| Well you wouldn't have thought Corser was happy to settle for consistency watching him try and go round the outside of Toseland at Bridge and nick the inside line for the next corner. The man is a racer.
But what a depressing thread this is! Seems a whole bunch of moaners and naysayers have turned up to spread gloom on a great performance. Are you actually Ducati enthusiasts? Do you enjoy seeing Ducatis win? Seems not from this thread.
It seems people enjoy pouring cold water on Ducati's achievements. If it's not the old chestnut about it being a 'Ducati Cup', in past years then it's more doom and gloom being poured on Hodgsons title because the other factories pulled out. You can only race the opposition that turns up and you've still got to win it.
WSB dull last year? Yeah right, a championship that goes right to the wire with three potential winners in the last race...and that's dull? Toseland still had to beat Laconi and Vermuelen.
And now the championship has all the Japanese teams back in, and the V-Twin Dukes are competing on a completely level playing field with unrestricted 1000cc in-line fours, we've still got the doom mongers detracting from a really good performance. They only won because it's a Duke track? All down to the drive they can get out of a single corner?
Laconi and Toseland both had to win it against world class riders and the hot favourite Suzukis though didn't they? I seem to remember pre-race predictions that Corser would walk both races. Toseland rode a cracking race in the second race, reeling in Haga, then Corser passing them and making it stick.
How short do the straights have to be to be competitive with the GSXR's and the rest of the in-line fours? Hmmmmm...how about Qatar with it's 1 km straight? Laconi on the podium in both races. How about Monza? Laconi on the podium in both races and only just pipped by Vermuelen (with Toseland showing improving form as well).
Normal service resumed at Brno? Well, it's quite a technical twisty circuit so...we'll see.
This year, Ducati is competing fair and square with the in-line fours, with no rules stacked in their favour. They have an inevitable power deficit and they have gone from top dog to underdog. Ducati were predicted to be completely outclassed this year if you believed some of the pundits on this board, people were saying they would be lucky to get a podium this year. Well, Corser's lead looks pretty much unassailable baring injury, but Ducati outclassed? Not in my book.  |