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His team disputed the decision and appealed - whilst unpalatable (IMO) it is the right thing for the team (any team) to do when a judgement goes against you as this is business and in business you take no prisoners as it is all about results.
As for not accepting responsibility, that goes with the territory in so many ways as these guys are hard nuts and will see no wrong in what they do, no matter how wrong it will appear to ourselves as uninvolved observers.
Mind you, not that I can find it (haven't tried to hard) I do seem to recall he was asked about the incident a few years later (may have been around 2013/2014) and he acknowledged that HE should have avoided it. From memory it may even have been a tv interview prior to PI in one of those years when talk was around memories of the circuit
I have developed considerable respect and admiration for MM now, but continue to take a hard line view of that incident, which was both stupid and very dangerous imo. The only excuse is that he was a teenager at the time, and it was a team of supposed adult professionals who sent him out.
I have stated my view on the incident many times and without going to my usual over the top detail, he got a feather slap when the situation called for a heftier individual and team penalty.
Yamaha's job is (or was back then) to appeal, whether they believed it a just penalty or not, the job is to do what is best by them and their rider/s, thus to appeal you may end up with a better result.
Sure as fans we may say WTF (and rightly so in some cases) but at this level, you appeal no matter what as you use it as a tactic
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I disagree. Many businesses claim 'integrity' (honor) as part of their business and marketing model. Yamaha not appealing would have been the right and honorable thing to do. I was actually surprised at Yamaha's handling of the whole debacle. You don't have to stand by your employee when he clearly makes the brand look bad. Let's be honest, they stood behind him because Rossi is popular.
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What businesses say and what they do are two completely different things altogether.
Many businesses make claims that may be righteous but in reality they will do whatever it takes to achieve the aim of increasing productivity or income no matter whom it may hurt or the moral outrage should the truth become public knowledge.
Yamaha had every right to appeal and thus took that opportunity and as I have said, I would expect nothing less of them under the circumstances, whether I agree or feel that they have valid cause may well be a different thing altogether.
Yamaha's failing in the specific situation were not the appeal, it was subsequent action/inaction (depends on the side of the fence) to gain control of the situation.
As for the highlighted, you will never see or hear me disagree .............. I have been one of many in this forum that has said similar (all eggs, one basket)
* In terms of business I refer to larger organisations as many mum&dad type businesses to live by the values that they espouse
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