15 races to go...

Based on last year:

CHINA Shanghai: <span style="color:#FF0000BRI
FRANCE Le Mans: <span style="color:#FF0000BRI
ITALY Mugello: <span style="color:#000080MIC
CATALUNYA Barcelona: <span style="color:#FF0000BRI - <span style="color:#000080MIC
UK Donington Park: <span style="color:#FF0000BRI - <span style="color:#000080MIC
HOLLAND Assen: <span style="color:#000080MIC
GERMANY Sachsenring: <span style="color:#000080MIC
USA Laguna Seca: <span style="color:#FF0000BRI
CZECH REP: Brno: <span style="color:#FF0000BRI
S.MARINO Misano: <span style="color:#FF0000BRI
USA Indianapolis: Who knows... ?
JAPAN Motegi: <span style="color:#FF0000BRI
AUSTRALIA Phillip Island: <span style="color:#FF0000BRI- <span style="color:#000080MIC
MALAYSYA Sepang: <span style="color:#FF0000BRI - <span style="color:#000080MIC
SPAIN Valencia: <span style="color:#000080MIC

Bridgestone should have a certain advantage, on top of it one can assume that every wet track will become a BRI track...

Go Bridgestones!!!!!!!

Here's my take.


CHINA Shanghai: Even - Rossi was right in it last year except for going wide a couple of times. The power of the Ducati beat him not the tyres.
FRANCE Le Mans: Even - This race was wet last year. FP dry times from 2007 suggest a close battle.
ITALY Mugello: MIC
CATALUNYA Barcelona: Even
UK Donington Park: Even - wet last year. 2007 dry times suggest another close battle
HOLLAND Assen: MIC
GERMANY Sachsenring: MIC
USA Laguna Seca: BRI
CZECH REP: Brno: BRI
S.MARINO Misano: BRI
USA Indianapolis: Who knows... ?
JAPAN Motegi: BRI
AUSTRALIA Phillip Island: BRI - Michelin had wear issues last year.
MALAYSYA Sepang: Even
SPAIN Valencia: Even

Here's my opinion, together with the race data from 07.

BRI riders : Stoner, Hopkins, Melandri, Vermulen, Capirossi, Barros, DePuniet, Elias, West, Hoffman
MIC riders : Pedrosa, Rossi, Hayden, Edwards, Checa, Nakano, Tamada, Ke/KuRJR


Bold BRI posns are Stoner, Underlined are Hopkins (top 2 BRI in WC)
Bold MIC posns are Pedrosa, Underlined are Rossi (top 2 MIC in WC)

CHINA Shanghai (<span style="color:#008000Even): BRI 1,<u>3</u>,5,6,7,8,9 - MIC <u>2</u>,4,11,12

FRANCE Le Mans (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI wet, <span style="color:#008000Even dry): BRI 1,2,3,5,<u>7</u>,8,9 - MIC 4,<u>6</u>,10

ITALY Mugello(<span style="color:#000080MIC): BRI 3,4,<u>5</u>,6,7,8,9 - MIC <u>1</u>,2,10,12,13,15

CATALUNYA Barcelona (<span style="color:#008000Even): BRI 1,<u>4</u>,5,6,7,8,9,13 - MIC <u>2</u>,3,10,11,12,15

UK Donington Park (<span style="color:#008000Even): BRI 1,3,<u>5</u>,6,7,9,10,11,12 - MIC 2,<u>4</u>,8,13,14,15

HOLLAND Assen(<span style="color:#000080MIC): BRI 2,<u>5</u>,7,8,9,10 - MIC <u>1</u>,3,4,6,11,12,13,15

GERMANY Sachsenring (<span style="color:#000080MIC): BRI 2,5,6,<u>7</u>,8,9,10,11 - MIC 1,3,4,12,13,14

USA Laguna Seca (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,3,6,7,9,10,<u>15</u> - MIC <u>4</u>,5,8,11,12,14

CZECH REP Brno (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,<u>2</u>,5,6,7,8,9,11,12 - MIC 3,4,<u>7</u>,10,14,15

S.MARINO Misano (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,<u>3</u>,4,5,7,11 - MIC 6,8,9,10,13,14,15

USA Indianapolis: no data

JAPAN Motegi (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,<u>10</u>,11,15 - MIC 9,12,<u>13</u>,14

AUSTRALIA Phillip Island (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,5,6,<u>7</u>,8,10,12,15 - MIC <u>3</u>,4,9,11,13

MALAYSIA Sepang (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,4,6,7,<u>8</u>,11,12,13,15 - MIC 3,<u>5</u>,9,10,14

SPAIN Valencia (<span style="color:#008000Even): BRI 2,<u>3</u>,4,5,6,7,9,10,12 - MIC 1,8,12,13,14,15

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yamaka46 @ Apr 21 2008, 10:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Here's my opinion, together with the race data from 07.

