Hayden/Ducati... and silly season

[derby]

elias to gresini:  http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70690

[darylbowden]

elias to gresini:  http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70690

Good for him, I like Elias a lot.  Now, let's hope that Ben gets a spot on the JiR bike.

[Spidey]

<fingers crossed>
spies on a duc, spies on a duc, spies on a duc.  It's never gonna happen, and I'm not sure how well he'd ride it anyway, but it's fun to think about.  I just hope he ends up with a ride.

So does this mean that Sete is gonna get that Alice Duc or are they going to go through with plans to put together a satellite team?

[TiNi]

so then spies on the alice team? can they afford him?

[Spidey]

so then spies on the alice team? can they afford him?

I'm just making that up.  There's nothing to back it up other than me thinking "wouldn't it be neat if . . . "

[TiNi]

I'm just making that up.  There's nothing to back it up other than me thinking "wouldn't it be neat if . . . "

i get it.. we all do that 

like nicky on a ducati... sometimes it happens 

[gm2]

so then spies on the alice team? can they afford him?

who knows, maybe.  it's one of the supposed possibilities.  but i think that JiR really does have an option on him for a few more days.

[derby]

who knows, maybe.  it's one of the supposed possibilities.  but i think that JiR really does have an option on him for a few more days.

one way to look at that situation is that ducati already has an american on their bike. from a marketing standpoint, they really don't need another.

nicky was more or less shoved down respol honda's throat by american honda. honda was grooming him "for something great," but didn't really want to put him in the motogp class (yet?). the DID want him to stick around in the ama for at least one more year and defend his championship but, as i've said before, when the opportunity for a motogp ride presents itself, you take it or you risk never getting the chance again. those rides just don't open up very often. just ask colin about waiting for honda to "make good" on "promised" rides.

honda was put in a position that they either give nicky a ride on the a-team, or they would've wasted all their investment with him defecting to yamaha.

so... now honda is "ass out" with no american rider in motogp. reports have said that it won't happen, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit to see jir to find some magic marketing dollars to help out with ben's salary.

[Spidey]

so... now honda is "ass out" with no american rider in motogp. reports have said that it won't happen, but it wouldn't surprise me one bit to see jir to find some magic marketing dollars to help out with ben's salary.

What is his asking price?  For some reason, I have $2m stuck in my head.

[derby]

What is his asking price?  For some reason, I have $2m stuck in my head.

he makes $3M riding for yosh, so he's not really interested in taking a paycut.

[bryant8]

<fingers crossed>
spies on a duc, spies on a duc, spies on a duc.  It's never gonna happen, and I'm not sure how well he'd ride it anyway, but it's fun to think about.  I just hope he ends up with a ride.

So does this mean that Sete is gonna get that Alice Duc or are they going to go through with plans to put together a satellite team?

A friend over at AMS told me that Spies on Alice is a possibility...

[RodeoClown]

This might have also been said? But isnt there a rumor that Spies could be on a third Suzuki team possibly ran by Schwantz? Or going to World SBK? In all the interviews during and after Indy he seemed kinda miffed that he didn't have a ride yet?

Back to Hayden on a Duc, big party Oct 27th on the first day for him testing the Duc

[gm2]

all possibilities yes.  but the schwantz team bike rumor died quite a while ago.

[RodeoClown]

http://www.nickyhayden.com/

The video is pretty cool of him talking about going to Ducati and Casey.

[derby]

it's mcn, but...

no biaggi on the 1098R next year. he's gonna be on the other italian bike:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2008/September/15-21/sep1908-biaggi-signs-for-aprilia/