<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ninja10 @ Nov 10 2007, 12:24 PM) [snapback]100079[/snapback]<div class='quotemain'>
my real first topic discussion, so sorry if its crap,
but i feel that melandri on the gp8 will proberly win or be close to winning the championship next year, he is what capporossi used to be! kick the man hard and he returns with good positions look a laguna this year! etc etc with a factory bike i think he will fly, or at least give stoner a very good run for his money?
any one go tthe samem idea as me?
It's a good topic ninja. I wouldn't bet against him winning a race or two but that championship might be a long shot. Then again, do any of us really have a clue?
This time 2006 if you'd touted Stoner as the 07 champ on the Ducati, everybody on here, myself included would've told you to wise up? In 2006 Stoner was inconsistent at best. You could've even said he was too wild, too unpredictable, a la Elias and you'd be right there too. But look what happenned. It's true that Marco has been inconsistent and hasn't really recaptured the form he showed in 2005 as runner up to Rossi. Barrymachine put down the champoinship positions in the last three years, 2,4 and 5. I don't think you can take those results at face value. I'd put the 4th down to Bridgestone not being on the case at all in 2006 except for just a few tracks. As for the 5th this year, Bridgestone or not, we all know how good the sattelite Hondas were.
If Marco can keep himself from geting injured, something he hasn't been that good at in the big class, and Ducati/Bridgestone go forward over the winter, then he'll be involved in the race for the title, I don't know who'll win it though
