IV always liked marco as a rider regardless if he is a WUSS or not I thought he was going to do really good at ducati. Even though i was wrong i take no credit away from his amazing 05 season. I think Austin proved a good point by adding there is no american money for gp racing. So dorna made the smart business decision by choosing him over hopper. I think as of today Hopper is the better rider and hopefully he will end up on a WSBK squad and be competitive not just be at the back of the moto gp grid like he did with kawi. Hopper gained my respect by putting up good results with That piece of .... they call suzuki but lost when he went over to Kawi
Yes to clarify I meant the 800. Loris did very well on the 990 and he won a weird wet/dry race on the 800 but not a big overall success hence him being shown the door. I'm prepared to be wrong about Marco but looking over the class of available riders he should be given a chance to shine. Balancing the rider with the machine is a very delicate decision. Rossi predicted Marco wouldn't meld with the GP8 soley because of the violent power delivery and he was spot on. The Suzuki has no such wicked power (and lacks some as we all know) and the handling has never been a big issue. So that is my basis for wanting him to try. The present riders finished ahead of him consistently all last year. Why couldn't he likewise be a top 5 contender?
^And Hopper made the GSVR so don't blame Suzuki. Look at what they have now with only one year of Loris, a completely new machine with front running potential. They delivered exactly what he ordered in every regard. They can build anything obviously but they have to be given a reasoned perspective for the direction of development. Hopper was injured during much of the crucial development time for Suzuki's project. Kjr was ineffective also. It is germane to watch Yamaha's development of the M1 before and after Rossi's arrival. It parallels what Capirossi is doing for Suzuki.
^And Hopper made the GSVR so don't blame Suzuki. Look at what they have now with only one year of Loris, a completely new machine with front running potential. They delivered exactly what he ordered in every regard. They can build anything obviously but they have to be given a reasoned perspective for the direction of development. Hopper was injured during much of the crucial development time for Suzuki's project. Kjr was ineffective also. It is germane to watch Yamaha's development of the M1 before and after Rossi's arrival. It parallels what Capirossi is doing for Suzuki.
Have to agree with you on this. That old dog Loris showed he's still got some at Sepang. And Suzuki seem to have delivered now that they've got a plan to follow.
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maybe we will see kwak March 1st with the others?
Melandri hopes Kawasaki will join test : http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73315
i hope this comes true cos the more bikes on the grid the better whoever will run the team.
Melandri hopes Kawasaki will join test : http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73315
i hope this comes true cos the more bikes on the grid the better whoever will run the team.
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Kawasaki’s involvement in the new Hayate MotoGP project will be severely reduced by the end of March, MCN has learned.
The Japanese factory will only develop new parts for the Hayate, which is a re-branded factory Kawasaki ZX-RR, until the final winter test session of 2009 in Jerez on March 28/29.
After that, Kawasaki’s only involvement in the Hayate project, which is staffed entirely by former factory Kawasaki staff, will be to carry out maintenance on the engines during the season.
That means the bike Italian Marco Melandri will ride during the Jerez test in Spain will be the bike he will have to campaign for the entire 2009 season, with no new parts being supplied.
Hayate team manager and Melandri’s crew chief Andrea Dosoli told MCN: “We have all the conditions to move forward for 2009. Kawasaki will supply the bike and the spare parts and take care of engine maintenance.
"We will have development until the end of March and then it will stop or be reduced quite a lot.
"For sure the wish of any engineer is to develop the bike during the year but we have some budget reduction and that is the main reason why they suspended their racing activity. But we have enough parts to run for the whole season.
"We just won’t have any updates once Kawasaki scales down its involvement at the end of the month.”
The Hayate team was formed after Kawasaki opted to quit the MotoGP world championship in early January because of the global economic crisis.
It will run Melandri having committed to run only one bike, which has left American John Hopkins out in the cold.
The former factory Suzuki rider though has again been linked with a move to the Stiggy Honda squad in the World Superbike championship.
mcn
The Japanese factory will only develop new parts for the Hayate, which is a re-branded factory Kawasaki ZX-RR, until the final winter test session of 2009 in Jerez on March 28/29.
After that, Kawasaki’s only involvement in the Hayate project, which is staffed entirely by former factory Kawasaki staff, will be to carry out maintenance on the engines during the season.
