MOTOGP » Kawasaki sends West to Japan

Very good decision taking away Jacque from developing, now West can do sth with this poor traction. All they need is to develop the bike with riders simultaneously. Also Hopper could go to Japan in future doing the same job. What with Gibernau?

What about Walker - he rides for Kawasaki and got the yellow PSG ZXR sorted - they've done nothing since dropping him. It would make a change for him to ride something that's fast

Better to send him to coventry..

Chris Walker! Don't tell me your being serious Kimey. Fair enough he was a half-decent superbike rider but that was a few years ago. In terms of MotoGP standard, he wasn't fast enough then and he certainly isn't fast enough now.

Hummmmmmmmm!!!! Looking at the way West and Hopper are riding they should have a look at Rossi Pedrosa and Stoner riding, staying on the edge of a tyre for long in Motogp today is not the way to go because of the way the traction control works, even you are on the edge of the tyre you can open the throttle but the power is reduce so you loose time, Rossi Pedro and Stoner are picking up the bike earlier to get more power.

ok mr. professional Patriceit's hard to get ride correctly when you're loosing grip like both kawasaki riders have and also it's a big question for mechanics and developers/testing riders. In my opinion they should hire test driver who have developer instinct. To have only Jacque isn't good.

I think the kawasaki spokesperson(pc) said that he was going to do a couple of rounds in the japanese monkey bike champioship to try and get his pace up and his confidence back.....

Kimey--I think you are on the wrong thread....

Kimey - do you mean private Walker from "Dads Army" or that old bloke who got fired by Rizla Suzuki last year for being too slow...

Helo Olsen's gang, what do you mean with Gibernau?? is he test kawasaki too...???

Gibernau was sniffing around the paddock apparently putting his feelers out. He was interviewed by BBC and made no attempt at all to deny that he would consider a return to mogogp. In fact reading between the lines, the glint in the eye, the enthusiasm in his voice, his body language etc then I would not be suprised at all to see him back in motogp - maybe even before the end of the season...

Now whose the dead man walking: West, Malandri, Hayden, De Puniet...