All I want to see is plenty of bikes on the grid and close racing, dumbing it down may be the way to achieve this.
There has to be a place for top level prototype bikes. Without the technology involved the world would be a duller place.
Save your money here. Seriously other than what you say about the volume, the rest is nonsense. I can show you a 220+hp engine that breaths through a 26mm diameter hole. You will not pressurise an airbox above ambient without a compressor. You will not crate a vacuum unless you have a serious restriction in the inlet to the airbox. This is all well proven physics.
If Ducati want to compete in Supers why shouldn't they be told "either build a bike to 1000 cc or fuck off " They were winning with the 999 at that level , so what if it cost them a fortune to run , no-one is stopping them using a V4 . Heres a curved ball why don't MotoGP allow any cc above 750 , if you want to run 2000cc that's up to you ,surely it should be open to factories or privateers to make a bike go round in circles by whatever means mechanically available to beat the oppo's , using whatever fuel load and electrical package they want , after all its supposed to be a race to the line, fastest finisher wins, but of course first you've got to finish. that would be good to see these factories with their knickers in a twist not knowing what to build to compete.
peter I have visions of a real life 'MotorStorm' from the playstation 'just run what u brung' halfway there with CRT lol
I honestly think a mix of both but personally speaking I've never been sold on the transition Checas made or his willingness to adapt style. they're very different animals in terms of feel from what I gather and whilst I know he's been injured ive always just had the opinion there's a certain degree of 'old dog, new tricks ' happening. he's simply not prepared to adapt or push to find limitations. I do get that as we all know when you get older things tend to break easier and for Checa he can't afford to have a big off as it could end his final career years and ultimately his continuing pay packets. the problem is ducati need people to push the bike and also adapt, neither is something Checa looks bothered about doing. nice guy and all that but time for a change IMO, really they should've drafted in some new blood for the start of this season and let Checa move on but hey ho
so when they say 'Ducati lap record pace' does anybody know how far off everybody else's lap record pace that is?
its ok,somebody will come along in a minute and give us the stats..............any minute now..............................
We will see next year. The rule changes should make things much more even and with Aprilia and BMW withdrawing factory support too. Interestingly the Aprilia doesn't seem to have been quite as competitive this year as last. is it getting old?
Does this mean that the Ducati will be competitive if the Aprilias and BMWs have one hand tied behind their backs?
I would guess that seeing as BMW have thrown a huge amount of cash at their project and haven't even come close to a a Championship that they might consider it poor value for money.
apart from leading the championship until recently, though now Ginters is injured.....and Eugene has fallen off his a fair bit!
