnt 90% of the US fans say that the US riders was better in mud!? . Man talk about a wakeup call for AP after saying ferrandis was his only threat ^^
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matze 10/6/2018 9:07am
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jamma10 wrote:
He was wasn’t too great last year at Matterley.
matze wrote:
he was litterally every race better than last year.
jamma10 wrote:
I appreciate that, but he was crap in Indonesia last year too & there hasn’t been a muddy/super wet GP this season!
well i think there is one right now, why dont you just sit back and watch instead of thinking your brain out
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Moto96 10/6/2018 9:08am
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karsmakers wrote:
Look at the pictures people..this more of a sand race than a mud race, at least for now
right now its like semi soupy sand in the main line. Definitely not mud.
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NVA57 10/6/2018 9:08am
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Typical French to steal the fastest time right at the last second
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DeanoMX 10/6/2018 9:08am
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It is just practice, but team Netherlands is on fire.
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mister2dt 10/6/2018 9:09am
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mister2dt wrote:
Its practice. These numbers mean absolutely squat
RichardLoots wrote:
but it shows how easy those guys can adapt to a new track ...
And you have american riders who know the track, know settings, going out for decent laps to gauge where they are, no need to push in the first practice. Euros, need to get as many laps and data as possible.
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crusty_xx 10/6/2018 9:09am
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Rs444 wrote:
8 laps for Ap and he is still 4 seconds slower than vlanderen who Only did 3. Didnt 90% of the US fans say that the...
8 laps for Ap and he is still 4 seconds slower than vlanderen who Only did 3. Didnt 90% of the US fans say that the US riders was better in mud!? . Man talk about a wakeup call for AP after saying ferrandis was his only threat ^^
It's FREE practice
Do you remember AP being 4 sec off of Ferrandis in any of the races this season?
Thought so
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TMV 10/6/2018 9:10am
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Ferrandis 4 sec faster than Plessinger where he's usually a tad slower. USA guys are taking it easy and will be all business when it counts.
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FillmoreSouth 10/6/2018 9:11am
10/6/2018 9:11am
mister2dt wrote:
Its practice. These numbers mean absolutely squat
RichardLoots wrote:
but it shows how easy those guys can adapt to a new track ...
That's exactly what it shows us. People can call free practice "meaningless" all they want, but they have it for a reason, and this is why. USA is still the favorite, but I kinda doubt "home track advantage" is gonna make much difference.
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jamma10 10/6/2018 9:11am
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matze wrote:
he was litterally every race better than last year.
jamma10 wrote:
I appreciate that, but he was crap in Indonesia last year too & there hasn’t been a muddy/super wet GP this season!
matze wrote:
well i think there is one right now, why dont you just sit back and watch instead of thinking your brain out
OK OK OK

Sorry! ?
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keinz 10/6/2018 9:13am
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Rs444 wrote:
8 laps for Ap and he is still 4 seconds slower than vlanderen who Only did 3. Didnt 90% of the US fans say that the...
8 laps for Ap and he is still 4 seconds slower than vlanderen who Only did 3. Didnt 90% of the US fans say that the US riders was better in mud!? . Man talk about a wakeup call for AP after saying ferrandis was his only threat ^^
Vlaaderen did 6 laps
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RichardLoots 10/6/2018 9:15am
10/6/2018 9:15am
lets hope the track stays at what it is ...its not that bad at all and with some wind will get better
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Shaun_Powelson 10/6/2018 9:17am
10/6/2018 9:17am
Shaun_Powelson wrote:
Did plessinger pull off or something? Why does he only have 3 laps to everyone else's 6-7?
matze wrote:
8 laps thought
Yea, as soon as I posted, it finally updated. Timing showed him as only completing lap 3 while everyone else was on 7. Thanks though
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ehr400 10/6/2018 9:17am
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He had to do a bike swap. Had issues.
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Bearuno 10/6/2018 9:18am
10/6/2018 9:18am
The USA Team drew 2nd gate pick, didn't they?

So, arcing it up in practice isn't going to give them a better gate pick.

They (should) know the track better than the other riders, and have enormous sources of info on how the track will break in / break down in these conditions, so going for broke for no productive reason, whilst having that good gate pick already, would be a waste.

The actual Qualifier race results is what counts for Moto gate picks, isn't it? It'a a couple of hours to the riding that counts, fellas.
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St Ann More 10/6/2018 9:18am
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TMV wrote:
Ferrandis 4 sec faster than Plessinger where he's usually a tad slower. USA guys are taking it easy and will be all business when it counts.
^ Someone who is speaking sense!
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Rs444 10/6/2018 9:18am
10/6/2018 9:18am Edited Date/Time 10/6/2018 9:19am
DeanoMX wrote:
It is just practice, but team Netherlands is on fire.
The thing is that this is the only race where everyone goes 100% with no pressure. Usa Will be faster in quali but starting to look like usa wont win.
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