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he is sill significantly better than top 8...
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If you live in a glass house don't throw rocks.
he is sill significantly better than top 8...
.Yeah, wheres the picture of Uccio scolding the world champion while Jarvis cowers in the background!?
So it wasn’t Uccio who told MM to .... off out of Rossi’s garage post-race after the Argentina incident, earning Yamaha’s displeasure to the extent that they reportedly felt the need to rein him in ?.
I am a guy who posts on an Internet bike racing forum. Why, who are you?.He most likely had Rossi’s approval to do so. Rossi could have even told him to say that. And if anyone at Yamaha with power that was present at the time namely Jarvis thought that he was out of line for doing so, don’t you think they would have interfered and put him in his place? Like whoa who do you think you are?! Unless Jarvis is afraid of Uccio and Uccio runs Yamaha garage.
And Puig dragging Marc like a little kid there to apologize, that was not the right move either.
I am a guy who posts on an Internet bike racing forum. Why, who are you?.
It was well reported that the Yamaha top brass were displeased..
I am a guy who posts on an Internet bike racing forum. Why, who are you?.
It was well reported that the Yamaha top brass were displeased..
Links?
I don’t recall seeing anything of that sort on the usual Motorsports news sites.
I think you misunderstood what I said, I wasn’t asking who you think you are . I was thinking what Jarvis could have said to Uccio. Like “hey, who do you think you are?!”
Not sure of top dogs being displeased but Jarvis himself said that was not the time and place and that Marc if he wanted to apologize should have waited for things to cool down a bit.
There is rather strong precedent involving a much more egregious error by Rossi; MM did at least take is helmet off.
It was very definitely reported. Like all these things it depends what you want to believe, but that applies to those on both sides of this long argument. I am not good at links, but the report by an Italian journalist is easily googled, and I believe is under:-
https://imotorbike.my/news/2018/04/motogp-yamaha-warns-uccio-for-his-behavior
More generally, what we have is a direct statement by Uccio in an interview that it was he who discerned MM's "cheating" at PI 2015, no suspicions from Rossi post race on the day, no answer to Povol's request at the time for a date stamped comment from anyone at all casting any doubt on MM's conduct in that race prior to a certain press conference 5 days later for that matter, and video footage of Uccio dismissing MM from the garage post race at Argentina, fairly clearly saying .... off even with my rudimentary lip-reading skills, with Rossi well in the background. All of the preceding is completely factual, while your fellow traveler apparently just has absolute knowledge, presumably drawn directly from the ether, that Uccio is just fantasising about the PI 2015 matter and that Uccio had Rossi's approval to tell MM to .... off. If the latter is true that makes Rossi a complete hypocrite anyway, btw.
The parallels with Rossi’s Ducati adventure continue. As was the case with Rossi in 2012, I strongly doubt Jorge has suddenly lost his talent and am confident he is still significantly better than top 8 on a suitable bike, including being better than Rossi were he to return to the Yamaha factory team. I also doubt he has Carmelo batting for him to regain such a ride though.
I do understand your view but in those kind of situations people tend to be emotional and temperamental. I agree we should expect class and sportsmanship at that level of competition and that they should set an example etc, but they are all still human beings. Perhaps not the best analogy but if some dude is pushing his way through, he trips your friend at a bar and your friend falls and breaks his nose are you gonna punch the guy that did it or let him apologize to your buddy if he tries to do so?
Not sure if you follow boxing but situations where members of boxer’s entourages do questionable things happen all the time. Like few months ago when Jose Uzcategui punched Andre Dirrell after the bell and knocked him out, then Dirrell’s uncle trainer sucker punches Jose couple of times. Some will say that’s outrageous, he should be arrested.... some would say hey that’s what he gets, a dirty punch for a dirty punch. Or when Zab Juda dog punched Floyd and uncle Roger started a brawl.
While I don’t necessarily approve of what transpired in the Yamaha garage and I am of the opinion that top tier racers should all respect each other, I do understand people reacting and being protective over their friends. And again if Yamaha had an issue with what Uccio did they should have done something about it. I think Marc took his helmet off since he walked from his garage to Rossi’s. After races I see some guys keeping their helmets on for long time especially if they are mad.
I see a sole piece of unverifiable info from a journalist no one has heard of on a malaysian site, citing no sources. That’s not “Widely reported” as you previously claimed.
I see a sole piece of unverifiable info from a journalist no one has heard of on a malaysian site, citing no sources. That’s not “Widely reported” as you previously claimed.
Surely Lorenzo cant stay under those conditions .... and surely Ducati cant use Lorenzo .... he clearly does not gel with their bike. That whole senario in totally untenable.
Just hire Petrucci and be done with it.
Mind you I cant say he'll improve as it'll just be badge change.
Miller would have been a bike upgrade. Which he appears to have anyway now so we will see Pramac Duc. Step it up .... but theoretically not Factory Duc.
What a wacko situation.
To be honest if Lorenzo doesnt go Suzuki or even HRC ..... its a waste of possibly the only guy who could go near Marquez.
Well he doesn’t necessarily need Carmelo. When he was leaving Yamaha he left on good terms and if I remember correctly Jarvis said he’s welcome back to Yamaha if he chooses to do so. Unless Uccio vetoes the move somehow .....I personally would like the two of them on the same bike again and see if the rumors of Rossi copying Jorge’s bike setups are true. Even if it’s a satellite team with factory spec bike. I’m sure if he’d start winning again and is consistently outperforming Rossi and Vinales he’s back to factory team in no time.
I was referring to Rossi's incident with Stoner at Jerez 2011, a much more optimistic move than MM's at Argentina 2018. I actually think after such incidents it is a no win situation for the offending rider, they will be criticised both if they apologise and if they don't apologise, but it is harsh imo for a Rossi fan to take issue with MM for the timing of his apology given the precedent set by Rossi himself in almost identical circumstances, except that he didn't even make the corner without any involvement of Stoner, whereas MM was on an entirely feasible line at an entirely feasible speed.