How will Rossi handle Valencia race ?

WVMotoGP99 said:

If Rossi doesn't win, then it will be a Oliver Stone movie staring Robert Patterson.

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payne by name said:

The riders in front of Vale will open up like the parting of the red sea for him. He's on a far superior bike and none of them have the balls or political weight in the paddock to fight him or dare to be responsible for any form of delay. He'll make 10 places in the first lap and be up to 5th or 6th by the end of the second lap.

Then all the media and commentators will start the usual sycophancy about how amazing it is that he managed to fight his way through the crowd, they'll forget the reason why he was at the back and the whole world will be willing him to win against the nasty, arrogant, spoilt, whining, arrogant (just some of the descriptors that I've heard) Lorenzo.

They might even start talking about a film of his life before the chequered flag.

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payne by name said:

It will be a rough day for him. Whatever the outcome, he'll be painted as the villain whilst Rossi will be 'Rocky Rossi' heroically portrayed as the underdog battling his way through the field of aggressors when in reality they'll be tripping over themselves to get out of his way.

I can already hear the endless apologists "What Rossi did was wrong but his performance in coming through the field cements him as the GOAT". It will be galling and sickening to listen to.

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xx CURVE xx said:

.... it... like this.

Rossi in Valencia - Gfycat

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ovidiurosb said:

Rossi will not risk his life or others on the track. Never has done that. And yes, it will be present on Valencia and I hope it will be a wet race

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moto3 said:

He asked Pedrosa after Aragon and Iannone after PI not to put hard battle on him. I bet he is making phone calls to fellow GP riders to pave him away at Valencia. I wonder who will obey. I hope Jack, Pol, and Cal will do their usual races.

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Dr No said:

Got a link? I want to read that.

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There have been three episodes this season, starring the championship leader, Valentino Rossi, backstage, no cameras, no microphones, denoting, finally, that the idol of masses of flesh and blood. So far it is only known a big mistake in his career, which he committed in the last race of the 2006 season , when the championship was played with Nicky Hayden in Valencia and fell to the ground without anyone to take out of their boxes as it happened Sunday.

He was not known weaknesses and foibles. Then came Marc Márquez, that guy does not want to Rossi, but mischievous smiles when compared with it, that that continues to beat records of Italian, that with only 22 years has already reached 50 victories. Rossi suffers not by pushing the Catalan young, or at least not suffer as much by the success of that as this is not called meta-or where it believes that of Tavullia- and interfere in its plans to seal his career, the best driver of all time, with one-tenth the 2015 crown.

Italy suffers because he escapes time, because too much about his rival, Jorge Lorenzo, and because they find the missing tenths him on the track, so it resorts to its usual weapons, which are not all on the road. And for this you need to deviate from its path the other pilots. And as they do, sees ghosts where none exist. So he faced Pedrosa, has managed to silence Iannone and Márquez has kicked. The tension felt with his own hands in Misano, where there was no or a pin, as their countrymen wanted to see him succeed and attend a year of his return. That was the first race of the season in which he fell off the podium. He accused the pressure and everything started to deteriorate since.

In Aragon, after losing a delicious mourning (for the viewer) with Pedrosa, who declined to give his arm twisted and tried to infinity over again and back, he had to settle for third place. Publicly acknowledged that fought just as well that a young wild boar -and thanked the afición- because to compete with Lorenzo, who won, was not the same race to finish second to third.

What happened in private is that they went to look for his box Pedrosa after the race to demand an explanation of why he had shown so hard to overtake that day. As if he was the only driver eligible to win a duel. Something similar to what was done with Marquez after the race at Phillip Island. Rossi went to the party that usually celebrates Honda on the island and demanded explanations from the world champion overtake stop him, get him away from Lorenzo (presumably intentionally, according to his theory) and also asked him why he wanted to win the Mallorcan World. The same theory then explain, as in Sepang, in a press conference that went around the world .
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The best shot by Manuel Jabois
The Italian press: "It is too easy to blame"
Rossi: "I just wanted to give Marc a warning"

A Rossi irritates especially lately, even the fans. Although always gave the image of being one of the athletes that has many followers deal with, you feel that you decentralize at grands prix. So after a meeting of the security committee, as there is every Friday Grand Prix, made ​​a proposal to the Executive Director of Dorna, Carmelo Ezpeleta: he wants the fans paddock closes with guest pass from six in the afternoon. There are circuits in which the presence of followers goes largely unnoticed; in others, as in Misano this year, for example, he had Rossists stationed at the door of hospitality Yamaha until after ten o'clock at night, waiting to see their idol through a crack. I could not even eat a ribeye quiet.

Sunday, Rossi finally lost the case to take to the track with Marquez kicked. But either has not realized or will not admit it, even if it took a while feels the pressure from Argentina, when he realized that he could fight for the World Cup. He creates seeking him tickle, something he always loved to do. "When there were fights like this, Valentino always said that the races were this now has changed his address. It's a bit contradictory. But he is playing the title, I have never been champion of MotoGP, so this is a time of I should learn, "said Pedrosa after the race.

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fairandsquare said:

YES.

1. First of all the one penalty point that VR got for blocking JL at qualifying should be removed. This had zero impact on JL pole position and it is totally unfair that VR got the points.

2. Secondly, MM should be given 3 penalty points for deliberately blocking and hitting VR multiple times all through the race. If VR did fall, everyone would be cheering for MM.

Question:
Why are MM fans saying everything is done as a favor to VR? When Race Direction obviously only punished VR? MM got away scott free. And JL by screaming his head off at the qualifying made RD give VR a point.

Clearly JL and MM are the one making the decisions in their favor. So the favoritism is towards JL and MM. Not VR.

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fairandsquare said:

YES.

1. First of all the one penalty point that VR got for blocking JL at qualifying should be removed. This had zero impact on JL pole position and it is totally unfair that VR got the points.

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2. Secondly, MM should be given 3 penalty points for deliberately blocking and hitting VR multiple times all through the race. If VR did fall, everyone would be cheering for MM.

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Question:
Why are MM fans saying everything is done as a favor to VR? When Race Direction obviously only punished VR? MM got away scott free. And JL by screaming his head off at the qualifying made RD give VR a point.

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Clearly JL and MM are the one making the decisions in their favor. So the favoritism is towards JL and MM. Not VR.

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