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Ilmor Down
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Krusty wrote the following literary
masterpiece:
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He's been a factory rider with every Jap manufacturer.
He's had every possible opportunity. He's a nice bloke, but he simply
isn't good enough.
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Yamaha during the Honda years, V-Twins, Proton & Aprilia 500 are hardly
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Didn't seem to do Rossi any harm. That move served to underline how
much the supremacy of man over machine means in the world of motoGP.
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I suspect even Rossi on a Yam would've struggled against Doohan on a
Honda in the mid-late '90s.
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realisic opportunities. Granted he should've done better on the 250
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Factory Suzuki, IIRC, debut race in Japan (Suzuka), 1984, got pole
position.
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They were realistic opportunities to show his mettle, which would have
lead to the big rides. It's no accident that the 'unlucky' riders
always get to ride for the 'unlucky' teams.
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Well he did get poles on both the Aprilia & the Proton, but nobody
would ever have won a race on either of them no matter how good they
were.
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Aprilia though.
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He's knocking on a bit now, for that level of racing.
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Christ yes. He's nearly as old as me!
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