David Swift Thu, Apr 5, 07 14:59The Aussie young gun needs to realise that everyone out on the track, regardless of who they are or what they are riding, is out there to win.
Following the Jerez MotoGP, Aussie young gun Casey Stoner has come out firing against what he sees as irresponsible riding. It has to do with the battle in the early and middle part of the race between himself on the Ducati and Marco Melandri and Carlos Checa on their Hondas (Interestingly Checa rides for Casey's 2006 team LCR Honda).
Now admittedly I would feel somewhat nervous if I was racing closely with Carlos ‘The Chucker’ Checa, but I think Stoner needs to take a deep breath and realise that everyone out on the track, regardless of who they are or what they are riding, is out there to win.
His little rant to the media after Jerez reminded me of another serial complainer in the MotoGP paddock - Max Biaggi. Undoubtedly Max can ride a bike, and fast, just not as fast as long-time nemesis Valentino Rossi. When he raced in the MotoGP, he would often complain about the fact that everyone was out to get him, from the other racers to even the Honda factory whom he rode for. He never had the best bike, riders would supposedly hinder him on the track.
History will show Max just couldn’t compete with Rossi at his (Rossi’s) level and like Sete Gibernau after him, was totally out-psyhced by Valentino.
During his career in the 125cc, 250cc and now MotoGP, Casey has never been shy at branding others on the track as irresponsible and that they bcaused him grief on the track. I understand that, as a racer, you hate for things out of your control to affect your competitiveness, but racing is unpredictable and he should realise that. His crash in the 2005 Philip Island race at MG corner is a case in point.
So Casey, look back to see what you could become if you keep going down the path of blaming others for your inability to win races. Truth be known, you should have qualified better. You also had a bad start. Work on these things and you will be upfront and not dicing it with the second tier riders.
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