Yooperbikemike's 2009 MotoGP Thread.

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His biggest failing to a lot of folks is he had the temerity to beat Rossi.

Get well soon Casey

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Mladin managed a case of Epstein Barr to win a championship and has certainly continued to show full form since recovery.

Oh, and there's Miggy Duhamel being carried to his 600 SS and SBK to double at Daytona after nearly losing his leg half a season before, Mick Doohan winning 5 World Championships after nearly losing his leg, positively losing most of a little finger, and being permenantly disabled. James Witham recovered from Hodgkins Lymphoma to win races at World Championship level. I believe he finished 2nd in BSB the year he took off part of the season for treatment, though I could be very wrong there (too lazy to verify... ).

These are just a few cases that come to mind.

Of course, it is very possible that Stoner will never be the same. I think there is equal possibility that he will come back smarter, stronger, and more determined than ever.

And this fella (he had much rougher than Armstrong):

Casey isn't cut of the same cloth as that guy. That's Rossi or Ago land, IF all of the tests still keep coming up negative...

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Aug/090817rydernotes.htm

Honda on non-Showa suspension. That's big. Honda owns Showa, from what I recall. To admit that they don't have the best product...

I hope it does help Honda get up to the front two Yamahas. Someone needs to keep Rossi in check when Lorenzo can't do it. A 14 second gap from first to second is just silly.

The 7 million Euro Man?

http://yooperbikemikesmotoblog.blogspot.com

+1! Just wish he'd guest write for me too

As for 7 million euros, that's the third figure I've heard, from 3.52 million (frighteningly precise), 5 million, 7 million, I even saw $13 million somewhere. I think people are making it up as they go along ...

There was a 10 second gap from second to third as well.

So, Fabrizio retired early in Brno, and the BBC2 guys were saying it was due to Arm Pump, and implying that the GP bike is therefore way harder to ride than the WSBK bikes. I would imagine this is due to the carbon brakes and tires allowing much harder, later braking.

Thoughts from the Adv rider cognoscenti? I recall other superbike riders making a good showing in MotoGP one off rides.

JC

That will take the pressure off Casey and boost his recuperation, huh.

Does Ducati really think that Lorenzo could develop a bike? The only guys on the grid who could develop the package would be Rossi/Burgess or CE/Burgess.

We've been spoiled lately I think. This used to be standard fare in the two stroke/Doohan era!
By car racing standards that's a "nail biter!"
Still...we've had some good close racing this year...including Brno.


It just wasn't close at the very end!

I heard arm pump, and then they said it was an old injury acting up(prolly from running into Spies). Someone else said the engine had problems. Either way it was a weak show of skills and a disappointment for the team. Not everybody can do a Bayliss.

A bit more than pump according to crash:

“I had to stop otherwise I would have risked a fall. I have torn the right shoulder muscle and it looks like I have a golf ball under the skin."

Well since they have zero chance of scoring either combination of those two...

One thing I feel Hayden has been missing all along (entire MGP career) is a personal crew chief. If I were Ducati, I would be on the phone to Erv Kanemoto.