European Supercross
Practice Rundown: Paris SX II
Initial thoughts from day two in Paris.
The end is near, now that the qualifying sessions have been completed on the second day in Paris. There is just the night show left to run and, based on what occurred yesterday, that will go by in the blink of an eye. The daytime programme was shortened today, as each class had one timed session rather than two, so there were not too many intriguing points to extract.
Jason Anderson was mediocre again, but still fared better than he did during the timed sessions yesterday. Fourth was the position that he occupied, following a better run towards the end of the session that bumped him up from the cusp of the top five, so he looks good to be crowned the King of Paris later today. Three points is the advantage that he has over Dylan Ferrandis, who was the fastest qualifier earlier on, in the overall classification. One would presume that Ferrandis would have to win all three of the main events to overcome that deficit, as it is most unlikely that Anderson will drop outside of the top three at all.
Where was Dylan Ferrandis making up his time in the qualifying session today? The track is split into two sectors and, well, Ferrandis was the quickest rider in both of those! The advantages that he had on each part of the track was not that great though, as he was less than a tenth quicker than Justin Hill in both of the sectors. Dissecting the times in a fashion such as this offers a great look at just how important the start is. It has been said countless times, both on MX Vice and elsewhere, but there is really nowhere to make up too much ground. The whoops were insanely big in Paris a year ago, but even those are a lot mellower this year.
Speaking of which, no track changes were made overnight. Everything is identical to yesterday, hence why the riders only needed one session each, which actually seems like a bit of a missed opportunity. Would it not be quite cool to tweak some things overnight to add a different element to the action? The basic layout would obviously have to stay the same for various reasons, but even adding a jump to a section of the track or making it so that one line is not as fast as it was on the previous day would raise the levels of intrigue. It may even be a good way to attract fans to travel to the arena on multiple nights.
Anyway, back to racing. Justin Hill was again one of the quickest riders, as mentioned previously, and could be the big spoiler in the action tonight. The three races did not go well for him at all yesterday and therefore he is out of the running for the overall victory, but he certainly has the speed to get between some guys or even steal a win in one of the heats. Dylan Ferrandis or even Zach Osborne, who is not out of this thing, will need to rely on him to push Jason Anderson back a couple of spots. It is actually going to turn out to be a very good night of racing!
Everyone is obviously going to want to watch the action unfold and there continues to be questions raised about the television coverage across Europe. This is live on television in France, but nowhere else and there is not an official online stream. There is, however, a dodgy stream of a French channel going around that seems to work pretty well. It may be difficult to find, but there are ways to watch the action. It depends on how dedicated you are! Remember to follow the live tweets on MX Vice though, as they are the next best thing.
Words: Lewis Phillips | Lead Image: @Crunch724
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