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« Reply #165 on: August 20, 2009, 07:29:45 AM »
This was a helpful article.  It's lists 2010 MotoGP grid to date.  Along with short snippet for each team.

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/151201/1/motogp_2010_-_the_grid_so_far.html
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« Reply #166 on: August 20, 2009, 07:31:06 AM »
i sincerely wonder if (factory) yamaha would want to hire nicky.  he's already being talked about plenty for tech 3
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« Reply #167 on: August 20, 2009, 07:34:58 AM »
Why wouldn't they?  Of the "other" riders out there --than the top 4--the only guys really worth having are Hayden and Spies, and maybe Simoncelli or Bautista (untested in MotoGP, so we don't know).   He's the only one allowed on a factory team.

P.S.  I'm not counting Dovi because he's basically already taken. 
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« Reply #168 on: August 20, 2009, 07:43:12 AM »
Also remember that Nicky does help with the US marketing for the manufacturers. You still see the Repsol bikes out there and even people with Nicky Repsol posters.
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« Reply #169 on: August 20, 2009, 07:56:40 AM »
Quote from: Spidey on August 20, 2009, 07:34:58 AM
Why wouldn't they?  Of the "other" riders out there --than the top 4--the only guys really worth having are Hayden and Spies, and maybe Simoncelli or Bautista (untested in MotoGP, so we don't know).   He's the only one allowed on a factory team.

P.S.  I'm not counting Dovi because he's basically already taken. 

yeah, i know.  i said want rather than willing, best choice for now, etc..  while everyone knows all the factors that went into it that were 'not his fault', he's had 3 lackluster years in a row.  from fiat's bank account's POV, i think he would be a ho-hum choice.  he's got no 800-era zing that warrants being put on The Best Bike.  ex-champion, yeah yeah.  way too long ago.

but, true, they can't give ben that bike yet.  at least not with that paint job.  (nevermind that he's making noises like he's going to stay in wsbk for another year)

and american marketing, yeah, i know.  but they've got ben selling the hell out of a bike that people here can actually purchase.  and the spanish/italian/rest of the world market is much more rabid about racing that we are here -- they all think nicky is meh.

...'course, as a nicky fan and an american racing fan i'd love to see him get on that bike and shock everyone.  it aint gonna happen on the ducati.
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« Reply #170 on: August 20, 2009, 08:18:43 AM »
my guess is that Lorenzo is looking to get out of Yamaha because they made him the Janitor in the US office job YouTube spoof film.... cheeky laughingdp Grin Wink
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« Reply #171 on: August 20, 2009, 08:51:22 AM »
Quote from: zooom on August 20, 2009, 08:18:43 AM
my guess is that Lorenzo is looking to get out of Yamaha because they made him the Janitor in the US office job YouTube spoof film.... cheeky laughingdp Grin Wink

+1  That was the straw that broke the camel's back.   Grin

On another silly season note.  LCR is contemplating a second bike for next year.  I really hope that happens for another bike to appear on the grid.

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/Cecchinello+hoping+to+secure+De+Puniet+for+2010
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« Reply #172 on: August 21, 2009, 07:00:31 AM »
good but rather lengthy summary of this year's extra-silly season

http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/motogp-lorenzo-to-ducati-first-domino-to-fall/



and apparently it's that a-hole puig that's keeping dani from getting out his pen

http://www.motogpmatters.com/news/2009/08/21/pedrosa_contract_ultimatum_no_puig_no_pe.html
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« Reply #173 on: August 21, 2009, 10:56:25 AM »
Quote from: gm2 on August 21, 2009, 07:00:31 AM
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and apparently it's that a-hole puig that's keeping dani from getting out his pen

http://www.motogpmatters.com/news/2009/08/21/pedrosa_contract_ultimatum_no_puig_no_pe.html
This should be good. Grin
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« Reply #174 on: August 21, 2009, 04:46:55 PM »
Quote from: gm2 on August 21, 2009, 07:00:31 AM
and apparently it's that a-hole puig that's keeping dani from getting out his pen

http://www.motogpmatters.com/news/2009/08/21/pedrosa_contract_ultimatum_no_puig_no_pe.html

Puig has always had a tight hold on Dani's pen.  Grin
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« Reply #175 on: August 22, 2009, 08:17:25 AM »
yeah, i thought about the many-entendres of that sentence's wording after i posted it...  =)
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« Reply #176 on: August 22, 2009, 08:21:37 AM »
from the creative use of the word "left" dept:  http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/151273/1/vermeulen_has_left_suzuki.html
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« Reply #177 on: August 24, 2009, 01:52:12 PM »
http://superbikeplanet.com/2009/Aug/090821ride4free.htm
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« Reply #178 on: August 24, 2009, 01:55:29 PM »
Quote from: gm2 on August 24, 2009, 01:52:12 PM
http://superbikeplanet.com/2009/Aug/090821ride4free.htm

If I were Tony Elias or CV, I might say the same thing.   laughingdp  If the MotoGP grid doesn't grow (unlikely) the WSBK paddock is gonna be strong next year.  Or Moto2 is gonna be REALLY fun to watch. 
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« Reply #179 on: August 24, 2009, 02:01:02 PM »
as the stoner world turns

http://www.motogpmatters.com/news/2009/08/24/casey_stoner_yamaha_or_retirement.html

"This is who I am, a racer, not an actor. I want to come here, do a good job, and then go home. That's all."

seems to be a very common aussie racer point of view... Wink
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