Firstly, this thread what can you do but
Ahh the hypocrisy!! Ahh the Humanity!!!!
RAIN-the great leveler..............
Secondly congratulations to Jorge, great race, very 'brave'. Also Pedders and Nicky, all a little Bradbury like but hey that's racing.
Those wets looked to be down to canvas in parc ferme! Jorge's clown-like slip into the lake was hilarious! He did really surprise me, I thought he had no chance in the wet yesterday.
Now to the elephant in the room......Funny how TRUE COLOURS shine through in occasions like this
Mickm - I take back my comment...... absolutely disgusting.
I'm not too sure what boners and haters are upset about more, the rather obvious point, the accidental taking out of Stoner by Rossi....or.....the fact that Rossi had just passed half the field and was FAR quicker than the field and Stoner on his whizz bang Honda, on the bike that only Stoner can ride......I thought Rossi was Melandrish at best????? I thought Casey Stoner was a riding god and the only one who could do anything with the Ducati? How is it that the riding god even let Rossi get close to him, let alone past!
Time to enjoy some Festered turd on toast this morning
It is a shame that Rossi made the mistake for he easily had the measure of the field and would have gone on to win judging by his form after the stack.....the pass was clean, he just lost the front, bad luck that's racing, a little Boneheaded yes, but he was much faster and looking to catch Simo asap. In fact most of the other 5 or 6 passes Rossi completed successfully up to this point were even tighter. Mistakes were also more frequent than at any recent (last ten years) round I can remember. Stoner just happened to be very unlucky. Last time Rossi made a mistake like this was in fact Motegi-2005, taking out Melandri actually! Win it or Bin it as they say.....that's why you all like Stoner so much isn't it? Funny that.....
Rossi did the right thing and immediately apologized after the race, even walking into the dragons den at Repsol Honda! Only to be exposed what was a very angry (rightly so) Stoner, anger however should never blur the lines of professionalism for these guys-at least in front of the cameras! A simple wry smile and 'That was dumb mate, I'll have to make sure you don't catch me next time!' would have given Stoner the 'edge'.
Stoners behavior however, once again dredged up his all too familiar weakness, with all the grace of a petulant child who just had his toys removed from the cot. He was funny though! I wonder if he thought up those lines himself or had help from Livio? They had plenty of time to sort the script and it was great! Ultimately though, Stoner will live to seriously regret this behavior, if not already in the light of a new day and hindsight, much like post race Laguna 08.
Stoner, as with many others, certainly had a right to be very pissed with the Marshall's though, this was beyond appalling.......
Most have been saying how Casey's persona has changed at Honda, how he is so much more relaxed and professional, this is rubbish. Yesterday proved that even after he had plenty of time to cool down, he still had to throw cheap shots publicly at the the man who he does in fact truly hate. In the past this immaturity and spoilt brat behavior has led ultimately to Casey's downfall on track and off, whether or not he can turn this latest dummy spit into something positive for himself will be interesting.....
Rossi will be of course very pissed and disappointed at his .... up, as he should be, very unlike him to push so many passes especially so close to the lead, guess he just couldn't wait to put the duck in front of Stoner's Honda
Lucky it was slow and no one was hurt.
I sure Spies and Edwards are quite pissed with themselves too! Guaranteed podiums and no pressure slip offs.
And Johnnyknock, looks like Nicky has already put pay to your prediction! 2nd round, the stakes should have been higher for this one!
