07-30-2007, 11:02 AM
Personally, I can't stand most of the Roberts family. Not for lack of talent but their seeming huge egos and raging arrogance. But I 100% agree with him - electronics is ruining the sport. It is turning into Formula One and Formula One fucking blows. I don't know how y'all watch that. What are there? Like two passes per race other than pre-turn 1 shenanigans?
Case in point - How exciting was it to watch Gary McCoy on the Ilmor when he was riding that? It wasn't. Traction control made him outdated and boring.
And he's right about Stoner/Pedrosa. Pedrosa is the better rider (in the dry, anyway) but Ducati has got their electronics (along with Bridgestone tires) at 100% and it shows (and it's been awhile but their dominating HP #s show too). Vermeulen said it best two years ago when he was interviewed for that fill-in spot he got at Phillip Island, he said there was nothing to riding a GP Premiere bike because the bike does nearly everything for you.
I'd like to see a shootout with all of those guys on mostly stock bikes - no traction control or anything. I bet that'd be pretty entertaining and amazingly disappointing to some rider's fans.
Case in point - How exciting was it to watch Gary McCoy on the Ilmor when he was riding that? It wasn't. Traction control made him outdated and boring.
And he's right about Stoner/Pedrosa. Pedrosa is the better rider (in the dry, anyway) but Ducati has got their electronics (along with Bridgestone tires) at 100% and it shows (and it's been awhile but their dominating HP #s show too). Vermeulen said it best two years ago when he was interviewed for that fill-in spot he got at Phillip Island, he said there was nothing to riding a GP Premiere bike because the bike does nearly everything for you.
I'd like to see a shootout with all of those guys on mostly stock bikes - no traction control or anything. I bet that'd be pretty entertaining and amazingly disappointing to some rider's fans.