Gosh, this feels so weird. I hope I didn't jinx it... Only a few days ago I wrote an entry about Manuel Poggiali and how I was worried that his comeback to MotoGP might not be what he had hoped for...Bianco has been mentioned as a possible candidate to take up the 250cc seat which Poggiali vacates. Bye Bye, Poggy. I hope you'll have a better and happier life away from racing. We'll miss you

Manuel Poggiali never really had it easy. In 1998 he became the Italian champion in the 125cc class when he was only 15 years old. He was set to make a big entrance to the world championship the following...Poggy and how he can deal with being in the championship again and it doesn't go well. Some people get along with that, some do not. I hope Manuel can deal with it better now than he did a few years ago