Naughty Yamaha

moto vudu said:

If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.

Remember when HRC was freezing the some of the fuel in the tanks so that they could get around the maximum fuel load rule and run a more aggressive engine mapping.

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That is one of the most cynically ugly and false memes ever promoted. Applying that lack of ethics perverts sport into war. If cheating is permissible to fix results, we might as
well watch wrestling. Mind you, I'm not saying that sentiment is yours per se. It's just one of those things that gets my hackles up.

The intent of the limit on motors was based on good intentions, the very thing the road to Hell is paved with. In many ways efforts to limit costs for racing have had unfortunate consequences, but they're largely outweighed by the good ones; ie, more seriously competitive teams and making room for more new riders to move up to the premier class. It's a trade-off.

misfit said:

The only excuse for A is where the money is.

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Exactly and just why the sport is run by corrupt entitites... want proof?

Well Vinales has had to take a 6th engine, so going by the ruling aka "Valve Gate", the rider has done nothing wrong and as such shouldn't be punished. So why is he starting from Pit Lane?

Surely because the engine has had to be replaced that is down to the manufacturer - so why don't they just dock points from the Manufactuer???

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RossiSucchia said:

Exactly and just why the sport is run by corrupt entitites... want proof?

Well Vinales has had to take a 6th engine, so going by the ruling aka "Valve Gate", the rider has done nothing wrong and as such shouldn't be punished. So why is he starting from Pit Lane?

Surely because the engine has had to be replaced that is down to the manufacturer - so why don't they just dock points from the Manufactuer???

oops

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Team/Manufacturer/Rider both rise and fall together. Fact is Vinales benefitted from illegally installed valves. I seriously doubt he didn't know. If he didn't - it's the people who did the valve work that he should have a grievance with.

RossiSucchia said:

Exactly and just why the sport is run by corrupt entitites... want proof?

Well Vinales has had to take a 6th engine, so going by the ruling aka "Valve Gate", the rider has done nothing wrong and as such shouldn't be punished. So why is he starting from Pit Lane?

Surely because the engine has had to be replaced that is down to the manufacturer - so why don't they just dock points from the Manufactuer???

oops

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It goes both ways. If the rider falls off the bike, the constructor championship suffers. If the rider gets a penalty and it affects his race result, again the constructor championship suffers. You cannot separate rider from bike in a team effort.