MOTOGP » Nakano to get factory Honda at Brno

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"Language barrier"? Please. This is an international series and none of these guys are on their 1st trip around the block."

What a laugh. I am sure Nicky and Dani now can converse in technical Japanese. They have not even had college level educations let alone one in engineering as Divo. In F-1 all conversations in the pit are in English given the wide variety of nationalities. It's up to HRC to provide English speaking mechanics and engineers. Probably explains Rossi's success with Burgess and his Aussie mechanics. Edwards said his mechanics were Italian so he had to talk to Valentino's mechanics when he was his team mate.

Perhaps Edwards should have taken it upon himself to learn some italian? He could certainly afford a tutor.

What happened to his website, anyway? I used to love "hanging out" there.

yeah, init the truth, nothing but low rent types here now.

Morgue - I fear that the pitbox wall will become ever more common. Rossi should not have been allowed Bridgestone tyres without his team mate getting the same. The current set up at 'team' Fiat Yamaha is just stupid and not in the long term good for MotoGP.

"Rossi should not have been allowed Bridgestone tyres without his team mate getting the same"... firstly, why?

Oh Jacko how you moaned when Rossi wanted to go to Bridgestone... it would be his downfall you said (yes, I remember)... Now it is wrong he should have been allowed because he has proven himself right? It could have gone the other way you know but at least he had the guts/insight to give it a go... and look where he is!

The Mitchelin Yamaha's (Tec 3) have been impressive but not as consistent as Rossi's tires. Give the guy a break from your constant Rossi hating jabs...

Amazing! 75+ post on Nakano developing the "satellite bike" for next year. What the hell are we gonna do without RACING the next few weeks?!

Hey people, this is a Nakano thread whats with the Hayden Haters. All you Hayden haters only follow gps when Rossi got in to 500/MOTOGP. Anyway, Nakano is a great development rider. When he was with Kawasaki, he was the lead rider he brought that thing from crap to the podium and no one did better than he did as his team mate.

Speaking of Bridgestone/Honda, HRC should put Tamada and Nakano together on a Bridgestone/Honda, they would do better than Repsol, at least Tamada would. Remember how fast Tamada was with that package?

Simply a tactical move from HRC. Clever move to test their top level bike on bridgestones without disrupting the rookies in their debut season. I can also understand bridgestones reluctance to throw a lot of wonga at r&d in a sport where tyre domination to's and fro's so quickly and is also subject to team politics etc.
I've said it before and I'll say it again that it's contradictory to a 'prototype' sport at the top level of bike racing but a one tyre rule is the easiest and quickest way to save the sport. Maybe they should all be on Shinko's. At least the competition might attract a few less 'obsessive' fans comments to this and other sites like it.

@ Pam

FYI, I've been riding motorcycles for more than 10 years, owned many different brands of bikes throughout the period, from 600s to 1000s, this is why I think Fayden sucks, he cannot ride around problems and this is well known in the paddocks among the pros. And Honda is not stupid and knows much more than you or anyone here, you wonder why they picked Dani, cause they all know Fayden can't really win unless the other riders are down.

P.S. I think you're the one that has never ridden a motorcycle before, most likely just took a few rides on the back seat. :rolleyes

@ ramjam69

Yeah I made a mistake on the track, so what? We all know which race it is. He did crossed the line first in that race, so did CE this year, so don't complain.

Like I said to Pam, Honda knows much more than you, me, or anyone here. They know what Fayden(I spelled that on purpose if you can't tell) ability is. He may be a consistent rider, but only podiums is not what Honda wanted. They want someone that can win races, not just finish 2nd or 3rd. So far Dani is proving that he can win more races than Fayden. And everybody knows Fayden can't develop ****, or else Dani wouldn't have said that in the press.

You think you know more than HRC? I doubt it.