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Originally Posted by mrgrn
i really hope you truly don't believe that the ducati and the stones did not aid stoner in the title some? the stones were a better tire and the duke was the best machine on the grid, facts not opinion. stoner is great and hats off to him but things were not on a even playing filed and even if rossi made no mistakes he would not ahve been able to win the championship this year all things considered
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Lets be objective and look at the standings and that tells the tale.
1. CASEY STONER DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM 347
2. vALENTINO rOSSI FIAT YAMAHA TEAM 241
3. DANI PEDROSA REPSOL HONDA TEAM 217
4. MARCO MELANDRI GRESINI HONDA 174
5. JOHN HOPKINS RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP 173
6. CHRIS VERMEULEN RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP 169
7. LORIS CAPIROSSI DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM 155
8. COLIN EDWARDS FIAT YAMAHA TEAM 121
9. NICKY HAYDEN REPSOL HONDA TEAM 119
10. ALEX BARROS PRAMAC D'ANTIN MOTOGP 106
One Ducati in the top 5, 2 in the top 10. Hardly dominant compared to Rossi's days where the top 5 and 10 were Honda dominated.
2002 saw a mix of 500 and 990 but there were 5 Honda's in the top 5, 4 Yamaha's and 1 Suzuki.
2003 - 4 Honda and 1 Ducati in the top 5 with the top 3 being Honda. Honda took top honours again with 5 in the top 10.
Now here is where it gets interesting.
2004 - 4 Honda and 1 Yamaha in the top 5. Yamaha being #1. Notice I said Yamaha not rossi,
if we are going with the arguement that it's the machine not the man. That said, remember this was the year the leg humpers declared it was
the man not the machine. If so then why isn't the same arguement being used here? No other Ducati's in the top 5 in 2007.
2005 mirrors 2004 with Honda dominating the top 10 and Yamaha in #1. Man or macine? Man or machine? Ducati - 6th and 9th.
2006. Honda dominates the top 10 again with Yamaha running 2nd place and Ducati 3rd. No other ducati's in the top 10 and one Yamaha 7th.
2007... man or machine, baby, man or machine. The stats support that it was the man, not the machine.
Casey Stoner beat rossi. Team Ducati beat Team Yamaha. Suck it up or it's going to be a long winter.