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For a guy who likes his bike to be an instrument of precision, JL has sure picked a strange bike in the Ducati to move to. Will be fascinating to watch if its true. Vinales to Yamaha? Please do it!
I could see it happening - unfortunately he's just never been able to convert his speed consistently into wins, whether it be injury of lack of pace. I guess he is taking up a factory seat - I can't see Honda sticking the horrendous Miller alongside MM, so I wonder who it would be.What about Pedrosa, I have the feeling he could be stopping after this season.
I could see it happening - unfortunately he's just never been able to convert his speed consistently into wins, whether it be injury of lack of pace. I guess he is taking up a factory seat - I can't see Honda sticking the horrendous Miller alongside MM, so I wonder who it would be.
I don't know about that, it's definitely not money related, he most likely already gets more than anyone else and Ducati probably won't pay him more than he's currently on.Just about the expected move from JL to Ducati.
It don't make any sense imo,the only reason i can see is the money.
If he will do the move i think his commiting sportive suicide,i don't think he will be a competitive rider anymore.
His riding style doesn't fit Ducati's needs imo.
His (Pedrosa) MotoGP career has indeed gone up and down but he ranks veryunfortunately he's just never been able to convert his speed consistently into wins
Just watched BSB Round 1 at Silverstone...
Both races were really good!! I don't want to ruin it for anyone who maybe hasn't watched yet, but I recommend looking it up on YouTube, it's worth the watch. Especially Race 2 👍
Maybe a wild guess: Michael van der Mark. He's going pretty well on the WSBK Honda. Not sure how strong the connection between WSBK and MotoGP Honda team is, any idea?
His (Pedrosa) MotoGP career has indeed gone up and down but he ranks very
high up on the all-time MGP/500 wins list. I remember watching Pedrosa
in 125cc already and he's definitely got that fighting spirit needed.
And no matter how many injures he suffers he always manages to come back.
Championship title or no title he has all my respect.
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I think the connection between the WSBK and the MotoGP Honda Team is very weak. Rea made no secret of his desire to switch to MotoGP with Honda which presumably is why he hung on and on before eventually forgetting that dream and switching to Kawaski. James Toseland was desperate to get to MotoGP from Ten Kate Honda, but that didn't work out well. The connection was probably stronger when Honda ran a full factory team in WSBK, but that team pulled out of WSBK and de-camped to BSB when the WSBK Pirelli control tyre was introduced. I think Honda will look at MotoGP and Moto2 riders if / when Pedrosa retires.
I thought that too but I David Emmet convinced me otherwise on twitter.Lin Jarvis said Lorenzo had been offered a great deal, but I suspect it was less than Rossi.
Agreed!! This was an outstanding race. Sunday wasn't wuite as good I'd say, but still pretty damn good.Anyone who hasn't watched WSBK race 1 from Assen yet needs to do so as soon as they can - that has to be one of the best races in WSBK history! Here's hoping race 2 (Sunday) and WSS is just as good.
Congratulations to Alex Lowes on his pole in Moto2 - I hope he can convert that into a good result.
Sam Lowes Alex races WSB.
There was a round of world supersport once where Sam got injured in practice and needed to do a fitness test before he was allowed to race. Guess who did the test...I know they sometimes do interviews for each other, but I'm sure they don't qualify for each other - thanks for the correction!
Something tells me they won't mind him leaving the current best team to race on a bike that hasn't won since 2010, they would probably be bigger fans of Italian riders than Italian bikes. It certainly increases Rossi's chances of winning another title since Lorenzo is stepping into the unknown.Just wondering how the Italian fans feel about Lorenzo going to Ducati after the season's end last year?
Just wondering how the Italian fans feel about Lorenzo going to Ducati after the season's end last year?