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It's not a huge surprise, he was hardly setting the world on fire and he had crashed quite a few times
Hopefully someone replaces him, the WSS grid is a bit thin this season.
Hopefully someone replaces him, the WSS grid is a bit thin this season.
The way I read it Triumph was cutting the team numbers. Of course his lackluster results had to have something to do with it as well. He can hardly blame the bike with Chaz Davies putting in some good rides so far this year. Back to DSB for him would be my guess.
well Fiat Yamaha just put an ad in the paper....and ol' Salvo rode for them way back when.
would that be something....get kicked out of WSS from Triump and land a Factory Yamaha ride in GP with Rossi's crew!!!
if he kept his mohawk from 2008....it could have been a strong possibility!!!
would that be something....get kicked out of WSS from Triump and land a Factory Yamaha ride in GP with Rossi's crew!!!
if he kept his mohawk from 2008....it could have been a strong possibility!!!
well Fiat Yamaha just put an ad in the paper....and ol' Salvo rode for them way back when.
would that be something....get kicked out of WSS from Triump and land a Factory Yamaha ride in GP with Rossi's crew!!!
if he kept his mohawk from 2008....it could have been a strong possibility!!!
this would cause a meltdown of epic proportions if it were to happen!!
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DiSalvos bike was 10 kph down on Davies, explain that.
Either way, its bad for him, I expect to see him in DSB soon.
Factory, Ago would have more of a realistic chance than Jason.
Jason has always been a bit of a hot-head. I think his mild criticism of the team rings true b/c he's quite an aerodynamic little person and he can get off a corner just fine so his poor top speed figures do seem to indicate some problems with his crew or the level of support he was given. Realistically, Davies was always going to be the golden boy in the Triumph paddock, besides his passport, he's probably one of the most underrated riders on the planet. I have no idea why he's putzing around in WSS, a SBK outfit should have scooped him up as soon as he was on the market. He's got the build and the skills to be WSBK champ.
Back to Di Salvo, I can only imagine that he will return to the AMA. It's a difficult situation for him though b/c he was already on one of the best bikes in the field for 2009. Granted DSB bikes are at least 20lbs heavier than their WSS counterparts which doesn't really work for his stature. Maybe he has a run in BSB Supersport? He's a 600cc specialist, imo. He needs to run higher performance bikes than DSB.
FX needs to return to AMA competition soooooooo badly. Even if it's not as badass as the old FX, AMA still needs another 600cc class.
Back to Di Salvo, I can only imagine that he will return to the AMA. It's a difficult situation for him though b/c he was already on one of the best bikes in the field for 2009. Granted DSB bikes are at least 20lbs heavier than their WSS counterparts which doesn't really work for his stature. Maybe he has a run in BSB Supersport? He's a 600cc specialist, imo. He needs to run higher performance bikes than DSB.
FX needs to return to AMA competition soooooooo badly. Even if it's not as badass as the old FX, AMA still needs another 600cc class.
Reading in between the lines of the press release that the team issued (http://superbikeplanet.com/2010/Jun/100608a.htm) suggests some bad blood in the whole situation.
Quotes like
"[DiSalvo] did not fulfil his potential in the world series"
coupled with
"DiSalvo's departure comes despite the ParkinGO Triumph BE1 squad enjoying its best season, with the team's other three riders each showing the potential of the Daytona 675"
and lastly the team manager saying "Jason decided to leave the team and am sure he would have eventually done just as well as his teammates, if he had a little bit more faith."
This makes it seem as if his 'hot headedness just might be to blame for the departure.
Furthermore it says they are looking for a replacement, which means cutting the numbers was not Triumph's goal.
Quotes like
"[DiSalvo] did not fulfil his potential in the world series"
coupled with
"DiSalvo's departure comes despite the ParkinGO Triumph BE1 squad enjoying its best season, with the team's other three riders each showing the potential of the Daytona 675"
and lastly the team manager saying "Jason decided to leave the team and am sure he would have eventually done just as well as his teammates, if he had a little bit more faith."
This makes it seem as if his 'hot headedness just might be to blame for the departure.
Furthermore it says they are looking for a replacement, which means cutting the numbers was not Triumph's goal.
Imo, Triumph have admitted guilt. Either that they weren't giving him parts b/c they didn't have them or that his crew and electronics people were not up to snuff and the team wanted him to wait while the A-crew got things sorted on Davies' bike. If DiSalvo had equal support, they'd just come right out with it.
Either way, Jason is in trouble. He bailed on M4 b/c he didn't think he was getting what he needed. I was shocked to see him land a WSS ride, and now he's throwing it away b/c his bike is slow. One way or another he's got to learn the tracks and the bike, it's not like the Triumph is capable of winning races or a championship yet. He's getting on in years, but he needs to chill.
Agreed...look at Roger Hayden. He is getting kicked in the nuts every round because of new tracks to learn, new team to gel with, the smallest budget bike on the grid....but he does it with a smile and is happy to be racing, but he still gives a solid effort becuase he would rather be winning.
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Well yes, but the main reason is he's riding a Kawasaki. Even the big budget ones suck.
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I will be really surprised if they can get that green pos to even improve a few positions next year when they come out with the new ZX. I feel bad for anyone that decides to compete on a Kawasaki superbike. It's like being a Russian soldier being who was sent to the front lines in Stalingrad with no gun, you know you're doomed. Hacking and Simon Andrews(BSB) seemed to be the only guys that could do much with the Kawaskai. The 600's seem to be decent machines, as Joan Lascorz has proven.
I agree they are not much better....but their budget is far from big compared to Ducati, Yamaha, and Honda. the riders are not the best eitehr and that could make a big difference.
The WSS Lascorz bike is pretty good and he is a good rider...so they have the potential.
Ducati allegedly spend the least in WSBK. I think I read somewhere that they run their entire WSBK program for 8m euros which the article claimed was approximately the same price as what the Japanese spend for just the two bike "factory team". I don't know how much truth their was to the article, but I think Kawasaki just legitimately suck at chassis development. The ZX10R is not slow (in fact none of the factory bikes are slow.....hmmmmmmm) so it's probably down to the chassis design and electronics. Using WSBK and the 2008 MotoGP season as an indicator, Kawasaki must suck at chassis design and electronics development.
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Since KHI makes these
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And these
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I figure its not electronics that is holding them back..
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interview with DiSalvo from cyclenews.
http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2010/06/10/jason-disalvo-what-s-next
http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2010/06/10/jason-disalvo-what-s-next
Predictable situation. I still don't know what this means for DiSalvo though. Everything his says is right, and he certainly had justification to walk out if they were giving him tired engines, but it's not like you can count on the guy to be a championship contender if you give him perfect equipment. Tough situation for him b/c even though he is right, imo, he's still going to have to prove to people that he is not a hot-headed prima donna. That might be a bridge too far.
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