Ok, Macho Melandri remains with Gresini and his almost official Honda factory bike while the rest of the big guys have already found their homes for next year. Now our attention goes to the other riders, the so called teammates that given their position are supposed to go fast enough to be hired by that specific team/sponsor for that salary but “cannot to be too good” for the first rider in the team because that would jeopardize his position. Also there are issues linked to their personality. Sometime ago Capirossi claimed that he would love to have Rossi has teammate but he would not be able to share his team with Biaggi because of his attitude. With 2 races to the end of the 2006 MotoGp World Championship the Borgo Panicale's managers have to find a collegue to his first rider, someone that can bring something on the table: performance, development or both of them. According to Carlo Pernat, Loris’s manager, there are three feasible canditates:
Gibernau, Stoner or Checa.
Who is your favorite?
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I had to vote Stoner for two major reasons...
- his age and growth potential
- his size, he is small, with the 800 cc bikes and the fact that Duc's rarely have the "top speed" bike.
I have respect of course for the two Spaniards, but the small Aussie win's my vote.
Do you realize that if they took on Stoner, the total hieght of the Duc. Marb. riding team would be under 9 feet?
I reckon they should stick with Gibbers. He's been pretty fast for them, and looked like he might win the first race before the bike broke down. So long as his arm doesn't fall off he should be fine.
I voted the present rider, Gibernau. He was the only one in the recent years to ride with Valentino until the famous jinx started. This season when on the bike he rode well. Stoner is really fast but he has been crashing a bit too much.
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