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desmoquattro

#75
October 13, 2011, 01:17:43 PM
Quote from: fastwin on October 13, 2011, 01:15:11 PM
I just don't think Marquez is the prodigal son that will spruce up what will probably be another ho hum [roll] year of racing but on 1000cc bikes. He could just be another Elias. Does well in Moto2 but just another back marker with the big boys. But you can bet your ass the Spanish motorcycle mafia will try and squeeze him out a ride with Repsol. Anybody got any pics of him talking to Puig? [laugh] Pedrobot should be very worried. [evil] [popcorn]

Not like Honda would put another bike on the grid...or displace a soon-to-be 2-time world champion, just to find him a seat. Pedrobot would have to go, which is a non-starter with the Spanish Mafia :)
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webspoke

#76
October 13, 2011, 02:13:48 PM
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fastwin

#77
October 13, 2011, 02:37:18 PM
Just getting to post that same article. [thumbsup] I don't see it happening. Like it's been said, who'd race the Bimmer with their electronics package? They would just be buying the #1 plate to look good. It's happened before but it's just another way to say FAIL! [bang]
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zooom

#78
October 14, 2011, 04:15:27 AM
http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/mapfire-aspar-ducati-crt-motogp-2012/

1 less Ducati on the GP grid next year and puts another CRT machine...
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#79
October 14, 2011, 09:21:37 AM
Quote from: webspoke on October 13, 2011, 02:13:48 PM
Checa to BMW next year??
http://superbikeplanet.com/2011/Oct/111013checatobmwrumo.htm



and then this observational piece...

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2011/Oct/111014gh.htm

I think if Ducati was sincere about the usage of his knowledge as a testing rider as previously reported, maybe they could find it in their budget to do something akin to this...

Ducati should relieve the team of having to pay Checa by contracting him to ride Ducati's next year directly and let the team worry about the potential Althea sponsorship money and finding other sponsors and putting Carlos's fees they would have paid him into the bike....
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fastwin

#80
October 14, 2011, 09:51:56 AM
I like your idea zooom. [thumbsup] My personal opinion is that if Ducati doesn't get Checa on one of their bikes next year it would be a make the beast with two backs up of biblical proportions! I love Checa and I believe many others do also. I like him as much as Bayliss. What does that say? Checa has done Ducati a world of good and he is nothing but a positive asset to the firm on so many levels. You can bet your ass BMW wants to sign him! They aren't dumb... OK, maybe their electronic package is dumb but it ends there. ;D
I plan to list the Federal Gov't. as a dependent on my next 1040 tax filing!

I have flying honey badgers and I'm not afraid to use them!

The fact that flame throwers exist is proof that someone somewhere said "I'd sure like to set those people over there on fire but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

CONFIDENCE: the feeling you have right before you understand the situation.

fastwin

#81
October 15, 2011, 03:19:49 PM
This is a little surprising but then maybe it's not. [roll] Aoyama hasn't exactly set MotoGP on fire but neither have others who still have rides. ;)

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=46370
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I have flying honey badgers and I'm not afraid to use them!

The fact that flame throwers exist is proof that someone somewhere said "I'd sure like to set those people over there on fire but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

CONFIDENCE: the feeling you have right before you understand the situation.

zarn02

#82
October 15, 2011, 06:17:45 PM
"If it weren't for our gallows humor, we'd have nothing to hang our hopes on."

derby

#83
October 15, 2011, 07:18:07 PM
ducati got a "free" #1 plate back in 1999 (poaching ben bostrom from honda after he won the 1998 ama championship on an rc45)...

i'll be really surprised if they let "their" #1 plate be run on another manufacturer next year but, if they do, marketing faux pas aside, i guess it evens the bostrom incident out.
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fastwin

#84
October 15, 2011, 07:46:46 PM
As has been said before, it's not above a company to "buy the #1 plate" to make them look good. As if they had actually earned it. It's total bullshit but it's still business as usual. :P [bang]
I plan to list the Federal Gov't. as a dependent on my next 1040 tax filing!

I have flying honey badgers and I'm not afraid to use them!

The fact that flame throwers exist is proof that someone somewhere said "I'd sure like to set those people over there on fire but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

CONFIDENCE: the feeling you have right before you understand the situation.

fastwin

#85
October 16, 2011, 04:52:18 PM
I plan to list the Federal Gov't. as a dependent on my next 1040 tax filing!

I have flying honey badgers and I'm not afraid to use them!

The fact that flame throwers exist is proof that someone somewhere said "I'd sure like to set those people over there on fire but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

CONFIDENCE: the feeling you have right before you understand the situation.

ducpainter

#86
October 16, 2011, 05:05:33 PM
Quote from: zooom on October 14, 2011, 09:21:37 AM
<snip>
Ducati should relieve the team of having to pay Checa by contracting him to ride Ducati's next year directly and let the team worry about the potential Althea sponsorship money and finding other sponsors and putting Carlos's fees they would have paid him into the bike....

Althea Racing has confirmed that Carlos Checa will return to its team for the 2012 World Superbike Championship season after a last minute intervention from Ducati prevented the Spaniard from defecting to BMW.

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zarn02

#87
October 16, 2011, 07:11:35 PM
"If it weren't for our gallows humor, we'd have nothing to hang our hopes on."

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#88
October 20, 2011, 01:01:02 PM
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duccarlos

#89
October 20, 2011, 01:05:36 PM
Quote from: Spidey on October 20, 2011, 01:01:02 PM
WHY??

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/174227/1/marc_marquez_to_stay_in_moto2_next_year.html

That is a huge head scratcher. His first year will need to be on a satellite team anyway. On 2013, a lot of contracts are running out. Maybe he wants to see how the 1000s will respond.
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