MOTOGP » Pedrosa ready to defend title lead

There seems to be an awful lot of slagging going on here where the posts are not supposed to be personal abuse or attacks... Having got that out the way I want to put my two bits in.
There's no doubt all of these guys are good riders but the reasons some are consistently better is not just their innate talent but also the influence of many other factors such bike co technology, tyre co technology, race team management and tech ability. eg the Doohan/Rossi/Honda/Yamaha nexus the common factor is Jeremy Burgess and crew...
Re Wayne Gardner, he didn't develop the bike for Doohan. The great Eddie Lawson was the big influence on getting Honda and Doohan going in the right direction.

ahh once again the jackass Marty assumes that everyone posting here is young...fyi i just turned 70 in March and fyi i am not a stalker but the guy who will kick your ass and facts day in and day out....

so don't think i will roll over and die..i am in the for the long run Marty !!!

As usual one person slags Rossi and then the same ones who call
him an idiot or what ever start slagging Stoner and Australia.
I just dont get it.
kill-marty are you really 70? Gee you sure fooled me.

Anyway back to Pedrosa, I'm sure his light weight (20kgs lighter than most) would help with tyre wear and fuel usage. I dont know why the Motogp bikes dont have a minimum weight with rider included.

Hey "Buddy" Its like playing a game of ping pong, I do hope you can hang around for a while! your without doubt my favorite groupie at the moment....your so easy

70 eh? hmmmm yah ok thats about as likely as the clown winning another title.

- Too funny

Lucifer the "minimum weight with rider" would be a good idea and would equal things out. But it would make the bike development difficult for the teams unless they select rides by weight.

Just some weight/height info from motogp.com:

Repsol Honda:
Pedrosa 51kg/160cm, Hayden 69kg/173cm - 18kg difference

Fiat Yamaha:
Rossi 67kg/182cm, Lorenzo 55kg/170cm - 12 kg difference

Ducati:
Stoner 58kg/171cm, Melandri 64kg/166cm - 6kg difference

As you can see the youngsters are under 60kg. Is this a tendency? I would like to see real men riding rather than midgets.

hahhaha minimum weight with rider, what does it matter!
It's about talent and ridingskills and etc........
Not about weight!
Your weight doesn't give you advantage maybe but it's minimum

AND what do you think of a maximum weight......
because hopkins is a fat ass

And about pedrosa his weight does'nt give him advantage.
HE can go for the title this year. The honda is not the best bike in the field.
I can't wait to see what they will do, and the pneu????
The yamahas and the ducs are very fast.

And about minimum weight with rider maybe it gives you advantage but a very fast bike gives you more and more advantage, so that's unfair too. Stop talking about it! It's ridiculious

Lucifer...I have never said anything bad about the aussies because a lot of my friends are aussies and none of them is as crappy as Marty...in fact they want to wring his neck if they find out where he lives!!!!

i only slag off Stoner coz Marty is in his fan club and i know Marty gets mighty pissed ha ha

you wants to play ping pong with you marty thats for pussies like you.. just tell me where you live and i can kick your ass in your backyard..talking about easy well thats what your mom was and we can see the end result....

too funny is hearing you say again and again that Rossi will not win another race and Rossi will not win another title...you think you are more clever than all the big companies who sponsor the Clown and the entire Motogp padlock?? you know crock ****..go back to sleep kid !!

It is just physics. When we talk about 18kg in Pedrosa-Hayden's case it is almost 10% of the total weight which means Hayden needs ~10% more energy for the same acceleration and longer distance - or bigger braking power - to slow down from the same speed. I think it is a big advantage in a sport where every hundreds of a second counts... So in my point is that Pedrosa is not talented more than Hayden he is just using his weight advantage when he can get away on the front. If he has to fight for the position then he is fading quickly he doesn't have enough balls. Lorenzo has everything (talent, balls, paperweight) and he will beat Dani 9 times from 10.

tvarga,

How can you say that dani pedrosa doesn't have more talent than hayden.
Dani Pedrosa is 3 times worldchampion. He has the most wordtitles (except rossi).
When dani was in the 250cc he always outclassed Jorge lorenzo!
0000000000000h!

And don't forget that jorge has a better bike than pedrosa!
The Yamaha is faster! And well-balanced.
And the honda NOT (BECAUSE OF HAYDEN)

ANd about 'minimum weight with rider': Dani is 51 KG ( or something like that) But Jorge is 55kg. The difference is 4 kg +_! That's nothing!

If there was advantage for pedrosa than DORNA or someone else have not let him ride!

Well said, Le star
Can't agree more with you.

And don't Forget that when you are a little boy with no much kg's it is very hard to control the bike!!!
It's always a miracle when dani don't crash! WOW, how he controls the bike during the race!! D.Pedrosa is a miracle! A phenomeneon!!!!

GRANDE DA******
CHAPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO , DANI
CLASS!!!

Ni Rossi,ni Lorenzo ni otra cosa...en cuestion de motos,el mejor es Dani Pedrosa