Should Ducati replace Marco now, and if so, with who? [merged]

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Originally Posted by maxu05

Committed to helping Melandri my butt. Ducati are committed to helping Ducati. Look back at Bayliss, then Loris. Ducati are only trying to help Marco at present, as they know they have problems with the bike. If Marco, or any of the other Ducati riders don't start to get results, they will drop them like a stone IMO.

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As would any serious professional team!

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Originally Posted by T-D

tamada left motogp with a terrible reputation within the paddock as lazy and a quitter--two things you have never heard about west.

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Really?
I remember Malaysia last year where Ant underperformed because he did not have the motivation after the penalty. Sounds like a quitter to me.

He's no quitter!!

That was a pissy penalty!!

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Originally Posted by theugsquirrel

Really?
I remember Malaysia last year where Ant underperformed because he did not have the motivation after the penalty. Sounds like a quitter to me.

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you are comparing relatively different things. ant dropped lap times for a couple laps, tamada parked a perfectly good bike. do you think kwak would have re-signed him had he quit on the team? ant has no sponsor backing, kwak would have never kept him if he dogged it.

Getting back to the subject of Marco ;) If Ducati have worked through a lot of their very obvious problems and Stoner does well this weekend, then Marco's bike will also be competitive and we'll see him do a lot better. A bit simplistic I know, but...... Anyway I've picked Stoner for a win.

If Stoner wins on Sunday, Marco will really be under pressure if he doesn't get a good result. As well as the media pressure, he would also be second guessing himself. What would make it worse, would be if the satelite team get good results.

NO WAY -- What good is a bike that only one rider (Stoner) can ride. I'm not the biggest Melandri fan however no one would beat him on a works Honda (he pooved that last year by being competetive on a second rate bike) Elias dosen't suck Guintoli dosen't suck,,,Yet they are stuck on straight line drag bikes. The Ducati simply does not turn. cheers to Stoner for being able to find the key to that beast. Max? are you kidding, he couldn't win on the best (at that time) bike on the track.

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Originally Posted by Faster1

NO WAY -- What good is a bike that only one rider (Stoner) can ride.

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Pretty good, seeing as Stoner has won races with it. What good is a rider who can't ride it? ;)

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Originally Posted by neninja

There is clearly a big problem at Ducati. It seems clear that Casey is the only current Ducati rider capable of exploiting the bike

Marco is yet again at the wrong end of qualifying - currently slowest towards the end of FP3

Should Ducati bite the bullet and axe him now or risk a season of disappointing results from their No2 rider???

Personally I'd try Max on the bike and move him from WSB for the rest of the year if he goes well on it and then hire a young gun in the mould of Stoner next year.

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Utter Rubbish ,, The Ducati is a terrible bike ,,, The best motor isn't enough!

Melandri was competitive on a second rate Honda so you know he has talent.

Max was never flexible so it would be studpid to invite Mad Max to a test ride.

Marco did quit well today!