I think its really poor there are not more factory teams in motogp... i read that Epeletza is happy with 18 riders and wants Kawasaki and Suzuki to have a 'hand me down' team.
Customer teams are not going to win championships and even Barros got a ticking off last season for finishing ahead of Stoner at Mugello which shows how much power the factory teams have.
Realistically theres only a small number of riders who can win the world championship.
Rossi
Lorenzo
Hayden
Pedrosa
Stoner
Melandri
Take Lorenzo out of that and maybe even Melandri in a new team and that leaves 3 or 4 candidates.
Kawasaki and Suzuki need to win races regularly first before i would consider their riders.
Maybe it was a little better a few years ago because we had Gibernau and Barros, Biaggi sometimes on good customer bikes and Melandri who's now gone to Ducati who were capable of winning races.
Customer teams are not going to win championships and even Barros got a ticking off last season for finishing ahead of Stoner at Mugello which shows how much power the factory teams have.
Realistically theres only a small number of riders who can win the world championship.
Rossi
Lorenzo
Hayden
Pedrosa
Stoner
Melandri
Take Lorenzo out of that and maybe even Melandri in a new team and that leaves 3 or 4 candidates.
Kawasaki and Suzuki need to win races regularly first before i would consider their riders.
Maybe it was a little better a few years ago because we had Gibernau and Barros, Biaggi sometimes on good customer bikes and Melandri who's now gone to Ducati who were capable of winning races.
