This year marked an unusually turbulent end of season guessing game concerning who goes where in the MotoGP paddock. Rumors flew around the possibility of Jorge Lorenzo going to Ducati, Dani Pedrosa going to Ducati, Nicky Hayden riding the Yamaha, the possibility of Mika Kallio taking Nicky's Ducati seat, the possibility of Ben Spies arriving in MotoGP, etc, etc.
In the end, none of the big names went anywhere and status quo was maintained. Lorenzo stayed at Yahama, Hayden was retained by Ducati, and Dani Pedrosa will again ride the Honda. Alex De Angelis was rewarded for his career high Indy finish (2nd) by getting fired, and it remains to be seen if the Texas Tornado (Colin Edwards) and James Toseland will remain on the Tech 3 Yamaha squad.
Big Ben coming to MotoGP remains the only real item of interest on the plate.
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