Will he last the season???
Not sure he can convince Yamaha to keep a works bike for him after this start....
Im sure his Mum will kiss it better for him though....

Er...I think we can all see where you're going Ben.

Why is yamaha still keep this guy on their factory bike ?

“We actually got off to a good start at the beginning " A decente Star Ben? your bike was spinning all the way and you lost a lot of places... Come on Man you need to Worck for get There, I tinck you where with more energy on the Roockie year, 1 year Tech3-176 points 2 year Factory Team- 176 points.. 3 year Factory Team- until now- 18 points?? You are not the Type of Rider the gives up Come On Ben

This is a second time he have problems with HJC.

Come on drag yourself out before Yamaha themselves dismiss you Ben what is the problem.

something is going on . .i dont know what but he is not right. i think its more than bad luck

He may be not on par with the aliens, but the boy isn't THAT bad, he should be fighting with Dovi and Da Crutch, If not ahead of them. He may have done some mistakes, but it's mostly bad luck IMO.

Anyway, being teammate of a class act like JLo or Stoner must be... hard, let's say.

Feel bad for Ben. Its obvious he has got confidence problems a bit like Toseland had. Hes way better than his results suggest. In the old days he would have ridden round any handling problems. His start was bad but also when he had a front slide later in the race, he reacted like an amateur - feet all over the place. Really hope he can sort his head out and get back to the podium at least,.

US rider normally comes in. teamate immediatly capitulates. all development centred round yank. goes on to spend 10 years near the top.
trouble is the teamate is lorenzo so that plan wont work.
Against the usual dim uk rider it probably would.