when your SugarDaddy that pays the majority of your salary ( ie:Marlboro) isn't happy with you for having been left out of the communications route, that deserves an apology. Not to say that it should be public or private, but it would go over better if it was public. What Marlboro did in trying to secure another rider on behalf of Ducati in the absence of their star, is a clear sign to me that he better pony up and do the dance that Marlboro wants him to do and perform well, or they'll look for any and every reason with their high paid lawyers to get him out. Whether Casey should be pissed or not is a secondary thing, because he does get paid to perform certain duties, 1st and foremost is to ride and put that Marlboro banner out there on the track. At this point if he is pist, it should be at Big Daddy, and not at Ducati, but that is my opinion. If he wants to make Big Daddy happier though and settle some unrest and get that monkey off his back, it would be spot on the mark for him to put that Ducati on the podium the rest of this season if he can at all costs.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79103

Quote from: gm2 on October 01, 2009, 10:11:49 AM
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79103

That about covers it.

And for all those out there who doubted Stoner, he has just qualified third for tonight's MotoGP. Thats after 2 months off the bike.

Wow, he puts the Barcode on the podium and says STFU at the same time

SPOILER ALERT

Quote from: bdfinally on October 05, 2009, 08:52:54 AM
Wow, he puts the Barcode on the podium and says STFU at the same time

w00t! Out of shape, out of practice,  podium!


Hope he stays healthy

Maybe he gave it to Vale  wtf

Wow,

This thread seams to be very quiet now.

Like I said, it's all about what happens on the track.

Cheers.

Quote from: fffracing on October 09, 2009, 03:30:39 AM
Wow,

This thread seams to be very quiet now.

busy work week.

I think we pretty much covered that his handling of the situation was BS and we covered his multiple comeback scenarios be them successful or not, so I'm not sure there is much left to say about this topic.  How about some more pictures of Stoner's wife. 

Its not as if Stoner wasn't top four fast even when he was sick.  He just couldn't pull more than 5-10 laps without dogging it.  To think he's magically going to be slow would be a bit off.  I predicted philip island and valencia as his victory chances.  The whole rusty bit would just be an excuse had he not been recovered fully.  These guys take pretty hefty breaks during winter and are blazing fast within a day when they return.  Time off the bike is irrelevant for riders like these.

Quote from: zooom on September 29, 2009, 02:39:54 PM
he shoulda been hangin with Jimmy Buffet's lost shaker of salt then!

I've been searching for that shaker for years now!

http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/motorsport/gardner-mystified-by-stoner-illness/2009/10/10/1255019653343.html

hmmm... quiet again.

i guess gardner gets a pass cause he's australian.

Casey wasn't sick.  The velcro holding on his weiner and funglobes got old and so they kept falling off.  The docs stuck 'em back on, but Casey needed time for the expoxy to set before he could go racing again. 

Happy now, derb?

Quote from: Spidey on October 13, 2009, 09:34:55 AM

Happy now, derb?

and thus rings in Casey's new theme song....King Missle's "Detachable Penis"!!!

Quote from: derby on October 13, 2009, 09:14:39 AM
hmmm... quiet again.

i guess gardner gets a pass cause he's australian.

Betcha he'll get asked, on camera, about that this weekend.