Aoyama won the champioship with 261 points and 4 wins, the next Honda rider finished 6th with 122 points. Aoyama was the best rider in the 250cc class that year.
Aoyama won the champioship with 261 points and 4 wins, the next Honda rider finished 6th with 122 points. Aoyama was the best rider in the 250cc class that year.
Joined Mar 2005
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Woody Creek
I don't think De Rosa is in the same class as Aoyama. But like I said in my initial post, nothing to take anything away from Aoyama. But he was on a competitive package that season, which hadn't been the case for Honda for a number of years.
Joined Apr 2011
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Pangea
Well as much as i wasn't thrilled by Aoyamas ride because i like the guy, its nice to be reminded amongst all the critisism (especially around here) just how much difference the rider makes in bike racing. He was riding the best bike on the grid and Lorenzo passed him like he was on Marquez's moto2.
Was it actually Dani's bike? With one of Dani's engines? And the effort behind Dani? Or was it a Repsol/Factory Honda promotion exercise? As was the case, sort of, with Rossi's Japanese replacement last season......JB gave a few token tweaking gestures for Yamaha
If it was the former then Hiroshi would be seriously disappointed, it also brings up the question of the Gresini 'Factory' Honda only for Sic, are they both on the same machine in that pit? One would conclude after last weekend that they might be.....potentially making it '5' factory Hondas on the grid. Now that's a lot of feedback.....
Was it actually Dani's bike? With one of Dani's engines? And the effort behind Dani? Or was it a Repsol/Factory Honda promotion exercise? As was the case, sort of, with Rossi's Japanese replacement last season......JB gave a few token tweaking gestures for Yamaha
If it was the former then Hiroshi would be seriously disappointed, it also brings up the question of the Gresini 'Factory' Honda only for Sic, are they both on the same machine in that pit? One would conclude after last weekend that they might be.....potentially making it '5' factory Hondas on the grid. Now that's a lot of feedback.....
I'm pretty sure it was Dani's bike, he has to use Dani's engines and all that.
As for Hiro's normal bike, it isn't what the factory guys have at all. You can see the different air vent on the front and it doesn't have the fancy transmission as far as i know. I wouldn't like to guess what chassis spec he's using as Honda had so many last year, but Elias recently got a 2011 chassis so i would assume that Hiro at least has acccess to one if he wanted it
Aoyama was unlucky there was rain on friday and in the warm up as well. He got little dry running before the race.
