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Silver
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PostPosted: 21:14 - 23 Oct 2006    Post subject: Barros back to MotoGP next season Reply with quote
Why, oh why oh why?

He's going to d'Antin (the team Toseland just turned down) to ride a a third-rate Ducati with left over parts from the main teams. Can't understand the logic. I can only imagine he must really dislike the World Superbike paddock.
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PostPosted: 14:32 - 24 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
He's hardly going to be at the sharp end is he ? Must be the $ involved.
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PostPosted: 14:51 - 24 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
I thought he only went to WSBK cos he couldn't get a GP ride, and he had to pay for the WSBK ride himself?

He's getting on a bit now as well, so maybe looking at only a few more seasons - maybe there's better opportunities after racing in MotoGP?
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PostPosted: 18:52 - 24 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
FreshAL wrote:
maybe there's better opportunities after racing in MotoGP?


But he's raced there for something like 16 years (before this season) so it won't make much difference there. I suspect it's more likely...

Mr.Everready wrote:
the $ involved.


One last bumper pay day?
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PostPosted: 19:46 - 24 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well, its not like he is going to get 'last years engine' is it.

So he will be using the same Ducati 800cc motor as the factory guys, only without factory support. And at a guess, possibly a new 07 chassis too to house the new engine as its unlikely to fit in an old chassis. Remember its a totally new engine, and not just a sleved down version of the old one, so would either need a new chassis or alot of modifications to the old chassis.

So, as to your first post Silver, cant really have any left over parts (or last years) from a brand new engine. Wink

I'd say there was a good reason for the decision.

By the way, I'm only guessing what I've written above, but its a good guess dont you think??

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PostPosted: 19:50 - 24 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Silver wrote:
One last bumper pay day?


Can't see the D'Antin team affording a bumper pay day?

I think Toseland did the right thing turning them down but he is going to struggle to get a ride with one of the big factory teams.
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PostPosted: 20:06 - 24 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Barry_MC21 wrote:
By the way, I'm only guessing what I've written above, but its a good guess dont you think??


Reasonble, except he could possibly expect more problems than if he was using an old, tried and tested engine. He (the team) will be well down the pecking order for new parts, and you can bet your bottom dollar that all of the teams will be changing parts like they're going out of fashion over the first half of the season. The factories will likely be flat out accomodating changes/modifcations to the "big guns". Look at Ellison on the Yamaha - been riding on a year old chassis all season (and complaining about it) whilst Edwards and Rossi get the latest stuff.

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Can't see the D'Antin team affording a bumper pay day?


Well, apparenlty Toseland gave it some consideration so they can't be too skint.

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I think Toseland did the right thing turning them down but he is going to struggle to get a ride with one of the big factory teams.


Absolutely. I'm glad he didn't go. He'd probably have done a couple of years on a crap bike and then gone back to WSB. I think he could make a good team mate (i.e. second rider) in one of the bigger teams. Maybe he's holding out for a Honda ride of some description, hoping to prove himself on a Honda in WSB?
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PostPosted: 00:02 - 25 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh yeah I completely agree, I think he will get the basic 'factory' kit, but not the support or the development.

Even Checca got the new Yam frame halfway through last year but Ellison had to make do with the one that 'didn't work', which was a bit of a shame.
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PostPosted: 00:53 - 25 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
yep and does everyone remember when ellison got 2nd in the first practice of the season using the old frame.
then he got it all taken away from him when the new chassis wasnt working and got left with all the crap running gear
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PostPosted: 13:42 - 25 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
You need to look at it in another way, now we get to see him crash out all over again and whinge like a stuck pig. \o/
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