Who will win The 2008 MotoGP Series? Version 2:

[denill]

Last year we had a poll - Who will win The 2008 MotoGP Series?
And it resulted in:
Stoner - 43.75%
Rossi - 37.50%
Someone Else - 18.75%

Wonder what it will be now? :rolleyes: Money up or shut up. :banana:

[MIXONE]

Rossi for me.:first:

[Ivan]

Hayden for :first:
If not Hayden then Andrea Divvi
Or Stoner

But most likely Hayden:first:

[MIXONE]

I like to see it not dominated by one rider or one bike type though.
SPK = ducati cup?

[BarryG]

For some reason, Stoner is picking up where he left off.

Could be he's a brilliant talent, honed over a few years of GP's, now completely confident in his abilities and given a bike that is developed and suited to him.

Remind you of someone..........?

Cheers
Barry

[slowpoke]

I'd like to see Rossi come back and win it narrowly after a titanic battle, have everything decided on the last corner of the last race....
....but that kid on the red rocket with ice water in his veins is surely gonna be harder to beat than ever. Not that he seemed to feel any pressure last year, but with the first championship pressure off his shoulders he could very well run away with it again.

[Wingnut]

I just hope its not Lorenzo!!!!!!

[BarryG]

Or Pedrosa !!!

Cheers
Barry

[Nicksta]

I voted Rossi.....
but then I do really like Nickey!!

[gav]

James Toseland!!
No?



OK, Casey Stoner .....
But Colin Edwards will win a race, finally .......

[denill]

Why I voted for Stoner to win in 2008.:first:

"So why is Casey Stoner so much faster than everyone else? It all seems to come down to confidence. Stoner is a very confident young man, as anyone who's ever seen him interviewed will agree. But that confidence needs to be rewarded and reciprocated for Stoner to shine, and that's exactly what happened in 2007. He came to a new team, who treated him like family, and he now trusts them implicitly, knowing that his feedback will be listened to, but perhaps more importantly, that they'll listen to him. He got married to his childhood sweetheart, removing another complication from the equation. He found tires he understood and could trust, so that he could stand the bike on his nose on the brakes, then pitch it into a turn, knowing that he would come out the other side without any nasty surprises. He knows and understands both the power of the bike and the electronics package, so that he is capable of dialing in exactly the right amount of throttle exiting a turn, and then holding the throttle there while the traction control smoothes out the bumps, and not backing off and confusing the electronics, as every instinct in his body is crying out to do.

These factors all came together in 2007 for Casey Stoner, to deliver him an almost perfect season. And so far throughout testing, Mr Perfect has been even better than last year, if anything. At the official IRTA qualifying session in Jerez, Stoner laid out the yardstick, the benchmark the others must measure themselves against, by winning the BMW Z4 on offer in just six laps. Of those six, five were faster than anyone else on track. Casey Stoner really is the man to beat in 2008.

It's Not The Bike

Anyone left doubting that Stoner is the major part of the equation need only take a look at where the other Ducatis are. Throughout the pre-season testing, the phrase most often used to describe the Ducatis was "bookending the timesheets." For while Casey Stoner was consistently the fastest man on the track, the Alice Ducati team of Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli were invariably the slowest, with Stoner's team mate Marco Melandri faring not much better."

[roogazza]

I voted Rossi.....
but then I do really like Nickey!!

The reasons you have like, "I really do like Nickey" I suspect, are the real reasons Bill fancies Stoner for 08 ??
that right Bill ?? :laugh::laugh::laugh:

[denill]

The reasons you have like, "I really do like Nickey" I suspect, are the real reasons Bill fancies Stoner for 08 ??
that right Bill ?? :laugh::laugh::laugh:


Ummm, all I can say to that Gaz is - NO! :Punk:
Cheers
Bill

[Nicksta]

The reasons you have like, "I really do like Nickey" I suspect, are the real reasons Bill fancies Stoner for 08 ??
that right Bill ?? :laugh::laugh::laugh:
lol.. no.. he's a southern boy! and i've always been a sucker for a southern accent! :)

Ummm, all I can say to that Gaz is - NO! :Punk:
Cheers
Bill
ROFL.....

[Matt Bleck]

I reckon it'll be the Lorenzo!

[skypig]

Hard to ever bet against Rossi, but I'm going to. Stoner:done:

My guess
1 Stoner
2 Rossi
3 Hayden

What I'd like
1 Stoner
2 Vermulian
3 West

Both lists have 3 different brands :woohoo:- let the fun begin

Aussie Aussie Aussie :shifty::shifty::shifty:

[Blackflagged]

BarryG

For some reason, Stoner is picking up where he left off.

Could be he's a brilliant talent, honed over a few years of GP's, now completely confident in his abilities and given a bike that is developed and suited to him.

Yes Yes,it possibley could!