I guess we can add that nickname to the pile. El Capitan Pequeno, Moaner, Flock Of Seagulls, and The Choker. BTW I see Flock Of Seagulls has been hired to smash Aprillias for the next few years.
From Matt Oxley via motomatters.com, wrt Rossi's triumph at Misano: "Márquezs lack of acceleration during the race was probably due to wheelspin triggering the traction control and reducing power with ignition cuts." I'm sure this is right, and I feel priveliged to have access to this sort of insight through this board and the paths it offers. Thanks Krop, and thanks Matt. Oh and Motorsport magazine is pretty cool too.
+1, always great stuff. Krop also has a good summary of the state of silly season so far. F*ck me, I'm going over to Kickstarter and raising 250,000. Maybe I should go for 260,000, my leathers will be rather larger around the mid section than most of the grid. Jim
It will be crutchslow. When he is getting the same results as Miller on the Open bike. cant wait to hear the excuse he has this time around.
This article http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/20...tm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss implies that Ducati will be competing in the factory category (same as Yamaha and Honda) rather than open or factor-open or whatever they are calling it this year. Is this a case of bad/incomplete reporting or will Ducati move to the same regs as HRC and factory Yamaha next year?
WHEN Crutchlow is getting the same results as Miller? Miller hasn't done a lap on a MotoGP bike yet, and Cal has several years there under his belt. He was fast on the M1. His partnership with Ducati didn't work out, but then again, the same goes for Rossi, if that bike does not suit you, youre screwed.
If I remember the whole kurfuffle they were supposed to be competing in the factory catagory this year. But they were allowed to compete in the open catagory this year until the won a race, took 2 seconds or 3 thirds. Next year they would be moved back to the factory catagory.
So I get half of these nick names... anybody care to explain the other half? El Capitan Pequeno =DP Moaner= CS Flock Of Seagulls= ??? The Choker=??
FO Seagulls= Bautista (haircuts) Choker is Espargro (seems to have the talent but crashes a lot pushing an inferior bike)