MOTOGP » Melandri to race at Qatar - on four wheels!

Malandri just can't seam to pass up on any opportunity to finish last...

Yeah, mine too . Well, lots of luck to him, I hope he can be happy doing that but we'd still like to have him 'back home'.

I'm sure he'll end up on abike this season, shame he has to muck about in these stupid race cars though, he'd be better off testing some bikes for a manufacturer than messing about in a car. What hope has he against professional four wheeled racers, absolutely none, it'll damage his reputation even more.

Begs the question who on earth is advising him, probably no one at this rate.

The same advisor who said "dont accept a WSBK ride". I mean what sort of time is this to be picky over which series to race in? If a ride came up in the all korean moped championship he should take it!

Go Macro!!!
Man what an incredible waste of talent to stick this guy in a car...
he should have a ride, if need be paid out of the personal pockets of Ezpeleta.

Dan - was there really a story about him being advised not to take a WSBK ride?

Crazy if so....

Hey DC, yeah somewhere on this site he said that he wasnt interested in racing supebikes - seems odd as it isnt a bad second choice, assuming of course a ride was even available.

Marco will find that he doesn't like Speedcar after the first session and mope round at the back like he did with the factory Ducati. The lad is a ****!! All smouldering eyes, pouting lips and no F'ing heart.

Well Marco had no choice. All the seats in World Superbike were taken and the same in Motogp, so for him to have said that he would not go to superbikes is cause there is no place for him.

Very interesting this sidestep into 4 wheel racing while his place in this years motogp championship is very much in doubt.

Does anyone know if this Speedcar series is on tv in UK, I wouldn't mind chcking it out, maybe it'll be more interesting than F1, which I try not to watch.

As Marco is under contract to Kawasaki he should get paid even if he sits on the couch and does nothing, however taking another ride could lose him money and involve the lawyers. By spending some time on 4 wheels he gets to see whether cars could be an option when he retires from bikes, have a bit of fun, get publicity and pass the year more quickly.

Good luck to him.