Bayliss batters both Xerox Ducati riders at Superbike test

[Silver]

Retired and still kicking arse...

https://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-racing-news-wsb/bayliss-beats-haga-and-fabrizio-at-misano-test/11998.html

[The Shaggy D.A.]

"Batters"?

"Kicking arse"?

He was 0.4 and 0.8 seconds faster. Good for him, but let's not get into a frenzy over it.
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[Silver]

You don't watch much bike racing do you? For a rider that retired two years ago to step onto a bike and go nearly a second faster than the rider who finished last season in second place in the championship counts as 'battered'.

[Al]

0.8 a lap over a race would mean winning by about 20 seconds, I'd call that kicking ass
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

No I don't, but as I said - good for him. In my book 0.4 and 0.8 seconds difference is "fucking close", not "battered". "Battered" would be something like 10% faster, not 0.5%
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

[Al]

But top level racing is so close that to be 10% faster would be almost impossible.
I don't even think the MotoGP riders are 10% a lap faster then the 125GP bikes on a tight track.
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[Silver]

Put it this way Shaggy, it's probably the difference of five places (or so) on the grid. When the bloke you've done that to almost won the world title last year, it's not insignificant. 10% doesn't happen between top rider (especially when one has been retired for two years!), everything is dealt with in fractions of seconds. In fact, 10% slower than pole position would have put you slower than the 34th (and last placed) rider at this year's BSB Brands Hatch round...

[Deano]

0.4 seconds doesnt alot but its massive in racing terms and im soo gutted he's not coming back form retirement.

I personally think Fabrizio is ruining that team, he has no team ethics and only cares for his own results as shown last year.
I rekon the factory made the team keep him which caused alot of upset in the team which is why they left for BMW.
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