[Ducati] Rossi on Rossi's future

[Peter Bonner]

Well put Alex,

In some ways, the best scenario for Ducati might be if Melandri should win
the championship, since that would keep Stoner a bit more subdued in the pay
department. However if either one wins the championship next year, I believe
it will be a far tougher battle. Despite the journalists with their
ridiculous statements that tyres are the determining factor of who wins, the
truth of course is that at the start of the year, Ducati had a huge power
advantage on the straights and good cornering manners. However it was quite
interesting to note that for the final race, Pedrosa drafted Stoner and
passed on the straight, first time that has occurred this season if I
remember rightly. In other words, Ducati may lose their huge power advantage
next year as the Jap. guys catch up with technology. Also, I see Rossi
clamor for a V4 from Yamaha, and Yamaha has certainly been out of it in
terms of producing a winning bike. If Yamaha even gets close to Ducati,
Honda, and Suzuki, then Rossi still has the ability to make the difference.
According to the current Roadracing world, Yamaha still thinks inline 4 is
as good, but perhaps they will rethink that over the break. Certainly they
need to get off their duff and start building a competitive bike.

Peter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexander M Ortner" <aortner264789mi at comcast.net>
To: "'Ducati Owners Group'" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:49 PM
Subject: RE: [Ducati] Rossi on Rossi's future


> >Rossi is arguably the one of the best (in my mind he is the best) riders
of
>
> >the last few years, but he had his opportunity to go to Ducati and he
> >refused.  As much as I like Rossi, he made his decision and he must live
> >with it. However, if Duc would take him, he would be a wonderful
compliment
>
> >to Stoner!!!
>
> Hypothetically speaking let's say Stoner wins again next year. He could
very
> well get some big money offers from Yamaha or Honda that Ducati can't
match.
> You can't blame him for going where them money is and you can't blame him
> for feeling a little like he could do what Rossi did, change teams and win
> the first year out. I could see this as a likely scenario for Rossi to
come
> to Ducati and go right to being the number one rider. Now if Malandri
should
> win the championship next year all bets are off and Ducati will have no
> reason to even offer Rossi a ride.
>
> By the way remember that Fogerty did the same thing left Ducati after
> winning a couple championships and went to Honda, so it could happen.
>
>
> Alex Ortner
> aortner at comcast.net
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