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    It says hes "shed some light" doesn't read that way torn between the two more like?
    He'll go Yamaha who wouldn't sign with the best bike on the grid ATM.
    But respect to him if he stays and gives Suzuki another go its actually shaping up to be a damn good bike.

    Where Maverick Viñales will go for in 2017 has been the one of the hottest topics in the paddock, now the Spaniard has shed some light.

    There’s no doubt that Maverick Viñales is one of the hottest properties in the MotoGP™ World Championship paddock. Since taking the Moto3™ World Championship in 2013 his rise has continued at a rapid pace, spending just a year in Moto2™ before joining the premier class. As soon as Jorge Lorenzo announced his move to Ducati for 2017, the question immediately became who would replace him and at the top of many people’s lists was Maverick Viñales.

    While he didn’t reveal who the other team was, it’s clear that Team Suzuki Ecstar aren’t the only ones after Viñales: “I have two teams that can be at the top. I have one team that gave me the trust when I was in Moto2 and still now I am the reference and can be the reference. Then I have another team that is already there winning so it’s really difficult to make the decision.”

    There’s only one thing a young rider wants to do when they move to MotoGP™: win. But as Viñales is quickly finding out, it’s not always that straight forward: “I came to MotoGP to win. Suzuki in a year have made an incredible step and if we have a perfect weekend we can fight for the podium. This also makes me think a lot and I trust in Davide Brivio a lot, it makes me think. In the test we were perfect and we were second, so this makes me think a lot too. It’s so difficult; honestly I thought it would be easy to say here or here but one day I think here and the next day there!

    “If I think easy, I check the list and see Yamaha first and second but then I start to think with my head, what I need and that changes everything. At the moment I’m between the two, it changes day by day. Everyday I’m more convinced to go with one team but it’s not enough.”

    Even though this is easily the biggest decision of his career, Viñales isn’t about to let it slow him down during the French GP: “When
    I go to the bike it’s another world, I’m out of everything. Also for my team it’s important to know because right now they’re a little nervous. I think about this at home, not here.”
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    Interestin. If MV stays with Suzuki he gets gold stars for development as well as competitiveness. With Yamaha he will get huge pressure.

    Who is Lorenzo replacing?
    Manopausal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by george formby View Post
    Interestin. If MV stays with Suzuki he gets gold stars for development as well as competitiveness. With Yamaha he will get huge pressure.

    Who is Lorenzo replacing?
    Andrea of course

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWST? View Post
    Andrea of course
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    I do like how Crutchlow says it as it is, he must be the grid gossip.

    http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/23008...at-pramac.html


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    Quote Originally Posted by Autech View Post
    I do like how Crutchlow says it as it is, he must be the grid gossip.

    http://m.crash.net/motogp/news/23008...at-pramac.html
    Hasn't he ended on his arse in every race so far ?
    Great at giving opinions on everyone else on the grid tho ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by roogazza View Post
    Hasn't he ended on his arse in every race so far ?
    Great at giving opinions on everyone else on the grid tho huh ?
    He does need to start finishing and accumulating points or his choices for next year might be very limited.

    Crutchlow's opinions were fairly carefully worded (this time), none of those mentioned should take offence. As has already been mentioned Sykes, Rea and Davies are probably considered too old to make the switch. Davies though at least rides for a factory that is in GPs. Van der Mark is younger but he'd want a good ride and not one like Eugene Laverty with a cash strapped team.

    Overnight it was reported that the same source that said Yamaha were interested in Pedrosa, has also said that Honda are not interested in Iannone. It has also been reported that Iannone's stocks at Ducati fell sharply when he took Dovizioso out. He may be another rider with limited options for next year.

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    Scoop!

    The news, published by Nadia Tronchoni of respected Spanish newspaper El Pais (link is external), is that Dani Pedrosa has already agreed terms with Yamaha for 2017 and 2018. Tronchoni – arguably the best journalist in the MotoGP paddock, both extremely knowledgeable and extraordinarily reliable – wrote as fact what Simon Patterson of MCN had reported earlier in the week (link is external). Whereas Patterson's sources had told him only that Pedrosa's switch to Yamaha was being very seriously considered, Tronchoni asserts that the deal is done. Understandably in such a sensitive situation, neither journalist revealed their sources.

    Source: https://motomatters.com/analysis/201..._on_tires.html


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    Pedrosa at Yamaha is a exciting thought. I would love to see what he could do on that bike. Finally get the title he has been close to and possibly deserves?

    Pics for this weekend anyone? Lorenzo looks like a safe(ish) bet. Anybody going to swim against the tide, or just wait until after qualifying?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dadpole View Post
    Pedrosa at Yamaha is a exciting thought. I would love to see what he could do on that bike. Finally get the title he has been close to and possibly deserves?

    Pics for this weekend anyone? Lorenzo looks like a safe(ish) bet. Anybody going to swim against the tide, or just wait until after qualifying?
    Yep. Love to see the lil fella on the tuning forks. Love to see him win a title too. Reckon he's earn't it now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by roogazza View Post
    Hasn't he ended on his arse in every race so far ?
    Great at giving opinions on everyone else on the grid tho ?
    Yes, Crashlow really looks up to the other riders - while lying on the track

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rcktfsh View Post
    Not to forget actually write his own biography.
    really no ghost writer amazing . i read aricle where in small classes ony rider went with using old school push bike

    style brakes on the rims to save weight , that and the 500 rpm power band and how many gears ?

    And treat of life treating sezuire (very brave men )

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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    There both real intresting articles only one point it seems they know think the barry shenne daytona crash

    was more tire rim fault , or was it spining mass effect i forget ? been awhile but it was intresting i

    I read barrys first book , as well ones by duke . phil reads , i find them great reads
    http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/ar...-daytona-fling

    anyone buy the motocourse books i stoped buying just after kevin won for suzuki . might start buying them again

    need read moto gp era version assume scott still editor

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    Quote Originally Posted by actungbaby View Post
    There both real intresting articles only one point it seems they know think the barry shenne daytona crash

    was more tire rim fault , or was it spining mass effect i forget ? been awhile but it was intresting i

    I read barrys first book , as well ones by duke . phil reads , i find them great reads
    http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/ar...-daytona-fling

    anyone buy the motocourse books i stoped buying just after kevin won for suzuki . might start buying them again

    need read moto gp era version assume scott still editor
    i have every motocourse since 1978

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWST? View Post
    i have every motocourse since 1978
    nice i liked peter clifford as editor i know few go about his stlye i prefer him to scott esp his stuff in amc

    i find he doesint give you techical intresting stuff

    my first one was 1984 always wanted to get 83 one with freddys first gp title

    after years moving all over the country i sold them on tm and got riped of guy stuck them on each one more than got for all

    ten or so grrrr greedy p@##

    the 500, where much more intresting , change the gearing pipes , engine bits these days stuck around lap top .

    engines arrive from factory all sealed boring .

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