MotoGP 2012

[Robert Taylor]

And the people who fund it are the punters who pay to go to the track or on pay TV. Any time "team orders" see a faster person slow down to let another rider or driver past is a travesty and it plain sucks. It is banned in Formula One because the punters hate it. Why bother to have a race at all?

It's just.plain.wrong.

Actualy its not now banned in F1. I am merely stating what happens, Im not justifying whether it is right or wrong.

[Robert Taylor]

Robert
so your commerical world should be able to control riders to do what the commerical world desire

your sporting morals

so you want to pay people (to bribe) to get the results you want in sport, interesting way of thinking

Who said it was MY commercial world? Im stating the reality of what often happens. If riders dont perform ( as an example ) they get canned, thats commerce. If you do a lousy job building a house, you dont get a good return on it, thats commerce. If you do an excellent job, you get a bigger return, thats commerce. Match fixing occurs in cricket, I dont agree with it, but thats what happens. I wouldnt count on motorcycle sport being immune from some ''controls''. Its because of Honda ( primarily ) that two strokes are being ''retired'', thats Honda very much flexing their muscles because they have a vested interest in half time engines. Thats commerce.
Open your eyes and dont try and twist everything John.

[wayne]

roberts quotes
Heck if I was Nakamoto ( the Japanese Honda team manager / minder ) Id be doing that, even if there had to be a substanial backhander to the Aussie. In case you are not aware this is actually a business at that level.[/QUOTE]

a undercurrent of sport and people thought processes

[carbonhed]

Well that's that then. Good to see Crutchlow getting clear after a good start.

[Robert Taylor]

roberts quotes
Heck if I was Nakamoto ( the Japanese Honda team manager / minder ) Id be doing that, even if there had to be a substanial backhander to the Aussie. In case you are not aware this is actually a business at that level.

a undercurrent of sport and people thought processes[/QUOTE]

And, in the end the guy that handled the pressure of MotoGP best ( Lorenzo ) fully deserved the title. Did you see the disappointment on Nakamotos face? That was very telling. Whether there was a plan we will now never know. But yes, if I had been in Nakomotos shoes there would have been a plan for Dani to finish ahead of Stoner. That is part of the job, to win championships, unless I am very mistaken.

[denill]

Did you see the disappointment on Nakamotos face? That was very telling. Whether there was a plan we will now never know. But yes, if I had been in Nakomotos shoes there would have been a plan for Dani to finish ahead of Stoner. That is part of the job, to win championships, unless I am very mistaken.

You see conspiracies everywhere Robert.....................

[GD66]

Miserable bastard.

[sil3nt]

Another incredibly boring motogp race. Series needs some serious rule changes.

[Kickaha]

Another incredibly boring motogp race. Series needs some serious rule changes.

The races before it were pretty good though

[SPman]

You see conspiracies everywhere Robert.....................

But he's right, though. It's happened in F1 for it's entirety and if Dani had stayed on and ahead of Jorge, it certainly would have been on his mind. Whether Casey would have agreed, however...........no show and shit show, I reckon.

[BMWST?]

i was hoping Casey would hang back and mix it up with dani and Jorge before he pulled the trigger .The look on Nakamotos face was pretty stern alright,but thats understandable they dont invest all that time and effort for fun.Well done Jorge,Well done Casey.I for one think that you have neen a real breath of fresh air in motogp,you bought in a whole new facet(Ducati) into the championship.I for one feel we have lost a great deal with your retirement.Hopefully Valencia will be a ding dong battleall down through the field

[actungbaby]

And he's about to be a deserved Champion once again. It'll match Stoners two titles. Pretty sure Stoner beat him by more than 23 points last year though eh? 90 wasn't it?

I would've thought you of all people could put personalities aside and admire pure skill Robert.

+1

Yep i imagine alot actors probley bit nasty in real life ,or singers for that matter

yeah doesint matter to me i just think guy very smooth rider deserves to win after all they risk alot.

Plust seem to get along well which is a bonus

[roogazza]

I understand the riding for points and Championship bit, but lets hope that Valencia produces a straight fight and close racing now everything is sorted.

Surfer boy from Queensland finally came good in moto2. He was so happy to finally do something in the dry.

[jellywrestler]

If you do a lousy job building a house, you dont get a good return on it, thats commerce.

you declare yourself bankrupt start up another firm then extract money out of the owner to go and fix it up

[Robert Taylor]

you declare yourself bankrupt start up another firm then extract money out of the owner to go and fix it up

Have you been watching ''Cowboy builders'' on the box? Perhaps we could also have ''Cowboy suspension shops''