You don't honestly believe that do you? Nearly 9 months after Rossi and JB joined Ducati, Ducati roll out the GP12 and you try to claim that Rossi and JB had nothing to do with it. You do know it is the GP12 don't you? You do know that Rossi has a 2 year contract don't you which includes 2011 and 2012?
So based on your opinion Rossi and JB are not developing anything for their contracted time at Ducati. They must be developing for 2013 which to me sounds a little bit bizarre. It also suggest that Ducati can't in 9 months start and finish a chassis from scratch. It also suggests that Ducati hire Rossi for 15 million euro's and JB and team for x million euro's just to ride and set up the bike on race weekends. If this is the case they are getting extremely ripped off and should be looking to break the contract due to failure to deliver and entering a contract under false pretences after all they claimed they could fix it within 80 sec and yet 8 months later a kid who bought his way in to MotoGP is riding the oldest version of GP10 still in existence and betting him in sessions.
Come on Jaz I have far more respect for your opinion then this dribble you are rolling out.
In my view there is no shame in Rossi's failure if it were acknowledged. Rossi and JB have no experience in CF Chassis. The Ducati is a flawed motorcycle. They should both apologies to Stoner and his crew for the comments that they made last and previous years and acknowledge his achievements and I, and no doubt many others would offer them a level of respect again.
Until then I am happy to watch them wallow in their arrogance at the back of the field because at the front there are a whole new group of hero's duking it out week in week out.
This seems more than a little bias, are you trying to convince people that Rossi doesn't deserve his status?
A little small minded and obsessed Stoner fan like it seems. As is what appears to be case across the board on this forum, either Stoner or Rossi seriously pro or seriously anti.
Why is it so? They are both incredible riders. I for one can't wait for another great race between the pair of them.
This makes your view fairly predictable and as in this case certainly juxtaposed to what I would expect from a Mental Anarchist.
From what I've read about the GP11.1, is that it still shares the somewhat ridiculous 'carbon fibre' half-frame of the previous version, which is the source of the problem of the understeer.
The most altered part of the GP11.1, the new rear end, seems to have fixed the rear pumping issues, which if as you say is a result of feedback from Rossi, Jeremy Burgess & Co then this is a big tick for them.
Again if my memory serves me correctly, the hero's at the front of the field are hardly newcomers, with Stoner and Pedrosa now in their 6th year of competition in Motogp.
Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovitsoso now in their 4th year of competition in Motogp. The only relatively new hero's at the front are Ben Spies and Marco Simocelli both in their second season.
Verifying that a statement such as your last one, tells me that you have absolutely no clue of what it takes to compete in Motogp,
I doubt that anyone has time to wallow in arrogance such is the amount of work going in at every level from every team in this sport, being happy for a teams misfortunes is quite a sad way to be if you love this sport.
I think the general consensus at present is that Rossi has made a huge mistake signing with Ducati, but as the story is far from over, its hard to draw such absolute conclusions.
The German round is turning out to be quite interesting, with no real runaway pace setter, and both Yamaha and Honda strong. I believe Marco might actually get his first podium on Sunday.
Hayden seems to also have a good pace, potentially meaning that the other Ducati's may fair better in Qualifying and on race day.
With any luck we might see a real battle between Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Marco and Stoner, as their contrasting styles have great potential to provide a very entertaining race.
The crashes have been quite scary, Stoner's was monumental and he's done well to get back out there and post a competitive series of laps in both sessions.
As has Dani, who would no doubt be very scarred with injury, both physically and mentally.
