You can theorise all you like, please point out the crashes where this was the case. He was actually criticised on here last year for crashing on his own without any "pressure". As many have been saying on here for years the big problem for ducati since 2007 (other than stoner as you would no doubt say) has been tyres, and the difficulty keeping them warm. Most of stoner's crashes came when he backed off or was on cold tyres early, and talpa has recently posted that jb has said he wasn't sure there was much they could do with the current engine on the current tyres; I haven't seen the original.
You seem to be accusing him of being both careless and too careful simultaneously, a hard accusation to answer, and which might be considered prejudicial by some. The reality is that he has been fairly scrupulous about giving other riders room whilst racing, whether or not you like his demeanour, has not caused any other rider to crash in the last 4 seasons and in this one so far, and quick reactions by him have avoided accidents and possible injuries on at least one occasion which I won't mention in deference to talpa's blood pressure. He looked to me at jerez to have made some reaction to rossi's impending off also, if he had stayed on his line he would quite possibly have ridden over rossi, which I don't need to remind anyone has been the cause of most recent bike racing tragedies, albeit at higher speeds.
