Round 14: 2016 Gran Premio Movistar de Aragón: MotorLand Aragón

JPSLotus said:

Gee Vudu, you've been quiet as of late.

What's the matter? No glory-hunting to be had anymore?

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moto vudu said:

Been busy with work and pimpin these TX hoes. Well, I haven't actually got any money from the hoes yet, but I'm workin on that.

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moto vudu said:

Been busy with work and pimpin these TX hoes. Well, I haven't actually got any money from the hoes yet, but I'm workin on that.

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BarryMachine said:

I would have thought it was better to leave the hoe stock, at least until you have had a bit of weed chippin work.

Maybe when youve got a bit of cash you could be pimping that hoe.

Me I run a stock Spear and Jackson, its a pretty decent hoe straight outta bunnings.

PS. Good luck with finding a bit of chipping work.

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Danilo Petrucci says Scott Redding is entitled to feel angry after the Pramac Ducatis clashed on the first lap of the Grand Prix of Aragon, but claimed issues with his GP15's engine braking were the cause of the incident.

The Italian clashed with Redding at turn twelve at the beginning of the 23-lap race, which not only contributed to his team-mate's fall, but also led race direction to penalise Petrucci with a ride-through penalty.

As a result, neither Pramac Ducati scored points and whilst Petrucci said he found it difficult to stop his machine in the corners prior to the incident, he was nonetheless apologetic for the incident that ultimately ruined both riders' races.

“It was a difficult race,” said the 25-year old. “Sincerely on the first lap I tried to brake hard but my bike doesn't stop. When I tried to pass Scott I go side by side with him and I don't think we touch very hard, but he goes wide. Then after the kerb he loses the steer. It was not a crash of my fault, but it was my fault that he go wide.

“For sure if I didn't go inside him he wouldn't have crashed. I'm really sorry for him. I don't want to make an explanation. It was my fault. Sincerely, I don't know why he crashed after the kerb because he turned the head then lost the steer. But after a full laps I go always wide. Then they give me a ride-through penalty.

“In the same moment my software asked me to reduce the power, lower every lap. Less power, less power, so I think we got something strange. For sure I'm very sorry to let Scott crash. It's the second time this year. It never happened in the previous years. After Austria with Eugene, this time was the first lap. I'm very sorry.

“He's very angry with me. He's right because I ruined also his race. Anyway, when we got all the power in the last laps it was quite good. But my race is finished on the first lap with the contact with Scott.

“He's very angry. He only said, 'Thank you' but he was being ironic. Later I tried to say sorry, tried to explain that it was not completely my fault but for sure the result is I ruined his race and my race. I'm worried about this.”

Asked to expand on the engine braking issues that he felt contributed toward the incident, Petrucci was unable to pinpoint a cause, stating “some problems on the grid” were a possibility.

“Sincerely, I don't know what happened. On the fourth lap my bike asked me to go with the lowest power so maybe we had some problems on the grid. We weren't able to download the data of the sighting lap.

“Maybe I got some problems. At the end, when I go with less, less, less power the bike was quite good. But I think I've got two litres of fuel in my tank. I don't know, at the moment I feel really bad for Scott. I'm really sorry.”

Redding felt the issue of engine braking was not a viable excuse, saying, “The bulls**t about an engine braking problem, of course he's going to say that. He's not going to say, 'OK, I made a mistake.' If you had an engine brake problem then why didn't he take one step back? It's the first lap of the race.”

For race director Mike Webb, handing Petrucci a penalty was a straightforward decision, considering the Italian knocked Eugene Laverty off at the final corner of the Austrian Grand Prix just four races ago.

“The crime was irresponsible riding causing a crash,” said Webb. “It wasn't the worst incident I've ever seen. He tried to pass. It didn't work. He punted his teammate off. It was one of those passes where at no time was he in front. So he got alongside him and made him fall off.

