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Sachsenring predictions, practice, quali

What's up with Stoner, i thought they made improvements in Mugello tests and i'm not seeing much of it.



I hope he can pull his act together and start doing well (better) again, JLo is pushing hard and will catch up quick if this keeps going on.



Everytime he doesn't dominate and risks losing point advantage i can't help but to remember frrikkin' Jerez race. Shakes head to shake off bad vibes



Edit: Silly me, Good for Pedro, i'm happy he's doing well so far, Simo is flying on the Honda and JLo is allso taking off now. Will be a tough top 4, i hope Pedro can keep it up all race.





relax its practice where they are fine tuning race setup. stoner is in and out, unlike simoncelli who just goes out there on long runs to set fast lap times.... i think race results has shown stoners results have been a bit more fruitful than simoncelli's
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It seems that it really boils down to the ability of bringing the (current Bridgestone) tires up to optimal temperature, especially the front one. All bike-rider combinations that can bring enough heat into those Bridgestone tires are fast; all others are way behind. It's not just a problem of the bike, it is the bike-rider combination: Elias is a good rider and he is on a Honda -- but his style doesn't stress the (current Bridgestone) tires enough and even the Honda is slow if its tires cannot get to the right temperature. So Toni looks like a dog, but he is not.



Stoner on the Ducati was able to heat the tires up in just one lap -- this is unparalleled. Rossi can't do the same because he doesn't feel the bike right so he doesn't push -- but this Ducati never feels right on cold tires, so it is a catch-22. The changes they are making to the Ducati are not aimed at correcting a "flawed" bike (Preziosi is not convinced at all that the basic design is flawed) but at allowing Vale to feel confident enough to push -- Preziosi believes that if and when enough heat builds into the tires, the Ducati "magically" transforms into a competitive and good-handling bike. The difference the 1000cc engine makes in the rideability of the Ducati may just be that more torque and power allow for the tires heating a little better and faster.



Yeah... it's just that Rossi and all those other Ducati riders just suck.



Prez won't believe the bike sucks till Rossi gets beat by Dubby on his BMX.
 
Rossi going backward so fast that Preziosi is telling him to line up on the grid facing the other way!





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3 min to go. Hayden is a full second faster than the GP11.46, even Elias is quicker.
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Go Zook!
 
Why the .... is Ducati carrying on with the GP 11.1? It is clearly not working with the 800cc engine so just go back to the GP11 and develop the GP12 with the engine it's designed for, the 1000cc.



I knew when Rossi signed last year he would live to regret it and unfortunately that's looking the case. The Duc is a piece of .... end of story.
 
Looks like Stoner found the set up towards the end. Then blew them away with the soft tyre.



Rossi beats the stand in rider only. What a disaster. Looks to me that the Ducati has broken him as that result from a 9x WC can not be blamed purely on the bike. He was beaten by 4 other Ducatis. Wonder if Ducati still have Melandri's shrink's number? Would not be surprised to hear about the shoulder again.
 
rossi, second last.



Im not his biggest fan but... wow. He doesnt even wave to to the cameras in his pit bay anymore.
 
Looks like Stoner found the set up towards the end. Then blew them away with the soft tyre.



Rossi beats the stand in rider only. What a disaster. Looks to me that the Ducati has broken him as that result from a 9x WC can not be blamed purely on the bike. He was beaten by 4 other Ducatis. Wonder if Ducati still have Melandri's shrink's number? Would not be surprised to hear about the shoulder again.





Lets see what Hayden does on it when he gets it for the next race. It clearly isn't working with the 800cc engine, it never was going to work with that engine so why did the technicians and everyone else at Ducati honestly think it would? I honestly do not understand why they say that Prezioso is a genius, the Duc is not a good bike.
 
Looks like Stoner found the set up towards the end. Then blew them away with the soft tyre.



Rossi beats the stand in rider only. What a disaster. Looks to me that the Ducati has broken him as that result from a 9x WC can not be blamed purely on the bike. He was beaten by 4 other Ducatis. Wonder if Ducati still have Melandri's shrink's number? Would not be surprised to hear about the shoulder again.



I said it last year Rossi is very simillar to Melandri as a rider.



Going to Ducati was a crazy move.



Ducati need to hire Vermulen and Westy ......... the only riders out there that seem to cope with the Agricultural Ducati are Bumpkins, ie. Aussies.



Rossi to WSBK and get Vermi and West fast to help keep Ducati in the series.



If they keep going like this they will go bust.
 
Looks like Stoner found the set up towards the end. Then blew them away with the soft tyre.



Rossi beats the stand in rider only. What a disaster. Looks to me that the Ducati has broken him as that result from a 9x WC can not be blamed purely on the bike. He was beaten by 4 other Ducatis. Wonder if Ducati still have Melandri's shrink's number? Would not be surprised to hear about the shoulder again.



Yes he's broken, maybe he should take four races out to 'recover'.
 

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