Will JT hold it together? - Spoiler Warning - SV650.org

05-10-08, 05:04 AM

He should be used to this circuit from his WSB days.

rictus01 · 05-10-08, 06:30 AM

Er......... predictably an "also ran" once again

fizzwheel · 05-10-08, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by rictus01

Er......... predictably an "also ran" once again

I'm not so sure I agree. I think that was one of his strongest performances IMHO.

He was up in third place for a while and had a strong battle with Rossi with them both repassing and passing each other. He was in the thick of the battle for 4th for pretty much the rest of the race as well.

05-10-08, 12:36 PM

Looked to me that he was holding the rest of the field up by riding defensively, not knocking him in anyway shape or form but i think he's struggling to live with the big boys.

05-10-08, 01:31 PM

Edwards was nowhere by comparison. You can't ask more from JT than to do what he's doing in my opinion. He's in the frame. He made Edwards look bad, and Edwards is usually Mr. Consistent even if he's probably never going to win a GP.
If the tech3 is ever a race winning machine, I'm confident JT will be right up there with it, but realistically JT needs a better ride with a factory team to be a contender.

05-10-08, 02:06 PM

I would say that the JT ride was excellent.

He was really on the wotsit and passed Rossi...twice...not many can say that.

He was holding the show up but then that was his job. He was a real deal today and that was very impressive on less than perfect machinery.

He deserves a pat on the back today.

05-10-08, 04:06 PM

he passed rossi on the brakes!!!!

awesome ride from JT!

Biker Biggles · 05-10-08, 04:22 PM

I thought that was a good ride by JT.Fourth to seventh was always going to be a lottery at the end,but he held his own against the others for the whole race.Like Haydon though perhaps he should have gone a grade harder on the tyres???

05-10-08, 04:33 PM

Entertaining race, JT proved his team were right to sign him for 2009. He's had a few gripes about the michelins so on bridgestones he should at least get a few podiums next year. If not 2009 will be his last MotoGP year.

05-10-08, 06:02 PM

I've not watched the race yet, just caught some of the highlights, couldn't believe it when I flicked it on and there's JT and Rossi battling it out, seemed to take ages before they said what position he was in too!

05-10-08, 05:04 AM	#1
cuffy Guest Posts: n/a	Will JT hold it together? - Spoiler Warning He should be used to this circuit from his WSB days.

05-10-08, 06:30 AM	#2
rictus01 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South London Posts: 9,799	Re: Will JT hold it together? Er......... predictably an "also ran" once again __________________ Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!

05-10-08, 12:36 PM	#4
cuffy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Will JT hold it together? - Spoiler Warning Looked to me that he was holding the rest of the field up by riding defensively, not knocking him in anyway shape or form but i think he's struggling to live with the big boys.

05-10-08, 01:31 PM	#5
sinbad Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Will JT hold it together? - Spoiler Warning Edwards was nowhere by comparison. You can't ask more from JT than to do what he's doing in my opinion. He's in the frame. He made Edwards look bad, and Edwards is usually Mr. Consistent even if he's probably never going to win a GP. If the tech3 is ever a race winning machine, I'm confident JT will be right up there with it, but realistically JT needs a better ride with a factory team to be a contender.

05-10-08, 02:06 PM	#6
The Basket Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Will JT hold it together? - Spoiler Warning I would say that the JT ride was excellent. He was really on the wotsit and passed Rossi...twice...not many can say that. He was holding the show up but then that was his job. He was a real deal today and that was very impressive on less than perfect machinery. He deserves a pat on the back today.

05-10-08, 04:06 PM	#7
custard Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Will JT hold it together? - Spoiler Warning he passed rossi on the brakes!!!! awesome ride from JT!

05-10-08, 04:22 PM	#8
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,071	Re: Will JT hold it together? - Spoiler Warning I thought that was a good ride by JT.Fourth to seventh was always going to be a lottery at the end,but he held his own against the others for the whole race.Like Haydon though perhaps he should have gone a grade harder on the tyres??? __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

05-10-08, 04:33 PM	#9
Razor Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Will JT hold it together? - Spoiler Warning Entertaining race, JT proved his team were right to sign him for 2009. He's had a few gripes about the michelins so on bridgestones he should at least get a few podiums next year. If not 2009 will be his last MotoGP year.

05-10-08, 06:02 PM	#10
silverelephant Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Will JT hold it together? - Spoiler Warning I've not watched the race yet, just caught some of the highlights, couldn't believe it when I flicked it on and there's JT and Rossi battling it out, seemed to take ages before they said what position he was in too!

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