[Ducati] Spoiler! Jerez

[Henry Avello]

Sorry gang, but what makes you think you know what's in the mind of a rider?
I think it's presumptuous of anyone to think they know what went wrong when
a rider performs poorly beyond what the rider himself has said.  In this
case, Loris said they had engine trouble and he f**ked up.  There's nothing
more to say or read into it.
I'm an expert racer in WERA southeast.  Sometimes I have good days,
sometimes not.  Sometimes I have a particular track dialed in, sometimes
not, sometimes I podium, sometimes I suck, yada yada.
That's all there's to it.  No deep dark secrets.
My two cents.
Henry Avello

-----Original Message-----
From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net [mailto:ducati-bounces at ducati.net] On Behalf
Of Veloce916 at aol.com
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 11:50 AM
To: ducati at ducati.net
Subject: Re: [Ducati] Spoiler! Jerez

 
Life in the public eye is a tough game. You have to be prepared to take the

criticism with the praise. Coming back to a race track you TOTALLY dominated

last year (pole position, race victory and the fastest lap) with a 12th
place 
finish behind a d'Antin bike, is worth a "what the f***???" on the part of  
his fans. Everybody has a bad day but at his level in the game a bad day is

falling down or getting a bad start or having his tires go away, not
slugging  
along at the back of the field like a guy that paid for his own ride. It may

not  sound like I am a fan of Loris but I really am.  It's just the reality
of  
big time sports, you need to have your head in the game and for whatever 
reason,  his didn't seem to be. So yes, I suppose you could have been more
gracious 
but  you were still right.
(In my opinion)
Vicki
 
 
In a message dated 3/26/2007 1:18:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
contingencya at yahoo.com writes:

Thanks  for the update vicki.I guess I should be a bit more gracious.
<remove foot from mouth> 
He certainly is a good rider and  anybody can have a bad day at the track. 
But a bad day at the track is better  than a good day at work!!

God bless,
Aaron

Veloce916 at aol.com wrote:

The general speculation is  he's off his game a bit because his wife is 
having their first child any  moment but here's what he had to say:

"This morning we thought we had  found a better set-up but the race didn't
go 
well," sighed Capirex. "At  the start something happened with the engine, I 
got a bad start and  after... well, I didn't ride so well. We worked on 
engine 
mapping this  morning but maybe we didn't get it right because I didn't have

great  acceleration and that made things worse. I'm not happy, I had a bad 
race.  
Yes, I finished, but this is not the way I like to race. During the next
few 
weeks we will work on a few things to make sure we start Turkey in  better 
shape."

Vicki


In a message dated 3/26/2007  10:59:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
contingencya at yahoo.com  writes:

I was thinking the same thing!! I see Stoner putting a move on  hayden and 
move up to 5th; I see rossi out front of pedrosa by a mile; I  see 15 names 
go 
by on the side of the tv, and I says to myself, "self, did  you miss the
news 
about capirossi's retirment party or something?!" Yeah,  end of the race 
roll's around and he's floating around the back like he's  just making sure 
everybody gets off the track before sundown. What the  heck?

Aaron







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