2010 Predictions

I see Lorenzo and Stoner fighting for the title next year. They seem to have less bike setup problems in comparison to Rossi, who apparently needs to have everything perfectly tuned with those 800 bikes. Spies did extremely well at Valencia, both race and test, so I expect him to be on the podium more than once. I think Melandri will be very competitive if he feels good with the bike (he said it changed a lot since his last races with Honda). Simoncelli should be the best rookie if we don't consider Spies, but he might loose the rookie of the year award if he falls too much.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teomolca @ Nov 12 2009, 08:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>1) Who will win the 2010 title and rest of the podium? Stoner/Rossi/Lorenzo

3) In which place will Spies end? Fifth

3) Biggest surprise? Hayden in 4th - missing out on 3rd by 4 points.

4) Rookie of the year? Spies!

5) Last placed rider? Barbera


My answers (based on Valencia test results and wishful thinking)

1) Pedrosa, Rossi, Stoner
2) 5th
3) Colin Edwards wins a race.
4) Barberá
5) Aoyama

1) Who will win the 2010 title and rest of the podium?

First - Stoner
Second - Rossi
Third - Lorenzo

3) In which place will Spies end?

Somewhere between 4th and 7th.

3) Biggest surprise?

I expect Hayden to be running with the top 5 pretty regularly.

4) Rookie of the year

Spies, no brainer.

5) Last placed rider (not counting the poor soul that ends up on the Inmotec experiment)?

Undecided

1) Who will win the 2010 title and rest of the podium? Stoner/Rossi/Lorenzo

3) In which place will Spies end? Fifth

3) Biggest surprise? Hayden in 4th - missing out on 3rd by 4 points.

4) Rookie of the year? Spies!

5) Last placed rider? Barbera



AND MY ANSWERS ARE:



1) Rossi The Champion, and (Stoner and Lorenzo) will be the 2nd and 3th

2) Spies will finish the championship between 5 and 7

3) The BIGGEST Surprise will be Rossi signing with Ducati for 2011

4) Rookie of the year will be Simocelli or Spies

5) Winner from LAST will be Bautista ( i,m more sure about my answer to this question than to the other questions )

with him coming to MotoGP, he will become the first Motogp rider that i dislike. (only for his crashes and not being good under pressure, but maybe he can turn it arround and delivers a very competetive year and change my idea of him)

1) Who will win the 2010 title and rest of the podium?
Stoner or Rossi.

3) In which place will Spies end?
He will fight with Pedro and probably end up 5th.

3) Biggest surprise?
Rossi buys MV Augusta from HD, and MV Augusta returns to MotoGP 2011

4) Rookie of the year?
Spies

5) Last placed rider?
Espargaro

1) Who will win the 2010 title and rest of the podium?
Rossi, Stoner, Jorge

3) In which place will Spies end?
6th maybe 5th

3) Biggest surprise?
Team Marco

4) Rookie of the year (only the real rookies, semi-rookies Spies and Espargaró don't count)?
Simoncelli (towards mid season)

5) Last placed rider (not counting the poor soul that ends up on the Inmotec experiment)?
MMmmm, thats a toughie!

1. Rossi-Lorenzo-Stoner
2. Spies for 7-th place
3. Edwards scoring better that Spies
4. Simoncelli
5. Bautista

1) Who will win the 2010 title and rest of the podium?
I'm going with JLo for the win. Then Stoner andRossi.

2) In which place will Spies end?
Somewhere from 6th to 4th, depending on how well Peddles and Colin fare.

3) Biggest surprise?
All three 'Mericans will win a race.

4) Rookie of the year (<u>semi-rookies Spies and Espargaró don't count</u>)
Aoyama

5) Last placed rider (not counting the poor soul that ends up on the Inmotec experiment)?
Asparagus

I'll also go out on a limb and predict to see Nicky on the podium semi-regularly in the last half of the season. What the hell, eh?

3) Biggest surprise?
All three 'Mericans will win a race.

Yeah right!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mick.. Rossi.. 46 No1... @ Nov 17 2009, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>3) Biggest surprise?
All three 'Mericans will win a race.

Yeah right!!

Dude, it's supposed to be a SURPRISE, isn't it?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Geonerd @ Nov 17 2009, 05:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Dude, it's supposed to be a SURPRISE, isn't it?



That would be a surprise mate!! Hope your right!

1) Lorenzo, Stoner, Pedrosa (Rossi misses 4 rounds due to injury)
2) 7th
3) De Puniet wins race
4) Spies then Bautista (changed my mind)
5) Aoyama

I'm going for Suzuki to have a good season. Maybe should have put that as biggest surprise.

1) Who will win the 2010 title and rest of the podium? Stoner: Rossi & Lorenzo

3) In which place will Spies end? 7th

3) Biggest surprise? Hayden finally gets through turn one without incident, nah, won't happen.

4) Rookie of the year (only the real rookies, semi-rookies Spies and Espargaró don't count)? Spies (yes, he counts, he's an actual rookie but behaves like a veteran).

5) Last placed rider (not counting the poor soul that ends up on the Inmotec experiment)? Is Tamachi riding this season? If not Espargaro

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teomolca @ Nov 12 2009, 10:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>1) Who will win the 2010 title and rest of the podium?

3) In which place will Spies end?

3) Biggest surprise?

4) Rookie of the year (only the real rookies, semi-rookies Spies and Espargaró don't count)?

5) Last placed rider (not counting the poor soul that ends up on the Inmotec experiment)?

1. Stoner/Rossi with a Pedro/Lorenzo battle for third. After the Rossi v Lorenzo "worst enemy" sook of the year title was won by Rossi I don't think Jorge will get the same package as Rossi next year.

2. 6th actually - he isn't going to get it all his way and I think a new firing order in the Ducati to make it more like a Yamaha will bring Nicki along

3. That Jennifer Hawkins will sleep with me. That would be a hell of a surprise

Apart from that it will not be full of many surprises, the fast guys will go fast, the slow guys will go slowly and Suzuki will be embarrassed yet again.

Actually at the Oz GP Josh Waters was setting better laps on a nearly stock (very low spec anyway) oz SBK than the the gp bikes of Loris and CV. His best race lap was .3 of a second off Loris and nearly identical to the qualifying of CV. The number one surprise for me would be a top 8 for Suzuki

4. Rookie of the year will be Ben, make no mistake, despite the near factory bike he is still a rookie.

5. Last guy will be someone on a Suzuki – I wouldn’t be surprised if the Inmotec entry whips Bautista (who is my choice for last).