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    Both are turbulent wake conditions. I'd suspect that in medium/fast corners downforce is effectively lost while in the wake.
    And that's where the electronics are cutting in to limit spin.

    They need a "pass mode" button to override the electronic limits.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grumph View Post
    They need a "pass mode" button to override the electronic limits.
    Oh shit dont tell them that rather get rid of the damn aero.

    Saw the chatter vid bloody heck it was bad I'd be in the pits wonder if I had a collapsed bearing or something
    On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!

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    I must say I keep getting surprised by Ducati.
    Sharing data, treating their riders equally over the last couple of years etc
    This latest thing in not giving Bagnia the new chassis so the riders have a fair fight for the 2024 championship is impressive .
    Truly in the spirit of competition

    If I where a younger man in line for another bike that would certainly make me visit a ducati shop.
    On a Motorcycle you're penetrating distance, right along with the machine!! In a car you're just a spectator, the windshields like a TV!!

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    Phillip Island ! yippee, we are due a nail-biter... i see the weather forecast is poo on friday, pretty ho-hum saturday and likely dry for Sunday. Often someone from left field joins in the podium scrap . roll on sunday

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    Fast and flowing. Haga for example, often did his best of the year there.
    Wind can be an issue, weather too, but it can be beautiful. Used to take a tarpaulin for our backs to shelter from the wind off the Bass straight if in the stands.
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    It has been resealed so there is possibly going to be a big tyre management issue. Look for Enea and MM to be at the front imho. I have the sneaking suspicion that either Martin or Bagnaia is going to have a DNF in one or other of the races.
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    Quote Originally Posted by iYRe View Post
    It has been resealed so there is possibly going to be a big tyre management issue. Look for Enea and MM to be at the front imho. I have the sneaking suspicion that either Martin or Bagnaia is going to have a DNF in one or other of the races.
    they have both given enough examples of that. I cant give a definite reason but i think Martin is the more "fragile" of the two .If MM can qualify well you be a brave man to bet against him

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWST? View Post
    If MM can qualify well you be a brave man to bet against him
    At least in the Sprint... if he qualifies well then the main race too - the more he challenges, the more likely Martin and Bagnaia will crash I think.. I dont think they know when to back off a bit.. and when they dont back off, they dont have MM's ability to manage it. I think Martin is less likely to blow his fufu valve than bags though
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    Another great Crafar analysis:
    "If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France
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    Geeze - no thanks to playing dodgems at 300k . that could of been much worse. i saw capirossi tuck the front at T1 doing 320 or so about 20 years back, i believe his lungs had seperated from whatever keeps them in place... stored energy going up with the square of speed and all that. hopefully no more drama there tomorrow

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    Aussie GP is live on freeview channel 3 today 4- 6 pm

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    Those ride height devices.. man.. MM hard to hard brake to disengage his, which nearly put him into Martin, which meant he had to run wide.

    MM and Martin both going faster than their qualifiying times in the Sprint.. sheesh.

    Full race is gonna be fun tomorrow

    Oh.. and Go team NZ... did what no other team has done, defended the cup 3x. Its like F1 on water.
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    In this age of electronics, rider aids and aero it's good to see that a rider can still make the difference.

    But IMO the lunge under Martin at Miller corner was intended to make him realise what he had to lose by resisting.
    And it worked.

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    Yeah certainly seems that way now you point it out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by onearmedbandit View Post
    Yeah certainly seems that way now you point it out.
    I'm a cynical old bastard who's seen or done most tricks like that.

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