1. Rookie of the year will go to Jorge Lorenzo. Despite the Yamaha-instituted and completely weird wall divider that’s will bisect the Fiat Yamaha garage this year effectively making the “teammates” un-teammates, karma will shine fondly on the young Spaniard. “It doesn’t matter for me. Yamaha wanted this line of work and I have to accept it. For me it is fantastic to be in Yamaha. It is perfect like this,” he told MCN. His Yamaha is not fueled on karma alone. Doesn’t hurt that he spanked his teammate and seven times world champion Valentino Rossi by nearly two seconds.
2. James Toseland, despite all the well-wishing and wishful thinking of the entire country of England, will disappoint.
3. After exhausting all Japanese resources, Valentino Rossi will leave Yamaha for Ducati.
4. Dani Pedrosa will still not find a sense of humor. I ran into him last year on the street in Monterey. He was standing outside his hotel and people were just totally ignoring him (I saw at least one guy walk past him wearing a shirt that said, “Fuck Dani Pedrosa”). Seems he didn’t lost a fair amount of American fans when he took out Nicky Hayden in a stupid pass attempt. I said, “Hi Dani, tough crowd out here, huh?” Dani said, “Leave me alone.” Idiot.
5. John Hopkins will finish seventh in the overall standing.
6. Casey Stoner will win it all again.
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