Jeremy Burgess is back in Australia and was a guest host with Daryl Beatie and Greg Rust on OND HD's coverage of MotoGP last night.
He made come interesting comments;
JB made reference a couple of times to, Lorenzo is now expected to produce results, after being given 'Rossi's bike'.
He said that as far as he knows, the Fiat bikes and the Tech 3 bikes are identical.
He agrees with rule not to allow rookies on to factory bikes, but he said the rule does cause some problems and additional cost for smaller teams. Rookies are more likely to bin bikes, which the smaller teams cannot necessarily afford.
If JB was making the rules, he would change MotoGP to 600cc, but make them basically 600cc with unlimited specs. Moto2 to stay at 600cc with the existing rules. In saying that, he does not agree with changing the regulations. The formula should be set, and then not tampered with.
He confirmed that Rossi has a firm offer from Ferrari to drive F1. If Ferrari can get approval to run a third car, Valentino has a firm offer in place from Ferrari to drive it. JB does not however expect Rossi to go to Ferrari, because his first love is still bikes.
He confirmed that no decision has been made yet about Rossi's replacement, but his preference would be CE.
Was not really an interview, more a discussion with JB being pretty open on lots of topics. He talked about technical details, like the change of forks on the Ducati's, and the process of development that goes on with Yamaha, where different componants are basically tested to destruction in Japan, before they ever come to the MotoGP bikes.
He was very guarded about passing judgement on other teams and other bikes, but was pretty open about Fiat Yamaha. He talked about the wall between the two sides of the garage, but said everyone in the teams still gets on well.
He made come interesting comments;
JB made reference a couple of times to, Lorenzo is now expected to produce results, after being given 'Rossi's bike'.
He said that as far as he knows, the Fiat bikes and the Tech 3 bikes are identical.
He agrees with rule not to allow rookies on to factory bikes, but he said the rule does cause some problems and additional cost for smaller teams. Rookies are more likely to bin bikes, which the smaller teams cannot necessarily afford.
If JB was making the rules, he would change MotoGP to 600cc, but make them basically 600cc with unlimited specs. Moto2 to stay at 600cc with the existing rules. In saying that, he does not agree with changing the regulations. The formula should be set, and then not tampered with.
He confirmed that Rossi has a firm offer from Ferrari to drive F1. If Ferrari can get approval to run a third car, Valentino has a firm offer in place from Ferrari to drive it. JB does not however expect Rossi to go to Ferrari, because his first love is still bikes.
He confirmed that no decision has been made yet about Rossi's replacement, but his preference would be CE.
Was not really an interview, more a discussion with JB being pretty open on lots of topics. He talked about technical details, like the change of forks on the Ducati's, and the process of development that goes on with Yamaha, where different componants are basically tested to destruction in Japan, before they ever come to the MotoGP bikes.
He was very guarded about passing judgement on other teams and other bikes, but was pretty open about Fiat Yamaha. He talked about the wall between the two sides of the garage, but said everyone in the teams still gets on well.
