What a load of crap - anybody who gets onto a MotoGP bike risks his own life as soon he hits the track. You obviously missed NH's previous pass on Dani. Talking about suspending or firing the expletive performance by NH in the gravel pit was hardly "sporting" behaviour -that kind of performance would bring him a red card in a soccer incident -
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Racejumkie @ Oct 17 2006, 06:17 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I just had to talk about,
and also see what is being said about, the most
outrageous moment I have ever seen in motorcycle racing
history. I see that there are many angles and diverse
comments about pedrosa's crash of Hayden. It is
always amazing to me to see how people can see the
same incident and have completely opposing views and
everything in-between. It reminds me of politics and
how people see their side as the right one despite
evidence to the contrary. In this case, I can’t
hardly believe that there are people thinking that
this was “just a racing incident.” Perhaps they’ve
never been on the track or only follow racing
superficially to say such an ignorant statement.
Others seem content in saying, “well Hayden should
have been racing better” or “He has been losing points
due to poor performances.” Perhaps these people are
not aware of the points formulas of winning a
Championship, but its basically an accumulation of
points. So for Hayden to be leading the championship
is a straight mathematical result of consistently
excellent performance, rather than a lack of effort
as some are implying. Those commenting
on the response to Hayden’s reaction saying he
should stop “whining” have certainly not worked for a
lifelong dream only to have it crushed, at the threshold
no less, of almost realizing that dream. What would have
been your passionate or lack there of reaction in
similar circumstances? There is certainly a lot of
blame to go around, but the most outrageously ludicrous
of the comments I have read so far, are the ones that
amazingly lay some of the blame on Hayden. That would
seem to me an equivalent of blaming a victim of
robbery that it was their fault for being robbed. By
saying, well they should have been more careful, or it
is their fault for having things that thieves covet.
It is outrageous to an infinite degree. I think
volumes could be written as to why Pedrosa was to
blame for his foolish sabotage upon the outcome of the
MotoGP championship. In the long list of offended
persons, the first victim is Hayden. All of the blame
should be placed on pedrosa. He was not racing
prudently, he was not being a team player, and his
flagrant absurdity resulted in him endangering the
life of Hayden. This is not a racing incident!!! This
is criminal. The only appropriate response by the
MotoGP authority would be to suspend him immediately
pending a thorough investigation. The Repsol Honda
team should fire him immediately for conduct
unbecoming of a teammate and lack of professionalism.
And other MotoGP teams should not consider hiring him
for the above mentioned reasons. Pedrosa should be
sued by those race fans in attendance that paid good
money and were deprived of witnessing a straight up
racing battle between the championship points leader
and the reigning champion. All the racing fans around
the world were also cheated, by pedrosa’s now infamous
madness, of seeing what should have been a historic
racing battle. To see it any other way is simply
irrational and dishonest regardless of who you support
in the championship.
