MotoGP 2013

[merv]

Marquez and Rossi sure as hell had a big laugh about it after the race. I really wanted Bradl to win that race just so he would win one, but no the boy is just too quick. I wouldn't have minded if Rossi had won it either. All three did a damn fine job this morning.

[Crasherfromwayback]

He was well into the dirt wasn't he ?? Risky stuff trying to emulate someone else's oopsie, but hey , it came off ok if a bit wobbly.

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Very surprised he made the move there. He was faster than Rossi everywhere on the track, needless risk I would have thought.

You're right, Márquez didn't intend Rossi to be in front of him — but seeing as he was... then why not in that corner that he’d been lining up all weekend? It very well may have been a split second decision on Márquez’s part... or not. I’m not in his head, so I can’t say for sure; but having watched him over the years, he (like Rossi) is very calculating.

Hey, that pass will be talked about almost as much as the ’08 original I’m sure. Like the original, Márquez was lucky to get through. Unlike the original, there are probably much less hard feelings. End of the day, it was spectacular to watch.

Marquez and Rossi sure as hell had a big laugh about it after the race. I really wanted Bradl to win that race just so he would win one, but no the boy is just too quick. I wouldn't have minded if Rossi had won it either. All three did a damn fine job this morning.

Go and have another look at it guys. Looked to me like Rossi (in typical dirty fashion) tried to run MM into the dirt. So he hardly has any cause to be upset by MM's move.

[Drew]

Go and have another look at it guys. Looked to me like Rossi (in typical dirty fashion) tried to run MM into the dirt. So he hardly has any cause to be upset by MM's move.

Looked to me like Rossi couldn't get wide enough for his normal tip in speed, and didn't get stopped in time.

He and MM thought it was a great laugh at the winners circle.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Looked to me like Rossi couldn't get wide enough for his normal tip in speed, and didn't get stopped in time.

He and MM thought it was a great laugh at the winners circle.

Yeah but only because Rossi is God to you and can do no wrong. Wonder how funny he'd find it if it was Bautista doing it to him and ran him into the dirt and he went down? What do you reckon he'd be saying then? Crying like a bitch again like he did when the came together at Mugello? Always funny when Rossi is doing the dirty shit eh!

[Drew]

Yeah but only because Rossi is God to you and can do no wrong. Wonder how funny he'd find it if it was Bautista doing it to him and ran him into the dirt and he went down? What do you reckon he'd be saying then? Crying like a bitch again like he did when the came together at Mugello? Always funny when Rossi is doing the dirty shit eh!

Nope, it's not a favourites thing at all.

It's how it looked to me.

[DidJit]

Maybe you’re both right and Rossi was defending/trying to gather it in. I’ll be the first to admit I’m wrong, because who knows what actually was going on in either of their heads at that particular moment, so perhaps I should re-phrase my initial post and say, “It wouldn’t surprise me if Márquez had intended to do a ‘Rossi’ on someone (like Pritch picked earlier). Perhaps not on Rossi himself, though that did lend a certain sense of inverse déja vu to it.” Anyway — no hard feelings between anyone, no one got hurt, everyone got something to look at/talk about. I reckon there would’ve been a smirk on a certain Australian’s face right about then too.

[Drew]

I reckon there would’ve been a smirk on a certain Australian’s face right about then too.

I wonder if he watches the races?

I would guess not, but I can't nail down why I think that.

[Crasherfromwayback]

. I reckon there would’ve been a smirk on a certain Australian’s face right about then too.

Of that I have no doubt.

[Cleve]

MM has been trying the line Rossi used in 'that' pass on Stoner. He did it on the scooter on Thursday and again in Q2 on his bike. Can't help but feel he's preparing to use it in the race if he feels it necessary.

well predicted sir!

[ecko_nzed]

I wonder if he watches the races?

I would guess not, but I can't nail down why I think that.

Strikes me as a all or nothing guy. Prob watches footage from v8 taxicars to see where he can improve.

Reckon he'd prefer to catch Chaz in world sbk.

[haydes55]

Replay on sommet now

[bogan]

He and MM thought it was a great laugh at the winners circle.

Seems like confirmation enough that it was a clean move to me...

Decent race though, this season is getting somewhat interesting

[Dave-]

Tapered off towards the end but a stunning start.

there are currently 46 points seperating MM and rossi....coincidence? I think not!

No, it is a coincidence....

[hayd3n]

https://twitter.com/GigiSoldano/stat...907329/photo/1

[tail_end_charlie]

I know that some people tend to point to Cal and cal him the new 'moaner' or a 'whinging pom' or other associated bs, but I still maintain that he says things how he see's them. Take Laguna Seca for example, his post race quote is as follows:

Cal Crutchlow Cal Crutchlow 5th - 116 points

"That was a difficult end to a very difficult weekend and in all honesty I never got comfortable with the bike at any stage here. It is my worst result of the season so far and I can't be happy because I gave up some valuable points in the Championship. Maybe last year in the same situation I would have pushed and not finished, so that is one positive we can take from what was a tough weekend and it certainly isn't how I wanted to go into the summer break. Right from the start of the race I was on the limit and couldn't go any faster. I got beat fair and square and the three on the podium definitely deserved it. I tried my best and didn't give up but sometimes you have to accept you can't do any better. It has been a pretty hectic month so now I am looking forward to getting some rest and I will be back even more motivated in Indianapolis."

Sounds to me like he's not blaming the setup, the weather, the team, or anything else. He's just saying he couldn't get it together this weekend and that's it.