Rossi

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Originally Posted by Scotty

Question: will Lorenzo's bike advantage (thanks to seven years of development by Rossi and Burgess) gradually erode over the season as development stagnates without the principal movers to push it along? Don't get me wrong, I think he's a very talented racer, but the best bike on the grid was handed to him after all the work had been done (probably the thing that riled Rossi more than anything else) and as far as we know he hasn't put a lot into it himself... Discuss :)

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That's my line of thinking Si, I think he has been handed a bike that is at the top of it's game and he revelled in it last year (yes he is a very talented rider but with Rossi out for a few races it was as good as given to him imo), he now needs to carry on the development that Rossi completed in order to stand any chance of keeping up with the likes of Stoner this year. Time will tell if Lorenzo is as good as he tells us all (over and over again) when it comes to development as well as racing. The second half of the season, when Rossi is fully fit again and the bike is the way he wants it will be very interesting.

I make no secret of the fact I am a pure Rossi fan forever (Schwantz in the early days!) and scoff at Pedrosa (who in my eyes is the Tim Henman of moto gp lol) Stoner (if he can stay on the Honda) he will fly this year but I would love to see the bun fight that will happen in the Honda garage between the 3 of them ;D. I like Dovi, Simoncelli and I think Spies will shine too so I Look forward to shouting at my boy this year!

Roxy

Well it was no secret about the wall in the garage, that was put up to stop Lorenzo seeing how they prepped Rossis M1, so it wouldn't surprise me if that was a factor Scotty...

(also team 46 forever!)

I don't mean to throw a spanner in the works BUT IMHO I think Pedrosa may well be up for it too this year, Stoner, like Lorenzo has been handed a very strong base bike to work with and the test times never really say how good or bad a particular rider or bike is.

Let the battle's commence is all I can say :D :D

Pedrosa will always be runner up. Stoner will be flying... into the gravel head first, just as he did every race before he got on the Ducati. Spies will be top 5. Simoncelli will be top 3. It'll be between Lorenzo and Rossi. Undoubtedly Lorenzo's got the head start, so Rossi will be all out to win the first race to put the wind up him. The first race is going to be awesome... :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Ben Spies said this about the M1:

""The Yamaha is a very balanced and great bike."

Of course it is, it was developed by the GOAT & his trusty sidekick!!

As much as I like Rossi....it'll be Stoner's championship to lose this year.

I'm not sure whether Lorenzo can develop the Yamaha as much as Rossi did and so push come to shove might struggle in the latter half of the season against the Hondas.

On equal bikes I'd go for Lorenzo as I don't think Stoner likes to rough it out as much as others. It might also come down to mistakes and injuries. I hope not though.

I think it'll be an interesting season. Shame there's still a lack of numbers on the grid. Moto 2 however... 8-)

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Originally Posted by ninja_richie

I think it'll be an interesting season. Shame there's still a lack of numbers on the grid. Moto 2 however... 8-)

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Oh yes, I will be watching Bradley Smith again this year after his 125 season last year. Fingers crossed he will get on well with the 600 this year!