<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SuperShinya56 @ Sep 22 2008, 11:26 AM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Make sure to take pictures of Shinya, he is the man in Japan. I predict........Shinya on the podium.
I'm not suggesting he doesn't deserve it, but let's be real.
Repsol control HRC. Dani is on the pneumatic lump. Any magic Bridgestone or Honda parts will end up on Dani's bike first.
Shinya will also have to beat Stoner on a Ducati that has won Motegi 3 years on the trot, Rossi on a Bridgestone shod Yamaha, Hayden who is Fukui's golden boy (too bad Fukui doesn't still run HRC), Capirossi who has won 3 years straight at Motegi, Vemeulen on better factory kit, and Lorenzo on better factory kit (no Bridgestones).
He deserves a decent result, maybe Ezy can get him some 2007's for the race