Kind of what I was keeping on a eye on in WSBK. I think Bautista has done well but it ain't over til it's over and for some reason he is just throwing it all away. Pressure is getting to him and he can't handle it. Which is why he's no longer in MotoGP. If you can't ride well or be consistent then you get moved on. He was dominating in WSBK but that was when he had nothing to lose. Now, he's on the verge on bringing the title back to Ducati and he's coming apart like a cheap watch.
I didn't want to mention it but yeah, Rossi's time in Q1 would have put him on the second row but then he goes out and puts in that garbage performance in Q2. Like I say, he deserves every bad start he's getting because at this point, he's earning them all on his own. Here's an idea, if the hard tire was working for you in Q1, then use it again in Q2. The soft gets him no where and it showed.
I'm with you, I think he's starting to check out of the sport. He hasn't won sh*t in two years, he hasn't set any kind of fast laps or poles. He's just deflated and boring at this point. He hasn't been the same since 2016.
He is contracted through 2020. So I think unless he just really gives up this year, we will see him for one more year and then that is it. What I honestly think he is waiting for is the 2020 bike they will test in Brno. If Rossi loves the bike, then we may see him come back in the second half of this year and put in some results. Mainly because he would be looking forward to the 2020 bike. If the 2020 bike is a stinker, then we won't see jacksh*t from Rossi for the rest of the year or next year for that matter. Which is kind of been par for the course for him for the last year or so.
I wouldn't put a ton of stock in Vinales just yet either. He's shown he can win races but he's so up and down during the race starts.
Fabio is fast but he needs to control his emotions better. Young, dumb and full of cum is a perfect representation of his demeanor(guess we just have an asshole shortage..) <----which epic movie is that a reference from