Bsb - Knockhill

[egor110]

So do we see anyone else ending up in contention for the title than iddon and o'hallaran ?

What's happened to brookes ? how can you win the championship last year yet this year you look completely at sea whilst your team mate is off and running ?

Bridwell - should be up there fighting for the title but just not consistent enough .

[Zarco]

Hicky

O'Halloran looks very strong so far. The gap he pulled on Iddon in the last race at Oulton was very impressive.

[LukeBrown66]

Quite happy for Brookes to be off pace, never really liked the man, but do appreciate his skill, always seems likely to boil over.

Skinner rode beautifully in second race, Iddon seems to be on point title wise, already do g that podiums every week thing Byrne used to do.

[Mr Tidy]

I watched it live on Quest today, and it was great!

Iddon and Brookes have an early lead, but Rory Skinner was mighty impressive - although Knockhill is his home track. It will be interesting to see how he gets on at other circuits - if he does well anything is possible.

Sad for Hicky though - I thought he deserved better than what he got, so if things turn around he may be an outsider.

I think the next 2 rounds are live on Quest too so I'll definitely be watching them.

[airsafari87]

As ever BSB is so hard to predict who is going to be top 10, never mind top 3. And I coukd easily mention 15 or more riders who deserve a mention and credit.

O'Hallaran has to be seem as a genuine title contender this season, and if he does take it will be thoroughly deserved.

Buchan and Hickman are both looking strong on the BMW's and Brad Ray shouldn't be forgotten about either. He's had some bad luck but he is quietly getting on with doing a solid job and is pretty much there or thereabouts.

Not sure what was happening with Kyle Ryde this weekend but he will be challenging for wins this season.

Sadly my prediction of what would happen to the Honda team now that HRC are more heavily involved seems to be coming true which is a huge shame as I'd love to see Glen Irwin up there fighting again, he did look like a broken man on Sunday though. He's clearly not very well at all.

And Iddon is also a man to beat right now too. He is probably going to be O'Hallaran's biggest rival.

So to put my c*ck on the block I will say that in the showdown there will be

O'Hallaran
Iddon
Hickman
Ryde
Bridewell
Brookes
Taz
Skinner

Top 3 (not in any order)
O'Hallaran
Iddon
Hickman

[egor110]

Mr Tidy said:

I watched it live on Quest today, and it was great!

Iddon and Brookes have an early lead, but Rory Skinner was mighty impressive - although Knockhill is his home track. It will be interesting to see how he gets on at other circuits - if he does well anything is possible.

Sad for Hicky though - I thought he deserved better than what he got, so if things turn around he may be an outsider.

I think the next 2 rounds are live on Quest too so I'll definitely be watching them.

Brookes ?

[wa16]

i though the racing was superb -

i don't usually watch the Honda Talent Cup as longer circuits tend to drag it out and they take an age to run the race but at knockhill they seem really suited and apart from one lad disappearing up the road (a bit odd as they are all on the same machinery) the rest of the racing was just superb, some of the lines into bends were a bit sus, but i guess when your 13, 14, 15 you're fearless and bounce reasonably well

[egor110]

So what's the story with Brookes?

You don't just go from winning the title to being crap in a few months.

Has he fallen out with bird and now on sub standard equipment compared iddon?

[airsafari87]

egor110 said:

So what's the story with Brookes?

You don't just go from winning the title to being crap in a few months.

Has he fallen out with bird and now on sub standard equipment compared iddon?

Heads gone.

[LukeBrown66]

I have no idea whatsoever why HRC have put two massively average Japanese on their bikes, it is folly, the only guy who ever did any good was Yukio, and Kiyonari who made a life here for years and both those lads were top drawer anyway, these two really are not, Watanabe was hopeless and al others have been, it does not seem to work really.