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I don't think AMA Duc is a full factory team. At least not in the sense that Xerox Ducati is in WSBK. It's costing Duc a fortune to keep the WSBK bikes in a state of tune that's competitive. The rules are different in AMA, too. No traction control, for one.

 

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As everyone knows by know, Hayden said that he had a tire warmer melt onto his brake rotor while sitting on the grid. He thought about pulling in on the warm-up lap. He said that eventually, the situation improved, but that's got to sap your confidence when the pace went ballistic toward the end.



Excuse? I don't know. But I'll give him credit for backing off, not binning it and collecting the points.



Nicky's going to have to win some races eventually to win a championship, but consistency beats momentary brilliance most times. Just ask Biaggi.



Unless, of course, we're talking about Rossi who's consistently brilliant.

 

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Re: Ducati needs a rules change or 4 cylinders...it's that simple

All the Hondas were miserable in the last WSBK race.

 

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Re: Really?

Kpaul, really. You need to pay attention just a little. Running around to Web sites and looking at lists can only tell you so much. Do you forget that a lot of people here actually follow racing week in-and-out, you dolt?

The Hondas were horrible at the last WSBK. Toseland was the most competitive of the Hondas and he was nowhere near the front. The talk of the weekend was how hard the Hondas had it.

Toseland, Barros, etc. all said how uncompetitive they were at that track.

Maybe next race at a different track they'll go better, but they're certainly not at the very front of the pack everywhere, much less dominant.