As expected, Sic to stay at Gresini on factory equipment

povol · Sep 27, 2011

By Dovi, see you at Tech 3 Yamaha. Edit: maybe not. http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Sep/110926p-qaz.htm

Fausto Gresini is delighted to announce that Marco Simoncelli will once again wear the colors of Team San Carlo Honda Gresini in 2012. The new deal sees the continuation of an all-Italian rider-team project that began last year, when Simoncelli made his debut in the MotoGP class, and has continued with excellent results this season.

Next year promises to be a crucial one in terms of Marco's development, as he looks to consolidate his already blossoming relationship with Team San Carlo Honda Gresini and HRC and establish himself as a frontrunner in MotoGP. As always, the cornerstone of the arrangement is the trust shown in the talent of Simoncelli by HRC, who have offered a factory contract to the rider as well as a factory Honda RC213V machine and all the technical back-up he requires to compete at the very highest level.   

Fausto Gresini:

“I am really happy to announce that Marco will be back with Team San Carlo Honda Gresini in 2012. Over the past two years together we have been able to appreciate Marco's qualities as a rider, as a man and as an extroverted communicator, which made us keen to continue our collaboration. Obviously in order to make this possible we needed a lot of effort from our sponsors, who have shown such belief in this project and I am grateful to them. HRC are going to offer a general level of support that will be very important as well as making a factory RC213V factory available to Marco. Al l this gives us great pride and is a testament to the close relationship we have built with the Japanese factory over fifteen fruitful years of partnership. Marco's huge determination will give us all a lot of motivation ahead of what promises to be an exciting new season.”  

Marco Simoncelli:

“To be wearing the colours of Team San Carlo Honda Gresini for another year and riding a Honda RC213V gives me a lot of satisfaction. To be kept on as part of project that Honda HRC are so supportive of in collaboration with Team San Carlo Honda Gresini gives me a lot of confidence and all the motivation I need to show that I can be amongst the best in MotoGP again. 2012 will be an important season for me and I want to give all those people who have believed in this project plenty to get excited about.”

cliche guevara · Sep 27, 2011

excellent results?! this guy does not deserve a better ride than dovi,he never finished better than him and ...well he's a crasher

motortom · Sep 27, 2011

I'm a Dovi fan, but I can see why they've stuck with Marco, he's not the first crasher to show real potential. If he doesn't mature in the next couple of seasons then he'll fall by the wayside, but I hope he can learn to keep the thing upright. Until that time though I agree that he doesn't deserve a better seat than Dovi, who repeatedly exhibits better racecraft, speed and maturity that should ensure a factory place. These are especially tough times though, so it's easy to understand why Gresini would go for someone who's likely to draw more headlines and interest more sponsors.

Nuts · Sep 27, 2011

Sino will be one of the big winners from going to 1,000cc, but I still don't rate him. Considering he is on a full factory Honda, with full factory support, he has done nothing special.

Dovi is a great guy, and definitely deserves a better ride than Simoncelli, but neither of them will ever be World Champs.

Tech 3 has really had a crap year in 2011 and so has LCR. Regardless of Dovi and Simo, I hope Tech 3 and LCR do better in 2012. LCR is the underdog team that I like to see do well.

I think Bautista to Tech 3 would be a good match, and I would really like to see him have a great year in 2012. The Suzuki is probably no better than the Duc right now, and he has worked his ... off to get some reasonable results, even when the blue monster has tried to kill him.

And credit to him, I've never heard him bag the bike or the team.

BarryMachine · Sep 27, 2011

SImo has a large quantity of "Gung Ho", but as of yet not real obvious riding skill advantage. His weight and size can be an advantage often, and will be for sure on the 1000's, however a smart rider will always have it over him ........... he ain't got big brains

GeePee · Sep 27, 2011

I'm suprised he has full factory support.

Although I do think he will improve and think that this season is a bit like the first season for Lorenzo where he crashed alot. It was followed by a good season. So may be a big year for Super Sic next year.

This to me spells the end of Pedrosa in 2013. Simoncelli to Repsol in 2013 with Stoner.

povol · Sep 27, 2011

GeePee said:
I'm suprised he has full factory support.

Although I do think he will improve and think that this season is a bit like the first season for Lorenzo where he crashed alot. It was followed by a good season. So may be a big year for Super Sic next year.

This to me spells the end of Pedrosa in 2013. Simoncelli to Repsol in 2013 with Stoner.

