For those of you mistaken about Ducati's team orders, and Lorenzo supposedly giving up a win, etc.; ya'll must have suspended in your minds the clear pattern that you've been seeing all year for Dovi and Lorenzo. No Ducati team orders were necessary because Dovi won the race without the need for any assistance! Dovi benefited from Lorenzo backing off as much as Marquez "backed off" the duel at Japan and Austria, in other words, it didn't happen, Lorenzo had no choice in the matter because he got beat straight up by Dovi.
Where are you guys getting this "fact" that Ducati executed team orders? They didn’t need to because the same pattern played out that Dovi has done for most of his wins, patiently sit back, conserve fuel and tires, then pounce in the last few laps and take the win. Lorenzo almost went down for .... sake, that was interpreted as team orders? Absurd! Lorenzo didn’t observe "team orders" any more than 'pole man' Pedrosa did at Sepang! Pedrosa pulled over as much as Lorenzo did, that is, they did NOT because each of them got beat straight up by their teammates. Why aren't ya'll talking about Honda team orders? Oh yeah, because that's absurd, yet Pedrosa was on pole. Why didn't Marquez just beat Zarco and press the issue? Isn't alien Marquez better than Zarco? Perhaps he conceded the position because of the risk reward was rather obvious, similarly, Lorenzo on the limit could have easily ended in an Iannone moment if he pushed.
Mapping Ate. That's what ya'll did, ate it hook line sinker, except it wasn't some mystery message for us to go all Illuminati. Who gets lighting starts and then burns up tires and fuel and drops pace? We don't even need to look it up: Lorenzo. Who sits back, thinks the situation through, let's people run up front and patiently conserves tires and fuel? You don't need to look it up: Dovi. We're supposed to believe this was some exceptional anomaly to the pattern that has played out all season? Have ya'll been talking to Uccio?
Ducati had admitted they spoke about various scenarios, we knew this already, but the need never actually materialized because Dovi managed the race win against Lorenzo in the same way he managed it against Marquez, except the last lap duel was done and dusted on an almost crash by Lorenzo. That doesn't mean Ducati would have instituted team orders if necessary, but the scenario never made it to this stage because Dovi eliminated the need for this possibility by wining exactly like most of his other 5 wins this year. Ya'll act like Lorenzo could have beat Dovi as a foregone conclusion, reminds me of those accusing Marc of refusing to pass Lorenzo at Valencia 15. They got rid of Iannone for this exact reason, and hired Lorenzo because he understands much better risk reward, Lorenzo was almost on his ... at Malaysia when Dovi passed. He didn’t fake an almost crash to let Dovi by, his pace didn't suffer because of some mysterious message that was rather not so mysterious, the message being: yo, you're burning up your fuel, tires, it's late in race, conditions are changing, this is our suggested map...you know, like we have always done with pit boards 'mode change" since electronic mapping adjustments were introduced back in the day. What the hell is so odd about something so normal, yeah real odd mystery not. Which btw, often coincides with burning up tires, something Lorenzo has been on record saying was an issue. This wasn't Petrux going into orbit to let Rossi through at Valencia 15, Lorenzo's moment was real, he was on the limit, the front was becoming an issue as is normal at late stage in races. He said as much, the front was on the limit, well no .... for a guy that is renoun for being front tire dependent.
Team orders my .... Dovi won straight up.
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