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    Quote Originally Posted by Mental Trousers View Post
    You can't stay with a team that doesn't have confidence in you. They lack faith in their rider, the rider lacks faith in himself.

    A rider who lacks confidence because his team aren't backing him up is never going to get anywhere no matter what bike he's on.
    Yeah but it wasn't the team that had no confidence in him though mate. Just some suit high up within Yamaha no? And how much confidence do you think the Ducati has given him?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    So when you don't have the factory parts...it's not fair...yet when you do...they're no good right?

    http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Aug/130823-351.htm

    Be careful what you wish for...
    Yeah and nobody is more amused at the situation than Crutchlow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by carbonhed View Post
    Yeah and nobody is more amused at the situation than Crutchlow.
    Think that's the diff between the best (Crutchlow) and the very best of the best (MM, Lorenzo, Pedro, Rossi). They learn to ride around the problem and cope no matter what. Like Stoner on the Ducati. They must rue the day they made him cry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Yeah but it wasn't the team that had no confidence in him though mate. Just some suit high up within Yamaha no? And how much confidence do you think the Ducati has given him?
    Yeah true, it was Yamaha rather than the race team.

    He hasn't recovered his confidence at all from mid-way through last season, especially as he hasn't been fit except for a very short period at Indianapolis. He hasn't really been able to race the thing yet so who knows if the Ducati has had any affect on him.
    Zen wisdom: No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. - obviously had KB in mind when he came up with that gem

    Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mental Trousers View Post
    He hasn't really been able to race the thing yet so who knows if the Ducati has had any affect on him.
    True. But I bet he's ridden it enough to know it was a big mistake!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    Why the fuck he left Yamaha for that pile of shit I'll never know.
    Have you forgotten all the stupid shit things that happened to him-but not JL?
    It's OK to disagree with me. I can't force you to be right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by denill View Post
    Have you forgotten all the stupid shit things that happened to him-but not JL?
    Nup. But that was a combo of plain bad luck and shoddy teamwork by his crew I'd say.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback View Post
    True. But I bet he's ridden it enough to know it was a big mistake!
    Yep.

    I'm guessing that everyone that's there now, Dovi, Spies, Iannone and Hayden and next year Crutchlow are all betting that Audi are going to improve it, and Audi will. But it's not something that happens overnight.

    They've totally changed the management and structure of the team and it's all set up to test and make incremental improvements through out the season. Any big changes to the chassis/engine etc will come, but they need to figure out what to change first. So far they've worked on chassis stiffness and that hasn't made significant improvements so they'll move onto something else.
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    Crutchlow tops FP3. Lots of riders really close. Could be a cracking race. Lorenzo has to put Marquez back in his box... rather him than me

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    Quote Originally Posted by carbonhed View Post
    Crutchlow tops FP3. Lots of riders really close. Could be a cracking race. Lorenzo has to put Marquez back in his box... rather him than me
    Dont forget who won and how he won last year

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWST? View Post
    Dont forget who won and how he won last year

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    Very true. Pedrosa and Lorenzo have to put Marquez back in his box. Could be epic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mental Trousers View Post
    Yep.

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    No way Ducati will get a podium next year unless most of the front runners fall down.

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    Brilliant lap by Crutclow! Bautista's a cunning little sod getting a tow from Marquez and going faster

    Smith less than half a second from pole dicks Rossi... the planet wobbles on it's axis.

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    couldnt figure out why MM didnt do another quick lap lap, he sat up at least twice.

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    So Crutchlow takes pole in a new record time with a gas tank and seat he doesn't like. Imagine how fast he'd go if he had bits he couldn't complain about.

    A seriously odd looking grid. I liked Lorenzo's comment when asked what he thought about Bautista being ahead of him on the grid.
    His answer was to the effect, I'd rather have him in front of me than behind me.
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