Did anyone know who won this weekends superbikes from cadwell park?
http://www.msttiming.com/meeting.asp?source=bsb2005&event=53404 Race 1 Tommy Hill, Lavilla, Richards Race 2 Haslam, Lavilla, Kiyonari The HRC team were curiously off the pace all weekend. The championship is now Lavilla 326 Rutter 324 Kiyonari 317 Haslam 243 With 6 races remaining. We've now had 5 different race winners and 9 different people on the podium.
He's been getting better and better as he learns. And just like Yamaha Italy, the bike is getting better too. A bigger question is why Rutter and Kiyonari were so far off the pace when they've been pretty dominant all season. All sorts of things come to mind. - Lavilla is hungry as he needs to find a way back into WSB. - He wasn't that bad in WSB. He just seemed a bit too polite. - GSE know what they're doing. - Hodgeson has given up - Ducati NA don't know what they're doing. That last one is perhaps unfair as Eric has been improving through the season as Hodgeson seems to get worse. But then I note that Eric was 40s back at VIR in the second race. That's not exactly competitive. As for the relative strength of the championships. It's interesting to compare the spread of times on the grid for last weekend's races. on a similar lap time, 2s back from pole was Scott Smart in 18th place and Neil Hodgson in 7th.
No question Maladin is good, but if Maladin is that good why doesn't he go and race in another championship and prove himself to the rest of the world Phil
Most of these guys are ultra competitive and always looking to new challenges or to make it to the premiere class if it was just about making a living then many could retire now including Maladin, look at Rossi, Bayliss, Hodgeson, Hayden, Hopkins, Byrne to name a few most of these guys could earn a decent living in there respective National championships, Maladin sitting in the AMA does not give him the credibility of say Haydon or Hopper. Of course much of this depends on getting a good ride, but haydon did it! I think Maladin is a quality rider, and I for one would like to see him running with the worlds best Phil Phil
Re-read the post I did not say he was not competitive, and he is clearly not in need of the money Thanks, Exactly my point he is Racing in the AMA withguys who are unproven except in the AMA except for Hodgeson whose world title was pretty shallow IMO
Excuse me but how do you come to the conculsion that I am a Euro?? Pure assumption, I do not get into the my series is better than yours, I watch Moto GP, WSB, AMA and BSB, this year BSB is giving the most exciting racing but I do not claim it is better than AMA or WSB because that is a pathetic argument that cannot be proved. By the way I am an Australian living in the UK and Spain and I would in particular like to see Mladin racing outside the AMA, IMO he is not currently racing against the worlds best, I would also like to see Rossi get beaten, as I said earlier for these guys it's not about the money its about proving a point.
Exactly, I am not saying that they are bad riders, but they (except Hodgeson) are only Racing in AMA, as an Aussie I am a Fan of Mladin, Corser and Bayliss to name a few, but I want to see Mladin slugging it out with some new competition. Of course it is his choice to stay where he is and he may have his reasons, but I believe he could get a competitive ride in Moto GP, after all Hayden did, who I believe will be world champ once Rossi is off the scene.Look at Ben Bostrum looked like a potential WSB champ one year then what?? I have at no point slated the AMA or made irrational comments on the quality of various domestic championships, which is totally pointless and based on emotions as opposed to fact, I could of course quote Doohan, Corser and Bayliss, Vermulen, Muggeridge, Pitt to name a few and say that the Aussies are producing the best riders so there domestic series must be the best, but that's bullshit of course as is claiming that the AMA is better than BSB or other domestic championships.We can all quote various races etc, look at how Shakey Byrne decimated the WSB field at Brands a few years back, that doesn't make BSB beter than WSB. Mladin is sitting in a comfort zone of his choice, but IMO I would like to see him proving himself outside of the AMA, because I believe he has the ability to compete with riders at world level.
Well that's really impossible to say because neither you or me are party to any negotiations that may have or could take place. I totally agree that some of the politics stink, but I stand by my original thinking that Mladin is so clearly in a class of his own in AMA that it is down right boring to watch, I guess realistically the only ride that he may get would be Bayliss at Camel Honda of course Suzuki but that's not really on the pace of course. I agree with you that it is unlikely to happen, but it would be so good to see the Euros getting a whopping.
But I don't and haven't said that, what I have said is that I would like to see Mladin in Moto GP because I think he could be competitive if he got a decent ride, I would also like to see Corser and Shakey with decent rides in Moto GP I am not anti any series unlike some! Rossi is a great rider IMO but as we all know it can get boring with the same people winning week in week out. That is why IMO BSB is such great entertainment this year, plenty of hard racing, different winners no real dominant team, the championship can go three ways with three rounds to go (stand to be corrected) Cadwell at the weekend was simply fantastic viewing, and having ridden the circuit many times as I guess you have you can really appreciate the skill and balls of those guys. What a refreshing win it was for Tommy Hill and lets hope the R6 cup can produce more racers coming through the ranks hopefully towards Moto GP I have a lot of respect for many British riders, along with American and wherever, competitive racing is good for the sport nobody wants to see boring racing, and we all know politics and sponsorship come into it, what I would like to see is a progressional route for the best domestic riders to get to world series such as WSB and Moto GP, but with present state of play that is unlikely
