Moto GP

Despite great promise, apart from Stoner and Vermuelen in 1 and 2, the race deteriorated into F1 style boredom .....Rossi could not even finish due to engine failure....

Originally Posted by Stori

.....Rossi could not even finish due to engine failure....

Maybe they should limit RPMs and freeze engine development in order to prevent failures

Or hire some Ducati Engine "engineers'

Or just do like McLaren did and steal 700 pages worth of the most intimate details of the Duke's bike.

you know the japanese will come out fighting next year,ducati wont have it so easy.
it was a bit of a yawn yesterday

Welcome to the Casey Stoner Show........The King is dead, long live the King.

on a different note i hope guintoli gets a ride for next year.he's been performing heroics on the yamaha with the comedy dunlop tyres

Originally Posted by fredzedex

you know the japanese will come out fighting next year,ducati wont have it so easy.
it was a bit of a yawn yesterday

Well I suspect it is not only the bike, which obviously is well engineered, but also the package of rider (Stoner) and bike.... Loris can ride the wheels off a bike but is only an also-ran this year and therefore is being dropped.

Sure the Japanese will catch up ,as is shown by Suzuki in recent weeks, and next year should be closer, but Yamaha and Honda have really become complacent expecting a much lower level of 'performance' from the 800 cc class of bikes and this has shown them up really badly. A few 'rectums' must be feeling sore in the Yamaha and Honda camps

Well it 'ain't over until it's over in my book....
but 'supposedly' Rossi's comments that it is only the bike and not the rider is a little far fetched. If it is only Stoner's bike that is winning, why is Capirossi doing so badly...
In reality, Yamaha were so full of themselves that they thought they could cobble any piece of rubish together and they would win....Presumably Rossi had his imput into this crap bike as well!

Rossi concedes MotoGP title to Stoner
Tuesday September 4, 2007
AP - Valentino Rossi believes he has no chance of catching Australia's MotoGP leader Casey Stoner after being forced to retire during the San Marino Grand Prix.

Rossi's Yamaha broke down on lap five on Sunday at the Misano circuit while he was in fourth position.

Stoner won the race on his Ducati for his eighth victory of the season to extend his lead over Rossi to 85 points with five races to go.

"I really needed a podium finish," Rossi was quoted as saying by Gazzetta dello Sport on Monday.


"By now, the world championship is over."

Chris Vermeulen of Australia was second and John Hopkins took third on their Suzukis.

Rossi, who has been hampered by engine and tyre performances this season, said Stoner deserved to be champion - but that the role of the rider in winning races was diminishing in importance.

"That Stoner and Ducati deserve the title is certain," Rossi told Gazzetta.

"But our sport has changed. We are getting closer to Formula One. There is no longer space for the rider who makes the difference."

Stoner leads the overall standings with 271 points after 13 races.

Rossi is second with 186 points, followed by Dani Pedrosa of Spain with 168.

Despite a seemingly insurmountable lead, Stoner is concentrating on the Portuguese GP in two weeks.

"My tactic hasn't changed," Stoner told Gazzetta. "I continue to take it race by race."

I agree Stori, the doc is being a bit unfair. I think Ducati has the better bike this year but this doesn't take an iota away from Stoner's impressive runs.

The Stoner/Ducati combo is awesome this year, he really is in a different class. I'm loving watching Rossi getting his arse kicked

I'd love to see them ban electronic aids on the 800's, get back to good old tyre-spinning, balls-of-steel kind of riding like we had when Schwantz, Rainey, Doohan, Cadalora and that lot were racing. Sure, there'll still be someone who clicks with the bike they happen to be on that year and clear off to make the rest look silly, but at least it'd be more entertaining to watch

Absolutely stunning racing...

Rossi, Pedrosa and Stoner.....

Brilliant

Congrats to Stoner and well done to Rossi

great race,lets hope we keep it like that.

Originally Posted by BigFoot

Congrats to Stoner and well done to Rossi

Although Stoner did bleat on a bit at the end!

Congrats to Capirossi for a Ducati win and to Stoner for a Ducati 1st World Championship at Motegi...May there be many more

Long live the Duke