I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN....

With Stoner recovering from his operation, nicky is doing the
development on the 09' Ducati

Typical nicky, nowhere, even slower than Canepa on the satellite "B"
bike/team, how embaressment for Ducati and nicky.

Look like another tough year for Ducati, with Stoner having to do all
the work and all the racing, but with little time to get up to speed.

Might as well just had a one man team and saved the dough

OR GAVE THE RIDE TO SIMONCELLI........., when will Ducati listen to
what i have to say and see the light, nicky is a nothing rider, alway
was always will be NOTHING

Easy run for Vale then?

http://www.crash.net/motorsport/motogp/news/172164-0/jerez_motogp_test_times_-_wednesday.html

PLEASE nicky prove me wrong.....

 

http://www.crash.net/motorsport/motogp/news/172164-0/jerez_motogp_test_times_-_wednesday.html
Both Ducs were way down the charts so obviously they were testing something
and not going for top speed

 

Well that's a good bit of spin. While Pedrosa is inside his lap record,
all 5 ducatis are at least 2.5s behind him. While Hayden does his usual
huge number of laps.

However, at the dawn of the 800 era I was at the Jerez test in the
spring. It was cold and foggy in the mornings with damp patches. Hayden
looked very tentative. By the hot Sunday afternoon he was beginning to
hang it out. So here we have one of his first proper rides on a cold
track with a new surface. I think he'll go quite a bit faster as he
creeps up on his confidence and a setting that works for him.

For the last couple of years, he's managed to pull out a quick time in
the final qualifying lap. That's going to be much harder to do when
there are no qualifiers.

And then, this is the first track test at Jerez on the new carbon frame.
Who knows if it actually works here.

 

True enough. I just glanced at the times and saw Canepa was barely ahead of
him... but I had not noticed until later he is not on the factory bike(?).
At least Hayden gained about two seconds on the next day (again just glanced
at the times).