Ducaudi must have some deep wallets...
the Yamaha which is arguably the best bike on the grid just lost 2 of their riders to Ducati, which is the worst bike on the grid (not counting crt's)... but even then, all 3 of their salaries probably cost as much as Rossi's, so who knows
I'm mostly excited to see what Iannone can do, I've been following him the most in Moto2... Marc doesn't interest me much... another pocket spaniard that's fast... yawn...
2013 won't be a barn stormer year, but at least they'll have 4 factory bikes with very capable riders providing feed back... I think 2014 is when they'll start moving up... 2013 is going to be a wash for them...
looking at their rider line up, it makes sense what they're doing...
Hayden has the history and knows the bikes for the past X years
Dovi is a front end rider like Rossi, so they have at least a comparable riding style to base off of
Spies is used to 1000cc bikes and adapts quickly
Iannone is probably the closest to "stoner" riding style, no so much as agressive, but more of a win it or bin it style... he's not afriad to man handle the bike and he's young enough to not know better...