02-11-2014, 07:26 AM
Yes, the Doctor is still in there after a disastrous couple of seasons with Ducati. Rossi had won the championship his initial year after switching to Yamaha and dominated his former team for the next few seasons. He left Ducati and signed back on with Yamaha last season but seemed to still be recovering from the Ducati blues. First Motogp test for this coming season was just completed in Malaysia and Rossi looked very fast, having recorded the second fastest times, being bested only by rookie sensation Marc Marquez who seems to be teaching all the old pros how to ride all over again. If you have not followed Motogp in a while, Marquez has caused quite a stir, winning the championship his first year at age 20, and displaying a style of dragging the knee and the elbow at the same time. Watching him do what seems impossible is a treat.
Erm... the header in that Honda ad says, "The V4 Engine Story – 35 Years of Technological Evolution and Challenge”
And the only time the word domination appears in that ad is when Rossi was riding the V5. But when Rossi went to Yamaha, he dominated on that. And not only that, when Biaggi went from Yamaha to Honda, he kept losing to Rossi.
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Honda has won championships without Rossi the last few seasons. His dominance ended when Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner came on the scene. These three along with Rossi were referred to as "The Aliens" because of their total dominance over the rest of the field. All but Pedrosa have won the Championship and have done so on three different brands which includes Stoner's championship on board the Ducati that no one else, including Rossi, could ever ride. Stoner switched to Honda and won the championship on it as well. Honda has been using a V4 since the demise of the 800cc class 2 years ago. Now a new Alien is on a Honda and he is a sensation. Rossi has not won a championship since leaving Yamaha but he is looking fast again and I always pull for the "old guy".
(02-11-2014, 07:06 AM)redbirds_imp Wrote: Honda surprised everyone when they revealed their V4 this year. The excepted theory, seeing the woes that Ducati had with a V4, was that the new 1000 was an I4. Honda found a way to make the V4 not just work, but dominate the competition.
http://world.honda.com/V4-story/07/
Erm... the header in that Honda ad says, "The V4 Engine Story – 35 Years of Technological Evolution and Challenge”
And the only time the word domination appears in that ad is when Rossi was riding the V5. But when Rossi went to Yamaha, he dominated on that. And not only that, when Biaggi went from Yamaha to Honda, he kept losing to Rossi.
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Honda has won championships without Rossi the last few seasons. His dominance ended when Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner came on the scene. These three along with Rossi were referred to as "The Aliens" because of their total dominance over the rest of the field. All but Pedrosa have won the Championship and have done so on three different brands which includes Stoner's championship on board the Ducati that no one else, including Rossi, could ever ride. Stoner switched to Honda and won the championship on it as well. Honda has been using a V4 since the demise of the 800cc class 2 years ago. Now a new Alien is on a Honda and he is a sensation. Rossi has not won a championship since leaving Yamaha but he is looking fast again and I always pull for the "old guy".