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egor110

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17,274 posts

209 months

Friday 13th August 2021
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Well well Brookes ends up 7th quickest today .

HughiusMaximus

703 posts

132 months

Friday 13th August 2021
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That's surprising..

Its said he is a slow starter but has been struggling badly so far.

I have only gotten in to BSB this season bit am really enjoying it so far.

DarthtaterM16

917 posts

108 months

Friday 13th August 2021
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Changed back to 25 from the number 1 plate too.


egor110

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17,274 posts

209 months

Friday 13th August 2021
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Haven't they got a new crew chief in for him ?

towser44

3,657 posts

121 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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Brookes 8th in FP3 too. Who knew, all it took was changing a number and suddenly the bike is fine :-)

FourWheelDrift

89,455 posts

290 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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Back to 2021 form, currently 17th in race 1.

egor110

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209 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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towser44 said:
Brookes 8th in FP3 too. Who knew, all it took was changing a number and suddenly the bike is fine :-)
Or not .

unident

6,702 posts

57 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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DarthtaterM16 said:
Changed back to 25 from the number 1 plate too.
What a weak minded wimp. That’s how it works isn’t it if you change race numbers?

egor110

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Saturday 14th August 2021
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unident said:
DarthtaterM16 said:
Changed back to 25 from the number 1 plate too.
What a weak minded wimp. That’s how it works isn’t it if you change race numbers?
Who's said that ?

unident

6,702 posts

57 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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egor110 said:
Who's said that ?
Been said about a couple of MotoGP riders previously about them changing their m]numbers and being weak minded and superstitious and other things. Some on here do like their pantomime villains though.

Having said that, something is seriously wrong with Brookes this year. His form has gone off a cliff with another finish outside the points today. It’s very strange. Great race at the front though, this series provides by far the best short circuit racing out of all the series available.

LukeBrown66

4,479 posts

52 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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So pleased for O show, deserves this run, been so damn unlucky for a long time, I recall watching him in Superstck on a Honda at Thruxton and the thing was sideways everywhere, real good to see him doing well.

Brookes couldn't care less, never warmed to the lad, seems so up and down mood wise, I think it's tyre maybe, but either way he has been around enough to not lose it so badly, if he sees out the year I wold be amazed.

DarthtaterM16

917 posts

108 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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unident said:
DarthtaterM16 said:
Changed back to 25 from the number 1 plate too.
What a weak minded wimp. That’s how it works isn’t it if you change race numbers?
Erm… I’m not sure if I’m honest.

He’s just at the stage where he’ll try anything now I guess.

What happened in the race? I only managed to switch on halfway through.
Did he make a mistake early on or was he just miles off the pace again?

unident

6,702 posts

57 months

Saturday 14th August 2021
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DarthtaterM16 said:
Erm… I’m not sure if I’m honest.

He’s just at the stage where he’ll try anything now I guess.

What happened in the race? I only managed to switch on halfway through.
Did he make a mistake early on or was he just miles off the pace again?
Started 5th row and just went slightly backwards. Never in the hunt, didn’t put in a decent lap and was nowhere. It’s doubly weird with Iddon being consistently at the sharp end in every race too.

DarthtaterM16

917 posts

108 months

Sunday 15th August 2021
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Seems to be a lot of animosity amongst the riders after race 2.
Does anybody know if Iddon is considered dangerous in the paddock as a lot of it seems to be being thrown at him?

egor110

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209 months

Sunday 15th August 2021
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DarthtaterM16 said:
Seems to be a lot of animosity amongst the riders after race 2.
Does anybody know if Iddon is considered dangerous in the paddock as a lot of it seems to be being thrown at him?
I thought Irwin was the one being blamed ?


DarthtaterM16

917 posts

108 months

Sunday 15th August 2021
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egor110 said:
DarthtaterM16 said:
Seems to be a lot of animosity amongst the riders after race 2.
Does anybody know if Iddon is considered dangerous in the paddock as a lot of it seems to be being thrown at him?
I thought Irwin was the one being blamed ?
For the crash yes but Glen Irwin on live TV said he deserved what he got for his conduct earlier in the race and a couple of other riders were talking about a certain rider(s) not having enough respect for others so was wondering if they were talking about Iddon too.

poo at Paul's

14,319 posts

181 months

Sunday 15th August 2021
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Irwin has plenty of previous knocking Ducati’s off after Redgate.

zeb

3,234 posts

224 months

Monday 16th August 2021
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I've no idea what shakey was rattling on about , for me whitham is more accurate. Irwin took iddon off, simple as. I like glenn and his work around mental health is nothing but positive but coming out on live tv to say 'iddon got what he deserved' is poor.

2"nd race had just about everything you could want from a race, glad to see tommy blast it in the last race.

LukeBrown66

4,479 posts

52 months

Monday 16th August 2021
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If you read between the lines there were lots of veiled comments about Iddon from other riders, so maybe he is a little sneaky with his work in that area. Andy is a target but only has himself to blame a bit like Brookes all those years ago, he will learn. Glenn is becoming a fave of mine, so outspoken, I love the little jibes!! And to ride that well with a knackered collarbone deserves respect is nothing else, great to see Briders win though, he looked to be really enjoying sliding that thing about and I gather he had never really ridden it on inters before too!

unident

6,702 posts

57 months

Monday 16th August 2021
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LukeBrown66 said:
If you read between the lines there were lots of veiled comments about Iddon from other riders, so maybe he is a little sneaky with his work in that area. Andy is a target but only has himself to blame a bit like Brookes all those years ago, he will learn. Glenn is becoming a fave of mine, so outspoken, I love the little jibes!! And to ride that well with a knackered collarbone deserves respect is nothing else, great to see Briders win though, he looked to be really enjoying sliding that thing about and I gather he had never really ridden it on inters before too!
It was a dislocated shoulder. Not dismissing the pain from dislocating it and putting it back, but it’s not “a knackered collarbone”.

Bridewell said that he’d never ridden on inters and was trusting the team after he’d made the wrong call in other races this year in the televised pre-race interview. Hardly mega knowledge.