And yet here you are, breaking a hip going knee down on a couch and bitching online about those who actually race..
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And yet here you are, breaking a hip going knee down on a couch and bitching online about those who actually race..
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We've seen enough injuries over the years from practice sessions that I don't think it's fair to say they mean nothing.
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I've seen enough discussions with you to know you're intelligent and far too sensitive to nuance to be pretending you didn't get the gist of my statement. Any injury resulting from a crash is of consequence. My point, was simply that crashes in practice are very much the norm when riders are working out set-up, but for the most part, in the "big picture", not the deciding factor Re: how many points are gained when racing is done at end of day.
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The Bridgestone had a few problems but are the far superior tire all around. The Michelin’s are creating closer racing because they can’t go the distance and everyone is cruising till the last 10 laps or so. Carmelo made a statement about this being his wish when Michelin came aboard and they obliged .This tells me that racing really doesn’t affect their sales or they wouldn’t want to have their tires being associated with not being able to perform at the maximum for 45 minutes.
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Wouldn't you agree this is also a consequence of limitations on fuel?
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80% of fans don't know or don't care. Those sophisticated enough to be aware of this, are too smart to think they're getting the same compounds used in Moto Gp.
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I am no Rossi fan, but I disagree. Historically basically none even among the greats have still been riding in the premier class at Rossi’s age at all, let alone somewhat competitively. Mick Doohan said years ago staying up for it mentally for the length of time Rossi has is close to impossible. His quality as a rider likely also has something to do with his relative lack of injuries, injuries having finished the careers of many among the greats.
I agree to the extent that it is his choice to be still racing, and hence he should be regarded the same as any other rider, his age having nothing to do with his competitors, and certainly don’t go with subtracting 5 seconds from his race time each race and saying he would have won if he was 25, and the degree to which the focus is still on him currently ahead of other riders, at least one of whom is also an all time great, is excessive imo.
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Not something you would ever do yourself of course
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Heaven forfend!
Was he ex-Ducati WSBK or ex-Ducati MotoGP?
Except that Casey Stoner said that Rossi would be on top without electronics.
I assume you know more than Stoner too (in addition to Furusawa).
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Good post. I'd add that his relative lack of injuries is a product of his extremely low crash rate.
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Link please!
Related to his short time on two-strokes in the premiere class???
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fuel isn't an issue now and hasn't been for awhile. That's all everyone talked about when they were limited to 19 and 20 litres, now they are at 22 and you rarely hear anything about it.
Checked his LinkedIn profile. It only says Ducati Corse. He also worked with the BMW WSBK effort preciously.
https://it.linkedin.com/in/michele-gadda-00668344
He is single handedly credited for making the Pata Yamaha bikes race winners, so I guess he is pretty good at what he does.
He knows more than anyone else. Which is why he is an 18 time AMA champion back when he was “Racing”.
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I hear that a software guy who used to work for Ducati then some yamaha mob, left a programming "easter egg" in the Duc. Software .... to be activated when he ( the programming god ) singlehandedly saved the Yamaha from over 25 losses .... oh wait that didnt happen.
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