2014 Silly Season?...maybe spoilers

[Raux]

If I were Marlboro I'd feel the same way. Why go middle of the pack dog when they have enough money to get a front runner if they wanted.
They used to sponsor Honda in F1

[TitanMonsterS4R]

This just in.....http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motogp/23536326

[zooom]

and thus endeth the spotlight/career of Cal....

[MadDuck]

and thus endeth the spotlight/career of Cal....

No shit sherlock.  Too bad for the guy. Maybe it's a money thing 'cause he sure as anything has got to know that the machinery just isn't there.

[duccarlos]

Yeah, I ran into the story on my FB from MCN.

Now he sits along side Dovi on an Italian team. he thought it was bad in Tech 3? The shitty bike will frustrate the shit out of him unless his buddy Casey can train him into not caring about what the bike is doing underneath him.

[TitanMonsterS4R]

Philip Morris has cancelled Wrooom.

“The costs of the event are no longer sustainable,” said Philip Morris vice president Maurizio Arrivabene.

Guess we'll all just have expect some other type of livery for the 6th and 7th place machines for the upcoming season.  Wonder if the Duc would ever be another color?

[zooom]

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Aug/130801b.htm

Dovi's comments....

[DanTheMan]

Just bad timing to be in MotoGp, probably the only shot at a factory ride hell have in his carrear, cause the 4 aliens will occupy the other four seats for the foreseeable future. Rossi is probably the closest to vacating his seat with retirement, but thats not a sure thing. Good luck Cal

[ducpainter]

'cept Cal is on the phone...

[The Don]

The way I see it is, that ducati were rude and arrogant to god and haven't won since he left for Honda. This is there punishment. Now if they say three Hail Mary, apologise and ask for forgiveness they may start to win, or at least, get a podium. .
Good luck Cal

[Speeddog]

Feck.

Another good rider down the mineshaft.

 

[Spidey]

Bye, Cal.  It's been fun watching you.  Really fun.  (Psst . . . shoulda got yerself on a Honda).  

Ducati needs to throw in the towel.  This is silly.   And not "silly season" silly, but rather "that bike is and always will be a useless POS" silly.  

[koko64]

And we all thought he crashed alot on the Yamaha.

I hope through some quirk of bike and riding style it works out for Crusty.

He's already on the phone to Stoner.

[Jester]

He's already on the phone to Stoner.

Stoner will say:  "No special 'stones with everyone else on failing michelin rubber or dunlop, no rocketship engine anymore in comparison, still can't corner worth a damn, trellis is gone, and I'm gone."    Enjoy the money Cal.


That being said I'm looking forward to Cal on that bike.  Even if he can't tame it, he'll let us know what he thinks about it on a weekly basis.  That's worth my GP subscription alone. 

[Spidey]

In a complete surprise to no one, Espargaro to Tech3.

http://www.motomatters.com/press_release/2013/08/02/tech_3_press_release_espargaro_and_smith.html

Factory money or not, Cal's not gonna feel awesome when Pol is beating the shit out of him on his bike.