Congrats to Mat Mladin!

[TP]

Rock on!

Someone give this boy a world ride!

http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,11037746-23770,00.html

[Edited on 11-10-2004 by tp-996]

[Ian]

this is the Aussies 5th title, I thought he has said that he does not want a World ride, he is happy raking it in where he knows he can win, - bit like Reynolds over here perhaps?

That is now the second big domestic title for the GSXR1000 this year :( which is why Honda will be putting in serious effort next year, - and Ducati will be after that AMA title that they have never won, - talk of Laconni, Lanzi, Bayliss (even) or BBoz riding over there on a Duc. Me thinks they need to switch to Dunlops first.

[TP]

A shame really, I wish he wasn't in that comfort zone. I think he was bitten when he was in GP's with Cagiva.

[Steve M]

I think, what Mat has said is that he is not interested in WSB as he sees it as a step down though he would consider a GP ride, but only one of the better rides - he doesn't want to get into the Cagiva situation again.

As for JR, he's done the World scene and come back to GB, in a similar way to what Haslam and Mackenzie did. Good rider that JR is, he was never going to be World champion.

[Ian]

thats the tough choice I guess, be a big fish in small pond, or a minow with the wrong passport in the atlantic ocean! The likes of JR and Mladin (and Duhamel) deseve a lot of respect for seeing an opportunity and grabbing it.