1987 All-Japan pocket bike champion gets Gresini ride

just bob wrote:
> Eight years since he almost won the 250cc championship Honda still thinks
> Shinya Nakano still has something to prove?
>
> Give me a break...

So you think Honda would go without a Japanese rider on one of their
bikes, for the first time since 1992? Never mind MotoGP being completely
without one. Not gonna happen.

I don't see the problem, though. Nakano's been pretty good over his GP
career, and he just turned 30. So he's had one bad year, he may well
come back strong back on Bridgestones, even if the bike isn't that close
to the factory team stuff. And for those who go in for that sort of
thing, Rossi has rated him very highly in the recent past. And he's
better than yet another 250 promo midget loser, right?

Now the only question that remains is, how long before D'Antin announces
they've signed Elias? Or might he team up with Pons on a 7th Honda?