Well, I'm not disputing that MM rode into Rossi, but the alleged kick happened after MM rode into VR's leg... After that they came apart and MM was moving backwards relative to Rossi, at which point Rossi's leg had not begun to move. They were not touching when Rossi's leg started to move and look carefully at the timing of VR's leg movement and the movement of MM's handlebars.
How can an elbow, which is in the middle of an arm, attached at one end to a shoulder and to the throttle hand at the other, "hook" Rossi's leg?? For ....'s sake...
It seems like MM rode into VR's leg to piss him off and to try to get him out of the way. He's always been physically aggressive like that, but the rules are so ridiculously subjective that it's hard to control that... Although he was sanctioned a few times. And it's not clear if it's illegal or not. It was even a subjective application of the rule that they wrote VR up on. The terms in the cited rule are irresponsible and unsafe. Completely subjective.
You can put whatever context around it you like and justify it with all kinds of supposition but for me it's a very important point: was there a kick? The evidence is strongly suggestive in the affirmative. Look at the slow mo and follow my analysis and tell me you can't see it.
