I don't recall a lapped CRT to specifically slow down casey conspiracy, although it was suggested that he would be stroppy about it which doesn't appear to have been the case. On the TV coverage here which I think is the official dorna coverage they showed stoner and lorenzo passing the lapped rider (easily on the straight as it happened). Nick harris was very quick to say this happened all the time in days of old if anyone wants to read anything into that, although it does have the virtue of being true. I think petrucci had an off, and estoril is a short circuit, so riders being lapped may not be a frequent occurrence.
I think dorna would prefer someone more marketable than stoner to be winning, but I think if anything they are niggling honda, and trying to help ducati and the crts (not unreasonably) rather than trying to stop stoner. They did actually change the bike weight over a year after setting the regulations, and while the new tyre was developed at the request of the riders bridgestone went with a preference other than that of the hrc riders; nakomoto did question why having developed the tyres they couldn't provide both. If honda are responsible for the bikes being over-engineered which seems a reasonable theory then I guess reining them in is good policy, although again it seems that extra cost is being generated in the name of cost saving.
