MotoGP: Not even $15 million changed Casey Stoner's mind
More important for the Australian is his family
The Herald Sun has revealed that Honda went crazy to convince Casey Stoner to stay in MotoGP in 2013. The Australian rider would have been offered the highest sum ever received by a rider from the golden-winged company, including Formula 1 .
When Shuhei Nakamoto proposed that Honda offer so much money to the former Ducati rider, he was called "crazy", let's hear the words of the executive vice-president of HRC "If Casey (Stoner, ed.) had accepted our record offer it would have been He was easily the highest paid Honda employee. Honda offered Casey more than any driver has ever perceived, including Formula One with Jenson Button. When I went to the Honda approval board they told me, 'You are crazy?' But I told them we should try to keep Casey for another season. I worked hard to get the budget approved, but Casey told me that he had lost his passion and that it wasn't about the money. I believe him."
“I had a fantastic offer from Honda and I realize that I am in a great company – added Casey Stoner – But in my mind money has become less important than it relates to my future. I don't care about money. I'm not enjoying MotoGP and I will retire."
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What a pity….:-(
He will always be remembered...just as Kevin Swantz will always be remembered.
For both of them only 3 titles in 2...
But it is the quality of their talent that will make the difference over time.
In the biography that Valentino published a few years ago... and which I have at home... he explained the reason that led him to divorce with Honda...
In the book he explains his disappointment when it was time to renew his contract after winning his first title with the Honda 500 nsr... it offered him the same money that his partner Okada was getting...
It wasn't a lot of money, but what was annoying (and in my opinion Valentino was right) was that Honda gave as an excuse the fact that if Valentino won it was because the bike was better than the competition... basically that he won because of their bike...
Then…we saw how it went…
It seems at least strange that now with Stoner the wind has changed... and they are willing to pay for it like no one before him...
The reason is also simple this time: Lorenzo is still young, and on the horizon it is not clear who will be able to oppose him....
Simply an idiot.
Will definitely come back and for much less, haha really an idiot.
You may not be a Stoner fan (I'm not either), but you have to respect him and his very courageous choices: if he has decided to pull out, why rage unnecessarily?
For a similar amount Rossi deliberately sacrificed his career by running on a gate for two years!! Think about it!
…how nice to read the thoughts of an average Italian ah, ah, ah!!!
Better than reading the hot air that comes out of your qlo, sorry brain, well it's =
MYTH! Incredible that one can criticize him for such a choice, he could have agreed to take the loot and take the motorbike for a ride without taking any risks but he refused, he is a man of one piece; even his detractors should not even admire him (there is someone in here who even hopes that he will fall and break while feeling pain) but at least respect this choice
...imagine that for having taken back the "Lady" who had wished him to fall I was "calmed" by the administrator of the forum... rightly so, the joke was a bad one... I hope that this diligence is also used for those who write myriads of swear words or insults to the other participants...going back to Casey, he's great...you can see that he's Australian, that he's not contaminated by the rush to appear and grab things typical of European countries...and then the nurse's fans talk...he sure has stolen his salary for two years, Casey would never have done it...and even if he came back there would be nothing strange...look at Shummy or Kimi in F1...only an average Italian doesn't conceive of these things...or a reds fan!!!
You really have a face like qlo, you actually have the courage to talk about moderation. There is really no limit to the megalomania of certain people for whom the insults they write are pure gold, while the insults of others are to be moderated...
only the great think with their hearts and not with their wallets, values and affections are worth much more than base money. his choice is sacrosanct even if it is a blasphemy to the God of motorcycling and to us MotoGP fans (the REAL one)
Azz you managed to make a comment without bringing Rossi in, congratulations on your self-control!!!
Hi fatman, do you see it's like I said?
They say, they do and it's fine if you do it... ale!
Ignore and let them talk is better.
Hello.
I see a difference between Casey and Rossi fans that reflects them. we Casey fans are frank and say what needs to be said to his face (see when he makes c@zz@you that we go after him) while the Rossi fans are like him. just to be right they cling to straws and make excuses or blame the bike. please (and does anyone know who I'm talking about) say that now I've offended! (and I'm not talking about w-the..)
