[Ducati] Ducati's move to Bridgestone

[Dyna Ryder]

IIRC, Rossi states in his autobio, that he spoke with Ducati, liked them a lot, but in the end, they, like Honda, were too committed to developing the bike through engineering/telemetry, rather than around the rider's requests/input, so he went with Yamaha who seemd more responsive to developing the bike with rider input. Of course, money may have had something to do with it.
   
  Cheers,
   
  Frank.
   
   

Veloce916 at aol.com wrote:
  
It was never Rossi against Stoner. Stoner came into the picture later. I 
heard it was Rossi's demands regarding time, or more specifically, lack of it. 
You get Rossi, Rossi rides. That's pretty much it. It was a dealbreaker.
But the dream is still to have Rossi ride a Ducati. And until Rossi wins the 
overall Motogp championship on a Ducati his legacy isn't complete. So 
regardless of how things are today it could always change tomorrow.
IMHO
Vicki


In a message dated 9/26/2007 10:04:45 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
jvwhiting at palomaresources.com writes:

Come on. Stoner's salary? Rossi's salary demand? You figure it out. 
Ducati's checkbook is not bottomless. Behind the scenes? Sorry, but it never 
got to that point, IMO.

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From: ducati-bounces at ducati.net on behalf of Ducati Superbikes
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Subject: Re: [Ducati] Ducati's move to Bridgestone



So what's the real "behind the scenes" story??? Why wouldn't Rossi ride for
Ducati (other than the tobacco tale)???

Tye



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