-championship. The whole thing. I can
jump up and down and tell you I'm
going to win 20 races, but I'm just going
to see what happens. I want to win races
and ride the motorbike. I don'fwant to
sit and talk about it. The results are from
the track and that's always been the way
with me with the Honda. That's why
I'm still here."
DUCATI
Slight feels the trength of the Ducati
is in the setup.
"When they have a good average
setup everywhere, they're going to be on
the pomum everywhere," he said. "So
U,at's their strong point. [t's not too hard
to get it right. They go good everywhere.
The Ducati, their bike is never spot-on.
lt's just always average, and average is
good enough. If I get it spot-on, then you
don't see me. You get a miracle lap from
(Troy) Corser at Donington three years
ago because it was perfect. But they
never get them perfect. They just have
them okay everywhe.re. We've got to
have it perfect, and if it's not perfect,
you're up the ass. You don't see any
other four-eylinders up there, either. It's
us and them. The other guys probably
don't get it spot-on some weekends.
That's the biggest thing. Some weekends
you just can't get it right. You don't have
enough time or whatever, you haven't
found th~ right tire."
Edwards agrees that the Ducati is
tough to beat.
"You can have a halfway decent
Ducati and do good at a track that you
don't have to have a lot of power at,"
Edwards said. "I can't really say too
much, I'm getting into thin water, but I
know that that twin is one of the easiest
machines to ride. I think the bike works
anywhere. It works anywhere, we know
that. We sh.ouIdn't !!Yen be able to use
the same tires, but we do. That's why
we run into tire trouble."
As for the riders, Edwards sees Fogarty as the most consistent.
"You can't Carl out - you can never
count him out," Edwards sajd. "He's
got so much determination. I wouldn't
really say his off-track antics add up to
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