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Norah Head
Stoner was being excessively diplomatic ......... to the point that it was obvious it was not him. I don't know whether it is his "sneaky" personality , whether he was setting Rossi up ( for the fail to come ...... especially since Rossi had made the moronic "Casey is not trying" remark ( the diplomacy got even worse after that.)
or
As he had worked for them for4 years and they gave him a "real break " employing him in a factory team, back in 07. He may have had a genuine feeling for the Ducati folk, especally since it is likely he was/is the most knowledgeable person in the world re. whats wrong with the Duc.
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So, are the tires they tested after the last race of the season up untiil now, not the tires for 2012, or is something different coming through the pipeline.
They are more or less the 2012 tires. Bridgestone is now producing those tires over the winter, ready for the 2012 season.
I don't know.I don't understand that either.They have already tested,maybe the biggest change is coming 2013 and forward?
I'm just a stupid ignorant jerk who likes motogp here,but,couldn't they just bring one step softer tires 2012, just a little bit ajusted from the tested 2012 tires.
Instead of ,say medium and hard for a track they bring soft and medium but with some small ajustment.
Just a stupid idea.It's probarbly way more technically complicated than that I suppose.
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Then what is Capirossi yapping about how he will utilize his new superpowers to change the tires for the upcoming season
I don't think so. He certainly didn't say similar things about the 2010 bike, saying that bike repeatedly let go without warning, or error on his part.To be clear, I believe he was saying his physical condition rather than his riding per se wasn't up to it for a significant part of 2009, and his late season results when healthy would seem to back this up.
I am not saying the 2009 bike was easy, even the 2007 bike that rode itself was difficult, but the 2009 bike basically had competititve pace even when he was ill, he was just unable to maintain that pace for full race distance, now pretty clearly due to a physical ailment as he said at the time rather than mental destruction by a near deity. As I have said, he also had zero dnfs on the gp09.
Now that he is on a honda which does not require a high wire/trapeze act to get it through corners he may well consider all the ducati 800 bikes to be flawed by comparison.
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But a picture is worth a thousand words!
You do realize that your going to hell for repeatedly posting this pic, dont you?
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That's got to be a brand protection statement. As bad as the Indie track was supposed to be, there weren't any other brands that had only one rider not pull into the pit, or spend enough time off the track to count for 2 pits. It's more than a coincidence that all those riders pitted and just didn't want to ride the bike anymore. The only reason Hayden went back out and finished the race is because it was in the US.
That's got to be a brand protection statement. As bad as the Indie track was supposed to be, there weren't any other brands that had only one rider not pull into the pit, or spend enough time off the track to count for 2 pits. It's more than a coincidence that all those riders pitted and just didn't want to ride the bike anymore. The only reason Hayden went back out and finished the race is because it was in the US.
I guess Ducati are too trusting. Maybe next time they hire a "GOAT", they will put in a 'pay follows performance' kind of clause!
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You do realize that your going to hell for repeatedly posting this pic, dont you?
Curve's going to Kansas?
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