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    So how come Bautista was just so invincible and then it stopped? Did someone sabotage the bike or something? I know they knobbled the rpm but should that have affected the handling that bad he then crashed so often.

    Weirdest season I've ever seen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by merv View Post
    So how come Bautista was just so invincible and then it stopped? Did someone sabotage the bike or something? I know they knobbled the rpm but should that have affected the handling that bad he then crashed so often.

    Weirdest season I've ever seen.
    i am just as bewildered...Chaz never got to grips with the bike really either.Then to top it off Bautista leaves???.Its unbeleiveable, what a turnaround.Tenacity by Rea, a real unravelling for AB

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWST? View Post
    i am just as bewildered...Chaz never got to grips with the bike really either.Then to top it off Bautista leaves???.Its unbeleiveable, what a turnaround.Tenacity by Rea, a real unravelling for AB
    Umm “Bautista leaves” gives a misleading impression. Ducati signed somebody else, leaving him without a ride until Honda signed him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    Umm “Bautista leaves” gives a misleading impression. Ducati signed somebody else, leaving him without a ride until Honda signed him.
    Haven't Ducati signed Redding, he must have something I haven't seen ?
    Doing ok in BSB I suppose. (if that's a plus ?).

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    Quote Originally Posted by roogazza View Post
    Haven't Ducati signed Redding, he must have something I haven't seen ?
    Doing ok in BSB I suppose. (if that's a plus ?).
    Apparently the contract negotiations started earlier in the season when Bautista was still undefeated so his manager had a sky high asking price. That price was seen by Ducati as way too high once the wheels fell off. So they signed Redding.

    Still, I'd be surprised if Redding did better than Bautista. Or as well.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    Umm “Bautista leaves” gives a misleading impression. Ducati signed somebody else, leaving him without a ride until Honda signed him.
    Ducati seem to have a fraught relationship with their riders in both paddocks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWST? View Post
    Ducati seem to have a fraught relationship with their riders in both paddocks.
    Lol, it is the Italian way, much like Vettel has run into with Ferrari in F1.
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    Quote Originally Posted by roogazza View Post
    Haven't Ducati signed Redding, he must have something I haven't seen ?
    Yeah, we certainly never saw anything of note from him in MotoGP did we Gaz!
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    Sky Ch 55 this morning at 0730 to 0900 Race one.

    Tomorrow morning it switches to Ch 58 for the extra race and Race two at 0730 to 0900.

    You'd never go hungry with Nigella Gaz.
    If it weren't for flashbacks...I'd have no memory at all..

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    Good win for Alvaro he rode smart and the bike had too much power at this time.

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    HRC team 2020

    Haslam announced as team-mate for Bautista in new HRC team onboard new CBR1000RR-R.
    As someone said, Does that come with a parrot or sword?
    "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Ono Lennon.

    "If you have never stared off into the distance then your life is a shame." Counting Crows

    "The girls were in tight dresses, just like sweets in cellophane" Joe Jackson

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    Quote Originally Posted by steveyb View Post
    Haslam announced as team-mate for Bautista in new HRC team onboard new CBR1000RR-R.
    As someone said, Does that come with a parrot or sword?
    Heck hard to keep up with all the ship jumping. I thought Camier would be his team mate but looks like he is going to Ductai..
    This article is a good overview:
    https://www.bikesales.com.au/editori...-shape-121416/
    2020 is shaping up to be an interesting season esp with the new CBR in the mix. Bring it on.

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