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What on earth was wrong with Pedersen tonight, wonder if he was he ill, heappeared very subdued unlike him. We had a shot of him in the pits after the race taking his tabard off and he just looked tired and deflated. Usually Pedersen is cursing at everyone in sight and gesticulating at the mechanics about his bikes performance. Just not Pedersen.

Some great track racing with loads of overtaking and the track looked in great condition, obviously had been prepared well and watered well in advance, way different than the later Swedish matches on TV in a dust bowl.

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I did say no Danes except NKI merritted a spot in the GP's this year. Pedersen creates more interest.

Don't think Madsen has ever really had a chance to establish himself on the world stage, the others have.

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6 hours ago, BWitcher said:

Nicki Pedersen is TOP of the averages in the Polish League. The toughest league of them all, yet some question his place in the top 16 in the world?

 

Not just that they also say NKI should be instead when he has been pretty terrible everywhere and was very poor when replacing Vaculik 

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1 hour ago, phillipsr said:

Not just that they also say NKI should be instead when he has been pretty terrible everywhere and was very poor when replacing Vaculik 

He has had problems with his shoulder though and recently underwent surgery to fix it.  
He have been very good for Smederna this season and averaging on 2.000/heat.

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Agreed. Something must be up with NP. Not the same rider who turns out and carries Tarnow every week! Hope he gets it together as he is such a spectacular rider (and also the  series bad guy)

Suggestion that NKI deserves a place over NP is perhaps a bit short sighted but any suggestion that Kildeman should be riding is crazy. 

 

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2 hours ago, James Carter said:

Agreed. Something must be up with NP. Not the same rider who turns out and carries Tarnow every week! Hope he gets it together as he is such a spectacular rider (and also the  series bad guy)

Suggestion that NKI deserves a place over NP is perhaps a bit short sighted but any suggestion that Kildeman should be riding is crazy. 

 

He had a broken hand in GP 1 and 2.  Scored well in 3rd GP  but had an off night in Sweden.  He likes the bigger tracks. 

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I think Tai threw this one away with a touch of arrogance? (choosing gate 3?) yes, he won the semi from there but he was never going to beat Magic from that gate!

However, Tai is in untouchable form at the moment and his swagger is welcome and I hope he goes on to romp it!

Praying for a first Cardiff win !

Woffy Woffy Woffy!!!

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I see woffindens covers carry the name John Titman  . if thats who is doing his engines he's going to be mighty busy   

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53 minutes ago, PHILIPRISING said:

DON'T think it is ...

earlier this year , the french lads in Belgium were using  John Titman tyres , I had never heard of them before . perhaps Woffinden is using them and getting extra grip . 

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1 hour ago, GiveusaB said:

I think Tai threw this one away with a touch of arrogance? (choosing gate 3?) yes, he won the semi from there but he was never going to beat Magic from that gate!

I'm not sure that was arrogance, I thought it was maybe more a lack of confidence in his gating. 

If he took gate 1 and was then outgated he'd be clamped into turn 1. Taking gate 3 gives options for running round the field or cutting back at turn 2.

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34 minutes ago, adonis said:

earlier this year , the french lads in Belgium were using  John Titman tyres , I had never heard of them before . perhaps Woffinden is using them and getting extra grip . 

I AM not aware that any such tyres are homologated for SGP use. It would appear that many if not most riders use more than one tuner. Also, on Saturday at least don't think there was any rider on a PJR motor. How times change. And will probably do so again .

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42 minutes ago, HenryW said:

I'm not sure that was arrogance, I thought it was maybe more a lack of confidence in his gating. 

If he took gate 1 and was then outgated he'd be clamped into turn 1. Taking gate 3 gives options for running round the field or cutting back at turn 2.

YOU can read his explanation in SS this week... certainly wasn't arrogance.

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1 hour ago, PHILIPRISING said:

I AM not aware that any such tyres are homologated for SGP use. It would appear that many if not most riders use more than one tuner. Also, on Saturday at least don't think there was any rider on a PJR motor. How times change. And will probably do so again .

JTR is a homologated tyre atleast for a second season now. They might be making wheels as well, not sure.

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6 hours ago, Mark said:

He had a broken hand in GP 1 and 2.  Scored well in 3rd GP  but had an off night in Sweden.  He likes the bigger tracks. 

Fair points. But what is odd is that he was still racking up big scores in Poland with the duff hand at the start of the year. 

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13 minutes ago, James Carter said:

Fair points. But what is odd is that he was still racking up big scores in Poland with the duff hand at the start of the year. 

I agree but he struggled on tight tracks with his hand in GPs.  Found it easier on the big fast Polish tracks. 

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