“The trouble was Petrucci's already got history this year of contact causing a crash. So that makes it, if you like, a much easier decision, it's not 'well, we need to review it' or whatever. No, he's now twice caused a crash through contact. So a ride through straightaway was the logical penalty.”

Both riders are locked in an inter-team battle to decide who receives a third Ducati GP17 for the 2017 season. The recipient will be the rider that scores most points from Brno to Valencia, with both men allowed to cancel their worst results. In that battle Petrucci leads Redding by 19 points.

Meanwhile the Italian, who admitted to suffering some memory loss after being hit by Pol Espargaro's Yamaha on Saturday, said that did not contribute to Sunday's incident.

"Sincerely I lost the memory for ten minutes... It was quite strange to be on the bike, after two days at the same track, and not remember which corner I was at. But then I relaxed a little bit and today I feel good. For sure the mistake was not a consequence of yesterday, it was my mistake."

MotoGP News - MotoGP Aragon: Petrucci: Scott's angry with me and he?s right

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JPSLotus said:

Petrucci responds to the crash he caused.

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AJV80 said:

Scott Redding was forthright in his assessment of team-mate Danilo Petrucci's riding on the opening lap of the Aragon MotoGP race, which led to the latter taking down the Englishman.

With both placed on the edge of the top ten, Petrucci attempted a move at turn twelve, but missed the apex and pushed Redding off track. He later said issues with engine braking had caused the incident, something Redding was quick to dismiss.

The Italian was handed a ride-through penalty for the action, from which he could only recover to 17th, leaving both Pramac Ducati riders out of the points.

“The issue was his f**king brain,” said Redding, adding he was just as frustrated at losing valuable dry-track experience as he was by Petrucci's move.

“I'm just disappointed really because with a team-mate, normally I would give ten percent margin more. But it wasn't the first time in the first lap. He already had me in turn seven when we were together. So I knew he was going to come strong. I held out a long time when I got to turn twelve, and when I got to the full angle, boom.

“I tried to come back, but when I started to go on the kerb there was no space because maybe Pol was pushing him – I don't know – there was a bike there. I went down on the kerb. OK, I'm pissed off that my own team-mate took me out. But OK, sometimes you can say it's racing. But it's also not the first time he's done it this year.

“It's more the fact that I lost the experience in these full races in dry conditions. I said a few races ago that I need to get these full races. I f**ked Silverstone. Misano was nothing, and again here was nothing. I haven't actually made any progress over the last three races.

“That really frustrated me and just the fact that again, riding round at the back, you're trying to stay motivated to keep going, but the handlebar's bent, the fairing's broken, you've got a bit of pain here and there... It's just not what I expected today."

This wasn't the first occasion Petrucci has come under fire for aggressive overtaking in 2016. He received a grid penalty for colliding with Eugene Laverty on the final lap of the Austrian Grand Prix, and Redding feels two penalties in five races paints its own picture.

“We've had some close racing a few times. It's not the first time he's taken someone out, or someone's complained about him overtaking. He seems to make his move very late, very deep, which is kind of unfair. When you saw Laverty in the Red Bull Ring it was completely impossible.

“It was the same s**t today. For me, racing should be close. You should have contact but taking someone down is more than contact.

“The ........ about an engine braking problem, of course he's going to say that. He's not going to say, 'OK, I made a mistake.' If you had an engine brake problem then why didn't he take one step back? It's the first lap of the race. It's happened. We can't change it.

“Yeah, I'm pissed off. He got a penalty. But again that's two penalties in five races that he's had. That's saying something. It was a tough race for Ducati anyway, so riding around at the back doing f**k all was a waste of time to be honest.”

The timing of the clash coincided with Redding and Petrucci confirming they are locked in an inter-team championship, with the winner receiving a factory GP17 the following year.

Redding stated such clashes had been discussed, and although unable to specify what, such situations would be taken into consideration.

“Sure, they will do something. Something I can't really say to you guys. But there are ways of them making it fair for situations like this. At the end of the day I'm just pissed off at him. The first thing, he didn't even come to apologise to me. Second of all we're team-mates. For the team it's a .... atmosphere.

