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Intent to run Marquez wide is not intent to make direct contact with him. Rossi had plenty of opportunities to hit Marquez, but when the contact actually occurred Rossi had quit ....... with Marquez and got back on the throttle to complete the turn.
There are riders are running each other wide at every race and for sure some of it is done intentionally... but they usually never admit to it so we just call it a "racing incident".
You're not understanding this.
Once you have the intent to run MM wide, and follow through on that intent, everything else that happens is a direct result of that initial action. Therefore Rossi was fully at fault for the contact that occurred, and for MM going down. If he takes that corner normally, no such thing happens.
Running wide at other races?
This was not a traditional block pass. Engaging in false equivalence arguments doesn't strengthen your claims, it only further detracts from them.
You're really doing your absolute best to be the American Daniboy eh?