What Do You Think..?

I think the bridgestone honda team will jump right up to the top of the priority list. But i think bridgestone can handle it all anyway.

As for melandris chances, i reckon he made a good decision and he will get the prefferential treatment he deserves. Plus by changing tires, it will alter his strengths in a race to be different from the other Honda riders, which makes him more likely to beat them.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (VHMP01 @ Jan 22 2007, 04:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Nevertheless, if this is the case, then Bridgestone has to develop for Ducati, Suzuki and Kawasaki first, a least by client antiquity. So I don’t really see Melandri’s point of view, it would kind of be Capirossi, Hopkins and Jaque first. On the other hand, if all their riders are tire developers, Bridgestone is taking it too diverse and this makes it too complicated to develop specific needs.


But that's not how it works, Bridgestone will concentrate on the customers who will most likely win races for them and bring Success, not the ones who have been with them the longest. The only rider I can forsee them putting before Melandri is Capirossi, and they might even put Melandri before him.
As far as strecthing their recourses too think, Bridgestone are a huge tyre company. Bigger than Michelin. I think they can handle it.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tom @ Jan 22 2007, 07:33 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>As for melandris chances, i reckon he made a good decision and he will get the prefferential treatment he deserves. Plus by changing tires, it will alter his strengths in a race to be different from the other Honda riders, which makes him more likely to beat them.

On the flipside, it will also alter his weaknesses, which will give him disadvantages the other Honda riders don't have.
I guess he'll get more personalized attention, but will that outweight the disadvantages of Bridgestone tyres? Let's not forget that for the time being, Michelin is the better rubber. It might be a good move for him, then again I wouldn't be surprised if his results suffer from it either.

Yes, this is of course the risk he takes. When bridgestones are weak, he will be too. I guess he has to hope bridgestone continue to improve at the same rate as they have done before.

I think the season will come down to this: it will depend on how Honda behaves with their two riders. If they continue to give Pedrosa everything on a silver platter, then Pedrosa will have the advantage, as he did in 06. If they continue to treat Hayden as a stepchild, as they did in 06, then he will have a very difficult task. If they don't, then the season will come down to these three riders: Hayden, Pedrosa, Rossi. Rossi will demand better reliability, and I think he will get it, then once on his bike, he will win races, no doubt. As far as the other teams, it seems very unpredictable how they will do. Ducati needed three years to develop a consistently competitive bike, I'm not sure they will do it next year. I hope I'm wrong because its almost twilight for Loris. Suzuki is Suzuki, enough said. Does Kawasaki race MotoGP?

I agree, we can look at time all day long at kid ourselfes, or just realize now that its gonna come down to Rossi, Pedrosa and Hayden. It of course will depend on many things, like bikes, team favoratism (which should favour the stronger rider anyway) and to some extent luck.

I don't doubt that Yamaha will work well this year, and i doubt very much honda will roll out a bad bike. As for their development, i expect them to listen to both riders inputs, but the rider showing themself to be better will get parts first.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Racejumkie @ Jan 22 2007, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>If they continue to give Pedrosa everything on a silver platter, then Pedrosa will have the advantage, as he did in 06. If they continue to treat Hayden as a stepchild, as they did in 06, then he will have a very difficult task. If they don't, then the season will come down to these three riders: Hayden, Pedrosa, Rossi. Rossi will demand better reliability, and I think he will get it, then once on his bike, he will win races, no doubt.
so ur predicting a 04, 05 honda strategy. confusion in which direction to go in. it really gauls me to think this, but i believe honda will concentrate on pedrosa. leaving nick to drift......... i hope i'm wrong.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tom @ Jan 22 2007, 02:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>As for their development, i expect them to listen to both riders inputs
hmmm i hope ur right.

Loris won't have the bike to be a championship contender, The Duke's good, but not good at every track like it needs to be.