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4/18/2016 7:52pm
4/18/2016 7:52pm
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4/20/2016 3:19pm
The title pretty much says it, i originally followed motogp since i know how to turn on a tv and over the years i gotten more and more into mx. today was announced by yamaha and ducati that current champion jorge lorenzo will race for ducati for the '17 and '18 season. motogp is only 3 races in to a 18 race season and there seems to be no conflict or problem in making this kind of information public this early in the season.
so, why is mx/ sx so careful with making information public? i'd imagine the riders would like to have it more straight forward so they can concentrate on the actual racing rather than keeping secrets.
so, why is mx/ sx so careful with making information public? i'd imagine the riders would like to have it more straight forward so they can concentrate on the actual racing rather than keeping secrets.
The Shop
Now is one of those times.
MotoGP are prototypes. The moment a rider signs a new deal, he stops getting the latest upgrades and he's no longer part of the development process. In MotoGP the mfg's apply the pressure to a guy like Jorge to sign right away so they give really early deadlines to sign so in Yamaha's case they now know they have to start leaving Jorge in the dark on a lot of stuff moving forward.
MX is a production based series. And the race teams have ZERO input on the development process in Japan. Roczen can sign with Honda and it doesnt affect what Suzuki or RCH is doing at all. The RCH RM-Z is as developed as it's going to get already for this season. There are no secrets to hide for next year.
Ive seen PR clauses in contracts that prevent a MX racer from making an official announcement before the year is up. This is to protect the current brand for as long as possible. I dont think MotoGP has the same restrictions because the said outgoing brand has to explain why a rider isnt getting upgraded parts and the results start to slip.
Pit Row
We're talking about contracts for people's livelihoods here. Why in the world should we be privy to that before they're ready to announce it?
In some cases, there might be a letter of intent signed, but a contract's not done yet.
There are always tons of rumors. Some of them turn out to be true, and some don't. I could float more stuff out there, but it's kind of useless, other than for bench racing purposes. But if it turns out to be incorrect, that's not always a good look.
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