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Estrogen blocker? Really Vudu? I responded to a bunch of erroneous points you tried to make in your post. Don't try to get too cute with the question marks, because your real belief is Lorenzo didn't put the effort in. You've said as much in the past, and openly questioning his effort/weakness has been your modus operandi over the past bunch of posts. Don't start trying to move the goal posts when you get called on it.
Rossi and Marquez are essential to this point as they are the two heaviest brakers currently on the grid. Marquez ran away with the race at the Sachsenring when he went to slicks because he was able to get the requisite heat into the front when the conditions were still variable enough to make it a very risky proposition.
Burgess made the comment that the SNS's were made to Rossi's preferences. The tires certainly were of massive benefit to anyone who could ride the hell out of the front. Toni Elias is very heavy on the brakes as a rider, and it's no surprise when he got Pedrosa's cast-offs (which Pedrosa couldn't make work, sound familiar?) he made the most of it.
I would say even to this day, Rossi is the absolute best late braker in GP, and it was true even years back during the previous Michelin era. Their tires have always been designed around a less than ideal front for most riders, while giving a ton of rear grip. The front gives feel if you are willing to try and brake as late as Rossi can, and most can't. So the rest are contingent on trying to get grip from warmer track temperatures, which poses a problem should a rider need to conserve the tire during the race since if you have to conserve, you start losing grip.
Mugello is irrelevant since 1) it was one of the only times I can recall Lorenzo was able to get the setup to brake that late and 2) ambient and track temperatures were high enough to make getting heat into the front far easier; 78 degrees air temperature, 120 degrees track temperature. Makes a world of difference if you're dealing with tires that are tough to heat up when the temperature starts dropping as was the case at Assen, and the Sachsenring. Funny thing, at the time, the Rossi fans insisted Lorenzo wasn't braking that late, and that Rossi could pounce any time he wished.
Funny how you make the estrogen comment, then close out your post to whine about this forum. You have about as much consistency as Rossi had at Ducati. It was a prediction I made, and got wrong. Big deal. I didn't spend endless posts arguing semantics as you just did. I admitted my prediction was wrong. Takes a man to admit being wrong.
Where is your evidence that the 2016 Michelins were made with one rider in mind? You keep going back to a different era.
I didn't whine about this forum, just acknowledged it's for bullshitting. I lift weights and although a test booster I'm taking is probably a waste of money... it has some estrogen blockers in it. That's why I'm so cool, calm, and collected.