Stoner has accused Rossi of failing to ride the bike to its limits and castigated the multiple world champions and his Australian crew chief Jeremy Burgess for boasting they could produce a Ducati on which "any rider could win."
"They ate their words from day one," Stoner said on Wednesday "Jerry saying that it would take him 80 seconds to fix that bike and that it was a simple issue and now they have had almost two years and have not made any inroads "Valentino obviously doesn't want to push limits and ride a bike that is not perfect, he has admitted that "Obviously he doesn't want to put the effort in with Ducati."
What a pathetic record on the Ducati for Rossi who in his most recent race was eighth and 10 seconds behind teammate Nicky Hayden when he crashed out of the US GP. In a stunning back-flip Rossi is walking away from a reported $A35 million deal at Ducati to take a pay cut to return to Yamaha.
"They ate their words from day one," Stoner said on Wednesday "Jerry saying that it would take him 80 seconds to fix that bike and that it was a simple issue and now they have had almost two years and have not made any inroads "Valentino obviously doesn't want to push limits and ride a bike that is not perfect, he has admitted that "Obviously he doesn't want to put the effort in with Ducati."
What a pathetic record on the Ducati for Rossi who in his most recent race was eighth and 10 seconds behind teammate Nicky Hayden when he crashed out of the US GP. In a stunning back-flip Rossi is walking away from a reported $A35 million deal at Ducati to take a pay cut to return to Yamaha.
