I agree with most of the things (and in fact the entire tone ) in the article, but not as enthusiastically as the last few posts here.
Marquez held track position and racing line. Lorenzo, with much greater speed, was technically at fault for the collision
You mean, the much greater speed he had because he was already racing? J-Lo is responsible for not looking out for Marquez being slowed up by stupid Dorna regs disallowing him from using the exit lane in the way it's designed, on a lap nobody should've been exiting the pits anyway? Call it 50/50 if you want for Lorenzo being 2 inches off his usual line (which admittedly is out of character and therefore unpredictable) but putting blame squarely in the lap of the guy who was racing normally is pretty disingenuous.
To opt to disqualify every rider for that indiscretion was farcical, and demonstrative of a complete lack of intelligence from professionals who are paid very well to exercise far better judgement than that
I would agree with this, except for two points. Firstly that the rules were set before the race and everyone knew them. Honda had the opportunity to hold their hand up and go 'but... we can't count!' before the red lights went out. They didn't. The new sanctions were ........, but all teams and riders agreed to them, and therefore had to play by them. Secondly, the fact that all riders who failed to adhere to the pit window copped the same punishment regardless of their championship chances showed that they were at least being somewhat fair.
I don't doubt there was some ulterior motive at play. Namely the fact that it woke the championship up, that dictated exactly what punishment would be dished out, but Marquez's team had to expect some form of punishment. They earned it fair and square by agreeing to dance Dorna's Bike-hop Bollocks, and then making up their own rules.
Everything else said though, I agree with wholeheartedly, and it's still a well-written article.
