What, no outrage at the Ducati weight break? I'm outraged by the lack of outrage... ;) -Dirt-
Dirt rants: I'm outraged at *your* outrage. Nyah, nyah, nyah. 3 kilos? BFD. Betcha they were carrying parts that weighed more than they absolutely had to to make the 168 limit. Won't change anything much. Get Haga's head and bike working right, that'll be a bigger deal. Go fast. Take chances. Mike S.
I think Haga has lost the plot completely. He's telling journalists that he's scared of crashing. In which case he should stop, *right now*. It'll be very sad to see him retire like this. But I also don't want to see him circulating in 16th just to make up the numbers. As for the weight break, I don't think it will make a damn bit of difference. They might as well make the weights the same. The thing that might change the game is relaxing Ducati's intake restriction, but I'm not convinced that's necessary yet despite the difference in Monza top speeds. Arguably, the intake restriction only affects full throttle at max revs and over a season there are very few places where that's actually used.
I've read that none of the bikes are bumping the minimum anyway, so the weight break may be effectively nothing unless Ducati spend $$$ on some unobtanium parts. -Dirt-
More Crap than News, of course. A report from Michael Guy and splashed all over the back page. It makes a kind of sense. For years he was unbreakable and just used to bounce. Last year's crash was really nasty and so was Xaus punting him off at turn one at Philip Island this year.
