omg, this site update is excruciating.

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i like the look of that bike this year shame its abit of a dog

Talent Fan, Pretty much spot on!

Is there a mobile version of Crash???

This new Crash format is unbearable on my iPhone.

It's bad enough on a PC.
Very slow.

Anyone else?

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cont.... Unless there is drastic changes to the rules and technical regulations that introduce affordable and sensible technical specs that truly level the playing field (which has to mean a rev limit that eliminates the need for pneumatic valves etc. and a fixed electronics map IMO) then I too think Ducati will pull out in a couple of seasons.

I think Herewego's analysis and condemnation of Ducati and its position is over-simplified and comes across as rather harsh.
The thing is, I don't think that Ducati have much chance realistically of competing either. As I've said many times, with the way the rules are laid out, and the way the testing restrictions limit improvement mean that unless you ALREADY HAVE all the answers, then no amount of budget or CAD design testing is likely to make it possible to bridge the gap. This is also why no other Mfr wants to touch MotoGP with a bargepole.

Unless there is drastic changes to the rules and technical regulations that introduce affordable and sensible technical specs that truly level the playing field (which has to mean a rev limit that eliminates the need for pneumatic valves etc. and a fixed electronics map IMO) then I too think Ducati will pull out in a couple o

Dear Mr.Hindsight, fundamentally speaking, the Ducati was actually an 800cc machine in 2011 as were the rest of the bikes.
As reported, the bike was barely different at the start of the season to the bike at the end of 2010, the bike that won 3 races, podiumed and poled multiple times.

The subject is Dovi's opinion of the Ducati. Can we please stop the endless "What if's" about Stoner. CS27 will never go back to Ducati. Why should he ? Other teams are prepared to pay him huge sums of money and they have better bikes than Ducati. So he would be a fool to go back onto an uncompetitive Ducati. The Stoner era is over, good luck with the fishing.

“There is not one big problem and if we fix that we can fight for victory” Andrea Dovizioso.


BWAHAHHAHAHAH
good luck with that

Let no one misunderstand, Stoner is/was an extraordinary talent who can ride the rubber off the bike! What he did on board the Ducati is nothing short of miraculous given how every other rider who has ridden it has suffered.

The fact remains that there are fundamental issues with the Ducati that won't be solved by tinkering and it need a major overhaul.

On a point made by some that Stoner still won 3 races in 2010 compared with Rossi 0 in 2011. A bit harsh. We shouldn't forget the fundamental difference between the two bikes 800cc to 1000cc. The fact is Honda and Yamaha were better prepared particularly Honda who shone from the first race.

Ducati's problem as everyone but Ducati accepts is the engine. Brilliant when first conceived, but the competition has matched it and gone into the sunset.