That’s it. I’m sure Nicky’s championship is done. Rossi has a great race even if Cap ran away with it, but this was a disaster for the Kid. Getting passed for another spot on the last corner is exactly what’s going to happen to him for the championship. I’m bummed for him. Weirdly, and maybe it’s a Covid-19 thing, but these guys magically made the push to Malaysia from Brno overnight! And Rossi is on pole continuing the momentum he’s gaining. A confident Rossi is a dangerous Rossi. Nicky still leads the championship but we’ll see. This is why they race. Anything can happen. Pags

Yea, seems like his mojo is running thin. Hard to imagine that he’s not going to get run over by one or more guts in the championship......looking forward to hearing Kevin’s take on the race, because he seems to be at every race around the world this year, even when they have races at Brno and Malaysia on consecutive days! That guy gets around, I tell ya!!! STeve > On May 10, 2020, at 8:20 AM, Tony Pagliaroli <ajpags@gmail.com> wrote: > > That’s it. I’m sure Nicky’s championship is done. Rossi has a great race even if Cap ran away with it, but this was a disaster for the Kid. Getting passed for another spot on the last corner is exactly what’s going to happen to him for the championship. I’m bummed for him. > > Weirdly, and maybe it’s a Covid-19 thing, but these guys magically made the push to Malaysia from Brno overnight! And Rossi is on pole continuing the momentum he’s gaining. A confident Rossi is a dangerous Rossi. > > Nicky still leads the championship but we’ll see. This is why they race. Anything can happen. > > Pags > > > > > To get the links and updates on all today's Ducati news: > http://www.ductalk.com/ > and > https://www.facebook.com/ducnet > _____________________ > Ducati mailing list > Ducati@list.ducati.net > http://list.ducati.net/mailman/listinfo/ducati_list.ducati.net > Mailto: desmo900cr@gmail.com

Barring any more DNF’s for Rossi, my money is on him for the championship despite being more than a race win down. He has the momentum and Nicky is struggling. I could be wrong though. Pags > On May 10, 2020, at 9:58 AM, Stephen Abramson <desmo900cr@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yea, seems like his mojo is running thin. Hard to imagine that he’s not going to get run over by one or more guts in the championship......looking forward to hearing Kevin’s take on the race, because he seems to be at every race around the world this year, even when they have races at Brno and Malaysia on consecutive days! That guy gets around, I tell ya!!! > > STeve > >> On May 10, 2020, at 8:20 AM, Tony Pagliaroli <ajpags@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> That’s it. I’m sure Nicky’s championship is done. Rossi has a great race even if Cap ran away with it, but this was a disaster for the Kid. Getting passed for another spot on the last corner is exactly what’s going to happen to him for the championship. I’m bummed for him. >> >> Weirdly, and maybe it’s a Covid-19 thing, but these guys magically made the push to Malaysia from Brno overnight! And Rossi is on pole continuing the momentum he’s gaining. A confident Rossi is a dangerous Rossi. >> >> Nicky still leads the championship but we’ll see. This is why they race. Anything can happen. >> >> Pags >> >> >> >> >> To get the links and updates on all today's Ducati news: >> http://www.ductalk.com/ >> and >> https://www.facebook.com/ducnet >> _____________________ >> Ducati mailing list >> Ducati@list.ducati.net >> http://list.ducati.net/mailman/listinfo/ducati_list.ducati.net >> Mailto: desmo900cr@gmail.com > > > > > > To get the links and updates on all today's Ducati news: > http://www.ductalk.com/ > and > https://www.facebook.com/ducnet > _____________________ > Ducati mailing list > Ducati@list.ducati.net > http://list.ducati.net/mailman/listinfo/ducati_list.ducati.net > Mailto: ajpags@gmail.com

Sorry for not writing sooner, I was totally wrapped up in getting from Malaysia to Czechoslovakia so as to make both races. The medical screening at the airport was grueling. Great racing, For Malaysia, it was for the win, and for Brno, for 4th. I really enjoyed watching most of my personal favorites (in alphabetical order), Capirossi, Hayden, Pedrosa, and Rossi, battling it out so much, with no major incidents. And, for the most part, there were not any of the long, boring caravans that make one want to skip ahead a few laps to see if anything has changed. Nicky is really struggling, but I would not count him out yet. Interesting how he immediately looked at his back tire after the race, as if it was the problem. With some other riders, I would suspect showmanship ("it's not me, it's the tire"), but with Nicky, you know it is genuine. BTW, I had totally forgotten that they used with multiple tire suppliers. And, BTW, completely NDC, but COVID-19 related, I got tested last weekend, and it came up negative. So, I am okay,... for now. And, I can report that, for the present, Kaiser Oakland is totally set up for any wave of patients with Coronavirus. Okay, races all done and dusted, time for a nap. On Sun, 10 May 2020 at 07:41, Tony Pagliaroli <ajpags@gmail.com> wrote: > Barring any more DNF’s for Rossi, my money is on him for the championship > despite being more than a race win down. He has the momentum and Nicky is > struggling. > > I could be wrong though. > Pags > > > On May 10, 2020, at 9:58 AM, Stephen Abramson <desmo900cr@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Yea, seems like his mojo is running thin. Hard to imagine that he’s not > going to get run over by one or more guts in the championship......looking > forward to hearing Kevin’s take on the race, because he seems to be at > every race around the world this year, even when they have races at Brno > and Malaysia on consecutive days! That guy gets around, I tell ya!!! > > > > STeve > > > >> On May 10, 2020, at 8:20 AM, Tony Pagliaroli <ajpags@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> That’s it. I’m sure Nicky’s championship is done. Rossi has a great > race even if Cap ran away with it, but this was a disaster for the Kid. > Getting passed for another spot on the last corner is exactly what’s going > to happen to him for the championship. I’m bummed for him. > >> > >> Weirdly, and maybe it’s a Covid-19 thing, but these guys magically made > the push to Malaysia from Brno overnight! And Rossi is on pole continuing > the momentum he’s gaining. A confident Rossi is a dangerous Rossi. > >> > >> Nicky still leads the championship but we’ll see. This is why they > race. Anything can happen. > >> > >> Pags > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> To get the links and updates on all today's Ducati news: > >> http://www.ductalk.com/ > >> and > >> https://www.facebook.com/ducnet > >> _____________________ > >> Ducati mailing list > >> Ducati@list.ducati.net > >> http://list.ducati.net/mailman/listinfo/ducati_list.ducati.net > >> Mailto: desmo900cr@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > To get the links and updates on all today's Ducati news: > > http://www.ductalk.com/ > > and > > https://www.facebook.com/ducnet > > _____________________ > > Ducati mailing list > > Ducati@list.ducati.net > > http://list.ducati.net/mailman/listinfo/ducati_list.ducati.net > > Mailto: ajpags@gmail.com > > > > > > To get the links and updates on all today's Ducati news: > http://www.ductalk.com/ > and > https://www.facebook.com/ducnet > _____________________ > Ducati mailing list > Ducati@list.ducati.net > http://list.ducati.net/mailman/listinfo/ducati_list.ducati.net > Mailto: kkachadourian@gmail.com >