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Reports from motomatters that Lorenzo has been offered more than €11 million to ride for Ducati next year.

duke63 wrote:Reports from motomatters that Lorenzo has been offered more than €11 million to ride for Ducati next year.

i would love to see him on the latest bike

Audi are very desperate to get him signed apparently.

That could be a good pairing

Hmmm.....I dunno about that.....Ducati will offer him X amount of money...Yamaha will beat that offer, and then it may just go back & forth in his wallets favour, but not as a good move as far as his racing is concerned...bottom line I think will be his ego.....he's still viewed by many as playing second fiddle to Rossi...and I don't see that changing as long as Rossi shows up ready to race. His own head is doing him in as far as that goes.

He is the current world champion how can he be second fiddle to Rossi ?????

Tbh the way I see it the Ducati may be about to become a better bike than the Yamaha and Jorge is watching this development closely. Yamaha have a limited budget and the bike has evolved rather than been revolutionised in the last 10 years. On the other hand Ducati are innovators with huge amounts of cash and development knowledge from Audi.

Personally I think money will have little to do it with. Jorge is already a multi millionare and a young lad like him with such talent will be interested in titles not cash. Personal opinion I think Jorge is watching the Ducati under Stoners stewardship and if it looks competitive in the early racers which it most certainly does I think he maybe looking to write the next chapter in his racing career.

Going from Yamaha to Ducati and taking Ducati to a World Title would be doing what Rossi couldn't and in Jorge and many other people's minds that alone will be a very big victory and a price worth paying.

Need proof of Ducati competitiveness?

If Iannone hadn't take out his team mate then Dovi would be 2nd in the championship 1 point behind Marquez. I like Dovi and rate him as a talented rider but he is not an Alien. Imagine that Desmosedici with an Alien on board

If it happens which one of the current Ducati riders would go ? I can't see them letting go of Ianonne , I think it would be Dovi that is let go .

I'd agree with you Jack.. Iannone had a better performance last year and was the number 2 rider

I also think Dovi would get the boot,I hope Lorenzo goes to Ducati .It would also be nice to see sombody else take the factory ride on the M1

Vinales is rumoured to be in demand by Yamaha and Honda but I'm sure Suzuki would want to keep him. Nice position to be in.

If Yamaha lose Lorenzo thats a huge blow , Rossi is no longer a regular race winner and they will need a replacement for him in 2 years time , I think Rins or maybe even Lowes will come up from moto2 to take the spot . Unless they can get Vinales of course but I think Suzuki will fight to keep him , I cant see anyone else in the current motogp paddock that Yamaha would want .

Luthi would be in front of lowes for a spot in that team for sure !!

Is lowes really that good

My prediction would be If Lorenzo goes to Ducati then Vinales will take his seat. He is extremely hot property at the moment and a rare talent. There is no way Yamaha will allow anyone else to have him as I agree with Jack In that Rossi is no longer a guaranteed front runner although only a fool would write him off.

Cav wrote:Luthi would be in front of lowes for a spot in that team for sure !!

too old he's 30 already

Perkles wrote:Is lowes really that good

Maybe , maybe not , but he has already won a WSS title for Yamaha and finished 4th in moto2 last year on possibly the worst chassis in the field

The only rider in Moto2 who really deserves a Motogp ride is Zarco. He's wiping the floor with all the other riders.

As did Tito Rabat and what's he doing now ?

Blade wrote:As did Tito Rabat and what's he doing now ?

Sitting in one of his holiday villas counting his cash.

Blade wrote:He is the current world champion how can he be second fiddle to Rossi ?????

Because Rossi is an absolute legend in the sport....he could show up and ride a bicycle around the track and the numbers at the gate would still be massive...Lorenzo misses a race and far fewer would care. Rossi has done wonders for bike racing in terms of public recognition....Lorenzo has not done anything like as much and never will.
And I'm not a huge Rossi fan either...I just like to see a good race no matter who is involved, but Rossi provides more bang for the buck than Lorenzo does.....people want Rossi Replica stuff and are prepared to pay $$$ for it...every sport has one huge star like this...it just seems to be the way it works.

ANNNNND.....if there was any better example.....who copied Rossi with his signature odd-boot colours....er, Lorenzo...even he emulates #46!!