MOTOGP » West: It's been a crazy year!

Lucky he didn't jump on to Loris's bike then. Loris must be pissed that as the lead rider he got the crap bike!
I never realised that Stoner was so connected that Dorna changed the rules so he could win.
At least they were all on 800cc bikes unlike the first year of MotoGP when most of the field were still on old 500's. Funny how that WC is still counted in the 7!

He was very lucky that the rule change(s) came along, that's all.
Once Ducati realized the kid was winning (how quick was that?) Loris wasn't interestimg anymore.
That's 'gratitude' or 'loyalty' for ya, one year you're on top and they call you a lion,
the next you're ditched. Casey made the best of the circumstances and brought it home,
that's still a fenomenal achievement. Do you think he can he do it again?

Yep!

Just to put things into perspective, an 800cc motogp bike is still a lot closer to a 990cc motogp bike in terms of weight, dimensions, power and set-up than it is to any 250cc gp bike or a 600cc supersport. So I agree with Parker that every other rider on the grid had a significant advantage of experience over Westy. Absolute ******** he has to start winning races before he gets applauded. At motogp level how many of the 2007 riders have actually won a race? Or more than one race? Or how many have won more than five races and how many seasons has it taken to get those wins? (Rossi excluded).