Casey Stoner has announced that he will be leaving Ducati to become a works Honda rider for 2011
Which leaves a vacant seat at Ducati for the 2011 season.............will it be filled by a certain Mr.Rossi I wonder...
can you imagine if he won the 2011 championship on the Duc.......Italy would go nuts
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison
Mutley - May 2003 Chili Red 'One'
Yep, i'd say we all knew from Casey's reaction to questions about it that it was gonna happen. As i've said previously, i'm a big Casey and Nicky fan, plus a Ducati fan from Bayliss's SBK days so to have them all under one roof was awsome! I do like the Repsol team so a'l still be a big fan. As for Mr Rossi, i won't attempt to say he's not good when he's clearly the greatest of all time, but I just do not like the guy. He's arrogant and ****y (which again he has every right to be) but I just can't see myself cheering him on, on the big red machine next season :(
MINI F56 Cooper in Deep Blue with black roof and caps.
This has been well publicised in the recent media, MCN especially.
Love him or hate him Rossi is the greatest ever and will take a lot for someone to overhaul his achievements, that said, it would be interesting to see what he can make of the Ducati as Stoner has so far been the only one able to ride it.
It wouldn't surprise me if he is on the Ducati next year.
Who is actually leaving Honda next year to make way for Stoner? surely not Pedrosa?
Edit: Just read the statement, Honda intend keeping Pedrosa and Davizioso, hmmmmmmmmmmmm a 3rd factory bike??
....also spies is also going to Yamaha to fill rossi's seat, so I hear.
Well.............Honda were seemingly in talks with Red Bull about running Stoner in a lone factory team as Repsol hadn't the money to run all 3 of them
Don't think Spies will move up to the factory team until 2012 as Yamaha were treating 2010 as his learning year with next year as a consolidation year before moving up to full factory status in 2012.....but.......if the GOAT does go to Ducati then that would all change
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison
Mutley - May 2003 Chili Red 'One'
The Ducati thing seems to have stemed from the fact that Rossi's contract for next year was a salary drop to 9 million where as Lorenzo's was a salary increase to 8 millionand Ducati have seemingly offered him 12 million per year for 2 years.....mmmmmmm....tough call
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison
Mutley - May 2003 Chili Red 'One'
Yeah next season is going to VERY interesting to watch, at the moment it looks like Stoner will be on a Factory Honda of some sorts be it Repsol or not and Rossi possibly going to the Big Red squad on the Ducati it just begs the question then of who will be taking Rossis seat on the second Fiat Yamaha? I doubt very much that Spies would be given the opportunity since hes only been in MotoGP for half a season, so even if he has proven himself to be really good so far, so we'll wait and see who gets the seat if anyone at all...
So Stoner(Honda), Rossi(Ducati), Pedrosa(Honda) and Lorenzo(Yamaha) there are going to be some epic front of the race action from these four battling it out for sure, assuming all goes well with the Ducati, lets hope they get it sorted and working like it should be, coz last year and this year as well it just does not seem to be up to the job.
Bring on 2011 I say
Rossi has just confirmed he WILL be racing in Germany this weekend only 41 days after breaking his leg
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison
Mutley - May 2003 Chili Red 'One'
Still waiting for confirmation from the circuit doctors, but, yep, he wants to raceOriginally Posted by Big Gordy
WooHoo...
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