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Yeah, it's visordown. But I believe it [thumbsup]

Fack.  Just keep him away from Stoner and Hayden and all the other Ducs.  He can crash into Pedrobot as much as he wants. 

I hope they figured their additional parts costs into the equation when negotiating his salary.

You didn't read the article closely enough.  They already took that into account.  He'll be riding both the 5th and 6th bikes.     [cheeky]

everybody likes to bring that up, but they all forget how capi won his 250 championship against harada.

some background, it was a title fight between capi and harada (teamates on the aprilia factory team) with winner takes all at the final round in argentina. this was the final turn of the final lap:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W41JLPv-yqQ

<hypocrisy>  Yeah, but I like Capi.  So it's ok.   [cheeky] 

Truth be told, my digust with Sete has waned somewhat.  I'd love to see him break the curse.  Couse, I'm only gonna feel that way until he starts taking out some Ducs or otherwise shows himself to be Rossi's pregnant dog.  Again.

i bet harada wouldn't even shake capi's hand after that.

 [cheeky]

...and aprilia promptly released him.

I thought you meant ourei harada  [cheeky]

I think it will be interesting to see Gibernau in the line up again.  He was a good racer but he had some nasty spills, especially that one in was it Catalunya where he took out something like 4 people.

Gibernau?  I thought Rossi made him retire.

Ducati's trying to turn the factory team into a Rossi-Mindmake the beast with two backs Anonymous (RMA) chapter.  They figure they can save money by having group therapy sessions as opposed to the more costly one-on-one alternatives. 

They're also trying to sign Max to the Xerox WSBK team so they can really get their money's worth.

It's just a contest to see whether Sete's latest GF is hotter than Casey's (very young) wife....as neither one ever again expects to beat Rossi...

That sounds familiar somehow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCJkWbwoA2g

no matter how many times i watch that video, i still think gibberish could've just leaned on rossi all the way through that turn.
 
capirossi did that to his teammate. sete taking him out a few seasons ago was just karmic payback.   ;D

[laugh]

I guess with Sete (possibly) back at Ducati, they'll have a chance to get revenge on him. ;)

n.b. I'm not a Gibernau fan!

It's Quasi-Official:
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2008/October/13-19/oct1808-sete-deal-finalised/?R=EPI-103656 (http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2008/October/13-19/oct1808-sete-deal-finalised/?R=EPI-103656)

5 Ducs on the grid...wow.

Gib's new bike. Get a good look at it now because you will never see it during the races.

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/Exclusive+video+Sete+Gibernau+colour+scheme+and+racing+number (http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/Exclusive+video+Sete+Gibernau+colour+scheme+and+racing+number)

Oh, I'm sure they'll show it tumbling into the gravel...even if it is at the back of the pack ;D

you greatly underestimate gibberish.

OK, so maybe he'll tumble the bike into the kitty litter at the middle of the pack ;D

For a couple years there, he was the only one on the grid capable of challenging Rossi at all.  He has serious talent and he's done some good lap times on the GP8, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him fighting for podiums next year.

I know...and I agree. Glad to see him back.

question is has he exorcised Rossi from his head yet?

Hopefully he realizes that he isn't racing for the championship next year and just goes out there and rides without pressure and to the best of his ability.  If he lets the pressure of a championship and Rossi get in his head, he'll end up ON his head too often.

he won't win until valentino releases him from "the curse"  [laugh]