Rumors emanating from Italy via broadcast outlet Sportsmediaset.it are offering up the tantalizing notion that Casey Stoner has now signed for Honda for the 2011 MotoGP season, which if true, will certainly put paid to the past rumors that Stoner and Livio Suppo (ex-Honda and now currently Ducati team manager) don’t get along.
If true, Ducati’s disappointment at losing their star may well be mitigated by the knowledge that the other three ‘aliens’, namely Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa and Jorge Lorenzo’s contracts are likewise up as well at the end of this season. Rossi to Ducati perhaps?
The Italian GOAT (Greatest Of All Time) riding Italian Racing Red? An interesting notion without a doubt; however perhaps Jorge Lorenzo might be a better fit at Ducati for 2011; without a doubt he’d love to have the number 1 status within a team and the opportunity to come out from under Rossi’s considerable shadow.
And where would that leave Dani Pedrosa? To Yamaha?! Let’s watch with interest…
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