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wayne gardner made the transition to four wheels in australian motorsport and, while he met with some success and was competitive, he was far from the commanding figure he had been on two wheels.
i thimk there are a lot of reasons why four and two wheels are fundamentally different.
that said, if i had a potential spare seat in an f1 car on a team i owned and mr rossi came by saying he'd give it a go, i'd let him have a spin and see what he can do!!
rossi is a phenomenon! surely up there with the likes of doohan and lawson - though do you think the standard of opposition during the past few years has been what it was in the eighties, when the 500's were at there scintillating best? can we go back and compare him to sheene [rip], hailwood, agostini? probably not. there is too much difference in the style of machine and the nature of racing now.
use to be that there were often as not three four or five bikes dicing for the lead or thereabouts up to the last laps; it was sometimes like a 125 race! lawson, mamola, gardner, fast freddie spencer... then doohan, schwantz, creville into the mix.. rarely is there a race for the lead lasting a whole race now, and seldom more than two at that... rossi would have won a few titles in any era, but if he were time-transported back a decade or so, mebbe not five...
but the moto gp field would all probably breathe a loud sigh of relief if he were to abandon ship now for the safety of four wheels!! do you think he'll make the leap with any success? i think the likes of webber and co show that f1 is about the car that is the fastest, not the driver... |
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