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Christ.
Turns out Prado wasn't wrong
IMO Chase forces Kawi to get their act together or he leaves early
The forced positivity by Ricky during the broadcast is ridiculous. He’s not riding well, he’s nowhere near where he should be, call it like it is. This is not going well.
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I would think Kawasaki beefed up their contract after the Prado situation
Makes you speculate if this thing goes completely off the rails like JP.
I expect the same. I should have added context to my original post. I have no doubt that Chase and Kawi will finish this year together and likely next year as well. This is not a Prado like situation where Chase will break the contract immediately. That being said, if they don’t collectively figure out a baseline bike setup that is competitive, I don’t see Chase staying for year three of his contract. I get the feeling this is a two year and done deal.
Well, can’t say anyone saw a healthy Chase just riding around outside the top 5.
Here are first turn images all from different 450 mains this year. He isn't riding to his potential, but he can't be this bad on starts and expect to have much better results when the other top guys are up front almost every race off the start.
Sexton moves to Ducati in 27
Ducati may be even or better that this point 💀
Chase Larocco right there damn
Ricky is a shill. Please bring James back who will call it as he sees it. Or is that the reason why he's not on the broadcast?
My dad was talking when will was saying what kawi found so I told him to rewind it and listen again so we could hear what it was they found. Was it the triple clamps, new forks, a new “setting”? So we rewound it and there was all that talking and no mention whatsoever of what it even was, just something. Meanwhile chase is on screen riding around in 7th. I dont hate will like most ppl on here do, but hole crap that tidbit was useless lol. Panic button.
Sooo Ducati, MXGP’s or Hawaii next?
James saying Chase doesn't look ahead enough, Chase saying he looks plenty far ahead, then watching him plow into someone in a corner was pretty good. I don't think anyone really believed James until that incident.
It was literally James' job when he was training Chase. I'd say he's one of the most qualified to talk about what's going on with him.
I could be misremembering but didn't Tomac's starts get significantly better after he switched to Yamaha?
Pit Row
If you're talking about Harrison that was 100% Harrison's fault. Pulled out onto the track right in front of Chase without looking first.
Also Chase has mentioned that when his head is pointing down he's looking out ahead with his eyes, and the perception that he looks down is partially to do with the way he wears his helmet
Hopefully we see some of his old self this season. Been a non Factor since his win.
Can't have confidence in getting a start when you have no confidence in the bike. As a Sexton fan I can definitely acknowledge he has some inexplicable headcase moments but this one is pretty obvious. Honda and KTM both had the race team personnel to get him comfortable and fast most of the time, Kawasaki clearly do not. It's kind of embarrassing they would have to reach out to Kyle Chisholm to test when they literally have a full time test rider. Blind leading the blind.
Chase Sexon on the Kawasaki is straight up the 6th or 7th best 450 rider at the moment. He is above Cooper in the standings but it's a matter of time when Cooper passes him in the standings. And things could be even worse, a healthy Prado would also most likely finish infront of him. Actually now when i think about it, even Savatgy is riding better at the moment.
This is a disaster.
If I remember right, he was a decent starter on Kawi but got worse when they went to the hydro clutch
six seven
2017 he was almost always coming through the pack to pass Dungey, and I don't think 2018 was much better
Idk why they wouldn’t believe James. He is very astute. Him and Bailey in the booth would be great.
He's five races in and everyone talking about him leaving the team already. He's in fifth place with one win and close to top 5 every week. That's not a panic button situation.
7 races. What is your role at team Kawasaki? Welcome to Vital! 😅
He's like 2 seconds a lap off his usual pace
Do you think Sexton came into the season hoping to be ‘close to Top 5 every week’? He had 7 wins last year, now he has one podium in 7 races, setting the 9th or 10th fastest laps in the main events and isn’t even close to the podium, let alone the win.
It’s the very definition of a panic button situation
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