I will never understand why they got rid of Biaggi to be honest. I know Max was unhappy but Yamaha should have tried their hardest to keep him. He is the only guy in recent years to get anywhere near Vale on a different bike.
Anyway, the real problem with Yam was that they really wanted Nicky Hayden for the team until Honda poached him for the Repsol suqad, thereby nicking Edwards spot.
Barros has been riding injured all year, Jacque is pants and can't ride it like it should be ridden. Melandri is superb, Checa is too sporadic, goes well til he crashes then spends three GP's trying to sort himself out. And Nakano is the next Abe, very consistent but not likely to win any races unless they are in Japan!
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