[Aleksis]

I'm an avid follower of MotoGP, and half your post is rubbish.

The past two races, Rossi has been adapting his riding style to better suit the Ducati. That's a tremendous effort to undertake, considering Rossi's strengths are completely opposite to the Ducati's strengths. And with setup and riding changes, results have come almost immediately, with Rossi taking his best finish of the season so far, showing that the Ducati simply isn't that good a bike yet.

As for the two comments:
Rossi was one of the first to say that he couldn't gauge Stoner, because Stoner didn't ride many laps in testing or practice. He didn't push the Ducati throughout a session. That's very, very true and it's something Stoner has said time and again: the Australian has a very keen sense of what a bike is doing, and he doesn't need a dozen laps to confirm it. Stoner didn't keep pushing his Ducati and he doesn't keep pushing his Honda. He does the business, and goes back into the box. It's a magical talent that I think many riders would be very jealous of.

I think it was Burgess who said that there was about an hour's worth of tinkering to be done with the Ducati, and then they'd be at the limit of the machine. They wouldn't have it fixed, but they'd be done, because there's nothing else to do. The fact that Ducati has been scrambling for a year and a half now to make new parts, combined with the fact that setup changes hasn't helped Nicky, Valentino, Capirossi, de Puniet, Abraham, Barbera or any other Ducati MotoGP rider proves that what they said was true. There's not much more to scrape out of the Ducati barrel.

Anyway, Rossi/Ducati bashing aside... Stoner is showing to be the most talented rider in the field at the moment, although even he would have to admit he's also on the best bike. I think the factory Honda is better than the factory Yamaha, which is shown by the fact that Lorenzo can barely stick with Stoner, while the satellite Yamaha is better than the satellite Honda. Bautista should be battling with the Tech3 boys really. The championship this year will surely be Stoner's again, as he seems to be just as fast as Lorenzo even when he's not really pushing. Both at Estoril and at Jerez, Stoner showed he had a little extra in the bag and could pull it out seemingly at will. Despite his attitude as a sportsman, I think he's a fantastic rider with an extraordinary skillset. This man has the talent to race hard and the mindset to resist any pressure during the race. Rossi may be the GOAT, he's had his decade of success, and now it's Stoner's turn.