What Oxley flat out ignores is Lorenzo did not come to that press conference looking to discuss that pass.
Oxley didn't ignore it Pov, he twisted it, this was Oxley's version of what occurred:
"In fact, this time we should lay some of the blame on Lorenzo, for it was him who decided to open the debate about Rossi’s Misano passing manoeuvre."
Rich, considering his piece that really is a one-sided attack on Lorenzo starts off by saying how dishonorable "journalist" write pieces for click bait. Oxley tries to set himself apart. Which I would agree, he is worse! Rehashing it the day before the event to get all of Rossi's minion's riled up again, a nice little reminder that Lorenzo is the enemy, Rossi the hero, like a pep rally, cheer cheer!
He was asked a question that was meant to cause problems because the journalist knew Jorge would answer honestly.
Oxley contends that the opinion was honestly devoid of reason and accuracy. Take a look at a few of the comments he responds to in the article. He compares Lorenzo's description of this pass as if he said the world was flat. In other word's Lorenzo is not only factually wrong but Jorge's description of this pass was absurd. As you had said, Rossi's entry was an unconventional, his exit wide, these are facts, putting his trajectory on a collision course if Lorenzo doesn't check up. The question is not if this is acceptable in GP, it is, the debate is if this maneuver can be describe as aggressive, the answer is yes, making Lorenz's description not absurd nor factually incorrect! In FACT Marquez, the man Oxley tries to enlist as cozy support for Rossi actually describe Rossi's pass as "aggressive". (See the link posted by a member here of that other Oxleyesk hack). That is (for the benefit of Vudu) a word quote!
This is how Oxley describes this pass:
"I wonder if he’s revised his opinion, now that he’s watched the race, because no one else seems to think Rossi was being dodgy when he swept past his team-mate."
The herd are all in agreement! Nobody thinks otherwise. So there you go. "Dodgy" as in nobody can question Rossi's HONESTY. Rossi the guy who is renown for "mind games", needling riders for reactions, now a mother Teresa.
Hell yeah Rossi is dodgy, and he does it to great affect, thanks in great part to a media corps exactly like Mat Oxley. In the words of Marc Marquez, It is another thing to use the media as a "weapon".
"Swept past". No mention of the acute angle to get Rossi a bike length ahead.
Oxley says:
"he was a full bike length ahead when Lorenzo tried to slam the door shut."
EVERY single pass in motorcycle racing across all levels in the universe could be conducted exactly like this: by taking an exaggerated acute angle and barging into the space where the apex is supposed to be. How quickly would Race Direction put a stop to it? If Lorenzo were to execute a pass like this ALL the time against Rossi, how often would "journalist" like Oxley call them acceptable? Would Oxley say there is an element of needle to such a pass? A retaliation perhaps? These types of passes are unconventional. It is exactly why Rossi described a similar pass sequence by Pedrosa as
'like Marquez' (Marquezesk). Mr. Oxley, why would Rossi conjure up Marquez's name here? And if there was any doubt, Rossi clarified, Pedrosa came in too late and out of shape. Is that description by Rossi regarding Pedro's pass absurd and devoid of reason? Was Rossi perhaps describing Pedro's pass, conjuring up Marquez as the world being flat? No, it was accurate and reasonable. Lorenzo, basically saying the same thing was absurd and inaccurate, Jorge was
"bizarre"!
Oxley:
Since Misano, Marc Marquez has taken Rossi’s side, giving his blessing for the veteran’s manoeuvre, and perhaps changing the paddock dynamic once more. It’s only natural that Marquez and Rossi should be friendly again because if the paddock is a schoolyard rather than a soap opera, Rossi and Marquez are the school’s bad boys ganging up on that kid no one’s quite sure about.
Mat Oxley is doing his part on the gang up. Lorenzo is the weird one, the odd ball, even the 'cheater' and the guy 'robbed' are becoming buddies, look at Lorenzo everybody, he is the bad guy in this story.
According to Oxley, Lorenzo tries to
"slam the door shut". Does Oxley expect us to believe he doesn't understand the fastest line through a turn and the consequences of another rider already committed to that line? If I run the stop whilst another driver is going through that intersection, is that other driver trying to "slam the door" on me? Hahaha, Jesus. It's a collision course initiated by the guy (Rossi) altering the entry, causing the other rider (Lorenzo) committed to take evasive action. Not all passes are done in this fashion. There are various degrees of magnitude to such a pass. On a spectrum of mild to aggressive, I wonder where on that spectrum Oxley places it. Again, the question is not whether it was acceptable, but was Lorenzo's description of it reasonable? Yes.
Never once did Jorge accuse Rossi of being dirty, he simply stated that the pass didnt need to be made at the time and fashion it was made. Typical journalist took it from there.
In that "fashion", that was Jorge's point! Oxley twists this to mean Jorge doesn't want passing to occur!
Oxley says:
"Even more bizarre was Lorenzo’s assertion that Rossi “didn’t need to make this overtake”. Isn’t the general idea of this sport to pass the man or woman in front?"
(Notice Oxley's repeat of the word "bizarre" reenforcing by repetition to the naive readers that Lorenzo is a bizarre man, one out of his mind, weird, unreasonable, the odd ball. Nice little tactic for Yellow journalism.)
Looks like Lorenzo doesn't realize that this isn't a parade of bikes that are supposed to start and finish in their qualifying order. Absurd to the nth degree. I said Kropo should be "ashamed" to feature this guy on his site, allow me to correct myself, Kropo should be 'embarrassed'.
Oxley twists Lorenzo's message for the benefit of placing blame on Lorenzo and advancing the narrative that Rossi is the hero in this saga.
If i were Jorge, from now on, when asked these baiting questions, just say next question and ignore that writer for a while. They make it sound like Lorenzo was pulling a Rossi, coming to the press conference with data sheets in hand too prove a point and that simply is not how it went down.Thats why i wouldnt piss in the ear of most journalist if their ....... brain was on fire.
"Poor Jorge, he always ends up on the wrong end of these confrontations."
This is one thing I agree with Oxley, Lorenzo will always be on the losing end of these exchanges, thanks to "journalist" hacks exactly like Mat Oxley!
Oxley brings up the exchange Lorenzo had with
Marco Simonchelli as an example of how poorly is Lorenzo's WIT. Yet completely missed the message of that exchange! It wasn't a contest of who is more funny Mr. Oxley, it was a very serious caution to riding with disregard to safety. The message was for all riders to be more cognizant of their actions on the track. A point that ultimately proved Lorenzo painfully RIGHT!
Oxley says:
"Lorenzo should know by now that he’s not witty enough to win these encounters..." Well, I do remember one time Lorenzo said something funny in retort to Rossi's whining about racing with a bunch of "kids/".......". Perhaps in a rare moment of Lorenzo being
witty (a measure of a man's accuracy and likeability according to Oxley) I'm recalling when Lorenzo responded to it rather hysterically.
“I don't know. I guess it must be a little shame to be beaten by 'kids'. Every race...”
Read more at http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/16...o-rossi-.......-jibe.html#pAyIzPPzUf7HXUDL.99
but I believe the cycle takes around 60 years each way, so in roughly 60 years the UKs weather will be more predictable with cold winters with plenty of snow and hot summers.
