Silly Season...already?

[duccarlos]

Are there not enough good guys from Moto2 that are ready to make the jump to MotoGP? Kallio spent some time on the dream killer so it surprises me that he would be willing to head back onto anything other than an established machine. Tito should be up there at least for Forward or to get one of the RCV1000R.

[koko64]

I don't get the rush to move Miller to GP. He could learn a hell of a lot in the ultra competitive Moto2 class, not to mention get used to additional power incrementally. I think moto racing is about 70% mental and confidence...it seems a stop in Moto 2 could only help that. Fighting for wins (hopefully) in Moto2 would seem better than being automatically relegated to backmarker in GP...especially with the tire changes coming to GP in 2016, when he could start fresh with everyone else.

I agree. He should win the lower class titles first and get that confidence as a world champ.

[thought]

I'd agree too about Miller... it was a bit like how MM stayed on that extra year in Moto2.  I was surprised by it when it happened but in retrospect I think it really helped to season him a bit more.

[thought]

Alex Marquez to Marc VDS... supposedly the spot that was being held for Miller.  More sign that Miller is going to skip M2 alltogether?

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/208213/1/moto2-alex-marquez-to-marc-vds.html

[Blackout]

I wonder what Kallio is gonna do.

[duccarlos]

Staying at Marc VDS from what I understood. I believe they're adding another bike.

[Speeddog]

Rumor is that Redding isn't thrown to the wolves, he'll be on a MarcVDS RC213V in 2015.
I'm hoping that's true, he agreed to a one year sentence on the nag leading to a year on the hot filly.

Since Go&Run have pushed Gresini under the bus, they've made the best of a bad situation and hooked up with Aprilia.
I'm hoping it's not the beer goggles at work, but sometimes desperation leads you to take what you can get.
They'll apparently have Melandri and Bautista as the riders, so the mechanics will have plenty of work to do.

[thought]

Redding confirmed for Marc VDS in M1 with a Factory Honda:

http://motomatters.com/news/2014/09/14/official_marc_vds_to_move_up_to_motogp_w.html

Glad he got the factory ride, he's been doing some great things on the pretty meh hardware he's had this year.

[duccarlos]

Redding has been very solid this year, even on the under powered Honda. Getting him on the factory bike is great!

[thought]

With all the new factories coming in 2016, I'm getting pretty excited to see this new field... Suzuki, Ape, KTM customer bikes, as well as a possibly competitive Duc.  All we need now is Kawasaki to throw in and it looks like a revival of the sport... not to mention the new US series.

And with the improvements we've seen this year on the Duc I'm actually leaning toward the idea that Gigi might be able to pull the revamp off.

[ducpainter]

Not sure if this has been mentioned...

but Avintia will be running Ducs next year, and possibly as early as the next round.

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2014/Ducati+and+Avintia+Racing+join+forces

[Speeddog]

Looking like Eugene Laverty on the production Honda next to Hayden in the Aspar Garage.

Johnny Rae has finally had enough of pooch Hondas, said 'no thanks', moving to Kawi SBK.

As far as Kawi coming back to MotoGP, IIRC they said the budget for kicking ass in WSBK was the same as for finishing ~7th-10th in MotoGP.

[ducpainter]

Looking like Eugene Laverty on the production Honda next to Hayden in the Aspar Garage.

Johnny Rae has finally had enough of pooch Hondas, said 'no thanks', moving to Kawi SBK.

As far as Kawi coming back to MotoGP, IIRC they said the budget for kicking ass in WSBK was the same as for finishing ~7th-10th in MotoGP.

Is Johnny on the factory team or an Evo bike, and if factory who goes...Sykes or Baz?

I really thought he'd suffer through with Honda in the hopes of getting a ride in the 'big show'.

Maybe he figured all he'd get was lip service from them with no ride materializing.

[Speeddog]

Is Johnny on the factory team or an Evo bike, and if factory who goes...Sykes or Baz?

I really thought he'd suffer through with Honda in the hopes of getting a ride in the 'big show'.

Maybe he figured all he'd get was lip service from them with no ride materializing.

Pretty sure Baz is out at Kawi, as he apparently had some sort of 'agreement' with Aspar for MotoGP.
But in light of his ~6'4"/174lb  frame, he's now out of the picture, as the word is he doesn't fit on the Proddie Honda.
Why this wasn't a stumbling block *before* is a bit of a mystery.
I suspect that Baz torpedoing Sykes earlier this year didn't help his cause at Kawi.

Whether Johnny is getting Baz's seat or not, dunno.

[ducpainter]

I just checked at WSBK.com and Sykes is confirmed for 2 more years at Kwack...no mention of the Rae deal that I could see.