Rossi fucked up, pretty easy to see why I reckon. He knew he couldn't keep pace with Jlo on slicks. So he tried to get Jorge to stay out on wets with him. When Jeorge biffed it, Rossi had 500meters to go before open road at 60kph. Jorge had him dead to rights, and threw it away.
There was, what, 8 laps to go or so? With the rate that Rossi was losing time compared to the slick-shod bikes, Smith would have passed him even if Rossi stayed out right to the end. The only thing I can think of is that Rossi was hoping it would start raining again.
Why you'd do as many laps as possible at a slow pace before coming in, switching to the slick-shod bike and going faster, is beyond me. Unless you didn't know that slick-shod bikes were faster.
I wonder what might have been if Lorenzo had obeyed his 'PIT' board and gone in a lap earlier, i.e. when MM did?
"It's hard to keep an open mind, when so many people are trying to put things in it"
I'm not getting your logic here. At the time Lorenzo pitted, the slick shod guys were more than 9 seconds a lap faster, thus taking into account the 3 to 4 second lead Rossi had on Lorenzo at the time - the act of Rossi staying out one extra lap would of given Lorenzo at least a 5 second lead. So I'm with Drew on this one.
I'm "Guessing" that Rossi was thinking Lorenzo was going to mimic anything he did, and was betting his prowess on shagged tyres would give him a decent time advantage when he finally did pit - next lap would of been my guess. For sure he is lucky that Lorenzo crashed after not following Rossis script!
Pressure baby...even metronomes like Lorenzo can fold under it.
Fuck Rossi is god.
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