the commentators were so cruel laughing at him LOL

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/Hayden+...p+fuel+shortage


Two years ago at Assen it was Nicky Hayden who benefitted from Colin Edwards´ last lap bad luck as the Texan rider crashed and the Repsol Honda man went on to take a simple victory in his title winning year, but in the 2008 edition of the race on Saturday the roles were reversed.

I wouldn't put either down to luck, but it is an amusing coincedence how the two riders involved are the same.

now thats funny.

tank capacity is for persons 40 pounds liter...do the math

I agree. He is probably significantly heavier than okada and the other test riders as well, and his riding style which it would seem is suited to the characteristics of the new engine probably alters fuel consumption too. I thought nicky's performance was very promising, and as I said on another thread the pneumatic yamaha engine had fuel consumption problems initially last year which led to them canning it till this year. I wouldn't think it would take much adjustment to get the honda pneumatic lump to go for another 100 yards with nicky on the bike next race.

Even more Strange is was on the last lap in the exact same place as 06' on the flip flop corners.

also the honda electronics are not as good as ducati's in this area. the ducati runs out on the parade lap not the last lap of the race.

True .

Not that I think it was fuel related, but the cause of casey stoner's dnf a few races ago appears to remain shrouded in mystery, with ducati not committing to anything other than that it was a technical fault with the engine. Rumours abound that they have changed the engine substantially since then; I think you said one commentator claimed they had changed back to the 2007 engine. Perhaps that engine does have a secret fuel reservoir .

In all seriousness, I do think that the power the ducati develops under the current fuel restrictions is their most significant advantage. They have always seemed to have powerful engines since joining four stroke motogp racing though.

Dude, I think you just hit the nail on the head..........good point.....

Well what with Curve's claim that Pedrosa is cheating because he ain't no lardboy and the fact that Hayden almost made it the full distance ........ we may actually see Pedrosa on the pnuemo honda sooner than expected. Takes a lot more fuel to tow a lardo around than Pedrosa .......

If Hayden is going faster on it now too then imagine how quick Pedrosa will be

Pedro = abnormally sized
Nick = Normal human male size.

No Curve ...... you have to think like a Japanese Honda designer ......

ie.

"We are Japanese we are tiny"

" We have great skills ...... and yet we are tiny "

along comes Pedrosa and he is even tinier!

I'm sure you get the rest of the reasoning



They see Hayden as Sumo sized .... which they used to great advantage to knock Rossi out of the ring in 06 ....... thus unsettling him ..... then they expected things to become easier ....... its Stoner who seems to have not followed the plot! indeed he even defected from a LCR Honda to carry out his own coup.

In the end its killing the sport WE love...turning it into a horse jockey pocket bike race series is only good for munchkin land....

but ...... surely you realise ...... killing it for whom?

killing it for the REAL fans of motorcycles

What's "REAL"? .....

"Rossi Enfatuated and Loving" fans of motorcycles

No, real as in normal sized machines that USE to be piloted by MEN, not underpowered pocket bikes mounted by midgets, and "fan" bandwagon jumpers such as yourself ....