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I got some sleep, ran a couple of errands, and have had more time to think about this.
Genuine question here, if what VR claims about MM purposely trying to hold him up to cost him the title is 100% accurate --this should not be taken as an effort to absolve VR because it's not-- how does such a thing even get handled?
There's nothing explicitly prohibiting it in the rules. Bikes in battle can turn out slower lap times due to not being on the ideal racing line, so using slower lap times as a smoking gun doesn't hold weight.
What do you do in MM's case if the allegations are true? Trying to ruin someone's title over what started in Argentina, carried to Assen, and went on through the various pressers is unethical.
Someone made what I thought was an interesting point to me, if this tangle was between MM and JL, most people would have been going ballistic over MM showing his dirty colors once again.
In the overall scheme of MotoGP, VR and MM in spite of the outward appearances were a combination of oil and water. The seeds for the incident today in Sepang were planted at the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca 2013. Since we're not privy to what truly goes on, on the circuit, I don't know if there have been other incidents that we simply are not aware of that went on from Laguna '13 all the way to Sepang '15 and if this was the inevitable conclusion when you put two guys together who have no interest in giving an inch on anything if they believe they are right. When MM ran wide and let JL past, my first thought was, "Was that intentional?" not because of VR's presser, but because I've sensed MM has been looking for revenge ever since Assen. I think I might have said something back then about expecting MM to try and get payback for the final corner incident there. I don't think MM is a particularly bright guy with respects to considering anything beyond the present moment, whereas VR thinks beyond the present moment...MM I think wanted to stick it to VR ever since earlier this season. God only knows what words have been said between them in private. All we see is the external manifestation of a accumulation of things, most of which we never know of or see.
Genuine question here, if what VR claims about MM purposely trying to hold him up to cost him the title is 100% accurate --this should not be taken as an effort to absolve VR because it's not-- how does such a thing even get handled?
There's nothing explicitly prohibiting it in the rules. Bikes in battle can turn out slower lap times due to not being on the ideal racing line, so using slower lap times as a smoking gun doesn't hold weight.
What do you do in MM's case if the allegations are true? Trying to ruin someone's title over what started in Argentina, carried to Assen, and went on through the various pressers is unethical.
Someone made what I thought was an interesting point to me, if this tangle was between MM and JL, most people would have been going ballistic over MM showing his dirty colors once again.
In the overall scheme of MotoGP, VR and MM in spite of the outward appearances were a combination of oil and water. The seeds for the incident today in Sepang were planted at the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca 2013. Since we're not privy to what truly goes on, on the circuit, I don't know if there have been other incidents that we simply are not aware of that went on from Laguna '13 all the way to Sepang '15 and if this was the inevitable conclusion when you put two guys together who have no interest in giving an inch on anything if they believe they are right. When MM ran wide and let JL past, my first thought was, "Was that intentional?" not because of VR's presser, but because I've sensed MM has been looking for revenge ever since Assen. I think I might have said something back then about expecting MM to try and get payback for the final corner incident there. I don't think MM is a particularly bright guy with respects to considering anything beyond the present moment, whereas VR thinks beyond the present moment...MM I think wanted to stick it to VR ever since earlier this season. God only knows what words have been said between them in private. All we see is the external manifestation of a accumulation of things, most of which we never know of or see.
Tag team racing!
