WSBK Rd3: Assen

Tom said:

Nothing, he left GP for a reason.

Click to expand...

Austin said:

And that reason was he was blacklisted. If you have time, check out Dennis Noyes' Sympathy for the Devil. I know someone has posted a link to it before, and this is just part three of the three part series. But there's good stuff in there, and it's very well written. I admit that Biaggi was on a downward trajectory by the time he left GPs, but I stand by my belief that the 800s would've really suited him. Agree to disagree, though. You're posts have been pretty bang on this morning, Tom.

Click to expand...

Tom said:

Cheers man. What i am trying to say as far as the Biaggi thing goes is that he left motogp because of what was happening off track. He was burning bridges, getting a rep for being difficult to work with and failing to extract the best from himself in the motogp environment. His issue was not his capability to ride fast, that has never been in doubt. When we first went to 990 motogp there was very little difference in his performance from the 500 days. That is why i believe 800cc bikes would make little difference to his career path, if we hypothesise that he hadn't left GP (i.e. all the off track stuff had gone down differently) then we'd be talking about a fundamentally different man.

Click to expand...