MotoGP 2013

[Crasherfromwayback]

So the race department didn't actually want him back...

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Dec/121214z.htm

[BMWST?]

Rossi will be at the pointy end every race,they will only take points of each other so from a purely we want yamaha to win point of view its not the best strategy..you want a dovi there who will take points of the other aliens if they have any problems but probably wont take points of the no 1 rider

[GD66]

...they will only take points of each other so from a purely we want yamaha to win point of view its not the best strategy..

It is a good strategy for manufacturers' points, which is as big an incentive to the Japanese factories if not bigger than the riders' title. For some reason...

[denill]

Rossi will be at the pointy end every race,they will only take points of each other so from a purely we want yamaha to win point of view its not the best strategy..you want a dovi there who will take points of the other aliens if they have any problems but probably wont take points of the no 1 rider

Yeah, I wonder about that too. Two potential number ones could result in neither becoming number one.

Not a good manufacturer's strategy, one would think.

[denill]

It is a good strategy for manufacturers' points, which is as big an incentive to the Japanese factories if not bigger than the riders' title. For some reason...

Do you remember who has won which manufacturers trophy? I don't.

[BMWST?]

Do you remember who has won which manufacturers trophy? I don't.

honda won it last time

[tail_end_charlie]

Yeah, well from the racing dept. pov, they want to win, and Rossi being on the team probably hurts that chance more than it helps. But from an overall marketing pov, his moving back to Yamaha is a huge coup. They will get more publicity and more value out of having Rossi on the team and not winning than not having Rossi and Jorge winning. Just look at this season, there was at least as much if not more interest in seeing Rossi on the Yamaha in the Post-season test than talking to the new WC.

[merv]

honda won it last time

Yep that's what the Jap manufacturers like to do.

[pritch]

Honda won the manufacturers championship basically because Stoner & Pedrosa performed better than Lorenzo & Spies.
Spies had some diabolical luck.

Pedrosa may find his team mate stealing his thunder before the end of next season, and I don't think Lorenzo will follow the dwarf around like he did in the latter stages of this year. 2012 may well turn out to be Pedrosa's best year.

I still wish Honda had signed Rossi.

There are some interesting possibilities, I just hope we are spared a series of processions in 2013.

[puddytat]

There are some interesting possibilities, I just hope we are spared a series of processions in 2013.

Well thank goodness for moto2 & moto3 then
I reckon it'll be a tighter year than last though for motogp....we'll just have to wait & see.

[pritch]

Masao Furusawa predicts problems ahead?


http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104837


If past experience is an indicator the ruckas will likely be kicked off by journalists interviewing their own laptops. Somewhat similar to the recent Twitter message by Stoner which was prompted by a cobbled together collection of old and out of context quotes by a public relations company. And for which, incidentally, Dainese have now apologised.


"Considering the exaggerated echo of an article about the career of Valentino Rossi, we would like to highlight that the words published in the latest issue of the Dainese Legends magazine have been taken out from an old interview and consequently reported out of the original context. We wish to apologize for all the polemic comments that neither Valentino nor Dainese ever wanted to instigate."

[tail_end_charlie]

If Red Bull were able to half as good owning a team in MotoGP as they do in F1, this could be promising. Unfortunately I don't really see who they could buy out. And I don't really see how it would help much if they just bought a team..............now if they build a new team, that could be interesting. Don't know what equipment they would use however, since they have the stupid rules about only 2 factory and 2 satellite bikes per manufacture. If they really want more bikes on the grid, why don't they tell the the factories they can have 4 satellite bikes per?

[Drew]

If Red Bull were able to half as good owning a team in MotoGP as they do in F1, this could be promising. Unfortunately I don't really see who they could buy out. And I don't really see how it would help much if they just bought a team..............now if they build a new team, that could be interesting. Don't know what equipment they would use however, since they have the stupid rules about only 2 factory and 2 satellite bikes per manufacture. If they really want more bikes on the grid, why don't they tell the the factories they can have 4 satellite bikes per?

Suzuki is the obvious choice isn't it?

[tbs]

Suzuki is the obvious choice isn't it?

Yup. That would be sweet.

[tail_end_charlie]

I would think that they would be more concious of finding a manufacture that could win, ie Honda or Yamaha. Though the more I think about it, they might be able to get in with a Suzuki factory team for less than what it would cost to run a Honda/Yamaha satellite team, seeing as it will be a new bike and a rather unknown.

Still, why are there restrictions on how many satellite bikes per manufacture when they are having so much problem getting bikes on the grid? And when did those rules come around?