Arm pump my arse!!! I had sciatica in my back and missed the silverstone round of dd But made a come back 2 weeks later and raced through the pain and Oh Did i mention it! I'll just get that first place pot down off the shelf and give it a polish!!! Bloody Aussie wimps !
I for one would not be calm about racing around a track in 2010/2011 with this still in my leg! everytime VR crashed in 2011 must of give him a heart attack to think what would happen if this rod bent.
Ducati= Hey Casey when will you be back to race for us ? CS= My belly still hurts but i'm getting better and enjoying the rest! Ducati= well you best get back racing and not fishing because we want Lorenzo if your belly still hurts ? CS= on my way!!!!!!!
Another arm pump expert - so I suppose those guys who all have surgery to fix it are a bunch of fairies? Honestly, you simply can't hang on to the bike properly which has obvious ramifications..
He should have trained and tested properly through the winter like everyone else did then. But he didn't. Only rider not to have tested to race distance over the winter was Stoner. Obviously thought he would run away with it again without putting in the effort.:wink:
Careful, he still might run away with it. To admit he cooked his tyres when everyone warned about it just would look unprofessional so out came the old arm pump excuse. :biggrin: He had form for exactly doing that last year i think at one of the Italian rounds where he surrendered a big lead after cooking his tyres. The new Bridgestones may have taken away Casey trump card -getting heat into the rock hard old Bridgestones which is why Honda tried to Vito the new front.
No TP said Arm pump so arm pump it is! BTW Bridgestone will have a new new front tyre at Jerez, and according to spalders will hurt honda more. Good to see! now they don't predict the rules via MMSA. Some would say CS's championship was very shallow last year!
And of course you know what training he did over winter cos you were with him or something, right? Oh wait, no... Stoner does a few laps and comes in because he can assess the impact of a change in setup straight away. He's an engineer's dream because he can test more things than pretty much anyone else in a session thanks to his feel. And that has been said by Jorge's crew chief-who used to be Stoner's crew chief on the LCR 990. Maybe do some research on compartmental syndrome and understand what you're talking about? You could end up like Steve, changing your tune in Stoner's favour :wink:
It was the commentators who said he was the only one of all the riders not to have run a full race distance in testing over the winter. That strikes me as a bit unprofessional especially when you are on a totally new bike with new tyres and have no idea of how much energy you need to race the bike nor how the tyres will wear. You wouldn't attempt a marathon without running the distance first would you?
Here's someone worth listening to on the subject of VR's competitiveness: Loris Capirossi certain Valentino Rossi still fast enough to win - | Motorcycle Sport | MotoGP News | MotoGP Results | MCN
MotoGP can't afford to lose Rossi "HONDA – Vale left the Tokyo based manufacturer at the end of 2003, slamming the door behind him after 3 world championships, and moving to rivals Yamaha. Honda is famous for holding grudges, but it is there, the factory team excluded, that Rossi could find his best opportunity, by way of Fausto Gresini's satellite team. They have the engineers and the sponsors necessary to support the Doctor, and their relationship with Honda is very close."
I've had it to a lesser extent both on Mx and Downhill MTB. It is a killer to ride with but i'm not letting Casey off the hook, on this occasion i'm not convinced but only he really knows.
Well all the gp experts stated CS would burn his tyres out by trying to make a break on the others. But i believe CS's version of arm pump, But this 10 day magic thing He mentioned is....................... If you read up on the condition :wink:
I think he will retire at the season end and go rallying in a works car. What's he really got to prove at the end of day! I can understand why Motogp want to keep him as they stand to loose so much cash!
