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Same corner I think with the Ducati MotoGP bike when it actually had some Ducati parts in it

Pete
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I expect a very competitive season this year, with Rossi not only competing for podiums, but I expect to see him win a few, if not challenge for the title. It should be an awesome season! I can't wait.

 

Every year the mainstream predictions seem off, but this year I agree with them and expect Stoner to rather easily win championship #3 assuming he stays healthy and uninjured.

Rossi will compete for podiums but wins will be hard to come by. IMO, he has a 50/50 chance of winning a race, and basically zero chance at the championship. Would love to be wrong though.

Lorenzo and Pedrosa will prove to be Stoner's biggest competition (out there prediction I know ).

Spies will be about as competitive as he was last year, the best of the rest. A spoiler for wins but not a real championship contender. Dovizioso will find his position lower in the field on the customer Yamaha.

CRT teams will be struggling to even qualify in the 107%, but all will be let in.

 

Dorna or the FIM (basically anyone who has the real money) should support smaller teams to help them with the cost of producing a competitive bike.

Kawasaki, Aprilia, and Suzuki might still be in the series (along with privateers such as Ilmor) if the costs to produce a competitve bike for the factory were reasonable.

 

I am not a Stoner fan and think Rossi made a monumental mistake by leaving Yamaha for Ducati so my hopes are all on Spies.

 

I like Vale and Nicky but agree, Ducati isn't the place to be.

big Spies fan too. I hope he can be the next American WC.

 

Ducati is coming back... as always do. They just cant compete with the big japanese... moneywise.

 

What I have read is that Yamaha would have been happy to retain him, but at a significantly lower salary, and lower than Lorenzo.

 

Ducati have better food than Yamaha.

 

There is no way Rossi should ever accept a lower salary than Lorenzo. Maybe Yamaha is experiencing Honda-itis, where after a few years of some success with Rossi, they no longer felt they needed him to carry on that success. Yes, Lorenzo had a better year, but who accounted for developing the bike? I think Yamaha's performance last year may give us some insight on that.

Ducati has the ability to become a player at any given time. With Rossi there, I believe it will come sooner than later. I would love to see Ducati consistently outpace Yamaha this upcoming season.......

 

But will the bike still be a Ducati? All Rossi and Burgess appear to be able to do development wise is request that the bike is more like his previous bikes ... soon Ducati will actually buy a Yamaha and paint it red.

Pete

 

So he was told to hit the bricks?

 

Not sure I agree.

 

So as I said and you have agreed:

Pete

 

On his birthday, Valentino posted a tweet to Ducati, saying "Thanks for the wishes, this year we'll uphold the honor and name of Bologna of Ducati around the world!"

I like the sound of that.