Gaz, it's not a line in the sand MM crossed, but he to will probably one day be riding for a championship, and if there is karma or a god, some rider who just doesn't want that prick to win will just hold him up and change the outcome of the series, making MM come in 2nd or worse.
Totally agree, he has set the tone for how he should be treated if.when a similar situation arises (assuming that by that time the rules have not been clarified or changed to stop the situation ...... and we know that rules get changed from time to time)
No offense, every competitor is signed on to the goal of winning and finishing as best they can, to say MM has no responsibility to compete for the win, is effectively endorsing the behavior of sandbagging a race to harass another rider. I am sure the organization you "administer" or "officiate" rewards participants for the goal of harassing other riders because said rider is no longer a viable overall winner. If you as an official and do endorse that, you should not be in the racing game. You just rely on those participants to "do the right thing" is that it? you officiate chess matches, checkers? wtf?
Now show me where I say he has no obligation to try for the best result possible ............... you can't because I don't
The point you may be overlooking is that the same rules should apply at round 1, as apply at the last round. Now, if we agree on that then the years where Rossi hung back and played with opponents could have caused issues that led to that second rider losing championship points that would have been critical at years end, ergo the actions of VR could have impacted the championship
I do like your approach, assumption included with attempted denigration and just to continue for your benefit I may indeed officiate at Checkers but last I looked they didn't have motors, two wheels and nor were they capable of speeds nearing 300kmh
You can think i'm a VR46 bleed yellow guy all you want, but MotoGP missed the mark here, every rider on that grid is wasting there time if the press princess MM can just ride roughshot over anyone he chooses because this classless overrated ...... doesn't like who's winning.
The situation now is little different to that of years past with another media darling who was alleged and perhaps treated as bigger than the sport, just that todays alleged darling is a different person who seems to have ruffled many a feather
You don't seem to have any response to MM's laptimes, you know the fast ones in qualifying and the first few of the race? then he suddenly sees his board and suddenly the honda can't run a full lap without rubbing blue paint on it.
I have plenty of responses.
One being that qualifying is not racing and as such qualifying laps are relatively meaningless in the big scheme o racing as during QP you are generally not fighting for position on a racetrack as the slow riders make room and so on.
Have said for years and will say again - practice is practice only as when the flag drops the bullsh*t stops.
If we were to look at pure practice times and determine where riders would finish thence VR would not have been near the podium in PI but we know that his race craft will compensate for others being faster at times
MM is generally quick from the get go in practice whilst VR is known to start slower and then improve his laptimes as he gets the bike to both his and the tracks liking so let us look at FP1/FP2 in that sense.
Which leaves the remain FP and WUP sessions where MM was faster.
Of course, none of this matters come race day as that is a different day, time of day meaning track conditions and hell, it could well rain could it not.
IMHO, no action after MM's CHOICE of going after VR, were anyone's fault but MM's. VR is the points leader after 17 races, MM is pointless in this series for the overall win. All Season he says he's just going to go for the race wins, and his laptimes show it, contantly getting better and/or staying consistent at the front. Provided he didn't crash.
This one race he hammers out some fast laps and then starts going backwards, shockingly ending up in an altercation he created himself. No offense, he tipped into VR, VR was in front, it's MM's responsibility to get around VR not VR's responsibility to let MM get around him. That turn, had NO shortage of run off, Marquez wanted to play the victim here, and you soft brained losers bit on it hook like and sinker.
See, Rossi himself stated that he slowed to a 'near stop' (refer earlier post from one of the Rossi fans) and as such he contributed to the issue that occurred. It was this together with his ADMISSION (yes, Rossi admitted) that he was trying to force MM wide that meant that RD penalised him and only him (as quite simply once again in crayon - MM did not break any written rules of the sport)
If you re-read my posts going back some way you will see the way I see the incident and one of which is I have no issue with VR riding MM wide (go on, use that search function). My issue was and remains with the undue slowing of the bike (Rossi admits to coming to a near stop ..... that is not me making that up but he said it as quoted elsewhere) on what had become by Rossis actions (again, nothing wrong with them) MM's line. MM accelerated because he was trying to drive through the turn just as one would have expected a racer to do but instead he collided with a SLOW Yamaha that was placed there by Rossi who quite frankly and paraphrasing his own comment was having a dummy spit ('I wanted to let him know WTF')
Now personally, I would rather be soft brained than that so focused on my god that I cannot see that he may have participated in and/or contributed to the issue.
Show me in the rules were your not allowed to look at another rider? Forward or back, I don't see it. It does have some info in there about hitting another rider, even if your in a block pass situation. Several of which nearly cause VR to crash earlier in the race. Riders look at the bike they are putting a block pass on all the time. Tell me how many positions on the starting grid Crutchlow lost for taking out Dovi? Because we are following the letter of the rule book right?
There was contact between MM and VR, and as it turns out you can hear and see on the telemetry that MM caused it. Yet your defending MM who drove into VR from behind.
Likewise you show me the rule that says that a rider is not allowed to slow and speed up at their will and/or compete with any other rider they see fit.
Of course there is no rule regarding head positioning or looking at riders, but I ask this (and expects some insulting smart arse reply) but show me any other footage of VR or other riders looking to the left 3 times in 2 seconds whilst going through a right hand corner.
So you have access to the telemetry I take it - you must of you can see and hear it (Telemetry does not have audio btw)
And no, I am not defending MM. Again, please show me where I say he is blameless.
I do enjoy being called blinded by a person who seems to be more one sided that I
