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Marc Marquez just continues to amaze me with his natural ability to get the most out of a bike, not sure if a WC is in the cards but multiple GP victories sure are next season.
They say styles make fights. Those two would be quite entertaining.
Simon disagrees with Stoner
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Thats because, like Julian, the common theory on why Stoner left leaves the door open for a return at any time. Sure, he hates the politics of the sport more than anyone. But his leaving the paddock has very little to do with that. Stoner is leaving because he wants to keep an eye on that wife of his.
Back when Stoner had his "mystery illness" while with Ducati, it was not illness at all, unless you consider being heartbroken viable. One of the Ducati team technicians banged Stoner's wife. Stoner was furious. Stoner wanted the guy canned. Periozi (I cant spell his name) refused to fire the employee. I can tell you from firsthand experience that the Italians dont see adultery in the same fashion we do. Stoner was so heartbroken by his chic and betrayed by Ducati that he refused to race and just went into a total tailspin mentally. After getting it together he finally fabricated the whole lactose intolerant story.
After that Stoner has forever hated the management at Ducati. Last year when Perozzi tried to extend the olive branch and Ducati offerred Stoner BIG money to come back to Ducati, Stoner refused to even talk to him. The offer had to be made to an intermediary and Stoner wouldnt even entertain it.
I only tell that story because the beans on it went public last year on the MotoGP forums. I wasnt going to be the first to post it but since its pretty common knowledge and since Casey has "retired", I feel less bad about posting it.
I knew about it via my friends in Italy that work with Ducati. While eating dinner with them I saw on my phone Casey's announcement to retire and I mentioned it to everyone at the table. They'd already heard and they all weighed in on what they thought the real issue was. They told me the back story and they then told me that those in the know suspect Casey was just trying to save his marriage. He wanted to get away from racing so he could be in Australia full time with his family. If a girl will cheat on you once, she will do it twice.
Casey is a very emotional and head strong guy. He cant shake that sorta shit off lightly. I dont know anyone who can. But eventually he will learn that his chic is beyond fixing and he will move on. That is my theory, and then we will see him back in MotoGP.
Post that story up on a MotoGP forum and the mod's there will erase it within minutes. People within the media have done a great deal to respect Casey by never publishing what is considered common knowledge in the paddock to my understanding.
Complete BS and I wouldn't be surprised if the story about Stoner's wife was BS.
Repeating things like that without first hand knowledge is classy dude.
But its common fodder on the GP forums. It may come off as shocking and out of line here only because its not commonly talked about on this particular board.
My post is pretty tame compared to the JLaw or Hansen threads from the moto side of things. I doubt Bubba's legal woes were any less personal than what Casey allegedly has gone thru, yet it was open season on Bubba a few years back.
Regardless, I like Casey a lot. I cant wait for him to wise up and return to racing. The sport needs him.
The Yamaha's are quick right out of the box with the seamless shift system (like Honda had last year), and they will only get better as that develops. The Tech 3 guys won't have it, so they won't be as close as they were last year.
Jorge Lorenzo: – Laps 58, Time – 2’00.429
Valentino Rossi: – Laps 55, Time – 2’00.542
Sepang Test Times – Day Three:
1. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V)
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1)
3. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha Factory (YZR-M1)
4. Marc Marquez ESP Repsol Honda (RC213V)
5. Cal Crutchlow GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)
6. Stefan Bradl GER LCR Honda MotoGP (RC213V)
7. Alvaro Bautista ESP Honda Gresini (RC213V)
8. Bradley Smith GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR-M1)
9. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP13)
10. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP13)
11. Katsayuki Nakasuga JPN Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1)
12. Aleix Espargaro ESP Aspar (ART CRT)
13. Andrea Iannone ITA Pramac Racing (GP13)
14. Kosuke Akiyoshi JPN Honda Test Rider (RC213V)
15. Michael Laverty GBR Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT)
16. Randy De Puniet FRA Aspar (ART CRT)
17. Wataru Yoshikawa JPN Yamaha Test Rider (YZR-M1)
18. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)*
19. Takumi Takahashi JPN Honda Test Rider (RC213V)
20. Danilo Petrucci ITA IodaRacing (Suter-BMW CRT)*
21. Karel Abraham CZE Cardion AB (ART CRT)
22. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)*
23. Claudio Corti ITA Forward (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)*
24. Lukas Pesek CZE IodaRacing (Suter-BMW CRT)*
25. Yonny Hernandez COL Paul Bird Motorsport (ART CRT)
26. Bryan Staring AUS Honda Gresini (FTR-Honda CRT)
27. Colin Edwards USA Forward (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)*
..and now even Ben is gonna be on one?? WTF was he thinking?
Seems they would have had a years worth of data already.
Look for the all new Aucadi around June.
Pit Row
The only thing I can imagine is that they are starting with a clean sheet of paper.
So clean in fact they don't have any idea what to build.
They obviously have no faith in last years data.
Sounds like they are on a three year plan,
Bummer for the riders.
No problem, now she's in Australia, for sure she won't bang that technician but (unless they live as castaways), there are still neighbours. If a girl will cheat on you once, she will do it twice, even with kangaroos.
This is what happens when you're rich, famous and you marry a .....
The funny thing is that, if he finds a good woman that loves him and he divorces, his ex wife will even get it all.
I am not disrespecting women, I love women. Simply, she's not a woman. Same to men that acts same way.
Personally I don't think that quitting has been a good solution.
He would have been the no. 1 for a long period.
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