<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Eagle088 @ Jun 2 2008, 06:06 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>The logic is sound but if I must explain it in terms that a 6 year old will understand I will. The insinuation was that Nicky was handed the championship because Loris, Sete, and Rossi all were injured mid season. If this was not the point then why bring up the injuries in the first place. However, for this argument to be a valid one Nicky's competitors must have been placed at a disadvantage that Nicky did not suffer from so as to put Nicky on a performance platform that was above everyone else giving him the benefit of the ADVANTAGE. I know I am using more than 2 syllable words so try to stay with me and please refer to the dictionary for any words you do not recognize. So by showing that Rossi and Loris suffered injuries would put them at a DISADVANTAGE. This only works to Nicky's ADVANTAGE if Nicky is also not suffering from injuries. However, the facts show that Nicky had a broken collar bone the entire season and when Dani pulled his wrecking ball move at Estoril (and blamed Nicky for the fall by the way) broke the collar bone in a diferent place again, these facts indicate that Nicky also suffered from injury throughout the season and even more so in the last race of the year where he reclaimed the points lead and took the championship. So if anything Rossi's injury did more of equaling out the equation than give Nicky an advantage. Loris's injuries however were more serious and perhaps gave both Rossi and Nicky and the rest of the field an advantage over Loris. So you may have an argument for Loris' sake but as for Rossi and the rest of the field your argument and claims are null and void.
Well, for what ever reason you wrote that novell it still doesn't show ..... Fact is that Nicky was faster than he ever was and will be, so to suggest that his injuries were IN ANY WAY (I hate shouting but I'll make an exception for you so it might sink in) slowing his pace is more than a little speculative, it's rubbish.
You didn't even notice that I left Rossi out of it. He inflicted the injuries on himself and that's his bad but has little to do with bad luck.
Hayden had consistency and he had a lot of luck that season. His performance before and after have more than proved that he will never be a regular podium finsher let alone race winner on any but the rarest occations. But then again, you need some luck to win the championship and you need consitency and he took very well care of a lot of luck and a lot of consistency.
Happy to see you agree with me regarding Capirossi despite the novel above.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>To clear the record, I had a couple opportunities to test the Honda endurance superbike because the testing needed to get done during race weekends and the test riders had their hands full with other projects beucase of problems Honda was having with their competitiveness in other series. It pays to have friends in good places and I was asked to help out with some testing over a couple weekends. It was a good opportunity for me and I never pass up seat time. Honda was never my employer. It was just an opportunity to help some friends out and have a good time.
I don't know what record that cleard but it sure didn't help your arguments as to how "badly" Hayden were injured and how that reduced his performance.