That means the bike Italian Marco Melandri will ride during the Jerez test in Spain will be the bike he will have to campaign for the entire 2009 season, with no new parts being supplied.
Hayate team manager and Melandri’s crew chief Andrea Dosoli told MCN: “We have all the conditions to move forward for 2009. Kawasaki will supply the bike and the spare parts and take care of engine maintenance.
"We will have development until the end of March and then it will stop or be reduced quite a lot.
"For sure the wish of any engineer is to develop the bike during the year but we have some budget reduction and that is the main reason why they suspended their racing activity. But we have enough parts to run for the whole season.
"We just won’t have any updates once Kawasaki scales down its involvement at the end of the month.”
The Hayate team was formed after Kawasaki opted to quit the MotoGP world championship in early January because of the global economic crisis.
It will run Melandri having committed to run only one bike, which has left American John Hopkins out in the cold.
The former factory Suzuki rider though has again been linked with a move to the Stiggy Honda squad in the World Superbike championship.
mcn
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I am willing to be that if Marco does decent rather better than any other previous kawi rider the factory will help him along with some parts here and there. They won't just scoff at data collected for te season. I would bet they hope he does well so they can sell the idea to the bosses that be at kawi so when moving forward they have a better base to work from.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ROCKGOD01 @ Mar 17 2009, 06:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I am willing to be that if Marco does decent rather better than any other previous kawi rider the factory will help him along with some parts here and there. They won't just scoff at data collected for te season. I would bet they hope he does well so they can sell the idea to the bosses that be at kawi so when moving forward they have a better base to work from.
i agree, i dont think kawasaki will leave the bike and marco to there own devices. If marco rides well and dorna pay towards development i would expect improvments to the bike in the way of new parts through out the season.
i agree, i dont think kawasaki will leave the bike and marco to there own devices. If marco rides well and dorna pay towards development i would expect improvments to the bike in the way of new parts through out the season.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Mar 17 2009, 07:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i agree, i dont think kawasaki will leave the bike and marco to there own devices. If marco rides well and dorna pay towards development i would expect improvments to the bike in the way of new parts through out the season.
i was thinking the same to if he does well kwak may push development but i did read today that after the jerez test kawasaki freeze development for that machine....and no updated parts... kinda sux...but IF he does well like you say they may start pushing the 2009 project
Dosoli told MCN: “We have all the conditions to move forward for 2009. Kawasaki will supply the bike and the spare parts and take care of engine maintenance.
"We will have development until the end of March and then it will stop or be reduced quite a lot.
"For sure the wish of any engineer is to develop the bike during the year but we have some budget reduction and that is the main reason why they suspended their racing activity. But we have enough parts to run for the whole season.
"We just won’t have any updates once Kawasaki scales down its involvement at the end of the month.”
i was thinking the same to if he does well kwak may push development but i did read today that after the jerez test kawasaki freeze development for that machine....and no updated parts... kinda sux...but IF he does well like you say they may start pushing the 2009 project
Dosoli told MCN: “We have all the conditions to move forward for 2009. Kawasaki will supply the bike and the spare parts and take care of engine maintenance.
"We will have development until the end of March and then it will stop or be reduced quite a lot.
"For sure the wish of any engineer is to develop the bike during the year but we have some budget reduction and that is the main reason why they suspended their racing activity. But we have enough parts to run for the whole season.
"We just won’t have any updates once Kawasaki scales down its involvement at the end of the month.”
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ROCKGOD01 @ Mar 17 2009, 07:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I am willing to be that if Marco does decent rather better than any other previous kawi rider the factory will help him along with some parts here and there. They won't just scoff at data collected for te season. I would bet they hope he does well so they can sell the idea to the bosses that be at kawi so when moving forward they have a better base to work from.
http://www.crash.net/MotoGP/News/144719/1/...from_sixth.html
Ha I knew it. If Marco did well then Kawi would save face or at least some and help dev the bike so he doesn't make Kawi look as bad as they do right now.
http://www.crash.net/MotoGP/News/144719/1/...from_sixth.html
Ha I knew it. If Marco did well then Kawi would save face or at least some and help dev the bike so he doesn't make Kawi look as bad as they do right now.
