Rossi totally believes what he said about P.I or no way he'd even dream of mentioning it,no gain WHATSOEVER by mentioning it...
Totally agree .. 100% and have said so many times
Marquez obviously hated it so ...... Rossi over in Sepang, whether he was breaking rules or not he rode like a .... to piss Rossi off, he was far far more aggressive and the final nose cut 2mm from Rossi's front wheel made him see red and cause the incident by slowing them...
No doubt he id not like the accusation ........... after all, that is all it is and personally I do not blame him for not liking the discussion.
No doubt it was red rag to a bull kind of stuff
The fact he broke no written rules is the crux ........ he cannot be punished or penalised by RD (how other riders treat him is up to them)
As for the passes, they are every day passes and whilst yes, they may have been more agressive it is the type of pass we see week in and week out when the two involved are not best friends and are 'old school hard' type of riders. I have seen Rossi do them to people, I have seen Marquez, I have seen Lorenzo.
Rossi was in the wrong no question for slowing MM and pushing him wide, I'm of the opinion MM crashed of his own accord but Rossi influenced it by forcing him there...
I believe (and have stated before here and elsewhere) that MM accelerated to continue racing, whereas Rossi at that stage had seen beyond red and was no longer 'racing'. Paths crossed due to the actions of each.
Therefore Rossi deserves a penalty but he feels he didn't directly contact MM to make him crash,he feels MM crashed himself so he feels 3 penalty points are too severe....
I said somewhere else, to me 3 points is not severe enough
But I also felt that Stoner's 5k fine for the RdP incident was manifestly inadequate ........ when I comes to penalties I prefer the significant penalty so that it acts as a deterrent.
RD believe he deserved 3 points so fair enough...Hanika got 5 for causing a big crash involving broken bones admitting he wanted to cause injury to the other rider!!.......So does Rossi deserve 3? He doesn't think so......
Hanika got off very lightly (as did MM at PI for the Willarott incident)
My opinion is that until RD put solid penalties in place for this type of action then there is no deterrent and the critical act of a penalty is to deter recourrences
As for CAS, Rossi will start from his qualifying position as I have said many times (and rightfully as the whole penalty is under appeal and as such, it should be BAU until determined)