All New Bike For Rossi At Assen

jon.bda · 20 Jun 2011 at 20:09

CLICKY

I read that he was very impressed with the GP12 machine when he tested it so fingers crossed this all new bike will help him get round the track a bit faster!!!

kidloco · 21 Jun 2011 at 01:20

Let's hope so. Shame to see the guy struggling on the current bike so much.

The Deuce · 21 Jun 2011 at 10:31

desperate measures?

duc999 · 21 Jun 2011 at 13:41

Or a calculated and smart decision to get better data on the GP12 chassis ?

SKILL · 21 Jun 2011 at 13:56

duc999 said:
Or a calculated and smart decision to get better data on the GP12 chassis ?

This, although I'll add cheeky to the mix

There's no way Ducati/Rossi are going to win the championship this year, it's either Stoner or Lorenzos, so there's no real risk of trying something completely new and it means they'll either get some better results as well as some data for the GP12 bike, or they realise it doesn't work and get to change their GP12 bike before the start of the season...

So worst case is quite good, and just think what'll happen if it makes a good step forward and Rossi wins a couple, Rossi's reputation goes through the roof in terms of developing the bike and Ducati look good as well for making the changes requested by Rossi.

So win-win really, they'd be mad not to imo.

Sagalout · 21 Jun 2011 at 14:43

Current bike is showing just how good Stoner was to be honest. Looking forward to Rossi being competitive again though as MotoGP has been awful this year - its the first season I can remember when F1 was more entertaining!

jon.bda · 21 Jun 2011 at 19:14

Sagalout said:
Current bike is showing just how good Stoner was to be honest. Looking forward to Rossi being competitive again though as MotoGP has been awful this year - its the first season I can remember when F1 was more entertaining!

You could argue though that maybe the bikes always been a bit pants and 2007 was a good year for Stacey though, iirc 2008/9/10 he wasn't really up there in the championship as such...

jon.bda · 21 Jun 2011 at 19:16

duc999 said:
Or a calculated and smart decision to get better data on the GP12 chassis ?

Most likely...although it has to be said as well that Rossi would carry a lot of clout and if he wants an all new bike, he'd be the only Duke rider ever to stand a chance of getting what he wants...

Valentino · 21 Jun 2011 at 19:21

I hope it works for him. Next year Rossi will get the championship i think as the engines are getting bigger and he already has experience racing them, which should help. Also, with all the data they now have the 2012 bike really will be catered around him, rather than just modifying Casey's bike to Vale.

Sagalout · 21 Jun 2011 at 19:46

jon.bda said:
You could argue though that maybe the bikes always been a bit pants and 2007 was a good year for Stacey though, iirc 2008/9/10 he wasn't really up there in the championship as such...

He still had plenty of wins in those years though, and loads of podiums.

jon.bda · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:16

Sagalout said:
He still had plenty of wins in those years though, and loads of podiums.

Quite a few wins, but also quite a few dnf's as well i think?

2008 2nd in championship almost 100 points behind the winner
2009 4th in the championship almost 100 points behind the winner
2010 4th in the championship almost 160 points behind the winner

Sagalout · 21 Jun 2011 at 20:56

Win it or bin it - thats what I like about him

Stoners last 6 race placings on the Ducati:

1 1 x 1 x 2

Valentinos first 6:

7 5 5 3 5 6

Morbius · 21 Jun 2011 at 21:03

jon.bda said:
You could argue though that maybe the bikes always been a bit pants and 2007 was a good year for Stacey though

In 2007 Ducati had a massive engine advantage. That bike just drove past everyone on the straights.

Sagalout · 21 Jun 2011 at 21:09

Morbius said:
In 2007 Ducati had a massive engine advantage. That bike just drove past everyone on the straights.

Well, Stoners did. Capirossi not so much