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Originally Posted by chunder
If Stoner could do those things, then in my eyes so could Jorge Valentino and others, maybe in a differnet way and setup, but they can do it.
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We may never know what Jorge could do but Valentino get's his chance this year. If he and Burgess are as good at developing a bike as general opinion holds then I would expect to see him fighting for the podium by mid season. They haven't come out of the blocks well. As yet everything they have tried has failed. The complete new flexi chassis requested by JB/VR has been made, given to Nicky to try and immediately rejected as being no improvement. VR didn't even bother to try it. Instead they reverted to Stoner's 2010 settings as a starting point which is where they were at the end of season valencia test. In effect in 8 days of testing they have gone backwards. Even Nicky can't get near his 2010 test times.
Depending on how development goes, one rider's reputation is in for a massive boost this year. It may be Rossi's or it may be Stoner's.