MotoGP 2012

[slowpoke]

I reckon. Nothing you or any other top racer wouldn't have done either eh! Move aside MoFo!

Crafar should be fined big time......




........for those fuckin' green and purple leathers! Fuck me, the Nineties were baaaaaaaaaad!

[yod]

Crafar should be fined big time......




........for those fuckin' green and purple leathers! Fuck me, the Nineties were baaaaaaaaaad!

the eighties were worse!!

[pritch]

he was a wildman looked a spaghetti western outlaw , wasn't around for long but a real character and had the motto go as fast and hard as you can !st or last.

In his book Jamie Whitham says that he could see what most the other riders were doing, the top guys were doing the same things as him but were more consistent. There were two riders though that were doing things he couldn't figure out: Giancarlo Felappa and Rossi.

Felappa's career was cut short by head injuries.

In the Motovudu video Crafar says he was dropped from the team because he couldn't get on with the new tyres. The Team manager told him
it was easier to change riders than to change the brand of tyre.

[codgyoleracer]

Ummm, I gather that you're not interested in rumours?

Ianone on a Duke................

[denill]

Ianone on a Duke................

Yeah, that could just work.

[codgyoleracer]

Yeah, that could just work.

I would even pay to see that

[DidJit]

Just fly on over to Mugello — Iannone, Redding and Petrucci have been testing the Desmosedici there.

[Geeen]

Ummm, I gather that you're not interested in rumours?

Dovi in SBK

[tail_end_charlie]

Soooo..........MotoGP 2013

Yamaha factory:
-Jorge Lorenzo
-Valintino Rossi (pending confirmation Aug 15?)

Tech 3:
-Bradley Smith (sounds like Tech 3 will honour the contract
-Andrea Dovizioso??? (maybe moving to WSB??)

Honda factory:
-Dani Pedrosa
-Marc Marquez

San Carlo Honda:
-Alvaro Bautista (anybody know if he had a 1 or 2 year contract??)

LCR Honda:
-Stefan Bradl (contract through 2013)

Ducati Factory:
-Nicky Hayden (contract through 2013)
-Cal Crutchlow????

Ducati satellite:
-Andrea Iannone???
-Scott Redding???

Last I read sounded like both Cardion AB and Pramac are not running Ducati next year (Pramac may be out of it completely) so Ducati will have to convince someone to set up a team to race MotoGP next year equiped with a non-competitive bike. Scott Redding's team (Marc VDS) may be interested in stepping up to MotoGP, but I can't remember where I read that now.

Also:
-If the Ducs don't become competitive next year (2013), might as well drop out and concentrate on WSBK
-That would mean that only Honda and Yamaha (4 bikes), followed by the satellite Honda and Yamaha (4 bikes), followed by CRT a significant distance back.

Taking the above into consideration, Dorna would really need to make a big-ass change to things to keep it interesting. So they could either:
-Ask nicely for the factorys (Honda and Yamaha) to come out with a production racer...........to most likely compete with the CRTs.
-Force the factories to make some concessions on performance (spec ecu, rev limits, ect.) to get the CRTs closer to the factories (but still a suitable amount behind)
-Play nice with Suzuki, BMW and Kawasaki (doubtful to happen) to encourage them to come into into the series (and most likely run an acceptable amount behind Honda and Yamaha)

I halfway feel that Dorna needs to have a big shakeup in MotoGP to try and get everyone to a clean slate. That would piss off Honda and Yamaha to no end, but if it encourages Ducati to stay, and maybe for Suzuki, Kawasaki and BMW to join, then it would probably be a win overall............right?

[onearmedbandit]

Twitter from Cal yesterday, 'passports are getting guys jobs! It's very political. 6 or 7 factory bikes and I'm 5th in championship. Trying my best but we will see...'.

[5150]

Also:
-If the Ducs don't become competitive next year (2013), might as well drop out and concentrate on WSBK
-That would mean that only Honda and Yamaha (4 bikes), followed by the satellite Honda and Yamaha (4 bikes), followed by CRT a significant distance back.

Arent Suzuki joining next year? Also I hear BMW are developing a bike for MotoGP

[rachprice]

Twitter from Cal yesterday, 'passports are getting guys jobs! It's very political. 6 or 7 factory bikes and I'm 5th in championship. Trying my best but we will see...'.

Maybe it's cos people don't rate him as highly as he rates himself

[Crasherfromwayback]

Maybe it's cos people don't rate him as highly as he rates himself

And maybe he should've kept his mouth shut until he'd signed on the dotted!

[tigertim20]

Arent Suzuki joining next year? Also I hear BMW are developing a bike for MotoGP

suzuki have been testing what is allegedly a crossplane moto gp bike, but the last thing I read was that Suzuki were aiming to return in 2014.

[Drew]

suzuki have been testing what is allegedly a crossplane moto gp bike, but the last thing I read was that Suzuki were aiming to return in 2014.

I heard the same as to when.

It's good they are playing it close to the chest, maybe they are working on something good at last. I wonder if it's an inline or a V though?