MotoGP 2015

[carbonhed]

Of course Flossi will be racing in Valencia. Fucking drama queen.

[jasonu]

It fucks me off how something pretty major happens in a sport but unless it is Rugby, Netball or Cricket (ok...throw in the odd V8 Supercars race or Rally as well then) it gets completely ignored. Oh no, "Rugby Favourite of the Season" ruptured their left testicle and is out for the next uber important training session. Fuck me days.
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Only a dreamer would think NZ TV would give more than a slight mention to motorcycling racing during the RWC, not to mention the C. Cairns case.
I was hoping the AB's would loose to SA last week just to see the whole country (except for the 30 or so motorcycling fans) go into morning.
Go the Wallabies!!!!!

[denill]

Damn straight mate! But unless Rossi does pull something out of the hat...his chances of 10 titles have gone up in a haze of hate for MM. And you know what? After all of his love affairs that have ended in divorce over the years (Gibernau, Biaggi, Lorenzo, Stoner and now MM)...it's kinda funny really.

On the PI cool down lap VR shook MM's hand and applauded him! Then slated him on Thursday. The mask slipped.............

[Crasherfromwayback]

On the PI cool down lap VR shook MM's hand and applauded him! Then slated him on Thursday. The mask slipped.............

For sure. The Rossi everyone thinks he is vs the real one.

[denill]

Further, did Rossi not consider that if MM was riding for JL he would have followed him to the line?

[denill]

For sure. The Rossi everyone thinks he is vs the real one.

Rossi likes to win, but he also likes to sell caps to the worshippers he's cultivated.

[J.A.W.]

this is all a figment of your imaginations
If any of this were true it would be on TV News, right?
real sports only feature 2 sides with 15 each
way to go TVNZ &TV3, no coverage, no net content, are the Dorklanders all asleep at the wheel.

Yeah, this is actually pretty funny. the ABC TV news last night showed the clip & made it clear, Rossi was pinged for dirty play, viz: a kick that KO'd M-M..

[FROSTY:Me]

Hey guys Im all for a bit of argy bargy. The whole MM is dirty or VR is dirty or Pedro's a has been etc adds a different dimension to the racing I guess. Our heros and Villains. -hey all good. fill yer boots I say.
But when we are talking about the actions of a rider ANY rider deliberately putting someones actual LIFE in danger then I say its a step to far.

[Oscar]

Rossi likes to win, but he also likes to sell caps to the worshippers he's cultivated.

Rossi also makes MM's T-Shirts.

[Kiwi Graham:Me]

My take on this whole sorry saga is MM was clearly fucking up Vales race with some high risk overtakes and Vale was doing the same to try and stay in contention with the guy he was trying to race Horhay.
The un-writen rule is you don't fuck with the riders fighting for the championship.....MM did and got the big learn for it.

Bring on two weeks time when all will be done and dusted. If Vale makes it from the back to score enough points for the win, awesome.

[pritch]

Rossi also makes MM's T-Shirts.

True. And that's why neither of them take the number 1 plate, it makes all the T shirts and hats outdated. Clever marketing. Of course if there isn't a watertight contract MM might start considering another merchandising company.

[Badjelly]

Of course if there isn't a watertight contract MM might start considering another merchandising company.

Nah, he wouldn't want to mess with that. It's business: way more serious and important than racing.

[Oscar]

A good take, in my opinion:

http://advrider.com/index.php?thread...child.1101822/

Is hard riding and the accompanying hard pass part of racing? Yes. Has Vale practiced both during his career? No doubt...just ask Sete, or Casey, or Jorge, or...fill in a name. But there is a small universe of separation between carving somebody up a bit for race position, and doing the same because you are a petulant child who would be perfectly happy to burn the sport down...so long as you could then be King of the Ashes.

[Crasherfromwayback]

The un-writen rule is you don't fuck with the riders fighting for the championship.....MM did and got the big learn for it.

Bring on two weeks time when all will be done and dusted. If Vale makes it from the back to score enough points for the win, awesome.

So am I to assume that unwritten rule (like so many others), doesn't apply to Rossi? Because, in 2010, Rossi traded paint and near ran his very own team mate off the track at Montegi, when he (Rossi) had no chance whatsoever for the title, when his team mate was trying to win it. Or is your memory just shit?

Anyway, Rossi may well continue his cry and not turn up.

http://superbikeplanet.com/2015/Oct/151026a16.htm

[5150]

I guess the question is who needs who the most? Does Rossi need Moto Gp as much as Moto Gp needs Rossi? If Rossi retires, there goes a fair chunk of marketing and sponsorship with him. Not saying Moto Gp would not survive without Rossi, but they would definitely feel their pockets getting lighter