Any little birds in a tree chirping about the possibility of Suzuki (or Kawasaki) coming back to MotoGP in the future?
As a Rossi fan, after being converted from non Rossi fan, I have to say I think he is done. Will he still be a competitive racer somewhere? It doesn't matter one bit to me. Is he GOAT in MotoGp? For now, yes. But that changes nothing. His career was amazing and bears a re-watching if you have it on video. Athletes get tired, they get too old, they lose the spark that makes them winners.......or someone better comes along. No one likes to admit the latter but it is a simple reality. There will always be a better thing if you wait long enough. I think all you Rossi fluffers better start sucking off Stoner or Bradl if you want to follow the latest winning trend.
While I don't think Honda or Yamaha really want Rossi back, the argument that he would take points off of their #1 Championship contender isn't a great one IMHO. Pedrosa anyone? He is clearly capable of going on a long win streak at anytime. I do think a big money sponsor could turn any manufacturer's head, factory or private team. Rossi is still the most marketable figure in Moto GP.
Nicky will test at Mugello this week. http://www.ducatinewstoday.com/2012...twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
Yes but they hired Pedrosa with hopes of winning the championship, he unfortunately keeps having injury plagued seasons. He's an amazing starter and will run away with a race, other than that he doesn't seem to be a consistent late race charger, though that may have been the 800 issue. My thoughts Go Vale, I don't care where If he's not there I will still ride to Laguna and enjoy racing and buy some Marquez shirts in a few years, until then I mostly have Yellow and I can alternate until these wear out ..
It says he's testing to make up for time he lost over the winter. VR didn't lose any test time over the winter. Maybe he's not allowed to test.
More good reading on Ducati's plan to improve: http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/s...ty/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
just like they did with the Yamaha. Me thinks Ducati remembers the front straitaways in early 2007 too much.
Yeah, what's the story on Suzuki? If they come back in 2013 will it be a CRT? As for Rossi riding, Phillip Morris pays him, not Ducati.
Why was Hellmund forced out? That seems to be the big sticking point. He sure has wedged himself nicely in the works, though, forcing the tracks current owners to deal with him.
It seems to me that Hellmund put everything together, the track, the deal with the state, F1, and Dorna. Then his backers ousted him for full control and profit. It seems that Bernie had a way out of his deal for F1 and then made a new one with the new Hellmund-less track owners. Hellmund does not want to let go of his MotoGP contract. I know he's suing his former backers, so I guess if he's going to sell, or give up his MotoGP deal it will involve making a deal with those same people. No wonder it's at a stale mate.
Thought this was another perfect analogy from Kropotkin's latest article: " Like the children of two royal families pledged to be wed, Valentino Rossi and Ducati are condemned to one another." He has no place to go...