it needs to be said that MM hasn't exactly had luck on his side this year, but then again, he benefited from others' misfortune (think JLo collarbone in 2013) in the past.... Law of Averages at work..... should make for an interesting rest of the year. A healthy Pedrosa could come along and throw a wrench into things later on too (though that could work to MM's benefit).....
I wonder if the old Lorenzo is back for good? I hope so. When he's on his game, I still think he's as good as anybody. He was like a robot out there today. This season is getting interesting. Hopefully Pedrosa will be back soon.
Or they give his ride to Stoner.... bunch of BS coming out of HRC brass around not having enough time to prepare for Stoner. This while he has been testing for them. Would love to be the fly on the wall around those conversations.
Championship looks open, but still have money on MM winning it. Rossi and Jorge will fight for 2nd by the time it is all said and done.
You're probably right. Never say never, though. Stoner really wanted to come back this year when he publicly and directly volunteered to substitute for Pedrosa during his absence to which HRC said no. Perhaps Honda were afraid he might steal valuable points from MM. Certainly no threat of that happening with Aoyama who has contributed little if anything of competitive value as Dani's replacement.
Honda generally has never cared about protecting their riders from each other. They want to see two orange bikes on the podium, and 1 less blue bike. That's all that matters to them.
Having said that, I think that even the incredible talent of Stoner would have difficulty overcoming MM in pure speed. Certainly, he would not be competitive for a few races....and thus has nothing to gain from losing to MM, Lolly and probably Rossi, for any short period of time. Their games have been raised, and Casey would be pretty rusty, for at least 3-5 races, IMO.
But I agree....would be GREAT to see them all together.
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