Marquez

povol · Sep 27, 2011

cliché guevara said:
excellent results?! this guy does not deserve a better ride than dovi,he never finished better than him and ...well he's a crasher

Up until the last 2 races, that was true. If Dovi ever had a chance, {which i doubt since this has been in the works for a while} he killed his chances with the crash at Aragon, and most likely threw away 3rd in the championship. All the ammo Honda needed to combat the many fans who think he is getting shafted

320IDave · Sep 27, 2011

Ok, nothing really new here. We all expected this, didn't we?

Now....someone please get a RC213V ready for him to start testing, it would be awesome to have someone who can be as fast as Stoner (on one or two laps though) (by now) and Simo's size helping develop that RC213V monster in the making....

Andy Roo · Sep 27, 2011

I didn't think they would let him go, I remember Krop's post where he said that the boy is just plain d-u-m-b, but we all agreed he was fast and dumb.

A bad dog flogged in a sack eventually becomes a good dog and the same may apply to Simo - he has the skill and speed, On the days when Casey cannot take it to Lorenzo, Rossi or the other teams lead riders I can hear the Honda team yelling "release the Kraken....I mean... Simoncelli"

Simo of course charges to the front and whilst the crash is inevitable is is also known that he will take out Honda opposition.

Whilst there was a song and dance about him taking out Dani "no motogp championship" Pedrosa who is now known as "Dani, Casey's test mule whoever!" this was all forgiven.

That is why he is back on a factory bike because lets face it, if it were left to Dani this or any other season to get that seemingly elusive championship we would suffer that same withdrawn doe eyed look whilst the test mules manager blamed the other riders for overtaking and racing and going fast and stuff.

The mid season Spanish oestrus has been forgotten, some people have worked out that Dani may have actually been in the wrong place as much as Simo was and Simo is exciting (Dani isn't). Neither of them will win a championship but the exciting one isn't really harbouring the delusion yet, nor does he have an outspoken pain in the arse manager that everybody avoids if they see him coming in time, alternately wincing heavily if they don't.

The one who does harbour that delusion is about as exciting as a caravan site.

Honda have made the right decision. I do wonder how much that other recent employee of Honda (the Italian chap who chain smokes) had to do with this?

320IDave · Sep 27, 2011

Andy Roo said:
I didn't think they would let him go, I remember Krop's post where he said that the boy is just plain d-u-m-b, but we all agreed he was fast and dumb.

A bad dog flogged in a sack eventually becomes a good dog and the same may apply to Simo - he has the skill and speed, On the days when Casey cannot take it to Lorenzo, Rossi or the other teams lead riders I can hear the Honda team yelling "release the Kraken....I mean... Simoncelli"

Simo of course charges to the front and whilst the crash is inevitable is is also known that he will take out Honda opposition.

Whilst there was a song and dance about him taking out Dani "no motogp championship" Pedrosa who is now known as "Dani, Casey's test mule whoever!" this was all forgiven.

That is why he is back on a factory bike because lets face it, if it were left to Dani this or any other season to get that seemingly elusive championship we would suffer that same withdrawn doe eyed look whilst the test mules manager blamed the other riders for overtaking and racing and going fast and stuff.

The mid season Spanish oestrus has been forgotten, some people have worked out that Dani may have actually been in the wrong place as much as Simo was and Simo is exciting (Dani isn't). Neither of them will win a championship but the exciting one isn't really harbouring the delusion yet, nor does he have an outspoken pain in the arse manager that everybody avoids if they see him coming in time, alternately wincing heavily if they don't.

The one who does harbour that delusion is about as exciting as a caravan site.

Honda have made the right decision. I do wonder how much that other recent employee of Honda (the Italian chap who chain smokes) had to do with this?

Anyone with 2 eyes, half a brain & capable of leaving his heart out of it knows the truth about that incident, simo isn't to blame anymore than Dani is....was it Dani's fault? no, they could of both avoided it but none of them did so....

Punishment was also out of place, he didn't (Simo) deserve what he got.

Geonerd · Sep 28, 2011

Andy Roo said:
I didn't think they would let him go, I remember Krop's post where he said that the boy is just plain d-u-m-b, but we all agreed he was fast and dumb.

A bad dog flogged in a sack eventually becomes a good dog and the same may apply to Simo - he has the skill and speed, On the days when Casey cannot take it to Lorenzo, Rossi or the other teams lead riders I can hear the Honda team yelling "release the Kraken....I mean... Simoncelli"

Simo of course charges to the front and whilst the crash is inevitable is is also known that he will take out Honda opposition.

