Moto GP

[chairhead]

the bike is crap why should he take the rap for it!!

I think Casey Moaner and Ducati would argue that point 

Different bike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! apart from the name on the side and it had two wheels thank Rossi for that.

  its a Ducati!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

[Chris Canning]

It may as well have Honda on it because the current bike has zero link to what Stoner rode which is what you where insinuating,what Stoner rode had a carbon fibre frame which is F all like what's being ridden now,there has been a steady selection of riders on the current bike and no one can ride it cuz it's crap for allsorts of reasons the carbon frame being just one.

[chairhead]

  So they both had carbon frames and both are Ducati's ?

[Chris Canning]

The bike that Stoner rode is long gone,it shares nothing with the lastest bike,Stoner's bike had a carbon frame different electronics a totally different motor(and only needed to last the race) the only thing the two bikes have in common is the name on the side of tank and that is the only link,oh!!! and Stoner rode his bike for peanuts despite his reputation he's a good lad but not as savvy as some when it comes to money.

[Bixxer Bob]

Rossi said in an interview at the weekend that Marquez is on a different planet and that he would have liked to have raced him when he  (Val) was a 22 yr old.

[Chris Canning]

The merrygoround for 215 will start when Honda decide who will ride with MM paying big bucks for a second string rider when Honda already know who's going to win isn't the smart thing to do,but the question being will Pedrosa take the pay cut????

[nickjtc]

Ah yes. But the season is far from over. MM could fall off and break something which would throw the cat verily amongst the pigeons.

I would love to see Rossi come back to form, but alas I fear his days are numbered.....

[Bixxer Bob]

Rossi may indeed have his best days behind him, but if George doesn't get his head straight he's Yamaha's only hope; no-one else is even close to giving Marc a fight.  And Keith Huen said after Austin that the only person this year that can beat Marc is Marc because if he DOES have a crash it can only be a big one.

It must be tough being a GP rider at the moment, looking at Marc and realising that any dreams they may have had about being world champion are going to remain just that.  Dreams.  Bit like Biaggi when Rossi showed up.....

[nickjtc]

It's only normal for another new kid on the block to show up and show the old lags how it should be done. But I remember watching many of Rossi's races with slack jaw at how he managed to make the bike work, and make the (very capable) competition look like they were going backwards. Only time will tell if Marquez will be long-term consistent enough to be one of the greats.

The 'greats': IMHO there are only a handful of them.... Hailwood, Agostini (with the caveat that he did not have much competition for a few years) and Rossi.

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