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He funded his Wildcard races this year mainly from donations. When I saw him sniffing about for money on facebook and twitter I thought who on earth is going to donate their hard earned cash to fund some cockney kid to travel around the world finishing down in 28th place. He seemed to manage it though which is crazy, he's not even that likable.
He was unlucky last year with his team bailing on him but he needs to go for a decent WSS, BSS ect ride this year rather then another year of chasing the GP dream. ____________________ Yamaha FZR400RR 3tj
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So day 1 of testing is over.
Cal on the Duc was close to the race pace of Dovi, and during debriefing could be heard saying 'you can't brake into the corner, you have to stand it up' ....so that echoes what everyone else says. He'll be on a different/modified Duc come Sepang so fingers crossed.
Lorenzo didn't ride the new M1 but did set a benchmark on the old Yamaha. Rossi did some back to back testing and was quick on the old and new bike. His new race engineer has a big head.
Pol Espagaro couldn't keep the smile off his face. Went well.
Scott Redding all beat up still rode the Honda well and during a debrief the engineer said 'So...the engine a bit lazy?' Scott laughs 'No, not lazy at all'.
PBM bikes were out on track. One with the standard Dorna(Magneti Marelli) ECU software and another without.
Bridgestone are sussing whether the 'Open class' bikes will require softer tyres like they supplied for the CRTs.
I'm still getting my head around the new rules for 2014.
Day 2 and Marc and Dani join in...and Bradley.
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You will still have prototypes racing. They will have full control over their ECU and 21lts of fuel to use. I need to check this next bit but I'm sure they're still only allowed 6 engines but this doesn't seem to be a problem as Lorenzo and others were reported to be using last seasons engines during the test.
Chassis will be protype too.
...and if you are going to switch then switch to BSBK.
[Edit] 20ltrs for the full factory teams. ____________________ Diabolical homemade music Bandcamp and Soundcloud
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I don't really follow the racing, but am kinda interested in watching a few...where can I see this shit? |
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Cal went faster in testing than in the race. Gigi said there should be a new bike at Sepang but it will take 2-3 years before they start winning
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"Alright, now get this kid away already!"
What Rossi and Hayden were saying at the time of the photo.. and again in 2013 probably ____________________ Yamaha RXS 100 > Honda CD 250 > Honda Hornet 600 > Honda CBR 600RR > Yamaha RXS 100 > Kawasaki ZX6R J2 > Yamaha FZ1 |
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Drax wrote: | Can't believe that Rossi has just sacked Jeremy Burgess!
IMO. He's clutching at straws about who to blame for his career going downhill.
Maybe Casey was right...about his ambition.......! |
I'll be honest from the start, this may sound like BS but....
I work in the high end Automotive composite industry. We have a new engineer who, during his induction, let slip he has worked for multiple Motogp teams and, being Italian, knows many of the racers...including Rossi whom he lives 2 miles away from.
Sounds like BS I know but he has shown me pics of the two of them and the cad drawings he worked on for VR's carbon lid.
But I digress.
Turns out that the reason that JB was sacked was that whilst he was a genius setting up the bikes of old he simply was just not up to scratch when it came to the new all electronics era ( a point in JB's favour in my humble).
Look at his track record and this kinda makes sense. His last rider before VR was Doohan who actively fought against all electronic aids, much to HRC's frustration. VR has used as little as possible and as soon as the electronic era really took off , and he was saddled with the Ducati, his riders results started to slide.
Did you see how the Yam handled at Losail? Near perfect setup.
Why?
Because his new chief is incredibly knowledgeable in electronic set up/rider aids.
So whilst I was disgusted with Rossi's decision at the time, maybe he was right. ____________________ Bike history: GP100, NS125R ( wrote off ) , RG125 FUN, VFR400 NC30 ( nicked ). VFR400NC30 (race tuned), R6 (parts robbed ), CBR929 RRY, CBR1000 RR-4 |
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DoohanFan wrote: | Drax wrote: | Can't believe that Rossi has just sacked Jeremy Burgess!
IMO. He's clutching at straws about who to blame for his career going downhill.
Maybe Casey was right...about his ambition.......! |
I'll be honest from the start, this may sound like BS but....
I work in the high end Automotive composite industry. We have a new engineer who, during his induction, let slip he has worked for multiple Motogp teams and, being Italian, knows many of the racers...including Rossi whom he lives 2 miles away from.
Sounds like BS I know but he has shown me pics of the two of them and the cad drawings he worked on for VR's carbon lid.
But I digress.
Turns out that the reason that JB was sacked was that whilst he was a genius setting up the bikes of old he simply was just not up to scratch when it came to the new all electronics era ( a point in JB's favour in my humble).
Look at his track record and this kinda makes sense. His last rider before VR was Doohan who actively fought against all electronic aids, much to HRC's frustration. VR has used as little as possible and as soon as the electronic era really took off , and he was saddled with the Ducati, his riders results started to slide.
Did you see how the Yam handled at Losail? Near perfect setup.
Why?
Because his new chief is incredibly knowledgeable in electronic set up/rider aids.
So whilst I was disgusted with Rossi's decision at the time, maybe he was right. |
at thread ressurection.
Also Rossi finished 2nd at Qatar last year with Burgess, so your theory rather falls apart there. It'll be interesting to see what happens at the others circuits now. ____________________ My Flickr |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 9 years, 341 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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