Yes, Yamaha indeed is the culprit. Having replayed the Sepang Rossi-Marquez incident many times over, and also having played back videos of other races of the year, this is my conclusion. It is unfortunate.
Rossi's team and Yamaha are clearly sabotaging Rossi's quest for a 10th title. The reaction of his team immediately following the incident in Sepang, as well as other footage of team reactions especially the one from Argentina where Marquez crashed while trying to pull off a similar thing attest to the team doing everything possible to make Rossi lose the championship. "Rossi's team" was clearly disappointed when Rossi won the battles, despite the best disguise that they could put on. Yamaha has to be behind it. If Yamaha was serious in preventing a penalty against Rossi, they could have easily done that. The video is clear. Yamaha wants Lorenzo to win the championship, because the 'bike is that good', 'it is not the rider, but the bike'. They control the telemetry and the data to tip the scales but even those aren't enough and they needed Dorna to step in biasedly in their favor and in Lorenzo's favor.
Mediocrity seems to somehow find a way to triumph over excellence, at least for the short term. Next year I will not be riding my R1, I will trade it in, and will never own an Yamaha ever again.
Rossi's team and Yamaha are clearly sabotaging Rossi's quest for a 10th title. The reaction of his team immediately following the incident in Sepang, as well as other footage of team reactions especially the one from Argentina where Marquez crashed while trying to pull off a similar thing attest to the team doing everything possible to make Rossi lose the championship. "Rossi's team" was clearly disappointed when Rossi won the battles, despite the best disguise that they could put on. Yamaha has to be behind it. If Yamaha was serious in preventing a penalty against Rossi, they could have easily done that. The video is clear. Yamaha wants Lorenzo to win the championship, because the 'bike is that good', 'it is not the rider, but the bike'. They control the telemetry and the data to tip the scales but even those aren't enough and they needed Dorna to step in biasedly in their favor and in Lorenzo's favor.
Mediocrity seems to somehow find a way to triumph over excellence, at least for the short term. Next year I will not be riding my R1, I will trade it in, and will never own an Yamaha ever again.
