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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (krusty @ Oct 2 2008, 12:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Elias has been confirmed with Gresini and interestingly gets a full factory bike next year;

http://www.crash.net/motorsport/motogp/new...tory_honda.html

no surprises really.

toni Elias = HRC's new test mule.

they need a new one now that Hayden is gone...

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BigAl @ Oct 2 2008, 07:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>no surprises really.

toni Elias = HRC's new test mule.

they need a new one now that Hayden is gone...

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The vaunted "pick the rider least like your other riders to test parts" practice.
 
Elias on a full factory kit... hmmm
Who bettter to test for a sprite little man than another sprite little man! Elias won't be the test mule though- Nakano will.

Nakano has the speed and the experience to translate it into development for the bike. Elias will confirm it with his 50kg weight. Pedrosa doesn't have to do lap after lap anymore.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Duc999 @ Oct 2 2008, 08:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Elias on a full factory kit... hmmm
Who bettter to test for a sprite little man than another sprite little man! Elias won't be the test mule though- Nakano will.

Nakano has the speed and the experience to translate it into development for the bike. Elias will confirm it with his 50kg weight. Pedrosa doesn't have to do lap after lap anymore.
When did he start?
 
Honda is going with the 2006 strategy all over again.

Strict team orders and swarming the world champions.

If it works out, Pedrosa should be crowned world champion. He will show up in 2010 to find out the new Honda has been built for Dovi.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mylexicon @ Oct 5 2008, 01:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Honda is going with the 2006 strategy all over again.

Strict team orders and swarming the world champions.

Strict team orders? Based on the way all the Honda riders raced each other throughout the season its hard to imagine that it was all just a show. Have you got some evidence or is this another conspiracy?
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Duc999 @ Oct 2 2008, 02:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Elias on a full factory kit... hmmm
Who bettter to test for a sprite little man than another sprite little man!

Dovi is far more appropriate as a tester mainly because ELias' style is obscure and individual.
 

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