Hi J4rn0. I couldnt help being drawn out for a post. Firstly I respect your opinions, but I cant help thinking of Jumkie sitting there and laughing his fat ... off about some of this, especially Krops crying about how Jumkie ruins respectable motogp forums and must therefore be eliminated, or at the very least banned, before we all get depressed.
I absolutely do not believe that Jum should be banned. Nor do I think he ruined this forum. There were a group of people who turned every conversation the same way: MotoGP sucks, and it's rigged. That does not make for a particularly cheerful conversation.
If you think MotoGP sucks, that's fine. Stop watching. The only way MotoGP will change is if people stop watching, and money stops rolling into the coffers of Dorna. Their owners, Bridgepoint and the Canadian pension fund, are in this to make money. If people stop watching, then Dorna will have to change the formula.
Casey Stoner was absolutely right about MotoGP, but he was also misguided. At one of his last races, I can't remember if it was Aragon or Valencia, myself and Dennis Noyes spoke to him about leaving MotoGP. He said it had been ruined by too many electronics, and that had taken all of the fun out of it. He then said that this was all Dorna's fault. We pointed out to Stoner that in fact, Dorna was trying to ban electronics, but Honda - his employer - were preventing this. "That's not what I heard," is what he told us. Despite Nakamoto's public statements that Honda would leave if electronic development was limited. Turned out that was partially a bluff, but nevertheless...
Not that the switch to spec electronics will make that much difference. As the teams running the RC213V-RS have found out, even with spec electronics, setting the bike up is a ...... There are millions of permutations, and getting it right needs lots of time and lots of manpower. It's the same in Moto2, the top teams are always the same. Because they can afford to have data guys who spend all their time going through spreadsheets of data from the 02 sensors, optimizing fueling strategies for every conceivable combination of engine load, gear, throttle opening and bike attitude, in search of perfect combustion. Their endless hours of work mean that their bikes have better throttle response, and are easier to ride on the limit, so their riders always win. The smaller teams have data guys who have other things to do (such as work to earn a wage so they can afford to go racing), and so can't spend the time slogging through the data. The set up of their bikes isn't as good as the top teams, so their riders face an uphill struggle from the start.
Anyway, I'll let you all get back to slagging me off. gui22a will be delighted to hear that I do not intend to do this forever, so he will have to find someone else to hate soon.
