Fiat Yamaha 2008

[ambasnakeman]

its official.

 

1) lorenzo is officially rossi's teammate. (will he be a team player like colin)

 

2) michelin is still supplying tyres for fiat yamaha.(doomed)

 

3) rossi will be racing the pneumatic valve engine this weekend again.

 

tech 3 yet to make rider announcment.(toseland confirmed). yet to confirm tyre as well. interesting if they use bridgestone.

[fruitcakepablohoney]

Young man will not respect him.

[edmundino]

Young man will not respect him.

 

Lorenzo seems to have respect for no one...... Sigh.... Will it become a Hayden/Pedrosa Honda problem happening in Yamaha?

[ambasnakeman]

when rossi first moved to GP500, who was his teammate?

[diablo_gixxer]

wasn't he in a 1 rider team in gp500?

[ambasnakeman]

nasturo azzuro???

[NoLogicOne]

its official.

 

2) michelin is still supplying tyres for fiat yamaha.(doomed)

 

tech 3 yet to make rider announcment.(toseland confirmed). yet to confirm tyre as well. interesting if they use bridgestone.

 

Hey SnakeSkin, I'm sure Michelins would step up their game now that there's so many confessions by themselves not expecting Bridgestone to be so much better. Moreover, Misano brought out a tyre construction that Yammie and Honda riders like. I believe the tyre fields would be leveled out not really doomed lah.

 

Thought it's already confirm that Colin Edwards is with James Toseland. I read it somewhere, it's confirmed. Tyres likely to be Michelins also, lol.

 

when rossi first moved to GP500, who was his teammate?

 

I seriously thought it was Mich Doohan before he "hand over" the role of dominance to Rossi.

[NoLogicOne]

Wow, since we speculating about silly season here, I wonder if Sito Pons ready to make a come back next yr or not. And the curse stricken Ilmor, wondering if they could supply engines or not....else Ilmor will be another F1 designer going down the drain.

[rastyblade]

Rossi first year in premier class was Honda NSR500 Nastro Azzurro Team back in 2000. Should be a lone rider without teammate.

 

http://www.cacegypt.org/MSo/wsd/d2005/valentino-rossi/mod/vale-500honda.jpg

[NoLogicOne]

Sorry my bad....Mich was a mentor to Rossi in 2000, not his team mate rather. Apologies.

 

BTW, next yr would Fiat still be the sponsor for Rossi's Yammie? Cuz we know Rossi was the man who pull strings for Fiat to sponsor his team.....so would the goodness be shared by Lorenzo which Rossi proclaims he "refused to share a garage with"?

[Lass]

lorenzo yucks!

 

it's interesting how these sponsors also follow rossi fr one team to another team. nastro is just a designer beer or something??

[lvin]

lorenzo yucks!

 

it's interesting how these sponsors also follow rossi fr one team to another team. nastro is just a designer beer or something??

 

if im not wrong.....nastro azzurro is a name of a fast food chain..lolz....

[kingpet47]

nastro azzuro is an italian lager...

[NoLogicOne]

nastro azzuro is a patent bike design which pays Rossi dividends for copyrights

[kingpet47]

nastro azzuro is a patent bike design which pays Rossi dividends for copyrights

 

yeah rite....! its an italian lager.... ive tasted it.... a bit bland but its nice... oops......!

[kingpet47]

hope dis helps tp clear the air....

[NoLogicOne]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63272

 

Rossi admits he wants Bridgestones

 

By Toby Moody:- Saturday, October 13th 2007, 08:31 GMT

 

Valentino RossiValentino Rossi confirmed at Phillip Island today that he has asked for Bridgestone tyres for 2008.

 

Next season's tyre situation remains undecided after Dorna recently proposed a switch to control tyres and promised to take a decision by next week's Malaysian Grand Prix. Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has since played down the possibility of this scheme actually being adopted.

 

It now seems that Rossi complained to Ezpeleta about the disparity between the rival tyre manufacturers at the United States Grand Prix, where he was unhappy to finish 30.6 seconds behind the Bridgestone-shod winner Casey Stoner.

 

Autosport.com understands that it is just Rossi and Dani Pedrosa who have specifically asked for Bridgestones, Pedrosa's request coming despite the fact that Honda have used Michelins on their works GP and Superbikes since when they returned to the 500cc class in 1982 before winning the championship with Freddie Spencer in 1983.

 

Should Rossi receive Bridgestones for next year, the Yamaha rider could remain at a technical disadvantage given the sheer level of data that the Ducatis, Suzukis, Gresini Hondas and Kawasakis have accrued on Bridgestones over the past three seasons.

 

Rossi gave Michelin a final shot across the bows today in Australia, finally admitting that he had asked for Bridgestones, while at the same time conceding that Michelin is making a considerable effort at present.

 

"The situation is not very clear now for us because Michelin want to give a really big effort next year to improve the situation," Rossi said.

 

"They understand a lot of the mistakes from this year and especially with the new (tyre limit) rule it was a bad surprise for Michelin. In their head they may have thought the situation is not so bad but sometimes we have a lot of problems.

 

"So we have to decide, also we don't know if it is possible to have Bridgestone so the situation is in progress now. So sincerely, we have to decide."

 

Dani Amatrian, the manager of Jorge Lorenzo, said this evening that the 250cc champion's contract with Yamaha for 2008 guarantees that he is on the same equipment as Rossi.

 

This means that should the tyre war continue either both works Yamahas have to be on Bridgestones, therefore creating a championship that is effectively Bridgestone bikes versus Honda on Michelins, or that both tyres companies have to continue with their current teams.

 

This season has already been a year of considerable technical change for MotoGP with new 800cc engines replacing the 990cc units, a restriction on tyres to 14 fronts and 17 rears over all three days, and a reduction from 22 litres to 21 litres of fuel for the race.

[spy622]

Rossi's contract is till 2008...so many new riders coming up...wonder will he still hold up to them...

[nastroazzuro80]

if im not wrong.....nastro azzurro is a name of a fast food chain..lolz....

 

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