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Honda Racing will not rush a decision on who will replace Casey Stoner from 2013, and will not rule out any options - like that of Valentino Rossi returning - according to vice president Shuhei Nakamoto. Stoner’s announcement at Le Mans that he will retire at the end of the year has left Honda with the massive quandary of finding a suitable replacement. Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo, Ducati’s Rossi, last year’s Moto2 runner-up Marc Marquez and a multitude of other riders have been connected with the factory ride. Nakamoto says HRC will not rule out any options, and that the first step will be to speak to current works rider Dani Pedrosa, who is in his seventh straight year with the squad. “I need to gather my ideas and discuss with my bosses in Japan,” Nakamoto told Motosprint. “Nothing is impossible now. “First of all I want to talk properly to Dani because he’s very strong and he’s been with us for many years. We can talk to Lorenzo, obviously. With Casey leaving we need to rebuild.” Asked whether Rossi could rejoin HRC, with whom he split acrimoniously at the end of 2003, Nakamoto refused to rule out the possibility, saying: “After all, Valentino started his career in the top class with Honda.” He also admitted there was pressure from sponsors Repsol to give Marquez the ride, but insisted that it would be dependent on Dorna’s Carmelo Ezpeleta reversing the rookie rule – and that HRC did not want to pair two Spaniards together. “[Marquez] is the rider Repsol wants to invest on, but to find out how we’ll
place him you need to wait for Carmelo Ezpeleta’s decision regarding the rookie rule. But HRC will not have two Spanish riders together.” Nakamoto said he did not think Stoner would change his mind, but said HRC would take its time about choosing a replacement for the reigning world champion. “Maybe after spending one year in Australia he [Stoner] may feel nostalgic. Few things in this world give you the adrenaline you get from racing. After all, he’ll turn 27 in October: even if he stayed out for one or two years he could come back before he turns 30 and he’d still be strong. “My mission in 2009 was to make HRC strong again in every aspect, and my job hasn’t ended. When I decided to hire Stoner, no one had anything against it: let’s see what their thoughts are now. “It’s really early to make plans, because there are many things to evaluate. It’s easy to talk and make predictions, but then to put it all into practice is a lot more complex because everyone’s needs must be considered: companies, sponsors, riders. “And besides, Honda is not in such a hurry to decide: we can take our time to think calmly.”
Vettel started the race from 10th position but used a different strategy than his rivals in order to gain places in the race, the German starting on Pirelli’s soft compound and running a lot deeper into the race than the men in front. He pitted on lap 46 and returned to the track in fourth place, ahead of Hamilton’s McLaren. On Wednesday, Webber denied sug-
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Russian jet’s flight recorder found
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MotoGP rider Casey Stoner of Australia powers his Honda during the free practice session of the MotoGP of France, in Le Mans, western France, Friday, May 18, 2012. AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim
National Search and Rescue Agency head Daryatmo, center, with the flight data recorder of the crashed Sukhoi Superjet 100 speaks during a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, May 31, 2012. Authorities found the flight data recorder of the Russian plane that slammed into a jungle-clad cliff atop an Indonesian volcano during a May 9 demonstration flight for potential buyers. At left is Indonesian National Transportation Safety Board chief Tatang Kurniadi.
Webber denied backup to assist teammate Mark Webber has rubbished suggestions that he was backing up his rivals during the Monaco Grand Prix in order to help team-mate Sebastian Vettel. The Australian started from pole position and took his first win of the season after resisting race-long pressure from Mercedes’s Nico Rosberg, who was chased by Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton.
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gestions that he had deliberately run slower in order to slow down the field and allow Vettel to gain ground on his rivals before his pitstop. “I heard afterwards people had been speculating that I was ‘backing up’ Nico, Fernando and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, who was also behind me, to help my team-mate Sebastian Vettel gain places,” wrote Webber in his column for the BBC. “That is absolute rubbish. You just cannot be that fancy around Monaco. “Ultimately, Seb ran out of tyres and he had to pit because the rest of us started to go quicker, but if they’d kept going he would have been pushing for the win. “If we had been trying anything on, I could have been even cuter. I cleared Seb by quite a lot. If I’d wanted to slide him in among other people, I could have slowed down and it would have been even better for the team. But it just wasn’t part of the plan. “The problem with trying to do that would be that you’re exposing yourself to even more pressure from the guys behind - Nico and Fernando in this case. And then the boys in the pits might mess up Seb’s stop and it would all be for nothing. “You always get bitten on the bum when you get fancy. So you just don’t try.”
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JAKARTA — Villagers have found the flight data recorder from a Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jungle-clad cliff atop an Indonesian volcano three weeks ago, killing 45 people. The device could help investigators learn why the plane crashed during a May 9 demonstration flight for potential buyers. Daryatmo, chief of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, said Thursday that the flight data recorder was buried when mud gushed down from surrounding hills after the Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed. He says the recorder was in good condition when villagers found it Wednesday in a deep ravine. The device recorded data such as the jet’s altitude and speed. Another part of the plane’s “black box,” the cockpit voice recorder, was recovered earlier.
Foreign tourist visit increases, spending slumps
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DENPASAR - The increasing number of foreign tourist visit to Bali was not accompanied by an increase in their length of stay and expenditure. Chairman of the Tourism Industry Association of Indonesia (GIPI) of Bali, Ida Bagus Ngurah Wijaya, said on Wednesday (May 30) the quality of foreign tourists who came to the island slumped in the matter of length of stay and their expenditure during their stay in Bali. Ngurah Wijaya said the Bali tourism indeed continued to grow. It was indicated by the number of foreign tourist visit tending to increase each year. Unfortunately, the increase in the tourist visit did not have so significant impact
because of the quality of foreign tourists coming to Bali tended to decrease in length of stay and expenses during their stay on this island. He explained the decline could be seen by comparing the length of
stay and tourist spending prior to the incident of Bali bombings. According to him, in the past the average length of stay of foreign tourists reached 12 to 14 days with a spending worth USD 250-300 per day. However, the condition had drastically changed today where their average length of stay was only 3.5 days. More sadly, their spending tended to shrink with an average of only USD 100 per day. Ngurah Wijaya added that foreign tourists who generally stayed longer and took overland tours were those from Europe,
the United States, and Australia. Meanwhile, the Asian tourists had a length of stay of averagely 3-5 days. They visited a local destination and then took photographs, but rarely took overland tours. Ngurah Wijaya judged that reduction in the length of stay of those tourists happened due to policy of central government in the matter of flight. On that account, the central government should amend the regulation regarding the flight policy to create overland and increase the length of stay of tourists. (kmb29)