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batsplat · 3 months ago

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Yeah, I think he may well be the fastest rider out there. You know, he's a young guy, only 20 years old. And aside from what he can do on a motorcycle... It's that young kid growing up that's been most important, really. To keep him on track and this weekend we've got... He's had a lot of problems in Sepang last week, in Malaysia, a lot of problems with his back, so... We've brought a physio down who's worked with some rugby players up in Sydney; he's working with Casey this weekend. The team are working much, much better now than they were sort of mid-season. But yeah, he's very, very, very quick - and hopefully we keep him on track, he'll have a great future and should be a world champion.

Honda team manager Chris Herring at Phillip Island 2006 (x)

#low key kinda crazy to say this stuff when your factory riders are currently sitting 1-2 in the championship but. he wasn't wrong!!#casey's contract situation wasn't settled at that point yet btw. august rumours he'd drop off the grid entirely #then mid october you got rumours of the ducati deal which was quickly confirmed #that was around the time of estoril where casey decided to preemptively end the motogp career of the man he was replacing #poor sete #//#brr brr #heretic tag #the sepang commentary seemed to think casey was suffering from cramps so who knows if it was actually the back #or if it was an additional thing. he wasn't vibing is the takeway #obviously phillip island 2006 also featured the controversial valentino/casey overtake so. back on form

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