Lorenzo’s only play was to make his usual fast start and get to the front then control the race. He failed miserably just like he did during qualy when he was motioning for Pirro to follow him (laughably into the gravel). If he was up Pedro’s ass fighting I would say he was doing his job, but sitting there 1 second off in 4th was totally useless to Ducati. I don’t think it was his intention but I do see him as a stubborn prick who simply needed to get the .... out of the way and let Dovi run his own race. Most likely it would have made no difference since I think they were obviously both on the limit the whole time just trying to keep up with the Honda’s but now we will never really know which is annoying in the least. I think Dovi had just a slightly better pace but not enough to make a pass on the notoriously tight Valencia circuit.
Marquez has practiced crashing 27 times this year so if anyone is going to save it he was. Still he admitted he lost concentration and missed his braking point. I gotta laugh at migs, yes of course he woulda trounced Stoner in 07 saving the notoriously fickle Duc front on his knee all while taming the aggressive screamer engine. He coulda won every race by 10 seconds.
Rossi is in talks with Yamaha management. That’s amusing, we have a problem Houston, the alloy chassis isn’t working. Maybe they need to change to a steel trellis frame. In reality what all this shows is that Barros played the biggest role in developing the 04 Yamaha, Edwards kept the thing on the right path, Lorenzo took over from 08. 2017 the bike was all Rossi’s, just like the 11/12 Duc. Greatest development rider of all time.