Whilst there was a song and dance about him taking out Dani "no motogp championship" Pedrosa who is now known as "Dani, Casey's test mule whoever!" this was all forgiven.

That is why he is back on a factory bike because lets face it, if it were left to Dani this or any other season to get that seemingly elusive championship we would suffer that same withdrawn doe eyed look whilst the test mules manager blamed the other riders for overtaking and racing and going fast and stuff.

The mid season Spanish oestrus has been forgotten, some people have worked out that Dani may have actually been in the wrong place as much as Simo was and Simo is exciting (Dani isn't). Neither of them will win a championship but the exciting one isn't really harbouring the delusion yet, nor does he have an outspoken pain in the arse manager that everybody avoids if they see him coming in time, alternately wincing heavily if they don't.

The one who does harbour that delusion is about as exciting as a caravan site.

Honda have made the right decision. I do wonder how much that other recent employee of Honda (the Italian chap who chain smokes) had to do with this?

Good question, Roo. Perhaps Krop can ask the Smoking Man a few questions?

(Great portrait at http://www.flickr.co...19618/lightbox/ )

I can't quite fathom Honda replacing Peddles with Sasquatch in 2013. (That IS where your post is headed?) Marquez perhaps, but not yet/ever the erratic Simo. Or perhaps you're onto something, and the (inevitable) political backlash will be irresistible, regardless of who is the better rider. That's the problem with hitching your wagon so securely to a single horse(es ...) like Puig. When the old nag is finally retired to the glue factory, you're likely to be dragged along for the ride.

Edit - If you liked the Suppo portrait above, follow up on the photographer's excellent MotoGp work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/popmonkey/

michaelm · Sep 28, 2011

Geonerd said:
Good question, Roo. Perhaps Krop can ask the Smoking Man a few questions?

(Great portrait at http://www.flickr.co...19618/lightbox/ )

I can't quite fathom Honda replacing Peddles with Sasquatch in 2013. (That IS where your post is headed?) Marquez perhaps, but not yet/ever the erratic Simo. Or perhaps you're onto something, and the (inevitable) political backlash will be irresistible, regardless of who is the better rider. That's the problem with hitching your wagon so securely to a single horse(es ...) like Puig. When the old nag is finally retired to the glue factory, you're likely to be dragged along for the ride.

Edit - If you liked the Suppo portrait above, follow up on the photographer's excellent MotoGp work at http://www.flickr.co...otos/popmonkey/

Simoncelli is also not Spanish.

lil red rocket pilot · Sep 28, 2011

cliché guevara said:
excellent results?! this guy does not deserve a better ride than dovi,he never finished better than him and ...well he's a crasher

I seem to remember Horgay been a bit of a crasher to begin with. Didn't stop him getting a WC.

I hope for good things to come from Sideshow next year

Amit · Oct 1, 2011

Honda already have 2(Plus upcoming moto2 rider) out of 4 said aliens, even so 1 competitor is going in other direction.. Basically they don't need anyone else to keep the championship in their hand for next year. All they need is someone who gets more publicity for them from the business point of view if they were to spend money on someone who isn't going to win the championship.

Again it could actually be good for Dovi, if he could keep the nearly same pace on next year's ride(I'm pretty sure he will get decent enough bike). I believe he will be more acknowledged and appreciated in other team for coming in positions which he is now(said aliens kind of take his little limelight).

Edit: Plus as Andy says, it better to keep the fierce Horse under controlled(on the same side)

eltoro · Oct 1, 2011

No word on Aoyama's status next year yet? I assume he's as good as gone because I doubt that Gresini is satisfied with his results. Who is rumored to be in the running for the second seat at Gresini?

bluegreen · Oct 2, 2011

Sic beat Dovi fair and square tonight. Actually stalked for a while and waited for Dovi to mess up. Shows improvement?

Andy Roo · Oct 2, 2011

Marquez will replace Dani, Simo will be on a satellite factory bike, Dani will be on the second Suzuki or Ducati after Rossi retires and the Ducati team swear to never get another Italian rider again ever!

Tom · Oct 3, 2011

eltoro said:
No word on Aoyama's status next year yet? I assume he's as good as gone because I doubt that Gresini is satisfied with his results. Who is rumored to be in the running for the second seat at Gresini?

I heard he is being given the choice between staying with Gresini and running a CRT bike from that team, or going to WSBK on the new fireblade alongside JR.

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