<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Sep 16 2008, 10:35 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>You're welcome.
I see you quoted my post but not sure if you read it carefully. Please highlight the part where I said the race was stopped BECAUSE OF/FOR THE SAKE OF Rossi. Here, I'll quote myself below:
What I'm saying here is a response to those few saying the race was stopped in Hayden's favor, that the very same thing could be implied in Rossi's favor. BTW, it wasn't just Rossi dealing with the dangerous condition and effecting his riding, other midpackers, who's health is just a worthy to maintain were getting bent by the winds.
The moment you are probably talking about was another incident, it was caused by Rossi coming in contact with the paint (I think this is the one your are referring to). Not sure what lap that was, but it wasn't lap 10, I'm fairly certain of that off of memory, but I'll check.
I said "hydroplaned", that means he hit accumulating water.
Anyway, do you understand the point I was making now? In other words, (for the third time hoping you understand the watered down explanation)
<if> one is gonna believe that the race was stopped for the sake of Hayden,
then by that same logic, one
must accept that
this could have been as well done for Rossi. Perhaps it just the Hayden haters suggesting this, but then again, Lorenzo has had two major injuries, I'm sure passing Hayden in those conditions would have not been easy and the risk would have been something to consider. But like I said in my original post, we don't know what would have happened. So if you gonna have people speculate about one, then it follow we can speculate about the other...which is the reason you took issue with my post. Now seeing that you are a Rossi fan, I doubt you would accept the ladder, so it follows then (again logic) that neither or both were either red flagged because of weather or preservation of positions exclusively. Again, I believe it was weather causing the dangerous conditions that led to the red flag. And you could have also gathered from my last sentence in my post: "Rossi got a
well deserved win." of what I think about the race.
And if you or another person
are tempted to think it was for the preservation of position, we don't know what the reaction of either Hayden or Lorenzo would have been for the next few laps, keep in mind Rossi struggled for a few laps to pass Dovi and then Hayden. Changing conditions were a factor. As a matter of fact, if you watch the race again, you will see that after Rossi had gapped Hayden, on one lap near the end Hayden made up some time. So as you can see, conditions and lap times were changing as did the extreme weather conditions.
Now you get my perspective?
Thanks again Jumkie for your explaining!
Ok, I understand it now better. I thought maybe you hadn`t watched the race on tv, and you meant that other moment.( Sorry! my mistake)
I am with you , that all the riders had problem with riding in that wether, and i expected also a redflag even a little earlier, but perhaps they wanted to make sure that the race was over 2/3 of it before redflaging it.
Anyway, since Rossi mentioned only one moment of his, i thought maybe it`s been that one ,that we watched, But now i believe your words for it.
I really dont think they stopped the race for the sake of Hayden, because even if Lorenzo had overtaken him, Hayden would still finish on the podium, and there is almost no different between 2nd
and 3rd. (I mean a podium is a podium when it goes over the 2nd and 3rd places and it`s between 2 riders that are not fighting for the lead in the championship)
So, Thanks again
