Ducati, u got to be joking....

SETE GIBERNAU JOINS THE DUCATI MOTOGP TEAM

The Ducati MotoGP Team has reached agreement with Sete Gibernau to
contest the 2006 MotoGP World Championship. The Spanish rider will join
Loris Capirossi, who renewed his contract with the squad before
September's Japanese GP.

"I'm delighted to welcome Sete," said Federico Minoli, president of
Ducati Motor Holding. "We think Sete is one of the strongest guys in
MotoGP. He's a talented, gritty and courageous rider. Sete has had a
difficult season this year but he has shown throughout that he never
gives up, in the best Ducati spirit. For this reason we're very proud
to have him in our 2006 line-up alongside Loris. They are both very
strong riders and we'll do everything we can to give them what they
need to obtain the best possible results."

Gibernau replaces Carlos Checa, who completed his time with the Ducati
MotoGP Team in today's Valencia GP.

"It's always difficult to welcome someone while saying goodbye to
someone else," continued Minoli. "I want to sincerely thank Carlos for
the commitment and professionalism he's shown us. For sure he's a great
rider and also a nice guy; working with him has been a great pleasure."

Gibernau is optimistic about his future, trusting in the
Ducati/Bridgestone partnership that has already given great joy to
Ducati fans with some amazing results, including Capirossi's fantastic
victories at the recent Japanese and Malaysian GPs.

"After achieving some great results and much satisfaction during the
last few years, and after a season at the highest level but with some
difficulties, I decided to make a change in my career," said Gibernau.
"First of all I want to thank the people who helped me achieve so many
good results. But now it's time to find some new motivation. The
professionalism and enthusiasm I've found at Ducati are what made me
decide to join forces with the factory. I face this new challenge with
real determination, convinced that together we can achieve great
success. In recent years Ducati has shown that it has big ambitions and
huge potential. I trust that, with my experience, I can make a real
contribution to turn our shared dreams into reality."

 

Bring it!!!!!!1

 

wow exciting old news...

 

so..they trade in chucker checa for gravel gibernau....
I guess it would be cheaper...Gibernau doesnt drop it EVERY race....

 

Why not? It's not as if he could hurt their crappy results.

 

So how many races did [have] Kawa and Suzuki won with vastly larger
budgets -v- Ducati in MotoGP?

The only reason Yamaha win is because of Rossi, the other Yamaha riders
are *useless* as is the bike, its TheDoctor that makes it all happen.

Next season i want to see Italians win EVERY single race not just most
like this year, oh and i am sure i can be forced to like Sete
again......

 

who fukn cares - as Flavio Briatore said prior to the last round of F1 - in
ten years everyone will remember which driver/rider won the world title, but
not which constructor won the world title.

It's a riders championship

Bullshit - he would not have gone without Burgess et al..................

**** you're an idiot

ck

 

But no amount of force will make us like you.

 

and by the way, if you want to follow Italy, A1GP is over
there--------------------->

moron

ck

 

Brings up an interesting question. How many GP's have been won on bikes
fettled by Jeremy Burgess? Has anyone else come close to him.

Theo

 

Not even mildly close - given he looked after world champions Gardener,
Spencer, Doohan and Rossi (have I missed any?) with what - about 10 or
12 champiosnhips between them, the only one who might come close was if
it was one guy looking after agostini during the MV years - Clemopaedia
comment ?

JL

 

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I was gonna suggest another Aussie; Kel Carruthers, but I don't think he'd
come anywhere near Burgess numerically.
(The fact that there's now twice or almost three-times as many GPs per
season as there was in the 70s doesn't help either)

 

They had more championships then though. 50, 125, 250, 350, 500.

Theo

 

Wasn't there an 80cc as well ?

JL
(vague recollection)

 

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JL wrote in message

Yes; the 50s became the 80s in the early 80s (and then disappeared in the
late 80s)

 

"The 50cc class was replaced by an 80cc class, then the class was dropped
entirely in the 1990s,"

Close enough, allowing for some poetic license.

Theo

 

Actually Clem you may be more right.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_World_Champions
The other bit I quoted also came from Wikepedia ??

Interesting tit-bit here
Emilio Alzamora is the only driver win title World Champions in 125cc none
win Grand Prix 1999 season.
Champion with no wins.

Theo

 

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Fark; you managed to understand that sentence?!!? You MUST be a wog!

Yeah Alzamora won the 125 championship without winning a race. I remember
the last race he only had to finish behind Melandri to take the championship
whereas Malendri needed him to finish a few places further back and on the
last lap Melandri slowed and pulled over and the commentators were saying
"What a sportsman; he's letting Alzamora get a win...." and then as Alzamora
drew alongside Melandri tried to ram him!
Alzamora then dropped well back and finished a cautious second (while
Melandri's team put away the "Champion" tee-shirts and took out the
"Vice-Champion" ones).

 

Theo Bekkers wrote:

Sig file anyone?

Moike

 

Andrew Pitt won the 2001 World Supersport title without winning a race...

....and wasn't there some French guy who also won a GP title without
taking out a race all year sometime in the 80's?