MOTOGP » Rossi: Better bike, better rider

FIRST !!!!
good times for the first day. Of course Stoners times are the reference. But glad that the qualifyer is working much better form him.
With him shaping up nicely and Stoner getting back to 100% fittness, this should be a killer season. I don''t mean to diregard all other riders, but I do believe 08 will be about those two (and Dani a little later in the Year when he is back in full swing)

With the bikes at 800 cc. Rossi needs to shed alot of weight to try and match up with the tiny riders like Dani perosa and casey stoner and combine them with the new yamaha, bridgestone tyres and surely he has a chance of winning the championshipthis year and break a few records., I hope he will show more of his flourescent yellow in his leathers instead of the Blue Fiat colors. I don't understand FIAT in a Motorbike sport.unless he is riding a FIAT bike. GO ROSSI

Hey Saran, I like the flourescent yellow too. I don't think he will be able to shed more weight, and there is nothing he can do about his height. But I do hope it is true what he says about the new engine getting better and having more potential, as this will be the only way for him to be competitive on every track. Stoner and Pedrosa defenitely have the edge in that department.

But the Sepang test is promising so far

He doesn't need to lose much weight - if any at all. Dani's been in the top class for two years now and his so called weight advantage has brought him.....what? No championship, very few race wins, and he hardly out accelerates people - rubbish bike or no rubbish bike. Remember, the lack of weight can also go against Dani as he's not physically strong enough. On the other hand, Toseland has had to lose muscle mass as the extra strength for superbikes isn't needed in MotoGP, so that's extra weight he doesn't need.

Don't count out Lorenzo or Dovizioso for making things tough for the front runners and maybe, just maybe, Toseland at places like Donnington (or later in the year at PI).

"I don't understand FIAT in a Motorbike sport.unless he is riding a FIAT bike"

I guess, Alice and Xerox and any cigarette brand are of course much more related to bikes ????

Fiat is italian,
Fiat owns Ferrari,
Fiat produces motor vehicles,
Fiat has a big part in Magnetti Marelli (Engine controls)

Fiat changed the look of the bikes a lot of times. Rememeber the SUPERB Fiat 500 look a real eye catcher and the sporty Abarth looks quite nice to.

I think that is just great!!!Better than it ever was!!

Explains it???

Harryx. Congratulations, you have now surpassed Morgue as the most boring person on the forum. Now that's some achievement. Anyone for a spot of trainspotting this weekend?

Yeah heaven forbid that anyone actually takes an interest in the sport

Sorry Rossi, but your feeble attempts to play mind games with a qualifying tire time, this late in testing with only 5 regular riders at the test is just not that impressive...

leave morgue alone he's better than the tv most nights.

The Q tyre was hardly a mind game. Vale has virtually no experience with the Bridgstone Q tyre and even Stoner said Bridgstone need to work on this area.