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[EwanM]

I suppose you are always going to get either the competitor or a writer cashing in on a popular event, achievement or story.

I mean look at how many books were written after Lewis Hamilton's opening year.

[bud]

money talks people! would you turn down an offer from a publisher for $$$

No, but then i'm a broke student, not a professional sportsman who already earns probably millions... so it's still lame however you dress it up.

i dont think its lame. besides isnt Lorenzos possible switch to Honda and his problems with Yamaha all about his salary? wouldnt leaving the fastest bike for more money be called lame too?

Sorry Scotty but money talks youll learn that when you enter the real world post University

[scotty]

Leaving the most competitive team just for money eh? I don't think that even requires an answer...

Sorry Scotty but money talks youll learn that when you enter the real world post University

Thanks for the consdescending life advice that is really quite inapplicable though, i'll try to remember that one when i need a laugh!

[cap-dude]

Leaving the most competitive team just for money eh? I don't think that even requires an answer...

Damn right, he'll lose any respect he has if he pulls a move like that.

I mean really, is he in Moto GP to be world champion, or to make money.

[bud]

Leaving the most competitive team just for money eh? I don't think that even requires an answer...

wellll you could answer why he would leave the most competitive team?

Thanks for the consdescending life advice that is really quite inapplicable though, i'll try to remember that one when i need a laugh!

condescending? na it appears to be factual from what youre posting! so youre welcome!

[racechick]

money talks people! would you turn down an offer from a publisher for $$$

No, but then i'm a broke student, not a professional sportsman who already earns probably millions... so it's still lame however you dress it up.

Why is it lame? someone offers you money to publish your story. You get money, publisher gets money, fans get to read the story. win win win. Whats the problem? You dont like the story? Dont buy the book
Same with all the fuss over lewis.

[Jamie]

Ducati is some sort of a mythical bike.Only stoner knows its secrets.Look at Melandri this season,hes gone crazy on that Hayate racing team [brand new team,with the lowest budget i think]
Hayden had a really bad start yesterday.he went really wide and then got squeezed off.
hey VB your sig says Lorenzo but you predicting Rossi win

Oh not a Rossi win, just they will be the ones battling it out

I actually think Stoner will win the British Gp, Lorenzo 2nd and Pedrosa 3rd. I think Rain will take Rossi out....Something just feels different....

Dont think it will be Stoner. Rossi loves Donnington. i think he'll be first or second. if he's second, I think Danni might win.But most likely it will be Rossi.

Lorenzo loves Catalunya but he didn't win that. But also look at the records, Lorenzo won it in his hay day in 250 last season and was not too bad in the last season. So now he can master the bike at the same level as Rossi. I think he will be running after Rossi, but i think Stoner is getting better and believe he can take this.

James Toseland: The Autobiography is also there.Even Rossi has one"What If I Had Never Tried it" from 2006

I don't read books/biographies anyways.
But VB will be all over the Lorenzo's i am guessing.

Already read most of it, in which is why i support him moe. Understanding a hero is living in his shoes. And i would not like to live in his shoes

money talks people! would you turn down an offer from a publisher for $$$

No, but then i'm a broke student, not a professional sportsman who already earns probably millions... so it's still lame however you dress it up.

i dont think its lame. besides isnt Lorenzos possible switch to Honda and his problems with Yamaha all about his salary? wouldnt leaving the fastest bike for more money be called lame too?

Sorry Scotty but money talks youll learn that when you enter the real world post University

To Be honest next season could be a completely different story. This season he is the quickest? But then Pedrossa won a race this season so if Lorenzo can ride it like Stoner is the only man who can ride that Ducati i doubt he won't still be in contention, plus if Rossi leaves this season i doubt Yamaha will turn down giving him Rossi's salary if he can score wins?

News;
Last walk in the park as MotoGP makes Donington swansong

Wednesday, 22 July 2009

British Grand Prix takes place this weekend with honour on the line.

