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Post by mekon on May 18, 2022 8:11:29 GMT
Mir's manager is saying KTM and Ducati pay fuck all and he won't accept that sort of money and will take a sabatical. Apparently Remy Gardner gets £45 a race, a KTM fleece and a hospitality pass or something similar.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on May 18, 2022 10:13:32 GMT
Mir's manager appears to be a bit of a gobshite from what I'm reading in the Spanish press...
Mir taking a sabatical rather than signing for less money = I've completely misjudged the situation, fucked up the negotiations, tried to blame the press / the other teams / Putin / Covid (delete as applicable) and now my rider is on the dole.
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Post by mekon on May 19, 2022 12:28:39 GMT
Gpone saying Aleix is gone. Bargained himself out.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on May 19, 2022 13:27:11 GMT
Gpone saying Aleix is gone. Bargained himself out. Well, he spent 3 days training with the Movistar Tour de France team in the Pirenees last week so I think he's still working on his future options.
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Post by mekon on May 19, 2022 14:57:59 GMT
32 is too old to be doing anything but water carrier stuff these days unless you are a name rider.
He should go to BSB and piss everyone off with his histrionics.
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Post by nippon on May 20, 2022 8:51:52 GMT
Gpone saying Aleix is gone. Bargained himself out. remember that episode of friends where joey tells soap opera digest he writes a lot of his own lines, so they fire him...
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on May 24, 2022 6:42:15 GMT
Its all getting interesting again!
Miller possibly already signed with KTM... might as well sign with any Moto America Team of his choosing for 2024 right now.
Oliveira to LCR.
Maybe a new HRC team Asia with Ogura and Chantra, or possibly Nakagami.
I read some wierd thing about KTM trying to get the ex-Suzuki grid slots for a Gas Gas branded KTM, but Dorna said that the slots had to be filled by a genuine factory team, not a private outfit on a rebadged existing bike. Not sure how that works then if Aprilia of HRC are in the running to fill the gaps.
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Post by mekon on May 24, 2022 9:44:56 GMT
Apparently KTM aren't interested in Aleix.
Huewen penned a piece on Crash about how Yamaha would be 'mad' not put Toprak on the Yamaha but I'd argue that not winning a race yet and playing 2nd fiddle to Bautista and Rea isn't selling himself as a Motogp god in waiting. I'm not sure he can get away with his stunt style on a gp bike.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on May 24, 2022 11:16:49 GMT
The odd thing about Toprak is that the entire decission seems to rest with him, he can go if he wants but if not, no worries mate.
KTM are odd. On one hand they openly admit to wanting to keep costs down, then rumours that the are signing ex-Marlboro financed factory riders... either Miller has dropped a "0" off his wage demands or I smell BS.
Aleix will stay at Aprilia IMO. He says they'd be mad to let him go. True, but he'd also be equally as mad to walk away.
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Post by mekon on May 24, 2022 15:51:26 GMT
Circuit silly season.... Finland still not approved. I think it looks like a load of shit anyway. May as well leave it in 3rd gear.
If they are going to run small circuits they should use this place - Ring Knutstorp. Total deathtrap but whatever.
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Post by mekon on May 24, 2022 18:18:57 GMT
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Post by no66 on May 24, 2022 18:38:37 GMT
Circuit silly season.... Finland still not approved. I think it looks like a load of shit anyway. May as well leave it in 3rd gear. If they are going to run small circuits they should use this place - Ring Knutstorp. Total deathtrap but whatever. Raced Knutstorp, 6 place in the Swedish champs 2002 ish. Brilliant track, really fun. Rollercoaster with blind crests. Super steep short hill that's hard not to wheelie into a 180 hairpin. A banked "wall" corner. Really hectic place. :-) Looks flat and wide in the vid. Its pretty narrow and big hight differences.
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Post by mekon on May 24, 2022 21:40:42 GMT
Knutstorp is a great track. I love it Raceroom in VR. Touring cars are a blast. The downhill into the hairpin is a real swine, tempts you into stealing a couple of yards but the penalty is high.
I'm surprised it hosts bike racing as the run offs don't seem that generous.
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Post by mekon on May 25, 2022 14:54:49 GMT
And..... Finland is not happening.
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Post by Diego the toe clipper on May 25, 2022 15:33:45 GMT
Surprised Dorna didn't jump at the chance for another Spanish round to substitute it....
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