BRI riders : Stoner, Hopkins, Melandri, Vermulen, Capirossi, Barros, DePuniet, Elias, West, Hoffman
MIC riders : Pedrosa, Rossi, Hayden, Edwards, Checa, Nakano, Tamada, Ke/KuRJR


Bold BRI posns are Stoner, Underlined are Hopkins (top 2 BRI in WC)
Bold MIC posns are Pedrosa, Underlined are Rossi (top 2 MIC in WC)

CHINA Shanghai (<span style="color:#008000Even): BRI 1,<u>3</u>,5,6,7,8,9 - MIC <u>2</u>,4,11,12

FRANCE Le Mans (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI wet, <span style="color:#008000Even dry): BRI 1,2,3,5,<u>7</u>,8,9 - MIC 4,<u>6</u>,10

ITALY Mugello(<span style="color:#000080MIC): BRI 3,4,<u>5</u>,6,7,8,9 - MIC <u>1</u>,2,10,12,13,15

CATALUNYA Barcelona (<span style="color:#008000Even): BRI 1,<u>4</u>,5,6,7,8,9,13 - MIC <u>2</u>,3,10,11,12,15

UK Donington Park (<span style="color:#008000Even): BRI 1,3,<u>5</u>,6,7,9,10,11,12 - MIC 2,<u>4</u>,8,13,14,15

HOLLAND Assen(<span style="color:#000080MIC): BRI 2,<u>5</u>,7,8,9,10 - MIC <u>1</u>,3,4,6,11,12,13,15

GERMANY Sachsenring (<span style="color:#000080MIC): BRI 2,5,6,<u>7</u>,8,9,10,11 - MIC 1,3,4,12,13,14

USA Laguna Seca (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,3,6,7,9,10,<u>15</u> - MIC <u>4</u>,5,8,11,12,14

CZECH REP Brno (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,<u>2</u>,5,6,7,8,9,11,12 - MIC 3,4,<u>7</u>,10,14,15

S.MARINO Misano (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,<u>3</u>,4,5,7,11 - MIC 6,8,9,10,13,14,15

USA Indianapolis: no data

JAPAN Motegi (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,<u>10</u>,11,15 - MIC 9,12,<u>13</u>,14

AUSTRALIA Phillip Island (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,5,6,<u>7</u>,8,10,12,15 - MIC <u>3</u>,4,9,11,13

MALAYSIA Sepang (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,4,6,7,<u>8</u>,11,12,13,15 - MIC 3,<u>5</u>,9,10,14

SPAIN Valencia (<span style="color:#008000Even): BRI 2,<u>3</u>,4,5,6,7,9,10,12 - MIC 1,8,12,13,14,15


Thanks for details...

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (yamaka46 @ Apr 21 2008, 04:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Here's my opinion, together with the race data from 07.

BRI riders : Stoner, Hopkins, Melandri, Vermulen, Capirossi, Barros, DePuniet, Elias, West, Hoffman
MIC riders : Pedrosa, Rossi, Hayden, Edwards, Checa, Nakano, Tamada, Ke/KuRJR


Bold BRI posns are Stoner, Underlined are Hopkins (top 2 BRI in WC)
Bold MIC posns are Pedrosa, Underlined are Rossi (top 2 MIC in WC)

CHINA Shanghai (<span style="color:#008000Even): BRI 1,<u>3</u>,5,6,7,8,9 - MIC <u>2</u>,4,11,12

FRANCE Le Mans (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI wet, <span style="color:#008000Even dry): BRI 1,2,3,5,<u>7</u>,8,9 - MIC 4,<u>6</u>,10

ITALY Mugello(<span style="color:#000080MIC): BRI 3,4,<u>5</u>,6,7,8,9 - MIC <u>1</u>,2,10,12,13,15

CATALUNYA Barcelona (<span style="color:#008000Even): BRI 1,<u>4</u>,5,6,7,8,9,13 - MIC <u>2</u>,3,10,11,12,15

UK Donington Park (<span style="color:#008000Even): BRI 1,3,<u>5</u>,6,7,9,10,11,12 - MIC 2,<u>4</u>,8,13,14,15

HOLLAND Assen(<span style="color:#000080MIC): BRI 2,<u>5</u>,7,8,9,10 - MIC <u>1</u>,3,4,6,11,12,13,15

GERMANY Sachsenring (<span style="color:#000080MIC): BRI 2,5,6,<u>7</u>,8,9,10,11 - MIC 1,3,4,12,13,14

USA Laguna Seca (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,3,6,7,9,10,<u>15</u> - MIC <u>4</u>,5,8,11,12,14

CZECH REP Brno (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,<u>2</u>,5,6,7,8,9,11,12 - MIC 3,4,<u>7</u>,10,14,15

S.MARINO Misano (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,<u>3</u>,4,5,7,11 - MIC 6,8,9,10,13,14,15

USA Indianapolis: no data

JAPAN Motegi (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,<u>10</u>,11,15 - MIC 9,12,<u>13</u>,14

AUSTRALIA Phillip Island (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,5,6,<u>7</u>,8,10,12,15 - MIC <u>3</u>,4,9,11,13

MALAYSIA Sepang (<span style="color:#FF0000BRI): BRI 1,2,4,6,7,<u>8</u>,11,12,13,15 - MIC 3,<u>5</u>,9,10,14

SPAIN Valencia (<span style="color:#008000Even): BRI 2,<u>3</u>,4,5,6,7,9,10,12 - MIC 1,8,12,13,14,15

Very nice analysis, thank you!

Bridgestone own Indy don't they? I mean physically own. I seem to remember hearing that at the famous F1 race where only 4 BS shod cars took part.

So in theory their data should be better...in theory.