What?? If money was the factor, having Rossi WIN would be the way to make the most money for the organization. the penalty made it near impossible for him to win.
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What?? If money was the factor, having Rossi WIN would be the way to make the most money for the organization. the penalty made it near impossible for him to win.
I definitely agree with you that near impossible is not impossible, but if that was truly orchestrated by the powers that be, it's a huge gamble to take considering the strength of Rossi's competitors. No?
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That would have broken their own written rules and would have become a publicity nightmare. You cant openly allow a rider to put off punishment to enhance his chances of winning. If that were the case, everyone would be running people off course and deferring punishment to when it suited them best. RD had to punish Rossi, and they chose the slightest punishment possible under the rules. He should have been disqualified or been given a ride through, when in reality, he was not punished at all. He finished where he would have finished without penalty and got to keep Sepang points, the only difference was 25 seconds behind instead of 5 seconds. All the penalty did was give him a built in excuse as to why he blew a huge point lead in the last 4 races of the year.
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Dude.... the general belief is that docking Rossi 3 pts and let him start in last position is letting him off the hook easy. He should have been black flagged or a ride thru penalty in the Sepang race and that would effectively ended his title hope. Everybody knows he would pass everybody eventually and get 4th at the very leastin valencia. Rossi did admit running Marquez wide, so they had no choice but give him some sort of penalty therefore started at the back.
I don't believe Rossi is a tyrant of Motogp or anything like that but due to his popularity which generates money for Dorna, they want to feed their golden goose and favor him over other riders which is understandable from a financial point of view but for us suckers who have to buy a 100 bucks video pass to watch every year for the racing, we feel cheated and therefore angry or irritated lol .
Having said that , anybody on this forum who are not Rossi fan or hate him like ....(like me lol, and I was once a Rossi bopper), we all admit that Rossi a a great rider, despite being a drama queen and all that. Imagine how a Rossi fan like you would feel if Lorenzo was in Rossi shoes. You would hate Lorenzo like shiet. Heck you already hate him already even though he didn't really do anything except for having a sulking attitude sometimes. I like Lorenzo for his racing ability but never his personality and if that makes me a Lorenzo bopper, so be it.[emoji2]
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If that is the case then really he simply f*cked up, much like VR and JB did when they moved as they clearly underestimated the bike and perhaps over-estimated themselves when it came to that bike
Thing is, he only really needs to win a race or have a few more podiums and he has exceeded the results of Rossi but I suspect that if he were to do that he would classify himself as failed, he wants world titles
That said and as I said when the chatter first started, ego is likely the prime reason as all of these guys want, no NEED to prove how good they are to themselves, the fans and the hangers on alike and as we know to well, the age old theory (so hated by many) is that you need to win under different circumstances a few times (bikes etc)
True, but just as relevant is that 'you never know if you dont go' and so if, and I do mean IF JL wanted a challenge, then he has now taken on a good one.
As for riding styles, well as we know, some bike/chassis/tyre combinations work well for rider A but not so well for rider B , and like you I await how it all pans out.
I will also be interested to see if he takes any team members with him as this will also help him adjust/acclimatise whereas an all new team may take longer
Rossi speaks complimentary for all riders ............ until they become competitive enough to beat him, then the mood slowly and often subtly changes
It may be a type of performance clause in Suzuki's favour but one that may also guarantee Vinales a contract increase or performance bonus (all if correct of course)
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Viñalez is not bound by these insignificant documents called contracts. He walked out on a team before, no reason to stop now. Cuntslow had a 2 year contract too, it didn't mean .... after several crashes on the Ducati. I guess he thought the Ducati was responsible for those.
Viñalez would be a fool to pass up a seat at Yamaha, even as a number 2 (assuming Tossing doesn't use his chickenshit veto clause he writes into 'contracts'. Moving manufacturers can be easily done, contracts mean little to nothing, and in Rossi’s case, it helps to have the League's CEO acting as his personal sport's agent.
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To be fair Jums, I think the Crutchlow leaving Ducati benefited Ducati greatly so may have been more mutual than CC walking out (although he initiated it - did he have a 1+1 contract pr 2 years?)
Totally agree , this is a chance for Vinales to get into a competitive and successful team and sometimes you need to go backward to go forward.
If the opportunity comes along, he would be a fool to ignore it .......
Now, if only Yamaha were to approach Alex Marquez for a move up from moto2
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Vinales walked out on his team because his career manager who was the manager of the moto3 team he was riding for screwed him on a deal that would have benefited him.
That's why he walked and held back for a few races.
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Honest question... You just won the World Lottery and with 800 Trillion Dollars you just purchased the new MotoGP Team for 2017, TPS Motosports. You have two bikes. Great bikes. You can have any two riders out there today. Who are your two riders?
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Lorenzo and Marquez, currently the two fastest riders in the championship. Managed properly they would get along as a team with no favours to either rider.
Rossi on a 1+1 (my option) or 2 year deal - he will bring publicity and possibly sponsors which will offset my expenses and whilst yes, if it doesn't work out it may be bad publicity, at least my team will be world known
Lorenzo - I do not want Alzamora around my team
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I would take JLo and Marky Mark. Not a huge fan of Marky, but with all things being equal, how could you argue not putting the fastest two guys on your team.
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