Rossi to Yamaha, confirmed today

Isn't the yam an IL4 ?

Meanwhile, back in the 80's..... on a forum....

"God I wish Doohan would retire, its getting soooo boring watching him disappear...."

"Why cant Criville catch him, its the same bike"

"Bloody Schwantz - gifted that title, never won it"


ETC ETC


This is why we all watch racing.... the characters make the sport.

Yet they will change everything else.

They dropped the trellis and Carbon airbox/frame like a hot potato, so if they knew (if not publically) it was the engine, why wouldn't they change it?

"Yamaha use a 60 degree V4" - Neggers.

"No they didn't. They haven't had a front running bike since 2007" - So Casey was nowhere near the front after 07?

"characters make the racing" - Are you new to this? If you think Stoner is not media friendly enough you'd have loved Doohan with his game face on! Sheene may have been a character but way before my time. I couldn't give a stuff about the backstory, I want to see the best riders fighting on track.

well! was it confirmed today?

Nah....move along...nothing to see here :

As apposed to Jorges previous comment that if Rossi goes back to yamaha the garage wall goes back up?

no st.......

The trellis disappeared in 2010, whilst Rossi was merely a twinkle in Ducati's eye, and as I recall, Casey was critical of the carbon/stressed airbox. Something along the lines of not understanding why they'd introduced it when the old chassis didn't need addressing, it was the front end that was the problem (sounds familiar eh?).

An inline 4 still isn't a 90 degree V4 either though.

Yes he was, but as mentioned earlier, his wins decreased year on year from then onwards - if that trend had have continued maybe he'd be looking at a winless year round about now? Who knows. One man doesn't make a front running bike though either!! Stoner aside, the bike has major flaws, surely you can't be so blinkered as to ignore that? Everyone barring Casey Stoner has struggled on it, and if that means he is so much better than everyone else, then why did he bin his Honda (a superior machine to the Desmosedici) trying to keep up with his team mate not so long ago?? The Ducati is a pig and regardless of who's on it, it needs sorting.

Are you new to this? Doohan with his game face was completely different in my book. Doohan managed to get away with it. A dominant, take-no-st character, an almost movie baddie type of persona that could pull off speaking his mind and telling it like it is. When Stoner does it, in my opinion he just takes on the appearance of a moaning 12 year old that I want to slap. Like after qualifying on Saturday, he spent the whole in lap and entry in to Parc Ferme shaking his head from side to side trying to prove some sort of point and making sure everyone around knew just how unhappy he was. Then proceeds to come across in the press conference that he's either victimised by traffic, or that others are merely in his way....but he qualifies in the exact same conditions as everyone else, how many other complaints do you hear on a consistent basis of being held up or impeded? Jeez just get over it, shut your mouth and get on with it. If he just rode his bike and got on with things it'd be much better.

Yes in race wins and podiums. Championships, it is shared at 2 with Rossi.

Both had periods of absence, with illness or injury.

They wont change the engine configuration as it's part a of Ducati that links to their road bikes. Until then it'll never be with the Yam and Honda. Maybe Audi will change it but when you look at them using Le Mans to plug their road cars you probably realise they wont.