So have people ALREADY lost interest in MotoGP?? **SPOLILER ALERT**

[Mr Sunshine]

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2007/Sep/070912c.htm


Don't mind me...I'm just over here whistling a tune of satisfaction...

Pete you can stop whistling now.

http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/index.php/topic,15038.0.html

Rossi is sticking with the Michelin's.

[hobbes]

Pete you can stop whistling now.

http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/index.php/topic,15038.0.html

Rossi is sticking with the Michelin's.

I read that too, but you didn't get the idea of the article. If Rossi is sticking with Michelins and still so far out of it next year, the second he hints on leaving Dorna will react regarding tires. Who knows what they will do, but you'd be dumb not to think they would consider a spec tire.

[bizarro]

There will be no spec tire in MotoGP.

[Mookie]

There will be no spec tire in MotoGP.

+1

There's no way they'll go to a spec tire, it just wouldn't make sense and there's no way the Michelin or Bridgestone would allow it to happen with all the money and resources they are dropping on GPs now.

[hobbes]

+1

There's no way they'll go to a spec tire, it just wouldn't make sense and there's no way the Michelin or Bridgestone would allow it to happen with all the money and resources they are dropping on GPs now.

I see. Well then...I guess I'm wrong.


Oh wait! Check this out from August...

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=30039

Biaggi and Rossi agree:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2007/july/jul23-29/july27biaggityrerule/

So does Colin Edwards:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2007/august/aug20-27/aug2307motogpcolinedwardsfavourcontrolledtyre/?&R=EPI-93949

When World Superbikes switched to a one-make tyre rule with Pirelli the exclusive tyre supplier, Colin Edwards was sceptical about the change.

But he added: “I was against the one-tyre rule when they brought it out in World Superbikes. I wasn’t there but I was like ‘man that’s crap.’ But the racing has been awesome.

“That’s all I watch when I’m at home. Look at the 250 and 125 races, Dunlop is the tyre and those classes have such good racing because it’s a one-tyre make.

“If I was in charge and had the authority I’d say give me you’re bid. Who has got the best support and who will come in and run the show? Whoever has the best they win, simple as that.”


-Colin Edwards

And finally:

Then again, perhaps Dorna and/or the MSMA will take matters into their own hands and address the tire situation themselves. On the same Italian website, Dorna boss Carmelo Ezpeleta is quoted as saying the following: “The tire-limit rule is without a doubt a mistake, but it was decided upon by the tire makers. It’s probably not true that the balance is only off in one direction—if it’s true that Bridgestone dominated at Laguna Seca, it’s also undeniable that it was Michelin’s turn at the Sachsenring, but the fact is really this: MotoGP isn’t the tire world championship, but the rider and manufacturer championship, and we have to work in such a way that the importance of the tires is reduced. The rule is a mistake because it has created, from race to race, big differences. It’s early to say that the rule will be removed for 2008, and I don’t want to give that impression, but the tire makers have to meet and come up with an acceptable proposal for avoiding that the championship goes in the direction of a spec tire.”

It seems hard to believe that Dorna would swallow their pride by following the lead of World Superbike, but it’s clear from Ezpeleta’s words that they’re not happy with the current situation of yawn-inducing racing.

(emphasis mine)

from:

http://www.roadracerx.com/article.php?article_id=480

Dorna may not want a spec tire, but they sure are considering all options.


A lot of you have no clue what drives MotoGP. It's not the technology is is SALES!! Tires are ruining the racing. It's time to take tires out of the equation. Let the manufacturers build the best bikes for the best riders, and not be handicapped with shitty rubber.

[atypical1]

Funny, it is the guys who are getting their asses handed to them who are complaining now.

james

[bizarro]

There will be no spec tire in GP.

[Mookie]

I don't disagree that it would make for better racing, I just don't see how it would ever work politics-wise.

[hobbes]

I don't disagree that it would make for better racing, I just don't see how it would ever work politics-wise.

It worked for WSBK. Pirelli was the odd man out before the spec tire rule. They year it started the times were slower than the year before with the Michelins, but it was done anyhow. Now look at the series. It's enjoying it's best racing ever the past two years, and interest is UP!

[hobbes]

There will be no spec tire in GP.

You can take a "hmph. I'm right and that's it" approach to this all you want. The fact is that a spec tire rule is being considered and actively discussed for MotoGP. Hopefully the competition will even out by itself and it wont happen, but if it doesn't for next year and the sport loses more fans to boring racing expect some major changes.

Don't rule out a spec tire.

[DogBoy]

I'll go with hobbes in favor of a spec tire. I think Dorna repealing the tire limit rule is more likely, though.

[MisterSmooth]

Yeah, I do enjoy the poetry in motion that is the perfectly sorted team of Stoner, Ducati, and Bridgestone as well. It just isn't all that interesting to watch.

Anyone else really impressed with how well the Suzukis are starting to run? I think that may prove to be an interesting development next season.

Yeah, Suzuki looks great this year.

And like Rossi and Edwards on the 990 Yamahas, it's interesting to see that the Ducati suits Stoner much better than his teammate who is also very talented but much slower.

[pearsonm]

Rules made WSBK and AMA what they are today. Minimalist rules built MotoGP, and it needs to stay that way.