Dovi goes to Tech 3

[squeezer]

Okay, I'm not all that plugged in to racing news,  but of all the scenarios I'd heard, all the talk of Yammie using Tech 3 to develop young talent -- I really didn't see this coming.

It was announced today that Dovisioso will partner with Crutchlow next season at Tech 3.

[McHack]

Honestly, I kinda expected it because Tech3's young talent might be quite good, but they're not dominating moto2 at all...

[jfusaro]

Bradley Smith turned down Tech 3 for one more year at Moto2 which was a good move on his part, but Dovi going there, must be more to the story then being told.

[R Doug]

I must be living under a rock.  Why would Dovi leave Repsol Honda?  I missed something.

[phoenix]

I must be living under a rock.  Why would Dovi leave Repsol Honda?  I missed something.

no kidding

and its not like he isn't doing well. He really runs under the radar mostly, but I was thinking that he's top 5 usually?
Maybe these "difficult economic times" have forced Repsol to limit the number of million dollar contracts they carry?

[DogBoy]

What Phoenix said. Honda had four Factory bikes for 2011 (3 at Repsol + 1 at Gresini for Simoncelli to hit things with) and they scaled back to three. Simoncelli got a new contract with Honda and Dovi wasn't offered a factory bike. Looking at the rest of the open seats, the pickin's are slim. Tech 3 or redheaded stepchild on an LCR Honda (no factory bits), customer Ducati, Suzuki (may or may not be back in '12) or a CRT team that may never make it to the grid. Ugly choices beyond Tech 3 for a talent like Dovi. Ugly times in MotoGP.

[Blunder]

Does this mean Edwards is leaving MotoGP? Coming back home to retire and shoot guns on his ranch?

[phoenix]

The 25-year-old Italian will replace category veteran Colin Edwards, who announced last month that he will ride for Forward Racing when it steps up from Moto2 next year.

[Blunder]

Edwards to Moto2? I guess I really haven't been paying much attention this year.

[squeezer]

Edwards announced a race or two back that he wouldn't be with Tech 3 next year. He'll still be in MotoGP, but with a new team that's moving up from Moto2 to run one of those production based bikes allowed under the new rules. There's a thread on that somewhere around here.

I think the theory goes that he's such a good development rider, he'll be a good benchmark for whether that approach can actually work.

[phoenix]

Edwards to Moto2? I guess I really haven't been paying much attention this year.

you've got a reading comprehension problem. Read it again, more closely this time.

[squeezer]

That reminds me. What is "reading compression"?

[Mookie]

 


I can't wait til next year.  The variety of machinery ought to help make up for the lack of different top finishers.