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Pedrosa gets a Repsol Motogp bike.....

Discussion in 'General' started by vizsladog, Dec 9, 2018.

  1. StaccatoFan

    StaccatoFan My 13 year old is faster than your President

    He was banished back to the Red Bull Rider Academy before Stoner and Marquez were on the Repsol Team, I believe.
    I think Honda maybe felt that Puig's influence on Pedrosa wasn't what they wanted, and felt like making a change might
    improve Pedrosa's chances of success. Nothing changed.
     
  2. Johnny B

    Johnny B Cone Rights Activist

    No shit. I can't even take Sundays off! :D

    [​IMG]
     
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  3. motodog650

    motodog650 pissed-off bloody wanker

    McPint posted on twatter:




    John McGuinness Retweeted Repsol Honda Team

    Fantastic, how it should be [​IMG] I got given a second hand Africa twin 2 years ago and now they want it back!!! [​IMG]
     
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  4. BigBird

    BigBird blah

    Puig was DP26's manager and then HRC hired Puig as the Repsol Team Manager last year. Puig had nothing to do with MM93 being on the Repsol team. Probably the reason that he dumped Dani for JL99 though.
     
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  5. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    What team manager who enjoys being employed would have chosen Pedrosa over Lorenzo for 2019?
     
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  6. G 97

    G 97 Garth

    A soon to be no longer employed by Honda team manager.
     
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  7. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    Dude, he was also employed by Repsol. He was and is like a hydra.
     
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  8. BigBird

    BigBird blah

    yep. "As HRC Advisor, Puig served as Director of the Asia Talent Cup and British Talent Cup from 2014 to 2017"

    https://motogp.hondaracingcorporation.com/staff-member/alberto-puig/

    Wasn't he also the manager of Casey Stoner or "found him." The #25 was part of the series he was in with Dani, where Dani was #26 before coming into MotoGP. I remember reading something like that in Casey's book.
     
  9. vizsladog

    vizsladog Well-Known Member

    because Hayden to that point was 3 years in and had 1 win. he was supposed to be the future.
    as for not getting it done. 27 wins and getting steam rolled by Super sic on your way to the championship is not bad.
     
  10. dsapsis

    dsapsis El Jefe de los Monos

    You just cheated Dani out of more top class wins that Nicky had in his career.
     
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  11. vizsladog

    vizsladog Well-Known Member

    sorry...31 wins.
     
  12. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    [​IMG]
     
  13. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Damn dude, Nicky didn't deserve that.
     
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  14. G 97

    G 97 Garth

    Championship > individual race wins.

    All day long.
     
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  15. SGVRider

    SGVRider Well-Known Member

    The way he was banished I thought this dude was on the outs. I strongly suspect he had compromising photos of top Honda executives. How the fuck else could he worm his way into being the team director?
     
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  16. Past Glory

    Past Glory I still have several AVON calendars from the 90's

    Blunt, but a true statement.
     
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  17. stk0308

    stk0308 Well-Known Member

    It was my understanding Pedrosa fired Puig as his management years ago, coinciding with Puig going into management over the Talent Cups. Then, later, Honda brought Puig into the MotoGP team. Awkward!
     
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  18. Prospect

    Prospect Hayai

    That's not how Stoner sees it. According to him, he races for wins and the championship is a bonus.
     
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  19. Prospect

    Prospect Hayai

    That is actually what I thought but the way he said it made me think like he doesn't play the championship game the same way others do. For example, some riders will see they have a good point buffer and take it easy a few rounds so they won't go all out in those races, not the case with Stoner; from what I remember at the time it just stuck with me that he didn't play the points game.

    I agree with you, it's the championship that matters even if you end up winning it without actually winning a single race.
     
  20. zrx12man

    zrx12man Captain Amazing

    As a die-hard NH69 fan, it hurts me personally that this is factually accurate.

    Fun story: I gave an old friend who's also a die-hard CE45 fan a DVD copy of the immortal 2002 Imola duel between Edwards and Bayliss and casually asked him, "Say, wasn't that Colin's last pro-level race win?"

    For the record, I'm a huge CE45 fan, I've just always liked Nicky better.
     

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