Stoner has come to compare the Honda and the Ducati

The Australian pilot, signing star team HRC Honda 2011, Casey Stoner admitted that it is impossible to make a direct comparison between the Ducati and Honda RC212, noting differences are too extreme.

Stoner has signed a contract for two years with HRC after being four years at Ducati, where he became the only driver to win the Championship in the world of MotoGP to Italian mark.

The Australian is dressed with laurel maximum preseason favorite for 2011 and began to endorse these comments to dominate a meeting of three days of testing at Sepang in Malaysia circuit earlier this month.

The pilot says that it is difficult to compare the Ducati and Honda when asked his opinion on the recent comments made by Valentino Rossi.

Rossi said that Japanese motorcycles have a different approach and their bikes are made to measure for the pilots.

"I had a stronger feeling when I went from Honda in 2006 to Ducati," said Stoner.

"Then was ' what have I done?" Actually I didn't know if the decision I made was the right one the first time that riding the Ducati. I could not believe the feeling of the bike. "Feel the vibration and the change is aggressive."

"It was a very strange feeling, but after four years one feels very comfortable with the bike and becomes normal."

"So that when I came back from the Honda everything felt again very soft, is completely different." "It is difficult to compare because the difference is very extreme."

Stoner has come to compare the Honda and the Ducati

The Australian pilot, signing star team HRC Honda 2011, Casey Stoner admitted that it is impossible to make a direct comparison between the Ducati and Honda RC212, noting differences are too extreme.

Stoner has signed a contract for two years with HRC after being four years at Ducati, where he became the only driver to win the Championship in the world of MotoGP to Italian mark.

The Australian is dressed with laurel maximum preseason favorite for 2011 and began to endorse these comments to dominate a meeting of three days of testing at Sepang in Malaysia circuit earlier this month.

The pilot says that it is difficult to compare the Ducati and Honda when asked his opinion on the recent comments made by Valentino Rossi.

Rossi said that Japanese motorcycles have a different approach and their bikes are made to measure for the pilots.

"I had a stronger feeling when I went from Honda in 2006 to Ducati," said Stoner.

"Then was ' what have I done?" Actually I didn't know if the decision I made was the right one the first time that riding the Ducati. I could not believe the feeling of the bike. "Feel the vibration and the change is aggressive."

"It was a very strange feeling, but after four years one feels very comfortable with the bike and becomes normal."

"So that when I came back from the Honda everything felt again very soft, is completely different." "It is difficult to compare because the difference is very extreme."

 

Filters that Ducati wanted to be renewed to Stoner for 2011

According to sources quoted by CCF, if Ducati had not lost to Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi have never had the opportunity to join the Italian brand for 2011 MotoGP World Championship.

In spite of the impact in the media the first images of Rossi riding the Red Ducati bike in Sepang last week, anyone you could imagine desperate in the Italian brand for not losing the Australian Casey Stoner.

Ducati were so willing to extend the contract of Stoner who was offered a lucrative contract for 2011 extension already in November ' 09.

Alessandro Cicognani said: "We were willing to sign Casey in November 2009". Since then, we have made every effort to keep it, Casey knows. “

And he added: "his departure opened the way for Rossi completed the dream of millions of fans to switch to Ducati".

Ducati: Jeremy Burgess is optimistic for the start of season

The technical director of Valentino Rossi, Jeremy Burgess is not a man to speak much, prefers that his work speak for him, however this time predicts a very positive outlook for the start of the season in MotoGP in Qatar.

"I like to dream, but I think actually are physicians who have said that recovery is going well, but isn't 100 percent when reach Qatar". "We have seen, however, as Valentino here [in Sepang] last year, 80 percent, which was able to win, is not impossible," said Burgess.

After the first test in Malaysia, the views from within the team of Rossi were positive despite not be rolling between pointers.

"We have two machines that we believe are good and something we do with the bike for the race." "We wanted to create a more acceptable Valentino-style machine", says Burgess

He explained that they are testing with new suspensions. The technical director is first and foremost important to obtain an overview of the impact of changes to the Ducati. Ensuring that when they get the necessary understanding they will be among the best with the new changes in the Ducati.