p4p1

If Lorenzo didn't pick his bike up they both would've crashed. There is so many similarities in this incident but because Rossi's role was reversed you refuse to see it.

#22

This is the problem Vudu. When Rossi was on the inside, you say Marquez ran into him, and when Rossi was on the outside, you say Marquez ran into him!

For what it's worth, I am not defending Marquez' actions in Argentina. If I had been Rossi I'd have felt aggrieved too, but Rossi wasn't completely blameless in the same way Marquez wasn't completely blameless in Sepang 2015.

So you could also say of Sepang 2015

All this is about is consistency. It;s not about Rossi Vs Marquez. Zarco caused Pedrosa to crash: No penatly. Canet DELIBERATELY caused another rider to crash: No penalty. If Marquez is worthy of a race ban as you are all calling for after Argentina. Then by your very own argument, Rossi was worthy of a race ban in 2015. If you apply the rules consistently that is unarguable.


Exactly.

moto vudu

When any block pass is performed, the overtaking rider gets the line by being first to the apex. It's then the other rider's responsibility to yield the line. Marquez did not beat Rossi to the apex, he arrived at the same time (if not slightly late).

p4p1

How can he have arrived at the same time when his bike was exactly where Rossi wanted to put his? By definition he must've been there first if Rossi had to run into him to hit the apex.

moto vudu

Marc took the inside line which was a shorter distance to the apex, yet he never got in front of Rossi prior to the apex. That means Rossi still had line preference. Had Marc arrived sooner, he would have successfully passed initially, but since he was on a line that would've resulted in a slow exit, Rossi very likely would've immediately repassed him. It was just another poor decision by Marquez during weekend that saw many poor decisions by him.

Arrabbiata1

Vudu - to save him time why not just permanently insert "Danski likes this" in your sig?

danski

michaelm

Not that much different to Pedrosa vs Simoncelli in 2011 for which Simoncelli was penalised imo, except that Simoncelli was the faster rider, had made up 4 seconds, and had passed Dani on the previous corner getting his whole bike in front.

I think any fault lies with MM in this incident who could have waited till they were through the corner given he was so much faster anyway but this was well down on the list of egregiously reckless passes, including several by Rossi and both Jerez last corner passes by the two riders involved; neither was staying on the track without using Gibernau and Lorenzo respectively as berms. In this one both were on respectable lines to make the corner on a clear track but arrived at the same point nearly simultaneously. Hard for me to judge without seeing the incident live given the views of so many since, but it looked to me that Rossi marginally had priority. I see nothing Machiavellian from Rossi or particularly reckless from MM; my late to the party impression is that neither expected the other to be there when the contact was made.

JPSLotus

Rossi ceded the corner by leaving the door wide open.

No way around it.

There was enough of a gap for a bike to come through, but Rossi's situational awareness wasn't good enough to pick up on another bike coming through. We saw riders going into those types of gaps at Phillip Island 2015 numerous times to think off the top of my head.

moto vudu

That's incorrect. The lead rider doesn't have to take a defensive line. If the door is "wide open" as you suggest, Marc should've made it through prior to the apex of the corner. If Marc couldn't do that, the door was not open enough for a safe pass which was Marc's responsibility.