MotoGP 2007 - Blah blah

Jeremy Burgess has been around the Gran Prix motorcycle game for many years now, in that time he has been the chief engineer for three world champions, totalling eleven world championships (1 Gardner, 5 Doohan and 5 Rossi).

It would be fair enough to say that he has a pretty good understanding of MotoGP. It was interesting to see his comments in a news piece at MotoGP.com (I would link it but I am Adobe Flash challenged) talking about where the Fiat Yamaha can improve to keep up with Stoners Ducati.

We've got to arrive at the point where we can get out of the slipstream and pass the Ducati, so essentially we have to arrive at the same speed. Faster would be better, but the same would be nice, he explained to motogp.com.

Basically, the bike has to get more speed, he goes on to mention that their bike is amongst the best out there, its missing a bit of speed. He also pays homage to Stoner's Ducati, as its more than just speed with the Ducati, as there are four on the grid, but only one is running at the front. The rider is good and the bike is great, the tyre differences have been eliminated due to the inability to create tyres overnight for the Euro GP's.
If Catalunya is anything to go by, its going to be one hell of a season, especially if Hayden (helped by a new chassis) can get back with the big boys.