Silly Season 2016

[Triple J]

It would be dumb to sell your bike because of a douchebag starts riding it. It would be dumber if the douchebag actually wins on it.

Plenty of dbags ride Ducatis anyway! 

[triangleforge]

I'll believe it when I see something not sourced to an Italian newspaper or preceded with "Rumors indicate..."

[koko64]

How dare you question the integrity of the Italian media!




Crazy Joe is buggered.

[duccarlos]

I'll believe it when I see something not sourced to an Italian newspaper or preceded with "Rumors indicate..."

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/sport/motogp/2016/april/lorenzo-to-make-ducati-switch/#.VwU2t_U6qB4.facebook

Not Italian...

http://www.motogp.com/en/in+the+media/2016/04/06/lorenzo-on-edge-of-ducati-move/197750

Not Italian either.

[koko64]

Or the integrity of Fleet Street!

[duccarlos]

Rossi is playing Jorghey perfectly. He just needed to say "he doesn't have the balls to move to Ducati". Miiiiiiiiiiiiiind games.

[The Architect]

J-Lo and Ducati is  not a good fit.

So how much love and effort will Yamaha show J-Lo now?  Forget a wall between the two riders, it won't be necessary, Yamaha and Rossi feel that J-Lo doesn't really need a garage. 

They're going to give him a popup tent by his trailer. 

[ute]

Do you think it will be Crazy Joe gone ? why not Dovi ?  Ianonie  is a young buck with talent that needs to grow ( I know jlo won't nurture him along )

Dovi is great but his day has come and gone ( like P bot )

So why not keep the potential talent ( and if were lucky he will take out jlow a few times ...lol )

[DarkMonster620]

WTF . . .

http://www.macaumotors.com/#!LORENZO-WITH-DUCATI-VIÃ'ALES-TO-TAKE-HIS-PLACE-IN-YAMAHA/c1wxa/57045dd10cf2efb3747d0419

[triangleforge]

Not Italian...

Sourcing on the MCN Piece (and I quote): "Rumours in Argentina last weekend claim..." Where I come from, that's not a credible journalistic cite. It's ESPECIALLY dubious, given the spelling of Rumors with a second "U" - I mean, who trusts somebody who does that?

http://www.motogp.com/en/in+the+media/2016/04/06/lorenzo-on-edge-of-ducati-move/197750

Not Italian either.

Sourcing on this piece? The MCN piece above. The schoolteacher in me wants to knock a couple of points of your grade for nesting sources.

FWIW, the sources in DarkMonster's post are listed as Italian & Spanish papers.

Look, I'm not saying they're not talking, nor am I saying it's unlikely. I am saying I don't think it's a done deal, and still a lot more up in the air than the chatter on the internet seems to think. A move to Ducati is a huge risk for a rider like Lorenzo, and he's remarkably averse to risk. (You know, once you factor out the whole riding a motorcycle in excess of 300 kph and at lean angles that defy physics risk part.)

Maybe I should put it this way: I'll believe it when David Emmett writes it.

[DarkMonster620]

I spell:

rumours
colours
tomtatoes
aluminium
tyres and tires
and few others in the UK/AUS English spelling for some weird reason I do not know . . . I saw the news, that's why I wrote WTF . . . hard for me to get to MCN or other publications that wont allow me access due to location

[OT]

So, are we saying 2017 sees Yourghey and Stoner in Red, and Rossi all alone pn the Yamaha....

[kopfjäger]

So, are we saying 2017 sees Yourghey and Stoner in Red, and Rossi all alone pn the Yamaha....

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=73121.msg1347355#msg1347355

[duccarlos]

Do you think it will be Crazy Joe gone ? why not Dovi ?  Ianonie  is a young buck with talent that needs to grow ( I know jlo won't nurture him along )

Dovi is great but his day has come and gone ( like P bot )

So why not keep the potential talent ( and if were lucky he will take out jlow a few times ...lol )

IF Jorghey does go to Ducati, he would be dumb not to want to keep Dovi as his teammate. Dovi is a great #2 rider, not so much a #1. If there's one thing that he does well is block other riders. Imagine the scenario where Dovi qualifies in the front row and Rossi on the second row. If Jorghey gets poll and Dovi is right behind, he is practically assured a clear track for the first few laps while the rest of the Aliens find their way around the human speed bump. Ducati would love it because they don't really care to have their riders first and second, the manufacturers' points only come from the top finisher. Iannone is more of a loose canon and I can already see the wall coming up the first time Crazy Joe makes an aggressive move on the douchebag.

[The Architect]

IF Jorghey does go to Ducati, he would be dumb not to want to keep Dovi as his teammate. Dovi is a great #2 rider, not so much a #1. If there's one thing that he does well is block other riders. Imagine the scenario where Dovi qualifies in the front row and Rossi on the second row. If Jorghey gets poll and Dovi is right behind, he is practically assured a clear track for the first few laps while the rest of the Aliens find their way around the human speed bump. Ducati would love it because they don't really care to have their riders first and second, the manufacturers' points only come from the top finisher. Iannone is more of a loose canon and I can already see the wall coming up the first time Crazy Joe makes an aggressive move on the douchebag.

Yep.  That's spot on.