Josh Hayes testing for Tech 3 - Ducati.ms

tye1138 · Oct 5th, 2011, 3:46 pm

I always thought Josh Hayes should try and make the jump to racing in Europe, I think he would do well. Funny enough, reported today, Yamaha is planning on testing him on the Tech 3 machine in MotoGP.

AMA champion Josh Hayes to test Tech 3 Yamaha | MotoGP News | Oct 2011 | Crash.Net

Magoo · Oct 5th, 2011, 5:37 pm

Let's hope one of the stipulations of his contract is that Melisa Paris gets a spot on the tech 3 Moto 2 team!

**Chuckracer** · Oct 5th, 2011, 6:18 pm

Other less dramatic sites are reporting it as "Doing a few laps". I don't think it's a "test", per say.
Melissa is doing a few laps on a Moto2 bike as well. So are a few moto journalists.

Nobody is seriously being considerd for anything.

NSP · Oct 5th, 2011, 8:26 pm

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Originally Posted by Magoo

Let's hope one of the stipulations of his contract is that Melisa Paris gets a spot on the tech 3 Moto 2 team!

why?? she is not exactly tearing up the AMA/DMG field.....and she has yet to do well on the world stage during her 2 WSS races.

I am all for her or any other trying out these bikes if they are fast/competitive enough....but for them to go out of their way for her to turn some laps because of who or what she is (Josh Hayes's wife or a popular female) is silly IMO.

I bet it was a bonus for him winning back to back titles AMA for Yamaha.

LAN · Oct 6th, 2011, 2:02 am

Blake Young was all over his tail. He'll get him.
I don't recall, but I think Young almost won?

Oh, this won't be as bad as Bostrom's appearance at Laguna..

whippersnapper · Oct 6th, 2011, 6:42 am

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Originally Posted by NSP

why?? she is not exactly tearing up the AMA/DMG field.....and she has yet to do well on the world stage during her 2 WSS races.

I am all for her or any other trying out these bikes if they are fast/competitive enough....but for them to go out of their way for her to turn some laps because of who or what she is (Josh Hayes's wife or a popular female) is silly IMO.

I bet it was a bonus for him winning back to back titles AMA for Yamaha.

Yep, Paris is just a pretty back marker

lwp411 · Oct 6th, 2011, 8:16 am

Sounds more like this is a reward/thank you outing, as opposed to actual testing.

rcrob · Oct 6th, 2011, 9:02 am

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Originally Posted by whippersnapper

Yep, Paris is just a pretty gravel magnet

Fixed it for ya!

whippersnapper · Oct 6th, 2011, 9:17 am

^ lol

MongoWERA · Oct 6th, 2011, 12:02 pm

It's not a test, it's just some laps for fun. Melissa has sponsors and opportunities for the same reason every other rider does - she sells product. Professional racing is about selling product and nothing more. You can do it through results, personality, whatever - the whole point is to sell product. You have to give your sponsors some ROI and as long as they are happy that is what matters. There is no such thing as "deserve" in professional racing.