Thursday, April 12, 2007

I read all of this stuff about Ducati wanting an engine capacity increase for next year, and I wonder, if they feel like they are getting spanked and cannot compete, why not bring out the Desmosedici that they have been selling to the masses? I am sure that all of the other teams on the grid would crap themselves if they heard that thing screaming down the straight. Bayliss would be able to really play with the other riders if he had that thing...

And speaking of Bayliss, what an Iron-man! Immediately after the crash that smooshed (technical term) his pinkie finger, he's all, 'just cut the damn thing off, I dont need it anyway, and get away from me with that anesthetic, I don't need that either'. Ok, so the anesthetic thing was my exaggeration, but it sounds like him, no?

Seriously, I could see the Ducs asking for and getting a 100CC bump, but do they really need 200? With the way Bayliss is riding that thing, he is making it hard for them to justify. I know that none of the other Ducati riders are really doing anything special, with the exception of Mr Spider-man, Xaus himself. He managed to put the F06 in fourth at the last outing, which is pretty good, even though the 06 and 07 bikes are pretty similar.

I can honestly say that I am not really that surprised at how well Biaggi is riding, but what does surprise me is how good his attitude is, he used to be Mr. I Am A Racing God and Dont Care What You Think, or Mr IAARGDCWYT for short. He now seems to be loving every minute of the racing and smiles and jokes and such, maybe he had a 'moment of clarity' in his year off and realized that no one wants to work with an a$$hole. It is good to see that he had a change of attitude because he was always a good rider to watch and was always fast.

I guess that's all I have for now.

Keep the rubber side down