Lorenzo Bahagia dengan Rossi, dan Ingin Stoner Pindah ke Ducati

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TOPSPORTRACING Casey Stoner (kiri), ketika masih bersama Ducati, Valentino Rossi (tengah) saat masih bergabung dengan Yamaha, dan Jorge Lorenzo (kanan).

INDIANAPOLIS, Kompas.com - Jorge Lorenzo mengaku bahagia bakal berada dalam satu garasi dengan Valentino Rossi di tim pabrik Yamaha pada MotoGP 2013. Juara dunia 2010 ini pun berharap, Casey Stoner tak jadi pensiun dan kembali bergabung dengan Ducati.

Bukan cerita baru jika Lorenzo dan Rossi berada dalam satu tim. Kedua pebalap ini pernah menangguk kesuksesan ketika menjadi tandem pada 2008 hingga 2010, meskipun hubungan mereka tak harmonis.

Dengan berdirinya sebuah tembok pemisah di garasi dalam tiga musim kebersamaan tersebut, Rossi sukses merebut gelar juara dunia MotoGP untuk keenam dan ketujuh kalinya, sebelum Lorenzo menghentikannya dan meraih gelar pertama pada 2010. Pada tahun tersebut, Rossi mengalami cedera patah kaki.

Rossi memutuskan untuk pindah ke Ducati pada akhir 2010, sedangkan Lorenzo mengambilalih tampuk pimpinan di tim "Garpu Tala". Kini, pebalap Spanyol tersebut sedang memimpin klasemen sementara dan unggul 23 poin atas rival terdekatnya dari tim Repsol Honda, Dani Pedrosa.

"Saya pikir akan menarik melihat bagaimana kami bisa menggandeng lagi Valentino dan saya di tim yang sama. Dan ini merupakan sebuah kebahagiaan yang besar menjadi rekan setimnya lagi," ujar Lorenzo. "Dua tahun lebih dengan motor yang sama. Bagiku, segalanya positif."

Lorenzo mengungkapkan, dia sudah mengetahui tentang kemungkinan Rossi kembali ketika dirinya menandatangani perpanjangan kontrak berdurasi dua tahun pada pertengahan Juni lalu. Waktu itu, dirinya tak menyatakan keberatan.

"Saya tidak pernah peduli tentang (identitas) rekan setimku, dan saya tidakakan peduli untuk masa mendatang," jelas mantan juara dunia dua kali kelas 250 cc ini.

Berbicara tentang keberuntungan mereka sejak Rossi meninggalkan Yamaha, Lorenzo mengatakan bahwa dia siap membeberkan apapun jika pebalap Italia tersebut meminta.

"Nah, saya tidak memiliki masalah dengan siapapun," ujar Lorenzo. "Saya sangat menghormati Valentino. Jadi, mungkin jika dia meminta pertolonganku, saya akan memberinya," lanjutnya seraya menambahkan, Yamaha tak memiliki pebalap nomor satu, sehingga semua pebalapnya akan mendapat prioritas yang sama.

Lorenzo juga berbicara tentang keputusan Stoner yang pensiun pada akhir musim 2012 ini. Dia pun diminta pendapatnya mengenai persaingan dengan Rossi pada musim mendatang.

"Jujur, saya menginginkan Casey kembali ke Ducati. Ini pasti akan menyenangkan (tertawa). Tetapi saya tidak berpikir tentang kemungkinan ini!" ujar Lorenzo.

"Jadi, ya, mungkin salah satu tantanganku adalah kembali mengalahkan Valentino, meskipun itu bukan yang utama. Tujuan utama adalah kembali menjadi juara dunia tahun ini dan dua tahun ke depan."

Rossi kembali ke Yamaha untuk menggantikan posisi Ben Spies. Juara dunia World Superbike 2009 asal Texas ini sudah resmi mengumumkan bahwa dia meninggalkan Yamaha pada akhir musim 2012, dan belum memutuskan langkahnya untuk musim mendatang.

Stoner wanted to rise up in Indianapolis

AFP/ROBYN BECK Racers Repsol Honda, Casey Stoner celebrated his win, United States GP, Sunday (29/7/2012).

INDIANAPOLIS, KOMPAS.com -team Repsol Honda-speedway rider, Casey Stoner who became Champion at the Laguna Seca circuit, California, a few week back, intending to perform tests in Indianapolis. World Championship Season 2011 it wants to rise from its failure in some series this season and the pursuit of obtaining points from Jorge Lorenzo who tentative number standings.

"I want to show the best performance for the pursuit of goal difference points from Lorenzo. There should be no errors anymore, "said Stoner, Tuesday (17/8/2012) in Indianapolis, USA. By 32 points from Lorenzo, Stoner must win eight series remaining to ensure itself to be world champion. Stoner is very eager to become a world champion since Australia's retired racers will be at the end of this season.

Despite being a champion in Indianapolis last season, Stoner stated not too experienced with the circuit. Stoner also hope that his RC213V motorcycle can give maximum performance again, such as a winner at the Laguna Seca circuit.

"Stopping flat and simple. Tikungannya hard but fun. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with the character circuit like this. I had to work hard to win this series, "said Stoner.

