LIsten to you guys. Alex Barros should be praised by Stoner? Are you nuts! Why don't we just take him to the town and give him a parade. So they guy did well in a race and overall he is a pretty nice person ok. I like Barros but come on he does ok but nothing spectacular. When we have everyone kissing eveyones ... for doing their job it is just crazy. The moto gp world is full of competative people which is the way it should be. Are there some jerks? YES and PEDROSA is the biggest one these days. But I know what your saying about the whole Ducati factory thing not wanting Barros to best Stoner. I have to say if I was the head Honcho at Ducati I would have done the same. The only thing else I would do is to give him better parts to be on the podium more but give him orders to fend off the others so either factory rider can win. Sounds cruel but it is racing and the factory is wanting that all important manufactures title so they can put the adds out with them being number one. Plus consider the effort and money someone like Ducati has to put forth. They are nowwhere near the size of ANY of the Jap companies. So the money they put out MUST have a positive return. It could mean the company in the end. So far Ducati has made huge strides at becoming more focused on quality and image so I have to side with the factory in thier decision to focus on their major investment. I think Barros would agree since he is such an astute business man.
