Are you kidding?
Stoner is a helluva rider. No question. But he rides a bike differently from everyone else in the world, which is why nobody else can manage to ride it. It's taken Hayden a year of development on the bike to get it where it is. Dropping Stoner is the best thing Ducati can do if they want to win more races. Plus, Stoner was acting like a spoiled child this weekend. I think he's a bit of a prima donna.
Hayden may be a bit of a putz sometimes, but he's probably the hardest working rider on the grid. And he's a damn fine rider and more important than that, he's a damn good development rider and like it or not, he's probably already sold more Ducati's than Stoner ever did. And lets face it, Ducati needs bike sales to continue to improve their product. And regardless on how you feel about Rossi, he's going to sell a shitload of Ducatis.
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