MOTOGP » Edwards intends to stay in MotoGP

Wow!He may well be in control of his MotoGP destiny after this weekend?
I for one am very happy for him.He was awsome when he raced 250s here!
Go Colin!G.

Agree with you there R Sole(nice) I think anything would be better than go to AMA. Its hard enough to watch over here as it is. And next year we've new formats im not even going to bother trying!
Just gets my goat that everyone gives him a hard time for not doing better in moto gp. When there are a hell of a lot of others doing worse.....

Morphine,
True about the 600"superbike" class,I ?At Daytona.Funny regardless of what the "official"
stance is.Most motorcycle roadracers here do not consider that the "real" race.
And I pay little to no attention to it anymore.I really haven't at all since about,
oh maybe when Troy Corser was sent with Ducati early in his career?And truly,we
would post ourselves to the "tube" in the days of a "retired" KR 1 with his young teammate Eddi Lawson in tow!It was so exciting,and the air was seemingly electric.
Much the same as any motorcycle race in Spain today!I used to even go to AMA nationals when possible.That will probably never happen again,and I live less than 4 hours from VIR!

Well i would love to see him back in World Superbikes, he seemed to have a lot more success there and he also seemed a lot happier. Lets face it apart from Troy Bayliss there is''nt anyone there to match Edwards. Haga has had his day he struggles just to finish two races in a day, Checa isnt doing too bad, Biaggi is a joke, Corser is past his sell by date, where is the strength in the field? Colin could walk back into WSB and do exactly the same as Bayliss. I would sooner see him on the top step every week than as a permanent midfield make up the numbers rider like he is in Moto GP.

Gammaman, agree with most of what you say. Apart from the fact that european won daytona this year.....

What has age got to do with the fact of if he can ride fast??? There are plenty of guys that will never see the front row of grid, but colin gets there regulary. If he goes, then over half the field below him should go too! Without people like him, Rossi, hayden and dare i say it, Lorenzo, then moto gp would have no personality at all!!

How many guys keep on watching for the press conference after the race/qualifying? If it was likes of just pedrosa and stoner with there mono tone PR bull then i would turn off everytime!

I had seen Biaggi giving the horned goat sign. Had Edwards or any other rider done that?

well, after that nice "stunt" at jerez quali, i think he should stay...

afx, there are many that are below colin that should not be there as well , vermulan,west ,capriossi , hopkins for all different reasons . clean the crap out whether they are nice guys or not .you cannot deny how much better the younger crop of riders actually are once they get there head around it .

MotoGP should be for the best in the world.On that I concur.But MotoGP as in life.
The best do not always get the job.Had Colin gotten the HRC ride that he should have gotten,who knows?I'll agree that time is against him at this point.But so far this year
"Old Man" Capirossi has placed/paced better than his young and very talented teammate.
So maybe the "Old Dog" will be kept a little longer?If not on a Yamaha,someone else may benefit from his wisdom/experiences?Perhaps someone is more than we realize?
James Toseland has been very impressive this year wit the other new guys.
Maybe he will be the decider at years end to keep his teamate?
Just some thoughts.G.

In past interviews, he said that he was considering going back to the AMA because he was getting tired of the travel and wanted to be full time back in the States. He also mentioned that he wanted to ride for Yamaha on Michelin tires. With the upcoming changes to the AMA, it is doubtful that he would return. That is too bad. I think it would have been fun to have him running in the AMA.