MotoGP 2014

[pritch]

Gotta say I found that total 863 astounding.
Oh the pain!


http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2014/M...3+Falls+Report

[carbonhed]

Nice interview with Cal Crutclow :-


http://www.crash.net/motogp/intervie...qa_part_1.html

[Crasherfromwayback]

"Obviously they've had Nicky [Hayden] for a long time and on the other side of the garage they've chopped and changed riders a little bit and still it doesn't seem to have worked in the last couple of years. As I think Claudio Domenicali [Ducati CEO] saw in me, I'll come in and give my all. And that's what the team need. They need a rider that'll ride it with square wheels. Try their best on it."

Is he saying that Hayden and those before him haven't been trying? Seems a bit like it...

[Mental Trousers]

That's how I read it mate.

[Crasherfromwayback]

That's how I read it mate.

Well he's fucking kidding himself.

[onearmedbandit]

Well he's fucking kidding himself.

Yeah wtf is with that? Nope of course none of the other riders have been trying their best on it....

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yeah wtf is with that? Nope of course none of the other riders have been trying their best on it....

Lol. You'd have to wonder about the guy eh!? Get real. Like he's the only cunt out there trying right...

[jasonu]

Lol. You'd have to wonder about the guy eh!? Get real. Like he's the only cunt out there trying right...

Funny coincidence the Ferrari F1 boss reciently accused Fernando Alonso of putting in only 80% effort this season when it is clear that the 2013 car is sub standard. Alonso (and prolly all other F1 drivers) doesn't know how to not put in 150% at all times. Wops eh...

[DidJit]

Oh, I dunno if he thinks no-one’s tried before... maybe more like no-one other than Stoner tried to ride it like the thing that it was. I think he has a healthy respect for the other riders’ talents and skills. From Part 2 of that interview:

“Guys I thought were no good before I got here, I was getting hammered by. The competitiveness of MotoGP is without doubt the hardest thing. It is not just about riding the bikes, it's the strength of the riders you are racing against as well.”

Reckon he might just believe he can do what Casey did and ride the Duc like a Duc (rather than battling with it because of the preconceptions of how a GP bike “should” behave). We shall see, won’t we?

In saying that, most would surely agree that Nicky definitely gave it his all during his tenure on the red beast...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Reckon he might just believe he can do what Casey did and ride the Duc like a Duc (rather than battling with it because of the preconceptions of how a GP bike “should” behave). We shall see, won’t we?

In saying that, most would surely agree that Nicky definitely gave it his all during his tenure on the red beast...

I've read he feels he rides like Stoner. I'm yet to see any real hint of that. And yeah...Hayden gave it his all every time he suited up I reckon.

[Bender]

He probably thinks he can sort it in 80 seconds

Wait 'til Bradley Smith has kicked his arse a few times and he'll start to get the picture. I sure hope they can make that thing more competitive, it would be a lot of fun for us all.

[Drew]

I read it to mean, he's prepared to sacrifice himself to try and win.

[carbonhed]

I've read he feels he rides like Stoner. I'm yet to see any real hint of that. And yeah...Hayden gave it his all every time he suited up I reckon.

Don't think Hayden wasn't riding hard but you'd have to be retarded not to button off just a fraction on a pig like the Ducati. I think Dovi got pretty disenchanted fairly rapidly.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I read it to mean, he's prepared to sacrifice himself to try and win.

We'll see once he's bounced himself down the road off it a few dozen times trying.

[Cleve]

I like what he said about Lorenzo.
"Cal Crutchlow:
The way you have to look at Lorenzo is - he was miles ahead of me and Valentino. Miles ahead. You almost have to take him out of the equation. I don't understand how he does it and nor does any other Yamaha rider. No matter who you speak to, even the engineers; they don't really understand why he is so far ahead of us. "