2012/2013 MotoGP Off-Season News, Rumors and other Info Thread

[The Predator]

Originally Posted by Furad

Sounds like Ago is hoping Rossi won't win another title.

while I would say that would be true, rossi has next to zero chance of even tying Agos number of titles. he'd have to win every title from now to when he's nearly 40.

I just can't see that happening. he might have magic number 10 in him yet, but even that is not the greatest chance.
race winner? most definitely. in the rain, on the M1, the man is akin to senna in a mclaren on a wet day.
he's obviously no slouch in the dry either.

[GUTTERbOY]

Originally Posted by The Predator

while I would say that would be true, rossi has next to zero chance of even tying Agos number of titles. he'd have to win every title from now to when he's nearly 40.

Maybe not overall total titles, but one more MotoGP title and they'd be tied for premier-class crowns.

[Max Deutch]

Originally Posted by GUTTERbOY

Maybe not overall total titles, but one more MotoGP title and they'd be tied for premier-class crowns.

Very true. Vale has already passed him for premier-class victories (79 to 68) and is within striking distance of total wins. It won't be easy for Vale to hit that mark, but it is within sight.

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[GUTTERbOY]

Originally Posted by Max Deutch

Very true. Vale has already passed him for premier-class victories (79 to 68) and is within striking distance of total wins. It won't be easy for Vale to hit that mark, but it is within sight.

Yeah...personally, I think another title is going to be a stretch at this point, but I would thoroughly enjoy being proven wrong.

[dsmgixxer]

at minimum id atleast like to see rossi challenging for podiums every race.

[oldskoolbusa]

Originally Posted by dsmgixxer

at minimum id atleast like to see rossi challenging for podiums every race.

I'm sure he will. I expect at least a couple wins too.

[L8 Braker]

Originally Posted by OldSchlPunk

Jarvis was probably the one that chased Spies off.

Spies wouldn't give a specific name, but here's what he said.

"I had food poisoning at Mugello," Spies wrote. "Bad food poisoning. I shouldn't even have started the race. I got sick in my helmet, and afterward, I was dry-heaving and shaking uncontrollably.

"Yamaha stayed in Italy and tested the next day, but I didn't ride. I couldn't ride. I couldn't move. I couldn't do anything. A senior Yamaha employee--that's as specific as I'm going to get-said to me: 'We've invested a lot of money in you. Don't come to Laguna Seca if you aren't 100 percent.'

"Then, he added, 'We've lost confidence in you.'

"That was the moment--the halfway point of the season, just before the two U.S. rounds at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and Indianapolis Motor Speedway--when I decided I wasn't going to ride for Yamaha in 2013. I have a lot of good friends at Yamaha, but when someone talks down to you like that, you lose respect for them."

[Max Deutch]

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[The Predator]

Originally Posted by GUTTERbOY

Maybe not overall total titles, but one more MotoGP title and they'd be tied for premier-class crowns.

now see that I didn't know.

however, I stand by what I said. I don't see rossi winning a championship unless he gets some luck against lorenzo. pedro needs to run away at the start, or else rossi can out race him, no doubt in my mind. but Jorge is good enough to run away, AND he can hang in there in a tight race. is Vale is in good form, it'll be close, methinks, but Jorge will get it in the end.

No comment on marquez or the others for next season just yet.

[Max Deutch]

People forget that just since Vale road troubled machine for two years does not mean he has lost his talent.

[Tripped1]

Originally Posted by GUTTERbOY

Maybe not overall total titles, but one more MotoGP title and they'd be tied for premier-class crowns.

Vale doens't have to run GP and Moto2 at once either. Ago ran the 500 and 350 classes ...every weekend.

[ZorroX]

I would like to see valentino break the total wins record, what are the numbers for that? Isn't he only like 7 wins away?

[The Predator]

Originally Posted by Max Deutch

People forget that just since Vale road troubled machine for two years does not mean he has lost his talent.

I'm a staunch Vale fan, his performances helped me get into motoGP.
you don't lose that talent magically, no.

But I'm saying he's probably not going to be as dominant as he once was. that's it.

[Max Deutch]

Originally Posted by ZorroX

I would like to see valentino break the total wins record, what are the numbers for that? Isn't he only like 7 wins away?

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