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Carlo Pernat had some interesting words. http://www.gpone.com...-una-Honda.html
Three punches:
Punch #1
Actually, I'd call it punch 1a & b. Another guy making the point that if Stoner wasn’t on a Honda, Yamaha could very well be on to win the title. Food for thought for those who think Honda is all rave and Yamaha are not on par with it. For all intents and purposes Honda=Yamaha. The only difference in this year's title was the rider.
And punch 1b., for me, the more entertaining but equally true punch--- Pedro didn’t deliver despite having it all his way. Honda put all their egg in Pedro's puny basket, and they screwed themselves.
Punch #2
A sentiment not popular with some fans who misrepresent the description of calling the racing "boring" or "snooze fest" or "unexciting" liking it to some crime against humanity (exaggeration for effect). They fail to distinguish the point being made and think the person describing the racing in such terms must mean they don't understand the nature of the sport (surely Carlo Pernat understands it just a little) or worse and chalk it up to tribalism (my guy isn’t winning so they are just whining). Its not a dig at any one rider; but just maybe, just maybe... the racing is actually uneventful. To those that will retort with, its because we don't appreciate the exquisite talent in which certain riders negotiate the track, I'd say, I get more pleasure from this aspect during practices, which at least they follow said riders around the entire lap. (I personally get very excited during a race, but as it progresses the outcome is a forgone conclusion. And when there is a nice little battle, I find myself frustrated that they jump to the overplayed garage's-reaction-shot just as the maneuver has been executed. )
Punch #3
While watching this weekend’s race, a side note (yeah, after giving props to Stoner, don’t want to get jumped for not being in the moment) was the lackluster and frustrating performance of works Ducati factory. Particularly frustrating to me (bias alert) was seeing Nicky Hayden get swallowed up by a procession of riders at Phillip Island, a place where he's as good as he can be. At first I was able to rationalize when the Hondas came passing by, one by one, but when the Suzuki passed, that was a bit much for me to stomach. It may seem like Nicky was just fading due to lack of will, but riding on the knife edge is what we were watching, and we wouldn't have known until Rossi lost the front on a similar machine, giving confirmation that the edge was very sharp indeed. Now this last punch can provide multiple aspects and talking points. For me in particular, it highlights the continuation of this idea that only one rider's career must survive the Ducati black hole. It speaks again to the tier system of human importance in MotoGP politic--that is, its still stuck in the Ptolemaic view of the universe where Rossi represents Earth. The world standings have both Ducati factory teammates almost carbon copies of eachother, only 7 points apart, and with only one podium each, its a bit hard to argue the disparity of talent among the two men this year on generally similar machines (and this in a season where the updates have been decidedly one way). Which leaves me with a great desire for Ducati to get thier act together, if that means go conventional, the so be it, and get their two very talented riders mixing it up with their true peers at the front. Perhaps Pernat may be in an interesting position to comment on Ducati, since he's managed Loris Capirossi, who is now headed to retirement. We've all been tricked into thinking that we have four manufacture entries with competitive machines, but in reality, its always been about Yamaha and Honda. Perhaps this will improve once the CRT teams start to develop, time will tell.
There are other talking points this third punch provides, sure. Like the lesson of machine parity in the sport, the unsustainable costs by the factories, the spec tire situation and how it effects certain manufactures, etc. Feel free to take a stab at one of them. After all, we are just floating around personal opinions and takes about this sport we here all follow.
Three punches:
Punch #1
Actually, I'd call it punch 1a & b. Another guy making the point that if Stoner wasn’t on a Honda, Yamaha could very well be on to win the title. Food for thought for those who think Honda is all rave and Yamaha are not on par with it. For all intents and purposes Honda=Yamaha. The only difference in this year's title was the rider.
And punch 1b., for me, the more entertaining but equally true punch--- Pedro didn’t deliver despite having it all his way. Honda put all their egg in Pedro's puny basket, and they screwed themselves.
Punch #2
A sentiment not popular with some fans who misrepresent the description of calling the racing "boring" or "snooze fest" or "unexciting" liking it to some crime against humanity (exaggeration for effect). They fail to distinguish the point being made and think the person describing the racing in such terms must mean they don't understand the nature of the sport (surely Carlo Pernat understands it just a little) or worse and chalk it up to tribalism (my guy isn’t winning so they are just whining). Its not a dig at any one rider; but just maybe, just maybe... the racing is actually uneventful. To those that will retort with, its because we don't appreciate the exquisite talent in which certain riders negotiate the track, I'd say, I get more pleasure from this aspect during practices, which at least they follow said riders around the entire lap. (I personally get very excited during a race, but as it progresses the outcome is a forgone conclusion. And when there is a nice little battle, I find myself frustrated that they jump to the overplayed garage's-reaction-shot just as the maneuver has been executed. )
Punch #3
While watching this weekend’s race, a side note (yeah, after giving props to Stoner, don’t want to get jumped for not being in the moment) was the lackluster and frustrating performance of works Ducati factory. Particularly frustrating to me (bias alert) was seeing Nicky Hayden get swallowed up by a procession of riders at Phillip Island, a place where he's as good as he can be. At first I was able to rationalize when the Hondas came passing by, one by one, but when the Suzuki passed, that was a bit much for me to stomach. It may seem like Nicky was just fading due to lack of will, but riding on the knife edge is what we were watching, and we wouldn't have known until Rossi lost the front on a similar machine, giving confirmation that the edge was very sharp indeed. Now this last punch can provide multiple aspects and talking points. For me in particular, it highlights the continuation of this idea that only one rider's career must survive the Ducati black hole. It speaks again to the tier system of human importance in MotoGP politic--that is, its still stuck in the Ptolemaic view of the universe where Rossi represents Earth. The world standings have both Ducati factory teammates almost carbon copies of eachother, only 7 points apart, and with only one podium each, its a bit hard to argue the disparity of talent among the two men this year on generally similar machines (and this in a season where the updates have been decidedly one way). Which leaves me with a great desire for Ducati to get thier act together, if that means go conventional, the so be it, and get their two very talented riders mixing it up with their true peers at the front. Perhaps Pernat may be in an interesting position to comment on Ducati, since he's managed Loris Capirossi, who is now headed to retirement. We've all been tricked into thinking that we have four manufacture entries with competitive machines, but in reality, its always been about Yamaha and Honda. Perhaps this will improve once the CRT teams start to develop, time will tell.
There are other talking points this third punch provides, sure. Like the lesson of machine parity in the sport, the unsustainable costs by the factories, the spec tire situation and how it effects certain manufactures, etc. Feel free to take a stab at one of them. After all, we are just floating around personal opinions and takes about this sport we here all follow.
