I love to ride, ride the bike, control it. Motorcycles must be dangerous, difficult. Gradually MotoGP has become something else: the practice times have got closer, they tried to spend less and less on testing while the other costs have increased enormously. Quitting at that point was natural.
But it is also true, even if partially, that Casey did not like the situation created with Valentino Rossi. I learned a lot. You are here MotoGP. Bagnaia: "Stoner thinks like a rider, he is able to get inside your head So we decided to finish everything as we are now. After a promising maiden season he moved to Ducati in and completely dominated the championship by claiming 10 wins. He finished runner-up to Valentino Rossi a year later, before a mystery illness derailed his campaign.
After another frustrating season in Stoner made the decision to move to the factory Repsol Honda team, and was once again the class of the field as he secured his second world title in Stoner, who has won 35 races in the top class, currently leads the championship by a single point from Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo after claiming victories in Spain and Portugal. But the world champion had previously stated he did not want to still be racing in his 30s, and initial suggestions that he might retire had surfaced after he became a father in February.
His retirement will also leave a vacancy at Repsol Honda that plenty of riders will be keen to fill. Repsol protege Marc Marquez, the cc champion and current Moto2 series leader, would appear to be the leading candidate to fill the vacancy, although Lorenzo has also been linked with a switch from the factory Yamaha squad and the Spaniard is out of contract at the end of the year.
It's not now. I don't think anyone was suggesting that he was going to retire now as in this minute, week, month. So it really could turn out that at the end of this year he will feel done. He does sound quite positive about but the paper is not yet signed. If I was the Honda negotiator I would be feeling some pressure to get him signed. He will retire when he stops enjoying racing, which by how annoyed he is with the media circus that surrounds MotoGP, sounds like he may be one step closer to.
The most telling line is the first " I think the rumors are more wishful thinking on the part of the Spanish press I had my rant about the cc Moto 2 a few moments back on another thread on this brilliant site.
Kudo's David. I agree a one year deal puts Casey in the strongest position to push back on the rule changes slated for But any chance he'll decide to move to Yamaha after his next contract, and go for championships with three different marques?
He's not interested in beating Mick's record with Honda, and he'd have bragging rights over Vale I can't imagine Honda letting him walk, I think they learned a lesson there, but who knows Who will care about what bike he was riding?
Or do you think that Casey done a better job than Doohan because he won 2 times on different brands and Doohan 5 times on the same? Honestly, it's getting really out of hand now. And, I never thought I'd be agreeing with Casey Stoner, but he's right, just leave the formula alone. Don't agree with giving the couple of extra litre's won't happen anyway.
But essentially, yeah, just leave it alone. It's simply a non-story, never was. Journalists have to write up hype and bs to get hits or try and keep their jobs.
More fuel would allow the reliance on electronics to be reduced, as fuel consumption becomes less critical. More fuel, less electronics and lower revs, and CRTs start to become more competitive.
Stoner is right. It's about the riders ultimately. It always was. Changing rules usually helps the competitor with the biggest budget and dulls the racing. Remember last year? People thought the Suzuki was terrible and hence Bautista never managed to challenge for a podium really.
Now he is on a Honda, pretty much factory spec. And he is still in the same place. Maybe the Suzuki wasn't that bad after all. Remember 2 years ago? Sic was on a satellite spec Honda while his teammate Melandri was on a factory spec Honda. Sic was a rookie and Melandri a former MotoGP race winner. Yet Sic outperformed Melandri, because he was the better rider quite simply.
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