Crutchlow With Honda For 2016/17

Discussion in 'Racing & Bike Sport' started by simmytt, Aug 26, 2015.

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    Great contract for Cal,obviously those who know realise what a good rider he is,shame Bradley only got a year contract :Angelic:.
     
    #1 simmytt, Aug 26, 2015
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  2. As much as I like Cal and want him to win, he needs to up his game, too many silly mistakes. Im not an expert but it seems to the uninformed that he has to have everything just so. Which is a shame as when he is on it he is exciting.

    I wonder if he would have been better off giving Ducati another year, maybe it want entirely his choice.
     
    #2 ymfb, Aug 26, 2015
  3. Agree he has to up his game,it seems funny how Cal started the season well when he had Pedrosa's tech guys helping out,Pedrosa returns and Cals performances go downhill and with Reddings poor performances being blamed on lack of support/technical knowledge makes me think Honda need to help out the satellite guys a little more,put Cal on a bike he gets on with and he is one of the best of the rest,both Redding and Crutchlow are better than there performances reflect.We will leave Bradders out of the equation cause he can walk on water :Facepalm:
     
    #3 simmytt, Aug 26, 2015
  4. at last people are begining to appreciate Bradley
     
    #4 cherod, Aug 26, 2015
  5. Its odd if Honda aren't helping the satellite guys but with the way Bradl went from being a big hope to struggling to beat the non factory guys last year it does make you wonder. Redding has a team which is vastly experience but not in motogp as its the old Honda Britain team. I think that combined with a relatively inexperienced motogp rider is Scott's problem as well as the bike being built for midgets like Dani, Casey and Marc. Cal is tiny to so it does all make some sense.
     
    #5 SMtwo7, Aug 31, 2015
  6. I think Redding summed it up perfectly. They have no idea where to start when it comes to bike set up. They might turn up at one track and it works well as is, then the next it's a turd. Yet they don't know why. Pissing in the wind. Readings team are new to GP and that bike too, so they hardly have all the answers.
    Redding was basically saying he can say how the bike feels but they don't have a clue what to change.
     
    #6 JH_1986, Aug 31, 2015
  7. Imagine trying to set something up that is (almost) infinitely adjustable without the knowledge that comes from trial and error experience

    And you've only paid several million dollars for the privilege :upyeah:
     
    #7 bradders, Aug 31, 2015
  8. tell you what,,, he has my sympathy this time,, taken out at Silverstone ( by his own team mate no less ) when he was having a good race... bet he is well angry at that...,, and what happened to Bradley :Sorry:
     
    #8 cherod, Aug 31, 2015
  9. Bradley the great. Beaten by Redding ;)
     
    #9 bradders, Aug 31, 2015
  10. yes :Banghead:,, but why ??
     
    #10 cherod, Aug 31, 2015
  11. one setback and you've dumped him like a chick with crabs already....fair-weather supporter :p
     
    #11 bradders, Aug 31, 2015
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  12. ha ha,, not quite..;)
     
    #12 cherod, Aug 31, 2015
  13. I will stick by what i have said in the past,at this time Cal is the only brit who could challenge for a race win,in wet changeable conditions he is one of the best and i have no doubt he would have got a podium at silverstone ,i think Bradders shit himself on the first warm up lap he came so close to binning it on the wellington straight,he did well to keep it upright.
     
    #13 simmytt, Sep 1, 2015
  14. At least bradders knows when to cool it ,,,,,,,, crashalot may ( as in many previous outings ) have got apodium , but the race had a long way to go , plenty of time for him to bin it , brads on the otherhand , as always gets a good finish .
     
    #14 cherod, Sep 1, 2015
  15. Good ? Well.. if you class mostly 5th/6th and 7th as 'good' compared to Crutchlow then yeah...

    Bradley can finish and I have no doubt now will finish above Cal for the season.... but Cal will get you podiums....

    6 compared to Bradleys 1.
     
    #15 Weeksy, Sep 1, 2015
  16. It also pisses me off when dickheads who've probably never even seen a bloody race grid, certainly at a high level use stupid names completely disrespecting blokes who put it on the line week after week.
     
    #16 Weeksy, Sep 1, 2015
  17. i would rate consistent 5ths an 6ths as very good for a satellite rider especially given the caliber of competition not just in the four or five that regularly finish above him but also his team mate and the many riders that finish below him the bulk of the time.. Im not a Smith fan as i find him bland but credit where its due...
     
    #17 chizel, Sep 1, 2015
  18. However on the same bike in 2013 Crutchlow went

    5 4 5 2 3 ret 3 2 7 5 17 6 6 6 4 7

    and still gets the stupid name from you ?
     
    #18 Weeksy, Sep 1, 2015
  19. You have an extremely good memory!!!! that was 2013 as you say... smith is clearly doing better than him now and historical results should not take away from current form. I havnt used the stupid name for ages btw!!! lol.. and if i did or do its all in good fun. as arm chair sports fans its our god given right to take the piss and have badly judged opinions and stupid nic names for the sports people we dont warm to... i certainly wouldnt diss any racers skill compared to mine but that aint the point is it? lets not take it too seriously
     
    #19 chizel, Sep 1, 2015
  20. Apologies.. I thought that post and the others were the same guy. :)


    p.s. None of the results were memory... Google found them :)
     
    #20 Weeksy, Sep 1, 2015
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