Brad Ray

[crankedup]

Brad’s race skills are not in question, clearly set for a glittering career. Having said that I am having to ask what is causing the teams current drop in form. Brad back on the late mid field finishing is not the plan. I appreciate the World of racing is a complex beast but from double win to mid field?

[trickywoo]

Bike is still new and Brad young.

I think a bit of inexperience showing in how he managed the Brands qualifying but nothing to worry about.

It would have been astounding if he kept early season form.

[chunder27]

I reckon it might have been something to do with tyres. As he has been on the pace everywhere else this year.

Either that, or he got totally lost with setup and was chasing his tail all weekend.

[Zarco]

I think it's a combination of Brad's relative inexperience and starting to feel the pressure of now expected good results. Bikes obviously not had much development or past experience either.

His crashes at Snetterton smacked of a rider pushing too hard.

I'm just an armchair expert of course!

[graeme4130]

The reason he struggled at Brands is that Brad leans on the front really heavily, and the team just could not get a good set up for the bike on those tyres in the heat, and he couldn't get the front end feel

[benjobanjo]

Apparently he's struggling to find the right feeling in the front.

He's currently doing the Suzuka 8-Hour on Bridgestone's alongside his BSB duties, and I think it's predominantly down to that. They're famously more grippy than the Pirelli's run in BSB, combine that with the warmer track temperatures at Brands/Knockhill vs. the Indy/Donington earlier in the year the bike probably doesn't feel the same anymore

[crankedup]

Well Brad is still on the BSB shootout, still running midfield though. Perhaps it is expectation that is high (mine) having exploded onto the BSB grid. Great rider though and it wouldn’t surprise me to see him on the WSB grid within a few seasons or so.

[phil4]

benjobanjo said:

Apparently he's struggling to find the right feeling in the front.

Perhaps he's in mental turmoil with whether he's doing his blind spot check too early: https://youtu.be/_uOQ7aeMce8

[Mortgage_tom]

phil4 said:

Perhaps he's in mental turmoil with whether he's doing his blind spot check too early: https://youtu.be/_uOQ7aeMce8

Heheee

[crankedup]

phil4 said:

benjobanjo said:

Apparently he's struggling to find the right feeling in the front.

Perhaps he's in mental turmoil with whether he's doing his blind spot check too early: https://youtu.be/_uOQ7aeMce8

What a guy, you can’t help but smile.
As I started this thread with the question mark regarding his slight drop off in pace it’s great to see him back on the podium at Cadwell.