This Sunday sees the end of an era in the MotoGP World Championship, as the series makes its final visit to Donington Park for the British Grand Prix. The venue has played host to some classic races in all classes and, with competition at a breathtaking level in 2009, expect another thriller on Sunday 26th July.
World Championship leader Valentino Rossi has his own fond memories of Donington Park, the scene of his first premier class victory back in 2000. He hasn’t won at the track since 2005, but is undoubtedly capable of ending the drought in front of a crowd that have always been heavily behind the six-time MotoGP World Champion.
Rossi holds a fourteen point advantage at the head of the standings, adding a fourth win to his 2009 tally with victory in Germany just days ago. His principal challenge so far this year has been Fiat Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo, whom he ousted for the triumph in Sachsenring by just 0.099. Lorenzo has won once at Donington Park, in the 2006 250cc race, and placed sixth at the track last year, although previous form counts for little when talking about the flying Spaniard on a run of six consecutive podium finishes.
A further fourteen points separates Ducati Marlboro’s Casey Stoner from the head of the overall classification. The Australian is still out of sorts with a mystery illness, but has kept up his title challenge with some gritty performances over the past month. Off the podium for the past two races in the 2009 season, a return to Donington Park gives Stoner the chance to win his third Grand Prix in as many years on British soil –however much he might dislike the track.
Dani Pedrosa’s bid for the MotoGP crown has picked up as his own physical problems have healed, but the Repsol Honda man is still very much the outside bet of the top four. He needs to pull back forty points just to catch up with third-placed Stoner. Pedrosa’s last win in Britain came back in his rookie season of 2006, riding the 990cc RC211V.
The British Grand Prix is a home race for James Toseland, who has double motivation to get a good result on race day. The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider is racing for his future in the MotoGP World Championship, and also has some demons to put to bed following his first lap crash at last year’s race on the Derbyshire-Leicestershire border. Toseland won both 2007 races at Donington in superbike competition.
Although Marco Melandri has since relocated to Italy, the former MotoGP World Championship runner-up can also count this weekend’s round as a home race. He spent a handful of years living just a stone’s throw from the track before the start of this year. He is currently sixth in the standings, behind Toseland’s teammate Colin Edwards.
The British Grand Prix takes place on Sunday 26th July, with practice sessions beginning the preceding Friday.

[scotty]

wellll you could answer why he would leave the most competitive team?

Maybe they have offered him a better long term proposition elsewhere, like Schumacher with Ferrari in 1996... but that is definitely not what it seems like here, judging by what has been said in the press. The other answers would be that someone would leave the best team for more money just because they care more about profits than success in their sport, alternatively they might just be a straight up fool!

That said, i'd still be pretty surprised if Lorenzo actually did leave Yamaha, i hope not too because the racing has been quality this season.

Why is it lame? someone offers you money to publish your story. You get money, publisher gets money, fans get to read the story. win win win. Whats the problem? You dont like the story? Dont buy the book
Same with all the fuss over lewis.

It's only half the story really though, isn't it... i just don't like how these people try to cash in at the very first opportunity with what is basically half a product!

[headless]

and also about this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jorge-Lorenzo-M ... 1844257029 I didn't knew this.

He's only 22 FFS, how lame.

Ahem, Lewis Hamilton springs to mind.

James Toseland: The Autobiography is also there.Even Rossi has one"What If I Had Never Tried it" from 2006

I don't read books/biographies anyways.
But VB will be all over the Lorenzo's i am guessing.

That's not the only part of Lorenzo he wants to be all over

I suggested that

Sorry Scotty but money talks youll learn that when you enter the real world post University

Thanks for the consdescending life advice that is really quite inapplicable though, i'll try to remember that one when i need a laugh!

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[texasmr2]

Is it hot in here or is it just me?

[bud]

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[headless]

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[bud]

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[headless]

Hahaha, love it

you would

Sorry, it was just the way he put it.
And yeah, I would.

how hard would you love it?

[bud]

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