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Capirossi tells Casey to cool it

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Capirossi offers advice

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>"When you jump on a Honda you just have to concentrate on the tyre and the setting. When you jump on our bike you have to think about everything. "You have to think about the engine, electronics, suspension, tyres and gearbox. With the Honda you jump on and just work with throttle," .

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No nor do I, but I still can't believe that Ducati signed him as such an erratic youngster, he needs time and LCR where the perfect guys; plus I really think Sete deserved another year, or they could've at least dragged Bayliss back!
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tornado @ Nov 19 2006, 09:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>No nor do I, but I still can't believe that Ducati signed him as such an erratic youngster, he needs time and LCR where the perfect guys; plus I really think Sete deserved another year, or they could've at least dragged Bayliss back!
i think stoner will be fine,i think he was just finding limits this season after all if you dont step over the line how do you no where it is.
as for bayliss ,he,s spoken for and after his disastrous season in motogp i dont think he would want to return from wsb. gibbers is just to fragile now so from a business point of view ,i dont blame ducati for dropping him altho if what i read in mcn is true it does appear that they .... on him.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Nov 19 2006, 05:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i think he was just finding limits this season after all if you dont step over the line how do you no where it is.
yeah but how many times do u have to step over the line? stoner was crashin into the line, not stepin over it. how many times did he crash out of a race last season? 7 or 8 times?! how many times in practice/ qualifying? alot of recked kit i say. honda can afford it. i don't think ducati can.
 
It's not that Ducati can't afford it, it's just they won't want to afford it, especially for someone as crash prone as Casey, although I hope this year he proves me wrong big time, but I think Loris will be a title contender unless he gets injured, again.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tornado @ Nov 19 2006, 06:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>but I think Loris will be a title contender unless he gets injured, again.
we'll have to see if the duc is good from the get go first. but of course that can be said of all them at this point.
 
Didnt Ducati say they made heaps of 800's or engines etc? No wonder they signed Stoner.... He will soon get rid of a few
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Katt @ Nov 19 2006, 11:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I think he will be okay on the Duke .... Anyone know if he's crashed it yet?
He's probably just 'cutting out the risks' as Capirossi told him to...FAT CHANCE. 1st race of 2007 and I bet he'll crash out.
 
Nope to Bayliss, You need to start training a young gun in the team. Loris may only have 2 years tops.
I hoping Stoner will do well, he's not on a Honda so he will be allowed to change the bike setting to suit him. Maybe this is why he kept crashing before...
 
I think Cecchinelli was a great team for Stoner only up to a point. Stoner was a rookie in GP last season with no older and more experienced rider on the team to mentor him. OK Cecchinelli's own experience must have been invaluable, but Ceccinelli wasn't out there with him, riding the same bike in the same conditions. I think working with Loris will help Casey improve no end. Having said that, the Ducati's definitely a completely different beast. It remains to be seen whether Casey can tame it. I say that with the right attitude he can.
 
Ducati are looking past the crashes towards the positive things about Casey. He's young, enormously taleneted, tenacious, and tries 100% all the time. If, and it's a big if, he allows himself to tap into Loris', and the teams' vast experience, he will learn a lot about racing and about himself next year. He has to. Ducati won't keep him if they're telling him to do one thing and he goes out and does the opposite. The actual financial cost of crashing isn't what Ducati are worried about, it's potential results thrown away and that's the wasted investment. On the other hand, if Casey does 'grow up' in 2007 he could be at Ducati for some time. Manufacturers are beginning to realise that building stability within a team is very important and for that reason they won't hold on to him if he screws up. Big year for Stoner, 2007.
 
I still don't understand why Casey had to crash more often than not with his Honda. It's not as if he'd no strength to handle the machine. I don't remember seeing him crash so often in his 250cc days. He's a potentially good rider and hopefully comes 2007, if he didn't crash too often, we'll be seeing him fighting up front with the rest of the pack.
 
He was pretty crash-prone on the smaller bikes too, I think. There's a big maybe over Stoner's performance this year. But if he flunks it I think Ducati will give him more rope than they gave Gibernau an Checa, because he's still got a good decade in him, and they're willing to make a long term investment in a younger rider. Might wanna start thinking about dropping the handmade bit and start carbon fiber faring mass production, though.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (skidmark @ Nov 21 2006, 02:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Ducati are looking past the crashes towards the positive things about Casey. He's young, enormously taleneted, tenacious, and tries 100% all the time. If, and it's a big if, he allows himself to tap into Loris', and the teams' vast experience, he will learn a lot about racing and about himself next year. He has to. Ducati won't keep him if they're telling him to do one thing and he goes out and does the opposite. The actual financial cost of crashing isn't what Ducati are worried about, it's potential results thrown away and that's the wasted investment. On the other hand, if Casey does 'grow up' in 2007 he could be at Ducati for some time. Manufacturers are beginning to realise that building stability within a team is very important and for that reason they won't hold on to him if he screws up. Big year for Stoner, 2007.

Agree. The kid's got talent but needs guidance. Loris is perhaps the most veteran and patient man on the grid to offer this knowledge for Stoner and I think someone at Ducati realized this. I hope it works out.

Bayliss will be busy winning a few more championsips for Ducati in WSBK.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Racejumkie @ Nov 25 2006, 06:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Agree. The kid's got talent but needs guidance. Loris is perhaps the most veteran and patient man on the grid to offer this knowledge for Stoner and I think someone at Ducati realized this. I hope it works out.

Bayliss will be busy winning a few more championsips for Ducati in WSBK.I hope it works out for him too, he has to calm down and be happy just to be in the top five. He must learn to manage himself for entire races, finish 'em all and figure out exactly how to race the front guys which he can't do at the minute. Getting all hot-headed and crashing like he did this year will do him no good and he'll learn nothing.
 
A point about Stoner is that he doesn't listen to advice.. When LC gives him advice, Stoner blanks it away... he likes his own style but he also needs to grow up and be more patient, find a good consistent rhythm and ride home... I remember seeing him so many times pushing the Honda to the limits as his Honda jiggles out of a corner (eg. Portugal).. only to crash during the race... I remember last season in Australia.. he pushed too hard on a cold day and crashed out while leading.. Dani took it home and won! Sure, Stoner has lots of potential, but potential alone doesn't win races or championships. I hope that he will grow up.. I'm tired of seeing him in tears after crashing out of a race.
 

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