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Lorenzo has an injured hand, he probably did well just to finish, So I wouldn't count too much into it yet but Rossi was there to capitalize on it.
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Lorenzo has an injured hand, he probably did well just to finish, So I wouldn't count too much into it yet but Rossi was there to capitalize on it.
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Really? That surprises me... It's clealy Marco in the wrong then cz him and Rossi are practically bum buddies.
Congrats to Rossi, nice to see him working hard.
Feel sorry for Pedrosa, altough I am not sure that the panishment for Simoncelli was correct. As it looked to me, Dani stood up before hiting Simo, not sure why.
Aggresive passes by Lorenzo, especially in the beggining over Dovi, he lost the right to critisize any other rider for aggresive racing.
Feel sorry for Pedrosa, altough I am not sure that the panishment for Simoncelli was correct. As it looked to me, Dani stood up before hiting Simo, not sure why.
Aggresive passes by Lorenzo, especially in the beggining over Dovi, he lost the right to critisize any other rider for aggresive racing.
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This shows that the lighter riders have a real disadvantage being too fragile. I think any of the bigger riders (VR, Sic or Spies) would have walked away from that crash. How are the proponents of weight penalty going to account for this?
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My two cents:
Stupid move from Sic, Pedrosa had no room to go, it could only end in tears. I feel bad for Dani.
Still, the penalty was uncalled for. I believe this was a case of the race direction using the opportunity to set an example that recent claims of partisanship are unfounded.
Good podium for Rossi, but let's face it: if it weren't for Simonchelli, he'd finished 5th (and that's not accounting for Yamaha's horrible weekend) and he was 14+ seconds off the leader. Still a long way to go.
Stoner was perfect. I liked the fact that the marshals pushed him home in the pit-lane and padding his back with congratulations, regardless of his complaints after the Jerez-incident and punching their fellow countryman in WUP. Also liked that Stoner seemed to be genuinely concerned for Dani's championship chances. You get the feeling that Stoner, Pedrosa and Lorenzo have a strong sense of sportsmanship when it comes to that, they all seem to want to win in an honest fight.
Stupid move from Sic, Pedrosa had no room to go, it could only end in tears. I feel bad for Dani.
Still, the penalty was uncalled for. I believe this was a case of the race direction using the opportunity to set an example that recent claims of partisanship are unfounded.
Good podium for Rossi, but let's face it: if it weren't for Simonchelli, he'd finished 5th (and that's not accounting for Yamaha's horrible weekend) and he was 14+ seconds off the leader. Still a long way to go.
Stoner was perfect. I liked the fact that the marshals pushed him home in the pit-lane and padding his back with congratulations, regardless of his complaints after the Jerez-incident and punching their fellow countryman in WUP. Also liked that Stoner seemed to be genuinely concerned for Dani's championship chances. You get the feeling that Stoner, Pedrosa and Lorenzo have a strong sense of sportsmanship when it comes to that, they all seem to want to win in an honest fight.
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Not so sure. But VR was doing 1.34.3s comfortably in the first half of the race which was faster than JLs practice times (I guess around mid-to high 34s)
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Because i would have thought they needed the bikes in the garage before they could examin the bike onboard telemetry?
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Dani stood up because there was no more room. There was nothing he could have done to avoid that crash.
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One would have thought there was no other "reality" than that would you? ....... but then out comes Reg. with his theory
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Wait, so this wasn't just racing? Not a racing incident?
I think Sic made a bad move, sure, but we've seen plenty of those. So now, from this point on, we can assume race direction will start handing out penalties? I would welcome it. Its about time. Can they hand some out retroactively?
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Yes the Hondas are faster than Rossi (except may Dovi who is of similar pace to VR). But how could you discount Rossi finishing higher than Jorge on Yamaha's horrible weekend? Rossi improved nearly 1 sec over his practice times during the race. Yes the podium was fluke but finishng ahead of JL is not!!
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Not really. He'll have some aches and pains when he gets into his 50s but as long as he keeps fit
he'll be fine. I've fractured (not completely broken) both collar bones, both wrists, fractured 4
vertabrae in my lower back, completely broken my hip, suffered an A/B separation in my
left shoulder, chipped rotator cuff in the other and torn meniscus in my left knee. And
believe me I've never been in the kind of good shape that Dani is in.
Dovizioso said Lorenzo just outbraked himself and had nowhere else to go but on the inside. He said such things happen and does not consider the move unfair or dangerous.
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Why?
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Bum buddies yes, and also competitors. Rossi needs to first justify his podium. That's more important.
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Because of the aggressive and contact pass he made on Dovi
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