MOTOGP » Casey Stoner: Why I'm leaving MotoGP

I can't wade through all the BS on here by fanboys with guilt feelings that their comments here have somehow caused Stoner to retire. Ha! Get over yourselves! Its just amazing how seriously people that post on these sites take themselves. You really think Stoner and other celebrity sports competitors stay up nights reading your posts, and letting it get into their heads, and plans for the future??? Wow...

MOTOGP » Casey Stoner to retire from MotoGP!

Here's a man of principle who realizes his 10 years at the top have run out, and MotoGP is not all there is to life. Most people don't have much left after 10 years at the top -- Kenny Roberts Sr. said that decades ago. I always wonder how guys like Rossi, Hayden, Checa, Capirossi, and some others keep on. They break that mold. Stoner has definitely made his mark on MotoGP history, and will be regarded as one of the best riders we've seen. And who can blame him for disliking the series as it is now. That's a shame Dorna has on their head. Anyway, all the best and syonara Casey. You gave us great moments. I hope you go out as 2012 Champ.

MOTOGP » Suzuki-powered CRT for Indy MotoGP

Screw relevancies to factories and street-bikes. Up with privately developed technology and innovation.

MOTOGP » Suzuki-powered CRT for Indy MotoGP

I'm OK with a formula for privateer-made bikes, hopefully with not many technical restrictions. I'm basically not OK with claiming rules. People don't seem to understand the major feature of Claiming Rule Teams is CLAIMING as a method of leveling the competitive field. Claiming deters entrance into a low-technical restriction formula such as the GP's. If you are ever going to make claiming rules work Dorna, et al, have to have the guts to require the factories to play by the same rules as the others, and be subject to claiming. (Factories really hate claiming -- see what happened in AMA -- basically thuggery and big threats against claimers.) Once all the factory bikes have been claimed -- and there aren't many anymore, you have a privateer series. And maybe that's just what the formula for the GP's should be -- displacement based, technology-unlimited privateer series. Get your engine, frame, tyres etc wherever you can, and keep bringing the displacement down to suit the tracks. Screw

F1 » Schumacher, Senna fall out over accident

Wake up. 100% Schumi's fault. Do you suppose any racer is looking in the rear view mirror in the last 50 yards of braking, trying to guess what his opponent will do and trying to screw him up? Get serious. It's the driver's job to avoid sticking his nose up another guy's rear. So Schumi got fooled, but he fooled himself. He took out a competitor, so the punishment is appropriate.

WSBK » Hopkins breaks foot in Monza accident

A couple of years ago, I put forth the same arguments, that John had been injured so much that he should quit -- that it was bound to affect his confidence, which would probably lead to more injuries, and so it appeared. Also, I thought John had used up his mojo, and really couldn't be as fast as he wanted, further increasing tendency to risk injury. I thought he was a bit of a fool. Well he certainly showed us last year that his talent and mojo are not gone. He has taken a severe beating in his career, but its what he does and who he is, and if he wants to trade his body in pursuit of glorious acheivement, then who the hell should ever stop him. I guess he just wouldn't be John if he didn't go on with it. Give 'er hell, John. Come back. All the best! You're not the all-time great, but you've made a fan of me.

F1 » Alonso backs Ferrari pair

Wow -- Flavio Briatore is "one of the most intelligent people" you know!??? Maybe you should broaden your circle a bit Fernando.... Nah... wasted effort for you I think. For you, thuggery might be part of intelligence, I guess..... it evidently was a smart way to earned you a victory. Your statement speaks more of your values, Mr. Alonso, than of Flavio's intelligence. The sport can suffer, as long as you gain -- I guess that's it, right? Wow....

MOTOGP » Rossi: We can fight in the wet

Lotta talk in Hayden's interview on chassis stiffness. I'm still betting it is the weight distribution (engine form). When its dry, no tyre warm-up and no feeling. I the wet, the tyres are totally different and the forces produced by them are significantly less, and there is better feeliing despite the disadvantageous weight ditribution. When can we get the in-line 4, or something closer to it?

F1 » Schumacher, Pirelli fall out over tyre wear

The whole thing with tyres is crapola. It isn't racing. Its a show -- totally fabricated. F1 needs at least two tyre suppliers and all out competition. Isn't this supposed to be a technology series, not one-make racing? WTF are F1 worried about. What problem are they really trying to solve. Racing sells tyres more than cars. I should think more suppliers would be interested, and I think tyres are a fairly small part of a team's budget. Let teams buy their tyres from whomever and however they can arrange. This is the same basic crap as other parts of "the formula". What problem is really being solved. Its better to have fewer and more general rules that govern the spirit of competition rather than a plethora of behavior-manipulative rules, the consequences of which often simply cause other rules. Its just like governments in countries -- maneuvering around special interests is the name of the game for them, not fair competition.

F1 » Crown Prince rebuffs critics of Grand Prix

My comment was right on the money about left wing party politics. Many subsequent posts identified the same approach by Labour and other left wing parties. So mine was erased -- "Off subject", they said. Really?! I guess you guys don't know what subject you're writing about, right? If you don't get the responses you like, you deny them. Normal journalistic ""objectiveness", right??