<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mattsteg @ Jul 18 2009, 11:12 AM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Well, he
did take out Canepa in qualifying.
Hi Matt, not sure what
your point is (since you highlighted "did"); I don't think I would need to point out the WORLD OF DIFFERENCE in crashing in pouring down conditions,
behind the guy you
inadvertently hit, and during qual (as oppose to the penultimate race on the cusp of a championship). Most every highside you've seen in your life did NOT collect another rider. He was not trying to put some hard pass on Canepa. To say this crash was BIZARRE would be a gross understatement. (Again, not sure what
your point is above).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>Of course
he didn't sit there blaming Canepa and his bike had barely quit moving before
he was headed over to Canepa to apologize or check that he wasn't too badly ...... up.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JohnnyKnockdown @ Jul 18 2009, 05:57 AM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>You think Takacrashy is watching and wondering why
Nicky ran over to see if Canepa
is allright
True. This is the difference why Peders deserve all the .... he gets--he deserves it! Peder's character is not only ......, but its opposite of Nicky's. I'm reminded of the torpedo on the penultimate round at Portugal, it still gets me fired up. Piece of .... Peders takes out Nicky in a fit of blind jealously, then not only so much of a look in the direction toward the man he might have just killed, less injured. (I just watched the video several times). ....... Peders throws up his hands as if in disgust to Hayden for getting in his way, ....... amazing. Honda, even more stupid to favor this piece of .... and his .... pusher, will forever baffle me.
A case study in opposing character:
Nicky crashes a fellow rider, in what could only be called a bizarre circumstance, and Hayden's first reaction is to check on the rider.
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Check out the marshall trying to get Nicky out of harms way, but Hayden refuses and continues to show his concern for a fellow rider. (If you look at the video, you can detect a limp as Nicky comes over to check on Canepa).
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Racing aside, what does this tell you about the man's character?
AND HERE WE HAVE THE OPPOSITE!
Peders throws his hand up in disgust, as if the rider he just torpedoed was somehow to blame. He does not so much as even glance over to see if the rider who is laid out on the ground is ok. (I just watched the video for any sign of Peders glancing over, none what so ever). He only gets close enough to his bike to see if he can continue then about 5 feet from it, turns his back toward Nicky and walks off flailing his hands. (See the position of the marshals, not even arrived at the scene, who where running toward them).
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Peders turns his back! Take a look at the marshals running to the crash. They haven't even reached Peders bike, much less Nicky; when Peders turns his back, he makes his character known to the world (that is except the blind people who somehow chalk it up to a mere racing incident and have attached nothing about the man—Peders and this test of character). At this point, Peders has left his "teammate" for dead or alive, of no concern to him. He couldn't have known if Nicky would have started convulsing or been alright, because he had his back turned, and did so all the way to the fence. In fact, as if his dastard character had already not been revealed, he continued to flail his arms in disgust, as if to blame the man who was laying in the gravel behind him.
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This, ladies and gentlemen, is Pedrosa--the man; not just the racer. He is both small in stature and in decency. Make no mistake, he has NOT changed, he remains one in the same as his mentor, both vial and worthless in human terms.
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No, I haven't let it go.
