You can make a skilled racecrafter out of an aggressive rider more easily than you can make an aggressive rider out of a smooth clean fast but timid rider. Now, no rider that tops any class is really timid, but aggressiveness in the face of close competition is perhaps the prime requirement for eventual championship -- the idea that you don't get many chances in top level competition, so you must take action and learn to make chances or recognize them and take advantage immediately. Push, Push, Push. He'll learn to be calm and patient when needed. I think he'll do well in MotoGP. He has the heart for it. I like his riding. For a relatively big guy, he rides low on the bike like Rossi.