In my opinion, in most cases it is that they (not all W_il_Sic, Lyon, Vescchio Saggio and a few others are the exception) do not know how to properly evaluate the gravity of what is said/written, for example if someone attacks reds and to anyone on the blog directly it is nothing compared to the blog user who directly attacks those who have their say even if against reds, but here too each person sees it in their own way and we always return to the initial discussion.
But that's fine for me anyway.
Gaius.
He who goes with the lame learns to limp.
The same goes for those you admire, it means you are like them, I always repeat but not everyone but the majority is like that.
...very true, you hit the nail on the head...just look at you compared to Blohm...most of the time you are moderate, as it should always be...I also started out soft...now instead I go hard on certain characters...the aggravating circumstance is who are also scooter riders, never been on the track... we need a forum on T-MAX, so they could interact with their peers!!!
…ah, Testoner…I forgot to repeat that I don't support anyone and, therefore, not even for Casey…I like races, that's all…anyway, if we were to meet up somewhere one day, there will always be a beer for those like you... instead we can leave Blohm the straw of some child's orangeade...
Hi fatman, I hope you didn't get upset about the other post from the manforte.
@fatman. hello, I'm always here for the famous beer!!! but when the f@zz@ do we drink it?? I understood about the fact that you don't support anyone... but you can't say that you have a certain amount of respect towards CASEY!! and anyway if I have to be honest the only person I feel like you're really rooting for is number 46!! (of course I was joking) (for you and for all her fans)
...you know I never get mad...well yes, in SBK I was crazy about Scott Russel, the only one who made me, so to speak, "cheer"...and to think that then there were Fogarty, Bayliss (among others of my many memorabilia, I even have an autographed t-shirt of his), Corser...but no one has thrilled me like Russel...next year it will be 20 since his SBK title...time passes, riders and bikes...everything has a beginning and an end ….even the nurse ah, ah, ah…always the same old m@rd@cci@…besides, I wouldn't be a fatman!!!
…@H954RR…I never get angry, don't worry (Blohm aside)…imagine that one day a friend of mine wanted to forcefully lend me a scooter and I brought it back with scratches…the next day we went to the dealer together and yes and 'bought a monster696…
@fatman. we have something in common... I will never forget that title either. as a born Kasakist!! until three months ago I had 3... but yes, it's true, Scott made everyone enthusiastic!!!
fatman hi, ok good, you know with those few who are nice to me, obviously you are one of those, I would hate to have discord perhaps even involuntary or due to misunderstanding.
Even testoner is right, when can we all have a beer together?
We hope that sooner or later, even if we are not all close, we will organize to meet.
HOPE!
Hello.
Only big fools leave both the super top championship, in top shape, with the best bike and at 27 years old!!!
Biaggi, who may not be very nice to many, proves that he is someone who really likes motorbike racing, and not a lunatic like Stoner, who maybe will get divorced (I certainly don't hope so but he can) and will come back with any motorbike and for two lire to return.
Apart from the fact that for 15 million a year I race the world championship on a Vespa against traffic!! Ahahahahahaha
...I correct myself, "medioman" and scooter rider, the worst kind!!!
do you know what's beautiful?
what a lucky stoner, now he can decide about his life, and if he feels like it, he will be able to return, everyone will welcome him with open arms...
better that you don't talk about big fools...the wonders stick...or have they already stuck???
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What does “wonders stick together” mean in Italian?
But do you realize that to be a pilot at that level you have to be a really special man? And all those who got there have speed in their blood, look at Schumi who didn't make it and came back knowing full well that being a fool was very likely...
And instead Stoner leaves when he is perfectly mature, at the peak of his career with at least ten years ahead of him as a possible protagonist?
Sorry, but he just seems immature to me, and he will greatly regret the choice he makes
Not to mention someone who throws away at least 50 million wages... He will definitely be back, and the longer he stays away the worse it will be, both in terms of form and money.
Truly an idiot
I don't know you, but I hardly think you're worthy of stoner
never be surprised by what others do
if he comes back it will still be a decision made by him….
wonders stick, it's a saying from Emilia, it means that we need to be careful when criticizing the vicissitudes of others, because sooner or later in life, they could happen to us too....
Look, I'd prefer him to remain Stoner!
It's really strange that he throws everything overboard including money, generally all pilots stop just because as they get older they realize they're going slower, but that certainly doesn't seem to be the case with him...