Racing Silly Season - Who is going where in 2014?

[Turn7]

Im hearing Bradl to Forward and Cal to LCR.......

[egor110]

Turn7 said:

Im hearing Bradl to Forward and Cal to LCR.......

Yeah that's what speedweek magazine are reporting in Germany.

I wonder if redding could be moved up onto that bike or is it same spec as bautistas ?

[Lincsblokey]

egor110 said:

Turn7 said:

Im hearing Bradl to Forward and Cal to LCR.......

Yeah that's what speedweek magazine are reporting in Germany.

I wonder if redding could be moved up onto that bike or is it same spec as bautistas ?

Think fausto has pretty much now confirmed HRC have stamped on his plan to keep Scott on the proddy bike and told him to put him on the full fat bike...

[daimatt]

Turn7 said:

Im hearing Bradl to Forward and Cal to LCR.......

I thought Cal had announced at World Ducati Week that he was staying with them for 2015

[egor110]

Lincsblokey said:

egor110 said:

Turn7 said:

Im hearing Bradl to Forward and Cal to LCR.......

Yeah that's what speedweek magazine are reporting in Germany.

I wonder if redding could be moved up onto that bike or is it same spec as bautistas ?

Think fausto has pretty much now confirmed HRC have stamped on his plan to keep Scott on the proddy bike and told him to put him on the full fat bike...

Why wouldn't you put redding on the proper bike? he's your quickest rider to not give him the best bike is madness.

[Lincsblokey]

egor110 said:

Lincsblokey said:

egor110 said:

Turn7 said:

Im hearing Bradl to Forward and Cal to LCR.......

Yeah that's what speedweek magazine are reporting in Germany.

I wonder if redding could be moved up onto that bike or is it same spec as bautistas ?

Think fausto has pretty much now confirmed HRC have stamped on his plan to keep Scott on the proddy bike and told him to put him on the full fat bike...

Why wouldn't you put redding on the proper bike? he's your quickest rider to not give him the best bike is madness.

Fausto wanted to keep bautista on it!!

[Turn7]

daimatt said:

Turn7 said:

Im hearing Bradl to Forward and Cal to LCR.......

I thought Cal had announced at World Ducati Week that he was staying with them for 2015

Bit of smoke and mirrors and late decision to bin Bradl I reckon.

Shame, but I think Bradl has almost peaked in the current company. Cal will have one more season of good rides left too I think.

[Dare2Fail]

It's now being reported as a done deal by Speedweek. Crutchlow to LCR. I didn't see that coming this time last week.

[Shadow R1]

Nothing official yet mate, but its looking more and more likely.

[Yazza54]

Hope it's true, really wanted to see redding on a factory bike too though

[Lincsblokey]

Redding has the Gresini Prototype bike, Cal has the LCR bike, sounds like Miller will get an open bike with either LCR or Gresini too, and rumours of J Rea finally getting his shot....

[LoonR1]

What's the point bringing Miller straight through only to give him an open class bike. Give him the LCR and bin Crutchlow off IMO. None of the current drop will challenge Marquez so give the kids a crack at him.

[Lincsblokey]

you cant jump from a tiddler bike to a full fat bike in one go. so many have tried, and failed, notably hartley & stafford from brit gp 125's to sstk/bsb and thats nowhere near the jump miller would be making, let him crash his brains out in the first year on a proddy rcv with the new pneumatic motors then if he does ok like Scott has, give him a full fat bike. Still say Vinales would have been a better bet

[Dare2Fail]

Lincsblokey said:

you cant jump from a tiddler bike to a full fat bike in one go. so many have tried, and failed, notably hartley & stafford from brit gp 125's to sstk/bsb and thats nowhere near the jump miller would be making, let him crash his brains out in the first year on a proddy rcv with the new pneumatic motors then if he does ok like Scott has, give him a full fat bike. Still say Vinales would have been a better bet

Agree with all of that. The whole Miller saga strikes me as factories panicking and desperately trying to find a way to beat Marquez. It's almost as if they've went "Marquez is young and therefore only someone equally young can beat him". Vinales is the safer bet if he can avoid going flakey again.

[Lincsblokey]

Dare2Fail said:

Lincsblokey said:

you cant jump from a tiddler bike to a full fat bike in one go. so many have tried, and failed, notably hartley & stafford from brit gp 125's to sstk/bsb and thats nowhere near the jump miller would be making, let him crash his brains out in the first year on a proddy rcv with the new pneumatic motors then if he does ok like Scott has, give him a full fat bike. Still say Vinales would have been a better bet

Agree with all of that. The whole Miller saga strikes me as factories panicking and desperately trying to find a way to beat Marquez. It's almost as if they've went "Marquez is young and therefore only someone equally young can beat him". Vinales is the safer bet if he can avoid going flakey again.

The amazing thing is Vinales is a defacto red bull & repsol sponsored rider, one would assume a shoe in at honda, unless he burned his bridges in a spectacular way when he walked out of his m3 team and slated HRC.

Big risk if he goes to suzuki, but those who risk nothing, bla bla bla...

[Turn7]

All official now.
Dovi and iannonne for the red donkey and Cal to LCR.

Still think it will be has last year on a premium bike.

[LoonR1]

Turn7 said:

All official now.
Dovi and iannonne for the red donkey and Cal to LCR.

Still think it will be has last year on a premium bike.

Completely agree, he's done well to hold onto a ride IMO, Ducati could easily have kept paying him, but moved him off the bike.

[WaferThinHam]

LoonR1 said:

Turn7 said:

All official now.
Dovi and iannonne for the red donkey and Cal to LCR.

Still think it will be has last year on a premium bike.

Completely agree, he's done well to hold onto a ride IMO, Ducati could easily have kept paying him, but moved him off the bike.

It's probably saved Ducati moeny by sacking him off, he was never going to do anything of note on the red monster.

Will be interesting to see him on the LCR bike, but now it is his time to perform. If he flops it in 2015 expect to see him WSBK in 2016.

[Turn7]

WaferThinHam said:

LoonR1 said:

Turn7 said:

All official now.
Dovi and iannonne for the red donkey and Cal to LCR.

Still think it will be has last year on a premium bike.

Completely agree, he's done well to hold onto a ride IMO, Ducati could easily have kept paying him, but moved him off the bike.

It's probably saved Ducati moeny by sacking him off, he was never going to do anything of note on the red monster.

Will be interesting to see him on the LCR bike, but now it is his time to perform. If he flops it in 2015 expect to see him WSBK in 2016.

Its just put him back to where he was on the Tech3 as far as Podiums go. Cant see anyone getting a win unless 93 is on the floor.

[egor110]

Question is has bradders saved his seat for next season?

With more and more riders signed up there are less to nick his seat.