IMO, and it is purely my theory but I wonder if the performances of MM this year thus far have kind of forced the hand in favour of Hayden and the changes.
Reason being is that in all realistic terms it was only really last year where there was such a large unexplainable discrepancy between the two Ducati riders performances. In 2007 it is fair to say that Loris did underperform compared to Stoner but it was the first year of 800cc and he had his own problems, but he did win a race so to me that wasn't a poor year, but 2008 was.
So, whilst many businesses may 'accept' one poor year as an aberration or due to 'unforeseen circumstances', no business woudl accept two poor years that cannot be explained.
It has been said many times that Ducati wanted MM and NH before CS so they obviously rate both of these riders (MM + NH) very highly indeed and one could suspect even higher in some regards to CS (thus whey they wwanted them before CS). In 2008 they got MM and realistically his performances were disgracefully disappointing so Ducati released him and he was picked up by the bike/company said to be the 'worst' in the Paddock in Kawasaki.
In 2009 MM rides a bike and produces outstanding results when compared to his previous year but also the results the bike achieved in 2008, so he shows he has talent.
In 2009 Ducati get their hands on NH who after a difficult year in 2008, albeit with some acceptable results, also find the Ducati a major struggle and is unable to produce any level of 'acceptable' (to NH and Ducati) performance.
So, in consecutive years Ducati have highly rated riders underperforming and as any business should do, now they worry as the consecutive years with different riders would indicate that it is not an aberration but a consistent state of play. Time to change.
Thus they start with the logical component of the team involved which I am sure has some consistency between MM and NH, leaving alone the team of CS for obvious reasons.
From there, the data is imperative as they can compare between the two and see obvious differences and hopefully design and/or improve around that.t
Now it is only a theory but to me, I have no doubt that MM's performances have focussed Ducati to teh fact that riders may not be the major issue and it is time to look elsewhere.
Garry
Reason being is that in all realistic terms it was only really last year where there was such a large unexplainable discrepancy between the two Ducati riders performances. In 2007 it is fair to say that Loris did underperform compared to Stoner but it was the first year of 800cc and he had his own problems, but he did win a race so to me that wasn't a poor year, but 2008 was.
So, whilst many businesses may 'accept' one poor year as an aberration or due to 'unforeseen circumstances', no business woudl accept two poor years that cannot be explained.
It has been said many times that Ducati wanted MM and NH before CS so they obviously rate both of these riders (MM + NH) very highly indeed and one could suspect even higher in some regards to CS (thus whey they wwanted them before CS). In 2008 they got MM and realistically his performances were disgracefully disappointing so Ducati released him and he was picked up by the bike/company said to be the 'worst' in the Paddock in Kawasaki.
In 2009 MM rides a bike and produces outstanding results when compared to his previous year but also the results the bike achieved in 2008, so he shows he has talent.
In 2009 Ducati get their hands on NH who after a difficult year in 2008, albeit with some acceptable results, also find the Ducati a major struggle and is unable to produce any level of 'acceptable' (to NH and Ducati) performance.
So, in consecutive years Ducati have highly rated riders underperforming and as any business should do, now they worry as the consecutive years with different riders would indicate that it is not an aberration but a consistent state of play. Time to change.
Thus they start with the logical component of the team involved which I am sure has some consistency between MM and NH, leaving alone the team of CS for obvious reasons.
From there, the data is imperative as they can compare between the two and see obvious differences and hopefully design and/or improve around that.t
Now it is only a theory but to me, I have no doubt that MM's performances have focussed Ducati to teh fact that riders may not be the major issue and it is time to look elsewhere.
Garry
