VR settings are for the race which will not work on the soft tyre.. massive chatter according to alex briggs. Spies will get the ride... Unless Cal or Dovi can take £££££££££££££££££'s with them. Yamaha usa pay for Spies.
I wouldn't say that, Rossi was lapping faster than Hayden and came through from 12th remember, he was clearly catching him up on those last few laps ... that's racing. I like Hayden too though and agree Ducati should keep him and I hope he goes well on his home race in two weeks, Cal will be making a big mistake if he goes to Ducati IMHO and Ducati will be making a big mistake if they dump Nicky.
I understand that, but Yam won't be too keen on having their official bike back in 10th place (second to last real GP bike). It's not exactly a great ad for Yam in the US. I bet there are other talented US riders who could appear. It makes even less sense for them when their other bike is leading the championship, so there is something wrong with their rider.
But if a big italian company back Dovi (Fiat) then yamaha will not refuse and will not need yank money!
He was 11 th and the last GP bike. Ah you mean in the points . Oh well he was 11th today and only 2 seconds faster than the crt bikes at the line.
I think that was a very respectible result, especially when you look at the company he was mixing it with in that 8 bike train.....with the kids in Moto3 that 5th could quite easily become a podium or a win! Well done I say!
It was a marked improvement on the last few outings, VR only 11ish seconds off of the lead at the line, not the usual 30 and it was good to watch:smile: Felt sorry for Nicky, but that is racing
Despite Lorenzo's outright dominance today (and I loved his wave to the grandstand), the red bikes were much closer to the front today both in terms of race lap times and the overall distance to the winner at the flag. However Mugello is Ducati's test track so the bike ought to work there! Nicky Hayden is still well ahead of Bens Pies in the standings so if Yamaha USA absolutely have to have a Yank on the blue bike, and are prepared to shell out the $$$ to do so, Nicky could do worse than go there. Spies was behind De Puniet for bits of the race on a track with a 210 mph straight! How many more excuses can the guy have? I don't really see why it matters so much though as do Americans really care about world championships that actually go outside of North America? Serious question as I don't know if MotoGP or AMA have a bigger following.
