I think the ride of the event so far has got to be Pedrosa. The man broke his wrist days ago, went under the knife days ago. 20 turns per lap of piercing pain is not just the issue, but the strength needed to pull it off. There are some brutal corners to, 200mph to 40, insane. Big ups to the wee man.
I'm glad that Yamaha had a 25 and not a 46, Marc would have been hung before he reached parc ferme. Nice to see Viñalez not acting like a petulant .... and accepting a conciliatory Marquez. I can only imagine if that had been Rossi, oh god, worse, i can see Uccio thrashing about now.
For the record, I don't think it's reasonable for riders to dowl on the race line, especially during qual (or Rossi during a race 4 secs slower). It really is dangerous, and unacceptable at this level. Unfortunately, it's a rather common affair, hell look at Q1, not that anybody's pitchforks are out for that. I'm amused at the corner Race Direction have painted themselves into, especially with the Canet no penalty, I mean by that precedent what on Dog's green earth deserves penalty? (I know the answer). Anyway, for the record, I think the only way they can get out of this stupid inconsistent situation is to say, starting next event, anybody dowling on race line will be penalized 5 grid positions at minimum.
Dovi's championship hopes are quickly fizzling. Zarco out qualifying the Proctologist...again. Though I doubt his race pace is there. Good on Iannone to make hiring Lorenzo a slightly more complicated proposition. Jack Miller, wait what happened?
Espargaro brought up an interesting point about flags available to the track marshals, wouldn't it be reasonable in the interest of "safety" to wave a blue flag at Rossi? That really could have been helpful at Argentina.
If you live in a glass house don't throw rocks.
