[throttlemeister]

People can ***** all they want, but there is nobody currently not on a factory ride that has more skill, speed and talent than Rossi even at his current age. As long as that is the case, and as long as he wants to ride, he is deservingly in a factory seat. Nobody is bigger than the sport, including Rossi and when he retires the sport will go on just as happily. If others feel they have more right to his seat, they have to put their money where their mouth is and prove it on the track. And no, having a ok season while Rossi is struggling with Ducati to make it work is not that.