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« Reply #600 on: September 19, 2010, 08:18:41 AM »

Good to see Colin Edwards sticking around the MotoGP paddock for another year!

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=42021

Crutchlow is lucky to have him around for advice and mentoring.

The way Colin is riding, he may not be someone I'd ask for advice.  I'm really surprised they are bringing him back considering he seems to have thrown in the towel on quite a few occasions
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« Reply #601 on: September 19, 2010, 09:01:49 AM »

The way Colin is riding, he may not be someone I'd ask for advice.  I'm really surprised they are bringing him back considering he seems to have thrown in the towel on quite a few occasions

he's more or less a known quantity and will provide some continuity to the team as a whole with cal coming on... put two newbies on the team and, unless you're dominating, you really don't know where you stand.
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« Reply #602 on: September 19, 2010, 09:08:51 AM »

I agree. Who knows, maybe they gave him a pay cut to reduce costs and with no Ducati factory WSBK rides to look forward to he might as well take the Tech 3 ride and help Cal. He may not be having a great year but it's not like he doesn't know his way around MotoGP. Everybody has a funky year occasionaly. Hayden had one last year. Shit Rossi's having one this year. Then again a funky year for Rossi would be the season of a lifetime for others! laughingdp
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« Reply #603 on: September 20, 2010, 01:23:40 AM »

Good to see Colin Edwards sticking around the MotoGP paddock for another year!

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=42021

Crutchlow is lucky to have him around for advice and mentoring.

I like how the header for the story on superbikeplanet has a nice jab at Toseland about this very story...I believe it goes something like " and Toseland is the "A" rider..."
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« Reply #604 on: September 20, 2010, 04:19:55 AM »

I agree. Who knows, maybe they gave him a pay cut to reduce costs and with no Ducati factory WSBK rides to look forward to he might as well take the Tech 3 ride and help Cal. He may not be having a great year but it's not like he doesn't know his way around MotoGP. Everybody has a funky year occasionaly. Hayden had one last year. Shit Rossi's having one this year. Then again a funky year for Rossi would be the season of a lifetime for others! laughingdp

i'm pretty sure he's been the "affordable" rider on the team for a few years.
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« Reply #605 on: September 20, 2010, 08:46:32 AM »

burgess confirmed to ducati with rossi... should be hit the moto press soon.

Moto press has it:
http://motomatters.com/news/2010/09/20/team_musical_chairs_rossi_s_crew_go_to_d.html
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« Reply #606 on: September 20, 2010, 09:19:48 AM »


I read that too...and while Dave Emmitt is a good reporter and all..the way it reads is not as if it is official...just an updated reporting of the rumors and from whence they came and all...I await the press release from Jeremy himself...THAT to me would make it official
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« Reply #607 on: September 21, 2010, 11:08:57 AM »

not sure if this was already covered.. evidently Dovi will get the factory Honda his contract says he is due, only his will be in potato chip colors.  like marco's.  4 factory hondas in '11, still 2 repsols.
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« Reply #608 on: September 21, 2010, 11:38:05 AM »

not sure if this was already covered.. evidently Dovi will get the factory Honda his contract says he is due, only his will be in potato chip colors.  like marco's.  4 factory hondas in '11, still 2 repsols.
They were talking on Eurosport that his contract also says...on a factory team...incorrect or did HRC change their minds?
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« Reply #609 on: September 21, 2010, 11:53:33 AM »

They were talking on Eurosport that his contract also says...on a factory team...incorrect or did HRC change their minds?

i think that's wrong.  i think the contract says that as long as he was 5th or better at the mid-point of the season he was guaranteed factory support.. or some such wording.  it definitely said 'factory' but not exactly 'factory team'.. which is why there's been all this debate/talk of a third repsol-red bull bike, etc.

ultimately i think HRC wrote the contract in their favor (duh).. the word factory was in there so dovi thought he was covered when he signed it.. then the opportunity for a stoner/pedro repsol team came up.  i think dovi instantly got a gresini bike the day stoner signed.  they just didn't want to come out and say it right away.. melandri had to go first, pedro had to sign, etc

or maybe it says team but HRC's definition of team is factory machinery, factory payroll. 
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« Reply #610 on: September 21, 2010, 11:59:14 AM »

i think that's wrong.  i think the contract says that as long as he was 5th or better at the mid-point of the season he was guaranteed factory support.. or some such wording.  it definitely said 'factory' but not exactly 'factory team'.. which is why there's been all this debate/talk of a third repsol-red bull bike, etc.

ultimately i think HRC wrote the contract in their favor (duh).. the word factory was in there so dovi thought he was covered when he signed it.. then the opportunity for a stoner/pedro repsol team came up.  i think dovi instantly got a gresini bike the day stoner signed.  they just didn't want to come out and say it right away.. melandri had to go first, pedro had to sign, etc

or maybe it says team but HRC's definition of team is factory machinery, factory payroll. 
They were paraphrasing his manager having said the contract specifically said team, but HRCs definition might be as you say.

I'll let the lawyers sort it out.

Personally I think Dovi can succeed if he doesn't get caught up in the terminology...I doubt he gets the same resources as Pedrobot now.
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« Reply #611 on: September 21, 2010, 12:00:53 PM »

i bet it didn't say "Repsol"
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« Reply #612 on: September 21, 2010, 12:04:25 PM »

i bet it didn't say "Repsol"
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« Reply #613 on: September 21, 2010, 03:43:46 PM »

Good to see Colin Edwards sticking around the MotoGP paddock for another year!

Crutchlow is lucky to have him around for advice and mentoring.

Just look at what Colin did for the Ben...... waytogo
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« Reply #614 on: September 22, 2010, 01:31:27 AM »

Just look at what Colin did for the Ben...... waytogo

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