There's lots of good examples. Rossi at Ducati. Melandri at Ducati. Lorenzo at Honda. All of these guys have access to historical data. Hayden said that looking at Stoner's data only made him more confused and I can only imagine Rossi's reaction when going through Stoner's old data when he was beating him on the regular. Imagine realising that you'd had your arse handed to you by some kid on a bucket of shit bike? Oh to see that ego crumble right then and there.

They turned that bike upside down for Rossi. They pumped more money into the first three months than they did during Stoner's entire tenure. And what did they get apart from nothing? "The bike needs this, the bike needs that, I'll ride around in 6th and not push until you turn it into a Yamaha".

I was in Bologna in early 2011 prior to season launch and all of Rossi's new gear at the Ducati factory were out on the discount table out front. There was no real love for him out in the workshop either, just Stoner and Bayliss posters everywhere.

Continually telling a factory that all of their work is shit, damaging sales etc - putting it through the media channels to apply pressure to the factory and all that jazz.

Just shut the fuck up and ride. Stoner could. You couldn't. A GOAT would ride around problems, Rossi does not and has never.