“I've lost respect for him as a rider. I've always said he's a good guy – and he is a good guy – but sometimes he doesn't have a f**king brain. That's something that if we're racing again I won't give him that ten percent. If he wants to do it to me, I'll do it to him.”

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#22 said:

While I mostly agree with your post JKD, you are guilty of this yourself as you sent me spoilers for Superbowl 48 on WhatsApp.

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JohnnyKnockdown said:

I wasn't aware that I did but if that true, Im an ahole that deserves to be flamed

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JohnnyKnockdown said:

BTW, How many touchdowns do you think Russel Wilson will throw this week against that aging Jets secondary?

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JohnnyKnockdown said:

Try saying that with Balls in your mouth, and maybe you would understand Povols plight

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AJV80 said:

Its a fair call though mate, with such a huge amount of Spanish riders in GP racing Dorna need to bring in some restrictions on some of these riders names. A maximum of 4 syllables with the preferred naming configuration having 2 or 3 syllables. Fabio Di Giwnnantonio with his bloody10 syllable name has no place in modern motorsports.

If they persist in turning a blind eye to this dangerous trend they will have to lift the ban on the use of electronic commentary aids, These commentators are people too, its dangerous to expose them to such high levels of risk. They need to follow the international Cricket Council's approach with restrictions they placed on the Sri Lankan cricket team players names.

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Finish line said:

How is this a fair call...
It is your name (well their names), you were born with it, it represents your family. It is the name you race under. It's more personal than the flag you see next to it at the scoreboard.
Not everyone is like Rins, Zarco, Baz, Rossi...
There are other long names in sports, like Schumacher, Bendsneyder, Quartararo, Lewandowski, Blaszczykowski, Roethlisberger.
Di Giannantonio it's not that hard to pronounce nor is that long as it looks. Most French last names longer than 3 syllables are hard to pronounce for people who don't speak French (even Zarco is pronounced wrong by British commentators, and so iz Baz).
Where I come from we have tons of athletes whose names commentators (on Eurosport) can't pronounce. We just laugh it off. It's their problem if they can't or won't learn.

So you want every athlete with longer last name to just go brazilian? Even further, you want to force them to. That is idiotic.

One thing for ignorant commentators is to learn their nicknames. They are usualy shorter and easy to remember. Or can go WW2 and just call them by their numbers.

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AJV80 said:

Its a fair call though mate, with such a huge amount of Spanish riders in GP racing Dorna need to bring in some restrictions on some of these riders names. A maximum of 4 syllables with the preferred naming configuration having 2 or 3 syllables. Fabio Di Giwnnantonio with his bloody10 syllable name has no place in modern motorsports.

If they persist in turning a blind eye to this dangerous trend they will have to lift the ban on the use of electronic commentary aids, These commentators are people too, its dangerous to expose them to such high levels of risk. They need to follow the international Cricket Council's approach with restrictions they placed on the Sri Lankan cricket team players names.

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Finish line said:

How is this a fair call...
It is your name (well their names), you were born with it, it represents your family. It is the name you race under. It's more personal than the flag you see next to it at the scoreboard.
Not everyone is like Rins, Zarco, Baz, Rossi...
There are other long names in sports, like Schumacher, Bendsneyder, Quartararo, Lewandowski, Blaszczykowski, Roethlisberger.
Di Giannantonio it's not that hard to pronounce nor is that long as it looks. Most French last names longer than 3 syllables are hard to pronounce for people who don't speak French (even Zarco is pronounced wrong by British commentators, and so iz Baz).
Where I come from we have tons of athletes whose names commentators (on Eurosport) can't pronounce. We just laugh it off. It's their problem if they can't or won't learn.

So you want every athlete with longer last name to just go brazilian? Even further, you want to force them to. That is idiotic.

One thing for ignorant commentators is to learn their nicknames. They are usualy shorter and easy to remember. Or can go WW2 and just call them by their numbers.

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