Lately, there's been a lot of posts that belittle riders so i figured in the spirit of the holidays, we should have a thread that only praises riders' abilities, personalities, and whatnot. please don't start a flame war here =)
anyhoo, i'll go first..Casey Stoner
I've only started watching motogp in 2008, it was the China race where the stands in the back straight was empty lol. I started reading powerslide around the laguna seca race and haven't stopped coming back since. But i remember really well the posts of people talking about how Casey was mentally weak and that he'd rather race the clock than other riders. The hissy fits/tantrums he had were well documented here. For some reason, people tend to focus on the negatives when it comes to Stoner but man, that guy is seriously a talented rider. He's a joy to watch when he's working at his optimum level. He tears up the tracks, he has good passing maneuvers, AND he's mentally strong. One only needs to watch the catalunya race of 2007 to see that Stoner is, in fact, not mentally handicapped. He diced it out with rossi (and to a lesser extent, pedbot) for a good part of that race and came out on top.
this guy is fast on any bike. I watched some of the 2006 races and he was doing REALLY well on the gresini honda. He, along with J.lo, will be bringing motogp into the future in my opinion.
happy holidays everyone
anyhoo, i'll go first..Casey Stoner
I've only started watching motogp in 2008, it was the China race where the stands in the back straight was empty lol. I started reading powerslide around the laguna seca race and haven't stopped coming back since. But i remember really well the posts of people talking about how Casey was mentally weak and that he'd rather race the clock than other riders. The hissy fits/tantrums he had were well documented here. For some reason, people tend to focus on the negatives when it comes to Stoner but man, that guy is seriously a talented rider. He's a joy to watch when he's working at his optimum level. He tears up the tracks, he has good passing maneuvers, AND he's mentally strong. One only needs to watch the catalunya race of 2007 to see that Stoner is, in fact, not mentally handicapped. He diced it out with rossi (and to a lesser extent, pedbot) for a good part of that race and came out on top.
this guy is fast on any bike. I watched some of the 2006 races and he was doing REALLY well on the gresini honda. He, along with J.lo, will be bringing motogp into the future in my opinion.
happy holidays everyone
