MotoGP

[antonio carroccio]

Possible squad for 2006:

 

Yamaha Valentino Rossi & Colin Edwards

Honda HRC Nicky Hayden & Daniel Pedrosa

Ducati-Alice Sete Gibernau & Loris Capirossi

Suzuki Chris Vermeulen & John Hopkins

Kawasaki Shinja Nakano & Randy De Puniet

Honda Team Gresini Toni Elias & Marco Melandri (Fortuna)

Honda Carlos Checa & Casey Stoner (sponsor?)

Jit Montiron Makoto Tamada & Kenny Roberts jr.

Team D’Antin James Ellison & Luis Cardoso (this team is not confirmed yet!!!)

Yamaha Poncharal Max Biaggi & Roberto Rolfo (this team is not confirmed yet!!!)

[v50man]

Antonio --

 

Where are you getting your info? I cannot believe that Max would come back only to be humiliated by Rossi on the same bike.

 

Are you just guessing?

 

V50

 

Possible squad for 2006:

 

Yamaha  Valentino Rossi & Colin Edwards

Honda HRC  Nicky Hayden & Daniel Pedrosa

Ducati-Alice  Sete Gibernau & Loris Capirossi

Suzuki  Chris Vermeulen & John Hopkins

Kawasaki  Shinja Nakano & Randy De Puniet

Honda Team Gresini Toni Elias & Marco Melandri (Fortuna)

Honda  Carlos Checa & Casey Stoner (sponsor?)

Jit Montiron  Makoto Tamada & Kenny Roberts jr.

Team D’Antin  James Ellison & Luis Cardoso (this team is not confirmed yet!!!)

Yamaha Poncharal    Max Biaggi & Roberto Rolfo (this team is not confirmed yet!!!)

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[gthyni]

Max and HRC had a fall-out,

but Camel sticks with Max

so Pons is out of a main sponsor.

 

Rumors places Max on a Yamaha

either in Tech3 (satellit team) or

to team up with Colin Edwards in a Camel/Yamha teams

while Rossi has his own single rider Alice/Yamaha outfit.

 

Or could it be D'Antin? With the 12 million euros Camel

pumped into Pons last year D'Antin could get Ducati GP5s

and good tyres for Massimiliano.

 

And I think Kenny Jr will drive his dad's bike with leased Honda engine

[Bbennett]

Yeah, KTM has had their fill of being an engine supplier for MotoGP/Roberts

 

Are the teams already winter testing with 800CC bikes now I wonder?

[gthyni]

Are the teams already winter testing with 800CC bikes now I wonder?

 

probably not since the 800cc rules is for 2007 and on.

[Guest AdamofKC]

probably not since the 800cc rules is for 2007 and on.

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Forgive my Moto GP ignorance, but what 800cc rules?

[Lex]

Forgive my Moto GP ignorance, but what 800cc rules?

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MotoGP is going from 990 to 800 CC in 2007. This is to make racing safer. Yup, I'm sure bikes with narrower power bands and more abrupt power delivery will be much safer. Did anybody bother to ask the riders if they wanted this change? Speaking as a fan, I'd rate the current MotoGP bikes as extremely enjoyable to watch, the balance of power to chassis to brakes seems to be very good. Suzuki and Kawasaki are finally getting enough power to get in the top ten. Things are going really well for the series, I guess that makes it time for the FIM to f*ck things up.

 

Sorry, I'm pretty sick of every racing series I follow (AMA superbike, WSB, MotoGP, F1) being run by idiots intent on building up the fan base for NASCAR and stick and ball sports.

 

Lex

[staedtler]

now i understand!

 

the ins and outs of the season....intersting enlightment reading...

[Lex]

now i understand!

 

the ins and outs of the season....intersting enlightment reading...

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Much better then enlightening, fascinating. Thank very much for posting the link. I would never have thought to look on the NASCAR (oops, I mean Speed) channel for anything 1/10th this interesting. Four thumbs on my scale :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

Lex