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Kesh...someone posted this in the comment section on Crash, not sure I would trust them.
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i just hope we get some good races and no injuries...
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Preziosi is on record that the bikes brought to Sepang are the same specs for both Rossi and Hayden and include the latest chassis and fork modifications. But the same people who may have otherwise said there was discrimination, will now say that Nicky is being used as a test mule for Vale...
Regarding the snowboard or kart race, it all depends on how much you push. Vale's pace was always very relaxed. He was playing around just to please the public. The real first test for his "new" shoulder will be at Sepang.
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Certainly Rossi/Lorenzo, Hayden/Pedrosa was strained, but do you think Stoner/Hayden was a strained working relationship?
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It would be a first if it was. Everybody and every factory team like Hayden. He is a very good rider, isnt a primmadonna, and accepts his role as # 2. Its his lifeline to the sport. Nicky doesnt have to be a nice guy to stay in the sport now, but a few years down the road, the friends he has made will land him seats he may not get if he was just another over the hill diva. What most people like about him, is that these traits come naturally.. He just a good ole boy!
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Nah, more like Dukes of Hazzard intro.
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That was on 2 nights ago.
Not strained, they seemed to get on quite well personally, in regards to 'working relationship' I feel that Nicky was on his own the last two years in regards to improving the bike and making it competitive/more ridable for anyone else bar Stoner, which he did and serious kudos to him as talented others have failed miserably. But now with the best development team ever in the garage adding precise direction on the changes needed, and the factory responding in turn, though certainly more of a finesse (evolution not revolution) rather than a complete overhaul as some were suggesting. It certainly seems as though Ducati always knew the problems existed but didn't know how to solve them, of course no one knows if the changes brought about post Valencia with VR's and JB's feedback will solve the issues yet, but they all seem pretty confident.
So IMO Nicky will start 2011 with a much improved package, including a fairing which wasn't design for jockeys only, revised geometry and front forks, smoother firing order etc. And he seems the happiest he's been for quite a while.....
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I do think the Ducati will be a much more rider friendly package than last year and Hayden does seem to be very positive and happy (but he just about always does). My thoughts are that he will have a better year all round results wise.
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Goatboy my admiration rises for you daily!
It must be tough being Hayden. He is all set to have his best season on 800's, his best since he was champion. But at the same time he must know that he's very unlikely to find significant glory when Rossi is his team mate. You can bet he'll be working as hard as ever though, Nicky strikes me as someone who is still hungry and certainly isn't getting comforatable any time soon
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Hungry? Dude - in the city of Calcutta there are lots of hungry people - and they're mostly sleeping on the sidewalks.
What Nicky needs is some of Lorenzo's iron-willed imperative to not be passed. I love the guy - but this year is gonna
be a repeat of last year. If at the end of 2011 I should have to eat my words - I will be one happy guy.
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All think about how hard will be Nicky's life with Rossi (actually I think he is going to have good races in front of vale or at least at the same level this year), but nobody has a thought for Dovizioso who has a much harder lot than him: he already had Pedrosa and now he has also Stoner, delighted to have found a Honda already sorted out (largely thanks to Dovi's work) and as fast as ever.
All think about how hard will be Nicky's life with Rossi (actually I think he is going to have good races in front of vale or at least at the same level this year), but nobody has a thought for Dovizioso who has a much harder lot than him: he already had Pedrosa and now he has also Stoner, delighted to have found a Honda already sorted out (largely thanks to Dovi's work) and as fast as ever.
Very good point, Dovi does have a difficult position. But it's different because firstly not many people on here are Dovi fans so he doesn't get a lot of attention. And secondly because he is not a rider who has been at the top and is trying to get back to previous form, he is relatively unproven so factory team second rider is a position you would expect him to be in as it is what he's earned.
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All think about how hard will be Nicky's life with Rossi (actually I think he is going to have good races in front of vale or at least at the same level this year), but nobody has a thought for Dovizioso who has a much harder lot than him: he already had Pedrosa and now he has also Stoner, delighted to have found a Honda already sorted out (largely thanks to Dovi's work) and as fast as ever.
Not me. I think Nicky's aspirations are not as great as those of Dovi who at some level is
hoping for a championship in his lifetime.
I think Dovi has performed better than Nicky over the last few years but they aren't far appart, i wouldn't be surprised if Hayden got the edge again. I don't really see Dovi winning a title in motogp, i think he is less likely to be champ than Pedrosa or Spies, let alone the riders who have already won it.
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