MOTOGP » 14 MotoGP seats up for grabs?

Aoyama WILL be in GP next year the scot team MAY not be there but Honda are supplying 2 more Honda's next year and Suter will (dependant on an anouncment in September) with a new bike so there will 4 more seats from this. Telefonica are rumoured to be the sponser for Aspar but they may be a sponser for one of the other Honda's (of which is most likely destined for Aoyama). The Telefonica/Honda deal has either Dani/Jorge or Bautista's name on it. And if Bautista does not take the Duke De-bon or Elias will have it (de-bon brings sponser/cash so most likely over elias). We could see 20-21 bikes next year??? here is hoping!!

BSB » Morais to stand in for Tamada at Brands

Right I think I am being confused!! Sheridan is not here for his native tv audience he is here to make a name for himself in WSB/BSB Road racing as a whole, there for he is riding in Supersport (as of Brno) and was in Superstock last year (which the article says) to get a chance to shine on a track that he knows well (and much better than tamada) is better for him and Birdy with a podium most certainly on the cards for brookes or Sheridan this will earn money for Birdy's. My point is this is about results for Birdy has nothing to do with the 'Finger'.

BSB » Morais to stand in for Tamada at Brands

oh yeah and STOP SHOUTING!!

BSB » Morais to stand in for Tamada at Brands

Err.. Armand please explain why and how any of my comment is wrong? My opinion is mine but the facts i have stated are that (Tamada's Contract is with KAWASAKI, Paul Bird DID enter the Wild cards and it is there for his choice of riders!!) dont confuse POV with Knowing you may be a Sheridan fan which is fine but that is nothing i still think parkes will out perform him at Brands but again MOP!!!

BSB » Morais to stand in for Tamada at Brands

Oh my life!!!! this is has got NOTHING to do with Tamada's Finger... this is paul bird getting PAID to give a rider a go in his team. Tamada could have raced but his contract is with Kawasaki not paul Bird and i guess Birdy has logged these wild card rides NOT kawasaki!!! His best chance of a result comes from morais as he knows the track well, else it would have been Hacking who has less experiance of Brands than Tamada... Poor effort really this could have been good for the team and tamada 3 races would have given him some valuable and missed track time!!!

MOTOGP » Pedrosa fightback brings lap record, podium.

.. in the race all season long, yet JL teammate won the WC (and danny was 60 points infront of JL) yet danni's teammate was nearly half his points behind (hell even dovi was nearer on a sat Honda). That Honda is way off and not as good as danni is showing, look at the grid and WC to see that 3 yams in top 5 only other 2 are Dani and stoner. Dovi's tyre was destroyed no question, Danni's would have not been as bad obviously but i bet alot worse than the Yams. Maybe dovi is harder on the front (please dont bring wieght into as it gets boring) but Honda do need to sort that bike out for the BS, they should be nearer now, maybe it is the Showa maybe they are just stumped Un-Honda like tho!

MOTOGP » Pedrosa fightback brings lap record, podium.

Sorry Raw & Robert but your view on danni and dovi on the brakes is skewed... Look back only this year at Motegi Danni outbraked Rossi ( at a circuit where braking is possibly the biggest factor) mutiple times at the tail end of the lap of the downhill straight, again he did it to Stoner this race and other examples over this season and others. Fact is that Factory Yam is the BEST bike on the grid no question being ridden by 2 of the 4 best riders in the world. If you put Danni and Stoner on a Yam no doubt they would be closer, Jorge never beat danni in 250's even last year with danni swith to BS middish season when they finshed it was even between then on who won..cont

MOTOGP » Lorenzo: My first option is Yamaha.

This is all part of Repsol and Telefonica, basicly Telefonica want back in to MotoGp (and they have got a single Honda deal already inplace WITH factory support), the only problem now is the rider, is it Danni or Jorge or Bautista?. Really JL is vying for money I don't see him leavin Yamaha (although with rossi staying on 2 more years he will be No2 at yamaha for longer!!) so this leaves Bautista or Danni!! I rumours are Telefonica are offering good money and want Danni but JMartinez want's to bring Bautista up on a Honda..time will tell who gets what ride.

MOTOGP » Toseland black flag for missing 'harsh' penalty.

..cont but still CV was out pacing him up untill the last session, again the race was pretty severe and he rode well, but this in no way proves anything other than on equal terms CV was better or as good as. Ben Spies MAY be great in GP's he may be EVEN WORSE than JT but No-one not even Spies himself knows yet, and for anyone to think that a 0 WSBK champion will instantly outperform a 2 times Champ is just blind loyalty again. And lets not get into Ten Kate best bike on the grid stuff, how many Yams/suzuki and Dukes made podiums in 06/07 compared to Honda's. JT's bike had the worse TC stuff on it as anyone could see (watch the Magny cour Pole lap from JT for proof) he earned the WC in 07!

MOTOGP » Toseland black flag for missing 'harsh' penalty.

The Spies love in is just another example of blind loyalty to someone still yet unproven (as alot of JT fans can be). Facts Spies went into GP at Donny and performed at the back of the grid (expected) he only move in in Practise qualy to 8-9th because of rain and alot of people are poor in the wet. At Laguna a track he knows better than any GP rider on the grid he finshed a very worthy 8th (but CV another Superbike rider who is not really top stuff was way ahead on the podium) this was also skewed by the terrible michelins but even Nicky and de puniet beat him on MC. Again at Indy he had benefited from not only rain but the previous 3 days test where as no-one else had been there b4...