Alonso on Rossi - from BBC website

craigs23 · Mr Muscle Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Karma :

I remember reading a Mat Oxley column in Bike about the possible implications of the new 800cc limit.

It won't be long before the bikes could possibly be near as fast in a straight line than the 990s, but to get such performance the motors will have to be exceptionally peaky and massively highly tuned. Could be a receipe for a stroker-esc four stroke?

Or maybe technology would have to take over, allowing the riders to cope with such a highly strung delivery? How much would this take away from the racing? Hard to say. One thing's for sure, technology requires money and lots of it. Who has the most money to develop a new breed of smaller capacity race bikes? Honda.

Who wanted the new regulations to go ahead in the first place? Oh, it was Honda.

If Rossi leaves (who's the best racer and development rider out there atm), could the other manufacturers could be destined for also-ran-positions.

NC30UK · Scooby Slapper Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Karma :

The 990's used to be very smooth with loads of low down power. Then they cut the amount of fuel they were allowed for the race. running the bikes lean made them snatchy and peaky. a few months later electronic aids made the bikes easier to ride and smoother than they were before.

The 800's will rev higher making them more peaky but electronics will mean they are smooth and torquey in the bit of the rev range thats used. I don't think we will see much of a difference when the change over happens.

Dom · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Karma :

kb-zxr · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Karma :

Why do they want to reduce the racing engine size for?

Silver · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Oct 2004 Karma :

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ppeaster · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 20 Oct 2004 Karma :

I don't have a problem with Alonso's comments. It just looks like a bit of gamesmanship to me, which until recently was par for the course in F1.

I can remember Schumacher using similar mind games on Damon Hill - and they worked a treat to be fair! You can't blame Alonso for doing the same!

Whether or not Alonso seriously believes he could be competetive on a MotoGP bike is irrelevant - in all fairness he probably doesn't, but he's F1 world champion and doesn't appear to have any interest in switching disciplines, so it doesn't matter to him either way.

Grubby · Spanner Monkey Joined: 15 Aug 2004 Karma :

I'd love to see Rossi on one of the new 800cc bikes when they come out. It'll be even more of an even playing field then than it was when the four strokes became the only tool on the track. I reckon that Honda will make a V4 for cheapness of R7D sake but there's no reason why a 3 cylinder bike wouldn't work. A V3 configuration has a few benfits over a V4 so it is feasable that there could be some V3's aswell as V4's, straight 4's or even straight triples.....Triumph racing anyone Laughing

maybe not!
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monkeymagic · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Karma :

i'm putting as much money as i can on schumacher winning the title. alonso knows the ferrari is much better this year.

would love to see rossi in F1 but he'll always be a little off the pace.

WR450_geezer · Nobody likes me Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Karma :

Rossi span off the track his very first test drive with Ferarri , after a few laps though he soon recorded a lap time just 1.6seconds behind Alonso.

Bit like Ellen Macarthur, she spends 6 months of the year at sea and when she went on Top Gear she got the quickest time in a reaosnably priced car.

Amazing things sportsman. They really are something different.

WR
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