Rossi returns to Yamaha, how will he fair?

[polivo]

So much talk about Rossi simply NOT doing well because hes getting old. The issue NOT being the bike.. casey stoner could ride it well.  Now, we finally have a chance to find out WHO is right. No more monday morning quarterbacking! Dont be a WUSS, put in your predictions now!

When Rossi returns to Yamaha (being even older), will he place top 10?  Top5? Top3? in his first MotoGP event?

[polivo]

Ooo this is going to be soooo intersting

[ducpainter]

There's a whole thread...like 14 pages of speculation about Rossi...Ducati...and his move to Yamaha in Racing and Trackdays.

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=56366.msg1047120#msg1047120

Where you been?

[polivo]

wow , I missed that one. Looks like a good read. Will run through it. But still.. it doesnt have a POLL!  Everyone always has an opinion AFTER the fact.  Thats no longer a prediction, its just an observation. What im challenging people to do here.. is put your money where your mouth is NOW.  Predict his position.. document for future consideration and ridicule.. or possibly praise.  Will he suck?  Maybe he has gotten old?  It was the bike? Hell finish top 5 or 3. No one likes to be wrong, so most people wont vote.. but theyll say "i told you so, AFTER the event".

[ducpainter]

...and since it concerns Racing...

where should it be? 

[Spidey]

<confused>  Who is this Rossi dude?  Got a link?  Google told me he was the 31st mayor of San Francisco.  

[BastrdHK]

Umm...the "GOATs For Sale" section?   

[ducpainter]

Umm...the "GOATs For Sale" section?   

[zooom]

wow , I missed that one. Looks like a good read. Will run through it. But still.. it doesnt have a POLL!  Everyone always has an opinion AFTER the fact.  Thats no longer a prediction, its just an observation. What im challenging people to do here.. is put your money where your mouth is NOW.  Predict his position.. document for future consideration and ridicule.. or possibly praise.  Will he suck?  Maybe he has gotten old?  It was the bike? Hell finish top 5 or 3. No one likes to be wrong, so most people wont vote.. but theyll say "i told you so, AFTER the event".

A poll isn't a bet and you seem to be looking for Vegas...this ain't Vegas...in that same section of the forum, many have pontificated on many things and all are earmarked by a few individuals whom like to remind others of those predictions at the most defining of moments...and alot of times they are done so repeatedly...so feel free to look for those answers you seek there as previously suggested...

[polivo]

A poll isn't a bet and you seem to be looking for Vegas...this ain't Vegas...in that same section of the forum, many have pontificated on many things and all are earmarked by a few individuals whom like to remind others of those predictions at the most defining of moments...and alot of times they are done so repeatedly...so feel free to look for those answers you seek there as previously suggested...

I guess your not going to vote? 

[zooom]

nope...

do I think he is capable of top 5? Yes!
do I think he is going to be on the podium more than once next year?...I think it stands a very high chance indeed...hell, he might even win a race or 2...but I don't see him winning a championship just because he moves back to Yamaha...I don't know what the odds are and I don't care. What
I want is to see some of these guys really mixing it up together and see some position swapping and real racing instead of the parading that we have mostly gotten over the last 5+ years of GP racing...and that is the + side of Rossi's move back to Yamaha imho....

[polivo]

nope...

do I think he is capable of top 5? Yes!
do I think he is going to be on the podium more than once next year?...I think it stands a very high chance indeed...hell, he might even win a race or 2...but I don't see him winning a championship just because he moves back to Yamaha...I don't know what the odds are and I don't care. What
I want is to see some of these guys really mixing it up together and see some position swapping and real racing instead of the parading that we have mostly gotten over the last 5+ years of GP racing...and that is the + side of Rossi's move back to Yamaha imho....

I can respect that. Its more about the sport.. than any individual. Make sense.  Personally, I was just curious if the love we all have for  of our brand has clouded our ability to think objectively about who or what is the cause of the lackluster results between ducati/rossi.

[zooom]

  I was just curious if the love we all have for  of our brand has clouded our ability to think objectively about who or what is the cause of the lackluster results between ducati/rossi.

CLEARLY the love for our brand is what makes us all that much more critical of Ducati and how far they had their head up their own ass when it comes to the bike and their riders feedback...and the black eye that is publicly adorned on the Corse department for this whole enlightenment amidst the course of Rossi's tenure just made it all that much more!

[ducpainter]

Let's keep this on the topic of next year please.

[zooom]

sorry...I was just responding to the " clouded judgement " portion specifically...to which I hope the end result is that the GP13 will be a more successful bike due to the public failure of the Rossi project as I will know the GP12 to always be...