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andrew2k

January 22, 2013 4:18 PM

MOTOGP » CRT MotoGP class 'a big success'


Its kinda funny how people continue to believe there is some kind conspiracy going on when it come to the CRT yet fail to understand the longterm economic reality of motogp, that being the fact the sport have become too expensive for many teams especially in an cash-strapped environment. In this case the choices are: a)accept CRT bikes as a stop-gap solution to a shrinking grid until a real solution is found b)accept a sport that would continue to shrink leaving it with a grid that is really uncompetitive As I said before, I'm no fan of the CRT bikes, but its much better than seeing a grid dominated by either yamaha or honda. @hohoho Excluding Stoner, the Ducati has never really been a rider friendly bike and the problems are not limited to Rossi. Look at Hayden for example...truth to be told, he's still struggling with the bike and the same can be said about talented riders such as Checa, Bayliss, Melandri and Capirossi -- all whom have struggled with the ducati prototype even th

andrew2k

January 22, 2013 12:44 AM

MOTOGP » CRT MotoGP class 'a big success'


@Roman you said it right, sadly people seem to think there is some kind of conspiracy going on. What people don't get is that the CRT's is basically a response to the exit of several prominent factory teams in the past years literally leaving the gird with only 3 factory teams and their satellites. This is not good for the sport. Personally I don't like the idea of production bikes competing with prototypes, but it was something that had to be done to save the sport in the long-term until things get bette. To that end you can't blame Ezpeleta for the current state of the sport.

andrew2k

January 22, 2013 12:11 AM
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MOTOGP » CRT MotoGP class 'a big success'


In defense of Ezpeleta, don't blame him for KR Proton, Suzuki, Kawasaki, or Aprilia leaving the grid, let alone BMW's reluctance to the join the sport. These teams left the sport because in the longterm the sport was too expensive and they it wasn't producing any returns for them...you add the fact they weren't achieving podiums. In the case of Ezpeleta and the CRT class, MotoGP is more than just a sport, but also a business. As a businessman Ezpeleta has the responsibility of keeping MotoGP both profitable and viable and the only to way to do that was to allow production bikes onto the grid. I'm quite sure deep down he wants to keep MotoGP prototype-only class, but in tough times it called for desperate measures and CRT's are were the way to. Trust me, but if this was NASCAR or F1 Brian France or Bernie Ecclestone would've done the same thing to also keep their respective championships viable. @WSBKer The only reason why WSBK continue to be a success stand from the fact that tea

andrew2k

January 21, 2013 1:58 AM

F1 » Alonso calls for one or two fewer races


@PeteLakeGeorge theoretically speaking, trimming the calendar will in no way have any affect on the cost of competing. Remember, like MotoGP and LMP1(endurance) Formula One is basically a prototype-base form of motorsport. In that case what really is driving the cost of competiting is the cost of R&D and engineering hence why the calls in both champions for imposing a budget cap. If you ask personally, both F1 and MotoGP can learn a great deal from the NBA,NFL and MLB. As for cutting races, on paper its good, but economically more races is good for the sport. To put it straight, more races mean more sponsors.

andrew2k

January 17, 2013 9:45 PM

MOTOGP » American Blake Young to make MotoGP debut


Whether it be a wild card, prototype, crt or any of the 2 classes, the more americans on the grid the better because it send a message to the american market. Now only if Dorna have the guts they'll step up and properly market motogp in america. In the case of Blake Young, its nice to see him get a wild card ride, though I would've prefer it been Danny Eslick.

andrew2k

January 15, 2013 5:47 PM

MOTOGP » Official Pic: Valentino Rossi back with Yamaha


I don't really call myself a rossi fan, but in the same light I just don't understand all the animosity toward him. people seem to forget that rossi is an athlete and just like any other athlete he wants to win championships, but in his case on an italian bike. With that in mind I neither blame him for leaving Yamaha nor do I blame him leaving ducati because as I have said, he like another athlete want to win.


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