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Stoner: Rossi due back to Yamaha

MOTORCYCLENEWS Ducati Racers, Valentino Rossi (left), and Repsol Honda racers, Casey Stoner.

KOMPAS.com -Casey Stoner had criticism to Valentino Rossi, who decided to back joining Yamaha. According to the racers, Australia is responsible with what Rossi who had sounded, that he will bring the Ducati team champion.

Last weekend, Rossi made sure that he became tandem Jorge Lorenzo in the factory Yamaha team in MotoGP season 2013. "The Doctor" chose to exit the Ducati, after suffering disappointing results since joining the team, based in Bologna was in the early season 2011.

Action-winning nine World Championships grand prix this inviting sense concerned against Ducati Casey Stoner. As the racers who had success when it became a world champion in 2007 with the team, assess Rossi just ruin the Stoner's State team with a variety of komplainnya.

"I think she was eating enough pie cool at the moment," said Stoner to MCN, before there was confirmation that Rossi back to Yamaha.

"I just felt very concerned with Ducati since he went there and didn't do anything other than complain about motorcycles, and of course they now have a motor that works quite well, because he always lost to Nicky Hayden and Hector (Barbera), and nobody seemed to be proud of.

"We are listening to all this about how he went to lead Ducati reached an greatness and we do not see the results."

Indeed, Rossi reached the lowest point in her achievements in motor racing during the arena joining Ducati. Of the 27 appearance, racers aged 33 years this podium only twice and never be a winner. Ducati could not rise again since the 2007 world champion Casey Stoner.

However, Stoner became the only successful tame Ducati racers. The reason, several top racers such as Loris Capirossi, Marco Melandri, Nicky Hayden, Casey Stoner was unable to approach the achievement, which recorded 24 victories during the four years of joining.

In fact, Rossi, who touted could beat Stoner's achievements, rather helpless. Seven times MotoGP World champion is instead taking a step out of the Ducati and Yamaha, returning to the team that had brought him to grab success by grabbing four World Championships and recorded 46 victories from the period 2004-2010, though have to join again with Lorenzo, who had become "the enemy" even though they are one team (2008-2010).

In fact, Rossi and Jeremy Burgess, crew boss, never revealed their belief that the problems existing front end into a "disease" can overcome old Desmosedici. At that time, according to Rossi and Burgess, Stoner was too much complaining about the motor already took her first degree merengkuh in MotoGP.

"They've been eating his own words since day one. Jerry says that he only takes 80 seconds to overcome the problems of motor and it is an easy problem. In fact, now that they've spent nearly two years but no one was successful, "said Stoner.

"Achieving the best results in the Valentino Grand Prix in his first half dry series along with the condition of the shoulder injury the Ducati, and I don't see any change over the past two years and this is disappointing.

"I feel sorry for the people who were in the back of the motor. Valentino definitely did not want to push to the limit and driving a motor it is not perfect. He's already admitted it. If earlier he has been great in the Yamaha, and he didn't push it when the motor is not perfect, God knows how good motor.

"Obviously, he does not want to strive together with Ducati. Of course disappointing for those who've been trying he is able to, and he didn't even try to grab the best. "

Stoner added that with his attitude like that, not worthy of being a leader Rossi Ducati. The reason, former speedway rider Honda is only wanted for a good motor victory.

"It is evident that he could not win with Ducati and make it competitive, so he's looking out for the premier choice. He says want to end his career with them, but now she's even moving. "

Scott Redding Was Amazed to Stoner and Lorenzo

AFP/PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA Repsol Honda racers Competition, Casey Stoner (front), with Yamaha racers, Jorge Lorenzo, in Portugal GP, Sunday (6/5/2012).

KOMPAS.com -Scott Redding confessed his admiration of the two stars, MotoGP, Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo, kian grew after he did his debut with Ducati engine 1000 cc in GP12 Mugello, Italy, earlier this month.

Young racers from United Kingdom is completing nearly 130 laps when riding the Desmosedici during the two-day test session. That moment showed his talent in exploited to front management senior Ducati.

Redding show impressive performance though she previously had never rode a MotoGP prototype, and have never used a carbon braking, tyres, Bridgestone, or experienced using sophisticated tools such as anti-wheelie and traction control.

Well, the experience of course made a 19-year old racers from Gloucestershire is proud. She claims to be very impressed with top speed, acceleration and braking performance of the prototype machine 1,000 cc.

Marc VDS Racing team racers Moto2 is to say, the experience that relies heavily on mental and physical it makes him the honor of defending MotoGP, Stoner, and leader of the standings while the 2012 MotoGP, Lorenzo. The reason, both racers are definitely very quickly and have a very strong mentally.

"Now I know what they are doing with one motor mine. The racers like Stoner and Lorenzo become special and you can find out how fast and berbakatnya them, "said Redding, who is still waiting for the possibility to switch to MotoGP next season.

"After I rode the Ducati, I must admit that I raise the CAP for them. Must be aggressive while driving it and gritted my teeth at every corner, and if you don't give 100 percent for every 0.10 secs lap, then you can't drive it. "