Should Ducati sack Hayden?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (gsfan @ May 1 2009, 06:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Also, Marco is making Ducati look pretty bad IMO.
Yup. So true. I spoke with his engineer at Motegi. Apparently they had major tire problems...and got 6th! Livio made a comment that Kallio should be an inspiration to Hayden and Canepa, since it's not only Stoner who can ride. I'm thinking Nicky doesn't have long. Livio is a tough cookie, as Loris will tell.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (clarkjw @ May 1 2009, 07:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Livio made a comment that Kallio should be an inspiration to Hayden and Canepa, since it's not only Stoner who can ride. I'm thinking Nicky doesn't have long. Livio is a tough cookie, as Loris will tell.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74967

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (clarkjw @ May 1 2009, 07:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Nicky hasn't learned to speak Italian
Yeah that's really the reason why you should fire him, they should hire me I speak Italian fluently which is the key to succesful GP racing.


This is just the 3rd race of the year, you ought to give any rider about half a season to judge on what he deserves or doesnt.

And the third of a particularly hard start for Nicky. This is really the only chance he's had to step on the machine in normal conditions. He did okay at the end of the test so maybe he is typically going to bring it up with 10 minutes to go in the final practice. That is what he used to do. His big huge problem is that he needs so much time on the bike to get anything done. That is his history and it will just get harder for him as time becomes scarce with less time to practice.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Apr 26 2009, 09:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>There's already several unconfirmed reports of some shady looking Sicilians loitering around his hotel foyer, and strong rumours of a horses head that's been deposited in his bed.
Send him a wrapped fish!! That SOB!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DRILL @ Apr 26 2009, 09:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I remember aTakahashi punting off a rider in the 500`s a good few years ago,it may have been Monza or hockenheim can`t recall the year though.Family relative?
A chip off the ole' block eh?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teomolca @ May 1 2009, 07:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Yeah that's really the reason why you should fire him, they should hire me I speak Italian fluently which is the key to succesful GP racing.


This is just the 3rd race of the year, you ought to give any rider about half a season to judge on what he deserves or doesnt.
Ok so the first race he has a serious highside at 130mph, gets up and brushes it off for the most part to race the race and finishes. 2nd race some ....... who should be in a lesser series PLOWs into hayden so that was HIS fault I guess? OK whatever! Now people want his walking papers to be signed all of a sudden when the dude barely had a race to race. .... takahashi he should be the one fired not Hayden. At least hayden has a reason to be there other than a token rider.

the guy hasnt shown any speed or potential for the past 2 seasons..... people bagging out honda and pedrosa for haydens woes, but in 2 races dovi has had better results than hayden has had for the last 2 years.... no more excuses for hayden now

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pinky @ May 2 2009, 06:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>but in 2 races dovi has had better results than hayden has had for the last 2 years....
False. Hayden had a number of 4th places last year, including at Jerez. He also had 3 podiums.

well .... in two races he has equalled haydens best finish last year....

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pinky @ May 2 2009, 02:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>well .... in two races he has equalled haydens best finish last year....
Dovi has podiumed this year? Exactly. Dovi's best finish is 5th.

dovi beat hayden last year 174 to 155

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pinky @ May 2 2009, 03:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>dovi beat hayden last year 174 to 155
There's a whole world and a whole history of motorcycle racing out there...try posting on some topic other than Nicky Hayden...see if you can do it.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pinky @ May 2 2009, 02:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>dovi beat hayden last year 174 to 155
Hayden missed 2 races and lost a podium due to mechanical failures. He also developed the bike Dovi is riding.

lol so he developed a bike when honda wouldnt even take his advice? first it was the bike was developed for pedrosa and now its all haydens doing. jeez guys make up your minds.

end of day, honda for the past year was still a great bike and still IS. pedrosa leading the championship halfway thru and running away with the race untill the crash put an end to his season.

look at a 40% fit pedrosa, getting a 1:38 in quali and finishing 3rd on a ...... up tire, prob could of gotten 2nd if not for the dodgy tire....

hayden is the #1 underacheiver in the motogp paddock

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pinky @ May 2 2009, 03:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>lol so he developed a bike when honda wouldnt even take his advice? first it was the bike was developed for pedrosa and now its all haydens doing. jeez guys make up your minds.

end of day, honda for the past year was still a great bike and still IS. pedrosa leading the championship halfway thru and running away with the race untill the crash put an end to his season.

look at a 40% fit pedrosa, getting a 1:38 in quali and finishing 3rd on a ...... up tire, prob could of gotten 2nd if not for the dodgy tire....

hayden is the #1 underacheiver in the motogp paddock
Ok now your not just a .... but a complete ..... If you remember when Fuckdrosa was hurt Hayden Dev'd the bike. Remember when Dani and Puig were talking .... on Nicky because he was doing the dev work since little dani had his issues? Hayden hasn't been the #1 underacheiver it has been Melandri and quite possibly Dani himself. Now if you ask why well Dani had a bike MADE for him and was hailed as the greatest thing since a banned pinky. But he has failed, sucked, got hurt, took it up the ... so he couldn't sit properly on his bike. Whatever the case he hasn't done what he was supposeed to do when they changed the rules just for him and honda.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (clarkjw @ May 2 2009, 03:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Hayden missed 2 races

who cares.. his fault... and he had a factory bike unlike dovi & dovi was a rookie.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Traverser @ Apr 16 2009, 05:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'><object width="425" height="350<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7IU1bzZheWk</param><param name="wmode" value="transparent</param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7IU1bzZheWk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350</embed></object>

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (#27aus @ May 2 2009, 10:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>who cares.. his fault... and he had a factory bike unlike dovi & dovi was a rookie.


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