Rossi. Discuss

Originally Posted by Judge

But then, what do I know!!

You don't know how many cylinders it's got

Looking at Rossi in the past - he's always been ace on the brakes. He could brake later and turn better than anyone else. His ride depends on know what the front end is doing. Is the Ducati giving him that feedback? Stoner is certainly the man to beat, but he did spend his first season crashing before he got to grips with the bike.

Originally Posted by fastfitter

You don't know how many cylinders it's got

LOL, yeah I noticed my mistake, but was hoping others wouldn't

Originally Posted by Hawkman

Looking at Rossi in the past - he's always been ace on the brakes. He could brake later and turn better than anyone else. His ride depends on know what the front end is doing. Is the Ducati giving him that feedback? Stoner is certainly the man to beat, but he did spend his first season crashing before he got to grips with the bike.

1st season was on the Honda though wasn't it. Don't recall him ditching the Ducati 'that much'?

Originally Posted by Claude

1st season was on the Honda though wasn't it. Don't recall him ditching the Ducati 'that much'?

True, iirc the Honda was his GP season though. Getting to grips with the type of bike etc? He clearly gelled with the Ducati like no one else has managed to. Even Hayden has been up and down the order like a page 3 tart after some footballers.

Face it. We are all guessing. I'm also guessing that Jeremy Burgess is also not running the team? That in itself would make a HUGE difference. I've noticed in the races so far that VR doesn't stick his leg out flat track style like he once did. Seems to me he has no confidence in that front end. Which would explain Nicky's early good showing. Hayden does flat tracking and just about any kind of motorcycling during the off season of MotoGP. I'm not saying he's a better rider than VR but maybe he can adapt to shite front end feel and other defects better?

I havn't googled but it sure seems like Burgess didn't go to Ducati and a good rider wants his security blanket. The team manager is vastly underated imo.
btw VR will race WSB in the future.

Originally Posted by Dirtybill

I havn't googled but it sure seems like Burgess didn't go to Ducati and a good rider wants his security blanket. The team manager is vastly underated imo.
btw VR will race WSB in the future.

Burgess did move to Ducati.

Indeed he did:

You know what, Joe, I reckon you might've hit the nail in your first post.
Runnin' over Slideshow, through no fault of his own, has made a massive impact on his mental state.
Just watchin' his body language, you can tell that isn't the Rossi we know & love. T'is sad to see and I wish a magic wand to could be waved to make it all better again.

Again, we're all just guessin', only one dude knows the real reasons.

I miss that mad haired bastid

He's not lost his Mojo, his wet times show that, but he has become more cautious perhaps as a result of the Marco death. He wants to win, that is obvious, but his faith in the bike and perhaps his hunger have been dampened. I hope he does get a result soon and that we see the clear brilliance of his riding again. Perhaps he needs to adjust to the bike more and ride the bike, not his ride.

Originally Posted by B..

You know what, Joe, I reckon you might've hit the nail in your first post.
Runnin' over Slideshow, through no fault of his own, has made a massive impact on his mental state.
Just watchin' his body language, you can tell that isn't the Rossi we know & love. T'is sad to see and I wish a magic wand to could be waved to make it all better again.

Again, we're all just guessin', only one dude knows the real reasons.

I miss that mad haired bastid

Originally Posted by B..

You know what, Joe, I reckon you might've hit the nail in your first post.
Runnin' over Slideshow, through no fault of his own, has made a massive impact on his mental state.

TBH I can't see any diff in Rossi's riding in this season compared to last, except the other bikes have left the Ducati even further behind. I think a lot of his attitude towards his riding is he will not stick his neck out to get maybe 5th-6th on a shit bike. I reckon if you stuck Rossi on a Honda or Yam he'd be top 3-4 every weekend and he'd be more willing to push if he had a chance of acheiving something. At his stage of career hurting yourself for a top 6 ain't worth bothering with.

Originally Posted by Makman

He's not lost his Mojo, his wet times show that, but he has become more cautious perhaps as a result of the Marco death. He wants to win, that is obvious, but his faith in the bike and perhaps his hunger have been dampened. I hope he does get a result soon and that we see the clear brilliance of his riding again. Perhaps he needs to adjust to the bike more and ride the bike, not his ride.

You can't say he hasn't lost something, nobody is doubting his inate ability, but you have to doubt his motivation and you have to take into account that compared to Stoner, Lorenzo etc, he not a young man any more. He has more money that he'll ever need, he has nothing to prove to anyone. How many racers hang on long past their sell by date and look very foolish in the process? Be awful if VR was left looking stupid.

Originally Posted by Bigjawa

He has more money that he'll ever need, he has nothing to prove to anyone. How many racers hang on long past their sell by date and look very foolish in the process? Be awful if VR was left looking stupid.

Colin Edwards

2nd this morning in 1st practice... once again proving HE is on the pace... it's only once the pace gets to the last 1% the bike can't manage it (IMO)