Comes from here:
http://alpinestarsinc.com/mamola-83
Random excerpts:
the championship is all but over...However, we saw at Indianapolis that Valentino Rossi is human
there is pressure on Rossi and it is going to stay on because every single session is a fight between him and Lorenzo. There will be no relenting until the end of the season in what has become a ... for tat battle: ‘anything you can do I can do better’.
James Toseland and Chris Vermeulen – two hugely talented riders, World Champions in their own right, who we should not be saying goodbye to at this stage. Lots of people like to take a pop at the guys who aren’t scoring the top results and I’d like to remind those people of how close this sport is
in this case I don’t think the likes of Álvaro Bautista, Marco Simoncelli or Hector Barberá are going to be any better than the guys we look set to lose. The ideal scenario is for them to come up and join those guys!
Some riders aren’t able to get as much out of the softer tyres as others. A classic example is Alex de Angelis, who showed excellent race pace in practice, couldn’t improve on the softer rubber and then made a desperate start from seventh on the grid, taking Nicky Hayden and Colin Edwards out with an ill-advised lunge in the second turn. That was a real shame by the way because those three guys all had good pace and could have been slinging mud at each other for the whole race.
As for Ben Spies, I would like him to come, you would like to think he wants to come and you would have to think Dorna want him to come too - we know Yamaha do! I know Speed TV in America have started to show same-day broadcasts of his races, which is a sign of his popularity over there, and having been as dominant as he has in WSB, this is the natural step. You read different things in different places but the Yamaha press release leaves any possibility open. As far as I know, the agreement is that if he becomes World Champion he’s most likely to come to MotoGP.
Casey Stoner get your butt back here - we need some more colour at the front of these races!
http://alpinestarsinc.com/mamola-83
Random excerpts:
the championship is all but over...However, we saw at Indianapolis that Valentino Rossi is human
there is pressure on Rossi and it is going to stay on because every single session is a fight between him and Lorenzo. There will be no relenting until the end of the season in what has become a ... for tat battle: ‘anything you can do I can do better’.
James Toseland and Chris Vermeulen – two hugely talented riders, World Champions in their own right, who we should not be saying goodbye to at this stage. Lots of people like to take a pop at the guys who aren’t scoring the top results and I’d like to remind those people of how close this sport is
in this case I don’t think the likes of Álvaro Bautista, Marco Simoncelli or Hector Barberá are going to be any better than the guys we look set to lose. The ideal scenario is for them to come up and join those guys!
Some riders aren’t able to get as much out of the softer tyres as others. A classic example is Alex de Angelis, who showed excellent race pace in practice, couldn’t improve on the softer rubber and then made a desperate start from seventh on the grid, taking Nicky Hayden and Colin Edwards out with an ill-advised lunge in the second turn. That was a real shame by the way because those three guys all had good pace and could have been slinging mud at each other for the whole race.
As for Ben Spies, I would like him to come, you would like to think he wants to come and you would have to think Dorna want him to come too - we know Yamaha do! I know Speed TV in America have started to show same-day broadcasts of his races, which is a sign of his popularity over there, and having been as dominant as he has in WSB, this is the natural step. You read different things in different places but the Yamaha press release leaves any possibility open. As far as I know, the agreement is that if he becomes World Champion he’s most likely to come to MotoGP.
Casey Stoner get your butt back here - we need some more colour at the front of these races!
