MOTOGP » Pedrosa, Honda abandon Brno test

Darkwaknight - That was a classic, The Rossi finger was a third of the way into the first corner at something like 120mph after Max grassed him the previous lap on the last corner onto the straight - brilliant !
Fully agree ref 800's as it hasn't been classic racing, i preferred the 500/990 era, bit sideways out of the corners , mad acceleration and manic braking and most importantly close racing.
Maybe next season we will see some of that , how do you reckon Hopper will do with Marco in his team ? I hope they get it on , be great to see the green boys up front too.

Oh dear..oh dear..oh dear..

bye bye michelin...

first F1...now motogp?..

Lets get some perspective here:

Michelin dropped the ball last year after winning every 500/MotoGP title from 1993 to 2006. They started competitive this ear but have screwed the pooch again so deserve what's coming to them!

Pedrosa is completely overated, he bad mouthed Hayden for his development skills earlier this year yet he hasn't made that bike a world beater. Hayden rides his heart out and is completely ignored by Honda in favour of Spanish sponsor boy. If a rider passes Dani he'll try an repass once then call it a day...he's NO champion.

Nicky's style is really going to shine on that Duc next year and Dani might find his ex-team mate making him look even more average!

...to save this sport and make it what we the fans pay good money for, we need to get back to full on 990s, I don't care what tyres, FIRE EZPELETA!!!!

Oh Yeah,and KEEP MOTOGP ON EUROSPORT IN 2009!!!!

Prehaps Pedrosa knows that the Honda is very good and its the TYRES that are usless and thats why he called off the test.

Pedrosa may or may not have had the clout to stop the test, but I'm guessing he had the clout to continue it if he had insisted. He is complicit. At the very least he did not have to say the things he said post pack-up. He looks childish and uncommitted: not the stuff of champions.

Tim Bo - i think the Hopper/Melandri combo could b very good indeed, as the Kwak does seem more like the Honda than the Duke which is more fickle.. i kinda think though after a few races the one up manship on each other may start too take affect.. kinda think that Melandri will beat hopper, but will be good too see.

doG - did Danni offend you in some way? your line of "he's NO champion" is a classic? 125 and 2 times 250 champ (first time round) how do you figure. In NO PLANET is nicky as talented a rider as danni!!! No way, the 990's suited him more i agree but then he had 3 whole years of full factory status on those and 2 on the 800's and has still won less races than danni fact!!

Reggie... But what's the point of testing something that doesn't work.

To test the bike and move forward in development you need a good/consitant base to start from.
You CAN'T do any testing with tyres that don't work... it's true he could have stayed on the bike and went around track but that's all he could have done.

When you do 'testing' you're working on corner entry, corner speed and corner exit. All of these need a tyre that work and is going to be more or less the same at the next race.

There's not much to be gained in cruising around and just pining it in a straight line!

I'm not a fan of Dani's but I do think they've done the right thing.

Michelin and Honda Only have themselves to Blame, With Dani light weight they decided to build a tyre with a softer sidewall, this started in 2006, This hasnt worked because Casey >Ducati>Bridgestone clicked < Rossi knew that michelin were not listening to him (only To Honda )so as far he was concerned it was bridgestone or NOTHING,this is same reason Nikki is doing nothing the tyres are not strong enough
to cope with his stlye of Riding , Dont forget IN Casey's first year in motogp he was on tyres that were nothing like the tyres that the top riders had .

Honda and Michelin and now paying for trying to manipulate for the last 3 years
Thanks Valentino & Casey

What interests me about the single tyre proposal (which is reported as definitly going ahead next year after unanimous rider feedback) is that when Rossi and co were after a change to Bridgestone last year,Bridgestones boss said it wasn't a case of playing favourites to their partners who were already running the Japanese rubber,he said they simply didn't have the means and facilities to supply the whole grid,much might have changed from then to now but its by no means certain that Bridgestone will supply the tyres for next season. What sort of money will be thrown at Bridgestone and by whom to grease the wheels for their commitment to supply?