MotoGP - One tyre for all?

[Chilli]

Watching the qualifying earlier, and the boys were talking about the possibility of Bridgestone being the only tyre producer gonig forward. A good thing?
Would make the racing better, wouldn't it?

[RemaL]

not sure really, It snice to have various makes in any racing.

I would not want to watch Honda only engines an would not watch it. same thing really is it not

[castrolcraig]

it just wont work

i know people said the same about wsb but has the whole world gone mad,

according to motorcyclenews.com bsb are to have a one tyre rule, and i wondeer who will get the contract for that.....

[MrsMiggins]

If tyre development is going to continue as it has been (which is VERY good for us) then they all need to be involved in high quality motorsport. Terrible idea to go 1 make, IMO.

Turn off the traction control if you want better racing. It should be about rider skill, not electronic jiggery-pokery.

[Biker's Nemesis]

No, what they they should do is, let them do as they please, quite frankly it's a load of boocks at the moment.

It's a prototype serious, with what amounts to a tyre rule that's ing up the racing.

Shish.

[Chilli]

So, that's a no then?

[Biker's Nemesis]

[RIGHT OVER]

put rossi on the ducati and he can get the coffee in when he is 10 seconds ahead every week .

as for the one make tyre its a NO FROM ME .

tyre wars thats the ticket.

[Rawwr]

RIGHT OVER said:

put rossi on the ducati and he can get the coffee in when he is 10 seconds ahead every week.

Prove it?

[kingb]

Rawwr said:

RIGHT OVER said:

put rossi on the ducati and he can get the coffee in when he is 10 seconds ahead every week.

Prove it?

well ultimatly that is the reason for the change in rule. rossi is the big money man for moto gp if he is not up and the sharp end its bad financially for the sport which is unfortunatly what it all comes down to.

but as above i think remove all the electronics and lets see if stoner can handle a 200bhp racing machine. rossi has proved in previous years that he certainly can - stoner on the other hand got spit off on a regular basis.

dont get me wrong i think stoner has been brilliant this year and has rode perfectly but im just usre rossi is the better rider

[jellison]

Has not hurt WSB - it is best.

Different Bikes and rider is enough of a variable.

[YamR1V64motion]

i think the new allowance for V twins will hurt WSB though as it will slowly trickle back to been World Ducati Racing.

[sprinter885]

Thing is.. would Michelin be working as hard to get their tyres working at MotoGP level (& perhaps ultimately on the road) if Bridgestone was the only tyre allowed???

[anonymous-user]

Mmmm - tough one . . .
How about encouraging more manufacturers to get involved to increase the size of the grid, for a start.
Then limit the use of electronics to focus more on rider skill and allow more overtaking.
Finally, on a random basis, allocate riders to each team at the start of each race weekend and award prize money and points to winning riders and manufacturers! Then nobody could claim a rider won because he had the best machine, and the winning manufacturer would win because it truly had the best bike and not just the best rider!
Crazy notion, I know, and unrealistic, but how much fun would that make the racing?!! It would also be great to compare riders' lap times on different machines!

[macdeb]

kingb said:

Rawwr said:

RIGHT OVER said:

put rossi on the ducati and he can get the coffee in when he is 10 seconds ahead every week.

Prove it?

well ultimatly that is the reason for the change in rule. rossi is the big money man for moto gp if he is not up and the sharp end its bad financially for the sport which is unfortunatly what it all comes down to.

but as above i think remove all the electronics and lets see if stoner can handle a 200bhp racing machine. rossi has proved in previous years that he certainly can - stoner on the other hand got spit off on a regular basis.

dont get me wrong i think stoner has been brilliant this year and has rode perfectly but im just usre rossi is the better rider

With you bloke. bang on the money.

[ff.browning]

isn't the mecahnical team just as much a part of racing as the rider therefore there should be choice.

life would be very dull if we were all the same and the same goes for motorsport

[macdeb]

Rawwr said:

RIGHT OVER said:

put rossi on the ducati and he can get the coffee in when he is 10 seconds ahead every week.

Prove it?

FFS Prove what? Rossi IS the man. Not many come along in a generation and he has. What is your problem with him? What on earth has he done wrong apart from show people the way year after year, different classes, different machinery? Come on, be honest. Where do you think Stoner would be right now on Rossi's bike? Be good to see if he makes the switch to inferior machinery come contract time and retains title. I'm not knocking Stoner, the boys done good and kept it together and rode faultless, and I really wish him well and want to see more. But he aint no Rossi yet. Riders out there want to race Rossi, they want to pass Rossi and they want to beat Rossi, 'cus he IS the man. What is so wrong in that?
PS Is your real name Adrianna?

PPS Sorry chilli, tyre rule? Didn't seem to harm WSB as I thought it may. But, Moto GP? Can't decide, though it would stop the bickering. Anyhow, I don't believe it's the tyres that's the problem, I think that it's the electronics taking over that's doing more harm.

Edited by macdeb on Tuesday 25th September 19:57

Edited by macdeb on Tuesday 25th September 20:01

Edited by macdeb on Tuesday 25th September 20:19

Edited by macdeb on Tuesday 25th September 20:25

Edited by macdeb on Wednesday 26th September 07:43

[MTBR]

Bring back the 500cc two strokes!

[Skyedriver]

MTBR said:

Bring back the 500cc two strokes!

Hmmm that could be an idea

but not practical as like most forms of motorsport it is marketting driven and 2 strokes are not readily available on the road except diddy ones.

There again the WRC cars look like road cars but are racers in drag too so.....

On a lighter note if there was only one tyre each and they had to wheely around the track.......

[Rawwr]

macdeb said:

Rawwr said:

RIGHT OVER said:

put rossi on the ducati and he can get the coffee in when he is 10 seconds ahead every week.

Prove it?

FFS Prove what? Rossi IS the man. Not many come along in a generation and he has. What is your problem with him? What on earth has he done wrong apart from show people the way year after year, different classes, different machinery? Come on, be honest. Where do you think Stoner would be right now on Rossi's bike? Be good to see if he makes the switch to inferior machinery come contract time and retains title. I'm not knocking Stoner, the boys done good and kept it together and rode faultless, and I really wish him well and want to see more. But he aint no Rossi yet. Riders out there want to race Rossi, they want to pass Rossi and they want to beat Rossi, 'cus he IS the man. What is so wrong in that?
PS Is your real name Adrianna?

Oh dear.

I like Rossi, I think he's the greatest rider there's ever been and I think he does a lot for the sport but that doesn't mean I'm going to be foolish enough to cast untestable suppositions about how any other rider would perform on any other machinery. I'm quite sure Loris had much better odds at the start of the season than Casey did.

There's also a very strong argument that this is going to Valentino's last year in MotoGP so your financial argument is a moot point.

As I said, I have nothing against Rossi, he's great but don't assume greatness is absolute and don't make insane claims about what you think has a possibility of happening when there's no feasible way of it ever being tested.