Rossi's move on Nicky was legal. And typical of his brand of racing.
About the reaction on the thread:
What the ....! Not surprising, all this reaction over one very simple perspective: that one man can do no wrong. Look here, all this response is to basically JK and myself saying Rossi resorted to a desperate dirty move. That’s it. That’s right folks; we did NOT say it was unfair or illegal. Nobody crashed or taken to the grass, right? So why the overreaction? Answer: The overreacting by flustered defenders have exaggerated the characterization to pad their own empty argument; that is they can only accept that Rossi is incapable of moves characterized other than perfect, precise & in goodfaith. Geez, talk about obsession.
And just look at the defense at saying it’s desperate: J4rno has repeatedly said, these are difficult moves to pull off (yes, of course but…) and concludes nobody else possesses that kind of skill. Breathtaking logic and perspective, so he’s saying everybody else (including aliens) simply do not possess the skill to pull off a pass making contact and running rival wide? So clean passes are less difficult by that convoluted logic. He believes because others have resorted, therefore they are incapable. No other possible explanation? Curvy, the short quip artist repeatedly telling us to become fans of another sport (an the less original follow suit) but make no case other than the move was “hard”. Well no .... Sherlock, and you can add fair, and legal, but how exactly is this invitation a rebuttal for our characterization of the move? I guess it’s hard to get that much logic in one sentence.
And its not like we don’t have any history to go on, we can all point to at least three other similar moves (this by far the most mild) that have gone into lore. And yes, the same peeps tell us they were precise and not desperate, as if sending a guy into the gravel or himself taking a gravel shortcut was intentionally precise. So this is enough anybody needs to know about their logic stemming from this unique perspective about the man.
Oh, and Babel, who’s unique vision can see the internals of a bike and the millimeter hand actions of riders standing from behind a chain link fence at a GP, yes this guys is outraged that one tries to compare the premier national level racing to GP. Certainly no comparison can be made, right? (Sarcasm) But you can claim credibility to your opinion because you have club raced at some .... circuit with most likely .... competition from wherever .... hole you’re from with a riding season about near equal to the riding season at the north pole. Newsflash superman club racer, you actually can extrapolate comparisons when it comes to the mechanics of basic passing as the rules of physic and racing craft don’t cease to exist simply because they cease to exist in your mind.
Talpa, Rossiofsky, and Factory, I don’t have enough Internet space to tell you just how wrong you boys are today.
You guys just can’t stand for somebody to characterize Rossi’s move other than perfect. Take a look at your replies, you are arguing nothing other than trying to convince peeps these were not desperate moves. You guys dismiss this idea of professional etiquette, but in the same breath discount others for similar ..... BTW, take a look at the post race podium interview, listen to your boy complain about his bike. I’m sure you didn’t notice it, but yes, he is capable of complaining similar to the .... you guys claim about Stoner. In the end, Nicky didn’t complain about the move. Unlike Rossi did when referring to Elias. Perhaps you may want to cut & past everything you guys have said here and direct all your overreaction to VR’s fan club email, since everything you guys have said here applies.
Whether you guys want to accept it or not, there is racing etiquette. Rossi himself aluded to it when he complained about Elias' move at Trukey. You guys just believe only Rossi has never overstepped that unwritten racing professionalism. That's what you guys are desperate to argue. That's what this thread has become about. Yes, the racing was spectacular, no doubt. And its also ok to characterize a move as desperate to decide the podium. Its part of the discussion, except in the minds of some.