I'm not going to make this the usual full on race report i normally try to do after a race weekend, the reason, i'm frustrated, so, so frustrated with the way things are going right now, i know the saying is you make your own luck but bloody hell give me a break, if that saying's true then i need to find a new recipe for my luck because mine seems to be all bad!!!
I guess in someways the support and comments i get from you guys go some way to makingthings a bit easier to deal with i mean lets face it, i'm riding in a World Championship not a club meeting so to go from pretty much last and come through to 9th and 10th isn't terrible but you need to understand how badly i want to be racing at the sharp end, fighting for podiums etc, that's what's important to me not how many people i manage to pass on my way to a top 10 position, i wasn't out of the top 5 all weekend in Germany, in fact i lead sessions, ran top 3 and generally had a real good podium position pace the WHOLE weekend so to get the results i did all because of a crash that came out of nowhere, aaaarrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh is the only word that springs to mind!!!!!
One thing that was good about the weekend was the fact that we further improved the bikes chassis feeling, in Silverstone we made good progress with the way we had the bike turning and in Germany we made another good step, i'm really hopeful that we'll be able to start with a real good bike in Imola plus we have the setting we got in the test there earlier in the year so it should be all good.
The final real good thing that happened was the lap we did of the Nordschliefe after the race, bloody hell, what an eye opener that was, it turned out quite amusing because with a Fiat Punto we smoked a GSXR 1000 rider , i used him as a bit of a guide in the first instance then through one real tricky part of the circuit we passed him, i'd love to go back there with an instructor and a quick car, the place is awesome!!!
We headed back to the UK monday to collect Zack then the following day we went off home, i'm looking forward to getting some more training in whilst we're here and desperately hoping for a far stronger end to the season, this definitely hasn't been a year to talk about with the grand kids has it, mind you, i haven't got them so it's all good!!! Take it easy and i'll catch up with ya soon, Shakey #67
Hard at it!!
Race two after passing Troy..
Just about to start a highly amusing lap of the Nordschliefe!!!
"Worse things happen at sea" So the saying goes, I can't see how it applies to you unless your next career involves becoming a ferry operator.
ReplyDeleteThe number 67 never bought you much luck on the world stage (Brands '03 aside) much as i'd hate to suggest a change next year, is 21 available?
Since the change to cable throttle i don't think i've seen you ride better it just seemed to be luck and qualifying that buggered you.
Also it must be bloody hard to get a rhythm going with all these huge gaps between meetings.
Keep at Shane as a wise woman once said to me "don't force it" ;-)
That 3rd pic is 'kin ossum by the way, i'm guessing you never got all the way through a Keith Code book lol
Shakey, you are mega talented and it'll all come good soon, experience next year will show, a good end to the season a good team next year and we'll see you up there every weekend.
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