Looks like he's gone. The MD of Ducati Corse shot down by the exit of Rossi.Preziosi lascerà il progetto MotoGP della Ducati - Motomondiale - MotoGP - Motosprint
Yes - Jules and Toby just said as much on the box. Hardly a surprise. I think Audi will be making some sweeping changes over the closed season. Let's hope it does some good. I think there is a fair chance that they may make things even worse initially ... bike racing is bound to be very different from cars.
I think he ran out of answers a long time ago, I guess thats life and it probably took an outsider (audi) to make the hard decision.
as i stated before: Rossi stint has been disastrous for ducati.. leaving it behind smashed to smithereens and even worse: with a massive identitiy problem.. all from someone who had the best behind him even at yamaha. being the greatest in the history books says a lot about ones future value.
Interesting quote - doesn't say who from though ... “The structure is to be altered to make it more ‘Japanese’ with the work divided up into separate divisions, and without tight central control of all aspects. Suter has been commissioned by Audi to build a new chassis for the Ducati as part of a separate, parallel project to try to improve the bike.” "More Japanese" eh? Hmmm
oh well, onwards and upwards as they say, he'll wheel off in to the sunset a rich man so who cares To be fair to him its probably been a lack of money from top brass along with some bad design ideas. Plus over the last two seasons you can not discount rossi + crew giving the feedback which has lead to nothing either so its the whole lot of them. I think a better/harder decision would of been to terminate rossis contract much earlier and get somebody else (younger/fresher) on board to see how they rode the bike being less tainted by a particular 'feel' etc Scott redding for example, hes just what they needed IMO Still, since when has common sense prevailed in MotoGP Its a fucking laughing stock at the moment what with dornas new rules etc,
But was it ever really a.ive? Or was it Stoner had an extraordiry desire and talent which as a combination no one else could match
I think you've said it in one Bradders. Can't help but feel sorry for Preziosi collared with the task of trying to turn a pigs ear into a silk purse. I think a certain Mr Jenkins got off rather lightly tbh. Ducati at the time (apparently) said :- "the monocoque is cheap to manufacture, easy to tune for strength and flex and is explicit in its intention to use the MotoGP bike as a testbed for a post-trellis superbike future". Some of them words can't taste as good now.
At the risk of beeing flamed ....actually I don't care, I called it right at the start, I can't resist saying "I told you so" Rossi was a really bad move move he was never going to do anything on a bike that needed him to ride it rather than just sit aboard it and twist the throttle. Stoner is clearly the best rider out there and yes he is better than Rossi Having said that I'm glad Stoner has gone, it will make for a much closer championship next year, Rossi will not win it and will never be world champion again, he will continue to sell T-shirts and lead the pantomime of followers who in tern will continue to blindly believe Rossi is some kind of deity. Preziosi unfortunately seems to be in that number by listening entirely to Rossi between them they have FCUKED up a decent bike and gone backwards from the start.
Yeah Rob you called it.... Actually the problem was that the bike did not work for most riders. Pick some names Melandri, Capirossi, Gibernau, Chace. None of them could consistently get it to work. Stoner is a great talent but better than any of those, no sorry. He just suited the bike and no one else did. Rossi has won several chamionships and sure as hell did not just sit on the bike... Rossi and Burgess have tried to get Ducati to make it a bike more rideable for all riders but either they and/or Ducati have failed. The bike is no better in fact probably worse....
Sadly people actually are stupid enough to believe that too.... Also that he never had any competition, yeah cos Barros, Biaggi, Capirossi etc really were crap....
