Have you considered Yamaha's perspective? They are protecting their title (after all, they provide the hardware,employ the teams and pay riders well) and their recently signed rider who they will have to work with the following year. The other rider has decided to leave, despite a reasonable offer to stay (who is on record as saying it wasn't the money). You say Yamaha did not act diplomatic. All they 'asked' of the leaving rider is to ride with a bit more margin of safety when battling fellow Yamaha rides. Tell me, what is the problem here? They didn't say let the other rider by, as some have in error implied team orders. Yamaha (the four principals) said that an aggressive battle was not wise from their perspective. They have invested money in both, and one must ride next year for them (hopefully injury free). The video is there, who executed clean passes and who initiated the contact is indisputable, as its on video. You said that Lorenzo "attacked" first. Watch it again, it was a contact free pass countered with a contact that was made because the line was not conceded by the passed rider. So are you saying a contact free pass is an "attack"? If anything, answer this question, which pass did Lorenzo initiate contact? From Yamaha's perspective, that counter contact is not necessary (which is where the contact occurred). The passed rider, if he was infact faster could have waited for the next opportunity to make a clean pass (exactly the type of clean pass that was done on him at T5). They even go on to acknowledge, from a sporting perspective, close racing is spectacular, but this is not Yamaha's interest when done between their riders for which they employ and invest. This is not reasonable to you?
