what can you say....stoner impressive...rossi slowly gettin there.
The hondas are on fire.
Poor nicky...maybe he just had a bad day???
The hondas are on fire.
Poor nicky...maybe he just had a bad day???
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It is still Stoner's Ducati they are riding (of course with a different setup, especially in the case of Rossi) . They have not yet tested the famous 'flex package' made of revised front CF sub-frame, swingarm and 42mm forks, which was prepared following early indications by Rossi after Valencia.
I don't know that he was using Stoner's settings - remember they had the test riders trying all sorts of new things which had never been done before by Ducati and had found something. I thought much had been said about differences in style etc to Stoner.
The 2010 ducati was an idiosyncratic and imo flawed bike; one rider was able to ride around the problems (to an extent).
If the flaw(s) cannot be fixed by development rossi will ride around it/them as stoner did, and may do a little better as he is a more controlled and less impetuous rider, but he won't win the championship.
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No way he's using Stoner's settings -- he's using his own of course. But the bike is still the same, the major change seems to have been the ditching of the bigger fairing with the funny fins.
Valentino Rossi has
been struck down
by bad flu bug. He's
currently on a drip
in Clinica Mobile. JB
said he might have 2
go back to 2 hotel.
JB said
it was a big shame
Valentino ill
because they are
making some
serious progress
with the bike and
had lots of work
2day
(copy/paste from twitter/birtymotgp)
been struck down
by bad flu bug. He's
currently on a drip
in Clinica Mobile. JB
said he might have 2
go back to 2 hotel.
JB said
it was a big shame
Valentino ill
because they are
making some
serious progress
with the bike and
had lots of work
2day
(copy/paste from twitter/birtymotgp)
Joined Feb 2007
11K Posts | 2K+
Tennessee
Hello, look at Pedro
# 1Pedrosa D.Repsol Honda Team2:00.229
# 2Stoner C.Repsol Honda Team+0.113
# 3Dovizioso A.Repsol Honda Team+0.302
# 4Spies B.Yamaha Factory Racing+0.595
# 5Lorenzo J.Yamaha Factory Racing+0.702
# 6Simoncelli M.San Carlo Honda Gresini+0.931
# 7Edwards C.Monster Yamaha Tech 3+1.509
# 8 T.Yamaha Test Team+1.563
# 9Bautista A.Rizla Suzuki MotoGP+1.921
# 10Hayden N.Ducati Marlboro Team+1.979
# 11Aoyama H.San Carlo Honda Gresini+2.174
I think i know what made Rossi feel ill
Pedrosa is probably trying to lay down a fast lap whilst it is cooler like he did in Sepang 1. There is a lot at stake in the Honda pit pecking order and so far the headlines have not been about him.
Joined Feb 2007
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Not unusual to get sick while globetrotting. Different cultures have different standards of sanitation, water, preparation of food, handling and keeping of food. You get something in your system that is foreign, it doesnt act quite right.
In Rossi's case, he has a case of the ....., like HOLY ....,
Not unusual to get sick while globetrotting. Different cultures have different standards of sanitation, water, preparation of food, handling and keeping of food. You get something in your system that is foreign, it doesnt act quite right.
In Rossi's case, he has a case of the ....., like HOLY ....,DID YOU SEE HOW ....... FAST THOSE HONDA'S ARE
hahahha I do plenty of traveling myself and you would think these guys would know what to avoid with these test being so important, but maybe it's just a bug. I just don't want to see anyone else lose any time, the closer they all get to each other, the better the racing I get to watch.
Doesn't help that dorkna don't even give us good updates. I almost want to start a twitter account just to thank Mathew Birt for all the great info and pictures he's putting out for all us fans. I wonder if we fans could some how pressure the manufacturers and sponsors into making dorkna give us some kind of real coverage, with all the money that's being spent you would think they would be cramming pictures and video down anyone's throat who was even remotely interested.
A few of his fans will get to see the light of day again as they get expelled with force from thy holy arse.
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It is still Stoner's Ducati they are riding (of course with a different setup, especially in the case of Rossi) . They have not yet tested the famous 'flex package' made of revised front CF sub-frame, swingarm and 42mm forks, which was prepared following early indications by Rossi after Valencia.
Are you sure about this? Kropotkin's report seems to suggest they have.
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