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I think Cal on the factory M1 is (would be) a Championship contender. That's why I'd prefer to see him sit at Tech3 until 2015. He's very good, consistent and has seemingly stopped his 2012 propensity for mistakes and off's. He seems to be able to push hard and extract the most from his current ride. At the beginning of the race when his bike is ill handling, he patiently waits for the bike to come to him and then he makes up ground. I'm taking nothing away from him. He's a great rider.
That being said. The Ducati is an anomaly. If you show me a guy who does best when he's on a very sorted well set up machine, I'll show you a guy who's going to HATE the D16. That guy is Cal. Sprinkle in Cal's penchant for straight talk and criticism....and I see him clashing with Ducati management early on. That won't work out well for either of them.
After Cal's first test on the Ducati, he won't even notice how much fuel is in the tank. Full, emtpy whatever...that's his biggest complaint now! Can you imagine how relieved Nicky and Dovi would be to have a bike that comes good after 6 laps?
