Rossi to Ducati in 2009?

[DesmoFan]

From Crash.net
MOTOGP: Rossi raises pressure with Ducati talk.

He also raised this possibility in an interview with Fox sport at the Aus GP. Would be an interesting mix, but he is starting to sound a bit desperate.

If he did jump across to Ducati, what would they do? They have an Aussie World Champ (regardless of how 2008 goes, this should at least guarentee him a ride for 2008 and 2009) and the potential for an Italian superstar in Melandri. Would they perhaps run a third bike?

[Incognito]

But Melandri is exactly that, a potential superstar...
Rossi already is

[Taylor]

Rossi is just a sore loser. Specially after the last race. He obviously thinks he's better than Stoner, but on poorer equipment, so he is trying to even the playing field. It's all a bit selfish in my opinion, he's just the rider of the race team, just one member of the crew, it isn't all about him.

[Giant]

rossi on a ducati ... what every italian bike fans wet dreams are made off

[taint]

Rossi is just a sore loser, Stoner is the better man at the moment and Rossi can't hack it

[Incognito]

Stoner has won ONE world championship, at his age, Rossi had won how many was it now???
Once Stoner can do it year in, year out, then yes, Stoner will be (in my eyes) a good rider (like Doohan, et al).
Right now, he is nothing more than Nicky Hayden, a flash in the pan

The same thing goes for (my countryman, in case I was appearing biased against Stoner) Lewis Hamilton. 1 good season doesn't mean he is the best driver ever, and it doesn't mean all the others he managed to beat are sore losers, ex world champions or not.

[Desmo]

^^^Fanboy supreme!

[Incognito]

Rossi couldn't have done it without Doohan
Doohan was a brilliant rider..Stoner has someway to go yet

[Davey]

As much as I think Casey is a legend, I haveto agree in principal with Helrayzer. Once the 800 class has a couple of years under it's belt and if Stoner can win a couple more championships after that, then he can start calling himself 'better' than Rossi.

[taint]

As much as I think Casey is a legend, I haveto agree in principal with Helrayzer. Once the 800 class has a couple of years under it's belt and if Stoner can win a couple more championships after that, then he can start calling himself 'better' than Rossi.

It's not about saying that Stoner is better than Rossi. It's that Rossi cannot accept that someone has done better than him and starts playing the blame game (they all do it I know) but Rossi is particularly bad at it yet when he wins it was all him and nobody gave him any help but when he loses it was everyone else and not him

[Incognito]

Rossi was on a bike which was around 20km/h slower than Stoner.
Had Stoner been on the same bike, would he have finished so high?
Look at where Colin Edwards finished, I think Rossi has every reason to complain about the bike.
I know I would have been...

[Taylor]

Wasn't Loris on the same bike as Casey?

[Incognito]

My point is as Davey said
Yeah, Stoner is world champion once good on him, on the best bike, the best tyres, etc, etc.
Yeah Loris was on the same bike
Wouldn't it be more interesting having Stoner and Rossi on the same bike?
Or does that mean that Stoner would be less likely to be able to win ?

[Taylor]

All that proves is that Loris is less bad than Colin Edwards if both bikes were the same for each team for him to notch a noticeable improvement.

[sathid]

For how many years was the Repsol Honda the best bike when Rossi had it?

You win some, you lose some. Thats the way it is. How you choose to deal with the situation is up to you.

If anything, being on an inferior bike would force you to ride harder in order to keep up. Might be an advantage the following year if your machinery is up to scratch?