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Dovi short of a few quid?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 7:53 pm
by KungFooBob
Blown it all on drugs and hookers?
He's got to be pretty desperate to ride the Aprilia RS-GP, right?
He's on it for the next test.
https://www.asphaltandrubber.com/motogp ... tomatters/
Re: Dovi short of a few quid?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:01 pm
by weeksy
Needs some faceplant emojis
Re: Dovi short of a few quid?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:55 pm
by Bigyin
Sat back, watched Aleix ride it while setting respectable times and it didnt blow up and thought "Fuck it, its a possible paycheck for a year"
Worst case scenario, its a mutt again but he is still in the paddock getting well paid and aligned with the other riders contracts when the musical chairs begins again. Best case it becomes the KTM/Suzuki success after a few development years and he shines on it.
Re: Dovi short of a few quid?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:57 pm
by KungFooBob
Worse case, it's such a dog he pushes to hard and gets proper hurt when it spits him off.
Re: Dovi short of a few quid?
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:13 pm
by Skub
KungFooBob wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:57 pm
Worse case, it's such a dog he pushes to hard and gets proper hurt when it spits him off.
That would be nasty,but Dovi seems to work with what he's got and beyond a certain point he won't try to win on a bike that can only finish 10th. He's more calculating than some.
Yin's reasoning sounds plausible to me.
Re: Dovi short of a few quid?
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:53 am
by lostboy
Bigyin wrote: Wed Mar 17, 2021 8:55 pm
Sat back, watched Aleix ride it while setting respectable times and it didnt blow up and thought "Fuck it, its a possible paycheck for a year"
Worst case scenario, its a mutt again but he is still in the paddock getting well paid and aligned with the other riders contracts when the musical chairs begins again. Best case it becomes the KTM/Suzuki success after a few development years and he shines on it.
That and they've realised that Salvadori is a waste of Euros.
Re: Dovi short of a few quid?
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:52 am
by G.P
Good to see him racing this year. Asparagus never had a problem putting one fast lap in on the Aprilia, DOvi might get a little more out of it. It seemd better in testing too?
Re: Dovi short of a few quid?
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:09 pm
by fil2
yeah he must be short ..only worth over 25 million
Re: Dovi short of a few quid?
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 4:53 pm
by crust
One things for sure, he isn't skint, family man + no flash car, years of earing well at top level = not skint.
Win / win for him. No one is expecting the bike to be quick.
his times are slow - bikes a dog
his times are good - bikes still a dog, he's a very good rider
I wonder if the changes after Gresini have changed things, at the team and for Aprillia in Dovi's mind.