Valentino Rossi believes that MotoGP is being made too easy by the growing influence of electronic rider aids.


With MotoGP new boys Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso having impressed in early MotoGP testing, Rossi believes that the influence of rider aids like traction control is now too much.


"Casey (Stoner) has done an amazing job and he is a great rider. But he is the first of the traction control generation," Rossi told Motor Cycle News. "The way he uses traction control is amazing.


"Old generation riders like me, Marco Melandri and Loris Capirossi have a lot of problems."


He added: "Riders like Lorenzo and Dovizioso are fast but I am not surprised because the good guys that come from 250s, usually they go fast in MotoGP. I was the same, also Loris, Max (Biaggi) and Casey.


"When the 250 guys are as fast as us in their second test, this means there is something wrong in this sport because electronics help too much. But this is the new way for our sport and we have to accept that.
"I don't agree, but this is the way."


Rossi believes that when he made the step up to 500cc in 2000 things were much harder.


"It's true that I was quite fast right from the start in MotoGP, but it is still completely different. The difference is that to go fast on a 500 you were forced to take risks and many times you crashed hard.


"Now it seems nobody crashes and it is easier to find the limit."

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Thanks for this article Jcrambbs

Thanks so much!!!!

Well I certainly hope they do something.....I really don't want another season like 2007!!!
BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not a fan of Stoner's F1 Motogp championship. It was impressive to see but I would really like to see the sport go back to where it was in 2000. The bikes were beasts and the riders really had to have a lot of skill to make those machines perform. Now it seems as if anybody can hop on one and win if you have the right bike and tyres. Look at Schumi when he hopped onto to Stoner's Ducati --- he was only a couple of seconds off of Stoner's race pace! I'm sorry but that shouldn't happen -- in any sport. And they should really take a hard look at what's happening here.

Thanks trossik and Jackie!

I agree! Eletronics aids only for F1! ... lol!

Want MotoGP to be like it was on 2000's!

Gi

I agree with you totally Sheri - Please God do not let MotoGP go the way of F1 which is so incredibly boring.
If Vale is going to stick with it for another 5 years, I will have to watch the races to see him and I cannot take another year like the last one.
I don't mean just about Rossi not being WC, I mean that the races, apart from a few which were truly awesome because of one man in particular*, were just boring processions. F1 on 2 wheels.
They have to do something because Vale will not stay with it for 5 years like that and who else is there to mount the sort of attack that Vale does?

electronics really helps...no wonder if stoney never crashed out...
It's more fun when he's always seems to crashed out last season...
and electronis blurring someones talent...that's makes Rossi equal to other riders...so, I kind a disagree to it.
Because he's got real great talent!!!

Thanks for the article ... I really like the last photo with the comparison !!