Needle matches, grudges, enmity, vendettas, revenge: MotoGP looks classic this year
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From: Julian Bond on 16 Jan 2010 17:31 Mark N <menusbaumNYETSPAM(a)earthlink.net> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:29:11 >Does Ben have a ride? I've only seen rumors about that, reported >MCN-style. http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=39127 >Moto2 is really the only positive development >But the fact that there is no American presence Confirmed Promoracing Kenny Noyes Harris >Ducati dominance in WSB will be a wet blanket over the the more >detailed stories under that. You think Haga and Fabrizio are going to dominate WSB this year? I don't. I'm sure they'll both be in the front group but "dominate"? The Ducati was starting to look slow on top speed last year and I think this will get worse as Yamaha and Honda match Aprilia's top speed. >IndyStill, they're shipping in all three classes, so it's more costly >that it is for Laguna. Who do you think pays the extra? Is the cost to the circuit greater than say, Jerez or Sepang? >I still don't think a world championship race can be truly successful >in the US if the perception is that it's really a European championship >and capable Americans are largely excluded. Who are these capable Americans? I have trouble thinking of anyone who deserves a ride in 125, Moto2 or MotoGP who isn't already there. >And then there's Hopper >perhaps the 2nd-highest salary there Citation required. > to having to ride a support bike in the dying AMA series in America, >due to some extent to his mistakes but much more to the economy, his >passport and bad luck. Guys like Hopkins and Hacking >(http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2010/Jan/100108-92-interview.htm) are >the posterchildren of these times to me. Hopkins probably peaked in his last year at Suzuki. He's made some *bad* mistakes and been seriously injured since then. I really don't think it's got anything to do with his passport. -- Julian Bond E&MSN: julian_bond at voidstar.com M: +44 (0)77 5907 2173 Webmaster: http://www.ecademy.com/ T: +44 (0)192 0412 433 Personal WebLog: http://www.voidstar.com/ skype:julian.bond?chat Grade A Ultra Pasteurised
From: Julian Bond on 17 Jan 2010 17:49 Mark N <menusbaumNYETSPAM(a)earthlink.net> Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:30:00 >I don't think that's true at all, and it betrays your pro-European, >anti-American bias, whether conscious or not. Dorna moved in and saved >one Kawasaki ride last year and that was Melandri's, which I think was >quite intentional and based on his nationality more than anything else. And I think you're forgetting the repeated injuries and the failure to turn up one Friday. Damaged goods, and not just through falling off badly and repeatedly. Then when he goes to WSB he doesn't impress with his speed and then falls off again. Why should anyone think he can be fast again, and why shouldn't they think that he might just screw up again. Smacks of Gobert or Russell and there's no place for that stuff at the highest level any more, if there ever was. -- Julian Bond E&MSN: julian_bond at voidstar.com M: +44 (0)77 5907 2173 Webmaster: http://www.ecademy.com/ T: +44 (0)192 0412 433 Personal WebLog: http://www.voidstar.com/ skype:julian.bond?chat The Power To Kill Twice As Many Fleas
From: Julian Bond on 17 Jan 2010 17:56 Mark N <menusbaumNYETSPAM(a)earthlink.net> Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:30:00 >Overall, I just don't see a Ducati-beater in the field. Really. And there was me looking forwards to a Haga, Fabrizio, Toseland, Crutchlow, Rea, Haslam[1], Biaggi slugfest. With Camier, Vermeulen, Corser, Checa, Byrne one step behind them. And of course Xaus falling off spectacularly every other weekend. Maybe none of them will be as fast as Spies was last year, but the racing will be better for it. Hmmm. Crutchlow, Rea, Haslam, Byrne all trying to prove they're better than Toseland. That should be fun. -- Julian Bond E&MSN: julian_bond at voidstar.com M: +44 (0)77 5907 2173 Webmaster: http://www.ecademy.com/ T: +44 (0)192 0412 433 Personal WebLog: http://www.voidstar.com/ skype:julian.bond?chat The Power To Kill Twice As Many Fleas
From: Julian Bond on 18 Jan 2010 14:24
Mark N <menusbaumNYETSPAM(a)earthlink.net> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:08:34 >Last year Rea beat both Haga and Fabrizio 4 times in 28 races Sometimes I'm convinced that you don't actually follow M/C racing but just read stats pages. While we're on Americans (we were weren't we?) - RL Hayden to Pedercini Kawasaki WSB - Jason DiSalvo to BE1 Triumph WSS replacing Gary McCoy and partnering Chaz Davies -- Julian Bond E&MSN: julian_bond at voidstar.com M: +44 (0)77 5907 2173 Webmaster: http://www.ecademy.com/ T: +44 (0)192 0412 433 Personal WebLog: http://www.voidstar.com/ skype:julian.bond?chat The Force Is Strong In This One |