I bet you said Hayden wouldn't have been world champ either. To use the argument that hayden was gifted the championship is nonsense. So your saying that no one but rossi deserves the title just because he's the best rider? You have to think of it as the team (including the rider) winning the title, not just the rider. As we've seen even rossi can't win when his team aren't doing their job properly, and if hayden was there to pick up the points rossi and his team couldn't get then he fully deserves the title. IMO if spies can get on top machinery, he's in with a shot. No one saw Hayden as a world champ, but he didnt come to gp with the riding god like status that Speeeeeeeez has either If speeeez doesnt do well its a good indicator of the gap between wsb and motogp. I will be a little disappointed if he doesnt get a top 10, finish after all look how simoncelli did going from 250 to wsb!! And when the hell did anyone say that no one but Rossi wins the title, he maybe the best rider out there but it is about the package and at the moment the strongest package is stoner/ducati and am more than convinced thats because of the superior electronics package on the duke!