‘Laverty has a chance to be world champion’. Big statement that, isn’t it? Everyone out there has a chance I guess, all you have to do is score more points over the course of the season than the rest. Sounds simple, the problem is everyone’s trying to do the same thing! There are thirteen rounds still to go so let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Why is it at this point everyone always says it’s a long season, but come the halfway point they say it has flown by? We never learn, and of course come the end of the season we’ll all say, “It’s hard to believe the season’s over, it seems like just yesterday we were in Phillip Island.” You know it’s true! With the WSB calendar having three races before BSB and MotoGP even kick off we’re gonna be in the midst of the season before we know it.
I was gutted that Daytona was not live on television screens this year, I remember watching it live in the past. Nevertheless I followed things online and Michael had a much better Daytona than his 9th position might have suggested. In the race his fastest lap time was just 0.3 from that of Mladin, the problem was that he lost a lot of time on lap 2 with a brake problem. He was the only privateer mixing it with the big boys so things could get quite interesting if Michael continues in AMA.
My time back home was spent recovering then training for a few days before I left for Qatar. I didn’t go to the track today (Tuesday), instead I chose to take it very easy indeed. Tomorrow I will head to the track to organise my kit and prepare for the weekend. The race is on Saturday, NOT Sunday, this weekend. I always feel for the poor buggers who switch to Eurosport on Sunday morning ready for a day of bikes only to find it’s already been and gone. I don’t know of anyone who has actually suffered this cruel fate but I’m sure there are a few people out there! Drop me a line if it’s happened to you before. I’m not going to lie, it would humour me.
My aim for the race is to mount the rostrum. If on Saturday afternoon I’m not stood on the spot marked 1, 2 or 3 then I’ll be disappointed, simple as that. I’ll give it my best shot.
Eugene
