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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chopperman @ Aug 21 2009, 11:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>yes i do remember and if you care to do some digging back you will see i didn't believe bridgstone and there "we cant supply any more bla bla" bollocks back then. i was right because not only did they supply rossi, they also supplied pedro and bid to be the sole supplier. that was just marketing mumbo jumbo. just look at the free press they got out of that.
I never said they were telling the truth, but they did say they couldn't handle supplying any more team.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chopperman @ Aug 21 2009, 12:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>If that's true then where being robbed and this was yet another stupid rule that was detrimental to our sport. To be honest i cant see that being correct.
and who the .... is Gavin and Nick ?
Absolutely it's true. They still need to make the tires quite competitive but they're no longer in a tire war. There has to be less spent on development, thus allowing them to supply the entire grid. Why else would they say they didn't have the funds to supply more riders after 2007 and then become sole supplier in 2009? Like I said, I'm sure they had the capacity to do so at that time but the costs of doing so would have been astronomical. They don't have to compete with Michelin anymore, all they have to do is continue making tires that can handle the 800s grip needs.
Nick Harris and Gavin (can't remember his last name) are the commentators for MotoGP.com if I'm thinking of the right people.
I never said they were telling the truth, but they did say they couldn't handle supplying any more team.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (chopperman @ Aug 21 2009, 12:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>If that's true then where being robbed and this was yet another stupid rule that was detrimental to our sport. To be honest i cant see that being correct.
and who the .... is Gavin and Nick ?
Absolutely it's true. They still need to make the tires quite competitive but they're no longer in a tire war. There has to be less spent on development, thus allowing them to supply the entire grid. Why else would they say they didn't have the funds to supply more riders after 2007 and then become sole supplier in 2009? Like I said, I'm sure they had the capacity to do so at that time but the costs of doing so would have been astronomical. They don't have to compete with Michelin anymore, all they have to do is continue making tires that can handle the 800s grip needs.
Nick Harris and Gavin (can't remember his last name) are the commentators for MotoGP.com if I'm thinking of the right people.