Yeah, I'm going to have to agree. Thought Johnny Rea would have more for him once they hit the European rounds but he's got nothing for Bautista. Then again, neither does anyone else for that matter. Alvaro is throwing them all an embarrassing beating from race to race.Originally Posted by madvlad
I used to think that Rea belonged in MotoGP, but after seeing what more or less a Satellite MotoGP rider can do to him, he wouldn't have a prayer against the main 4 or 5 aliens in MotoGP. Rea would be lucky for top 10's in MotoGP.
Granted some will say, well it's the superior performance of the new Ducati. That has some part to play, but look where the rest of the Ducati's end up? All of no where. Something has to be said for just superior MotoGP talent.
check out just the gap for the top 10 in Aragon Race 1:
1. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 18 laps
2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +15.170s
3. Chaz Davies GBR Aruba.it Racing – Ducati +15.650s
4. Alex Lowes GBR Pata Yamaha +18.204s
5. Tom Sykes GBR BMW WorldSBK Team +20.165s
6. Michael van der Mark NED Pata Yamaha +22.419s
7. Sandro Cortese GER GRT Yamaha +23.333s
8. Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Kawasaki Puccetti Racing +27.929s
9. Leon Haslam GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +28.243s
10. Jordi Torres ESP Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki +28.411s
Yeah, that doesn't look good for the rest of the grid. Oh well, that's what happens when you run into an alien in a new series.
It was fairly similar with Tony Elias when he came to MotoAmerica. Sure, Hayes and Beaubier were good rides. But they weren't anywhere as fast as Tony, and he narrowly snatch the title his first year in, with no experience in the series. Took the title in year two, and then Cameron really had to up his game to get it back. I also thought, Cameron's move on Tony was dirty as hell(can't remember the track) but he shoved Elias off the track, which pretty much ended his title run last year.
But look when Beaubier got a wild card in WSBK. He was mid pack, and that's at the level of WSBK. He would have no business in MotoGP and I think Josh Herrin had no business in Moto2, he got smoked and he should have stayed in America or gone to WSBK.
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