MotoGP 2015

[Digitdion]

Rossi was born into GP racing, not MM. Rossi is, and will always be the most loved road racer of all time, and good on him. I tend to not worry about such things, I prefer to concentrate on what they do on the track. Tis why I don't, and never have liked him. I've raced against the odd person like him. They're fucking assholes.

Yes it's about what they do on the track. Vale has 9 world championships. The oldest rider in the current field and leading the championship with one race to go.thats all on the track. So with your comments you should like Rossi.
To add to that he is the most liked racer by the majority.
Do you personally know Rossi?
You say you have raced against the odd person like him. Perhaps you were on the receiving end of there actions ah?

[Crasherfromwayback]

I will refrain from commenting on your comments any more than Pete.

Thank fuck for that.

[Digitdion]

I think the contact is redundant. He was already being run off the track, intentionally. You wouldn't expect that at a bucket racing meet let alone MotoGP.

Deserved or not is another story.

There is clear doubt that Rossi was intentionally trying to run him off the track.
It is clear that Rossi was trying to impede him. There is a difference. Marquez was not blind sided by Rossi. Marquez had plenty of time to pull back and avoid Rossi. Marquez chose to push and he came into contact with the doctor.

[Shaun Harris]

There is clear doubt that Rossi was intentionally trying to run him off the track.
It is clear that Rossi was trying to impede him. There is a difference. Marquez was not blind sided by Rossi. Marquez had plenty of time to pull back and avoid Rossi. Marquez chose to push and he came into contact with the doctor.

100% agreed man. Glad to see some one not letting there personel feelings infect the facts

[Grumph]

well i wouldn't buy a T shirt from either of them...But now i've seen it - although given free to air TV, not all of it...i look at motivations for the actions.
IMO marquez simply went out to be a spoiler. And on a bike which wasn't handling well enough for the win. In my day, he'd have bitten grass much earlier. And the stewards then would have told him not to be a dick or it would undoubtedly happen again...
Rossi i think was simply trying to take marquez aside and make gestures to him...It wasn't that wide, he didn't run him onto the verge, MM fell on the track.
MM Could certainly have avoided Rossi but IMO wanted to get in his face and harass him.
i didn't see Rossi's leg lifted to hit the bar, IMO, MM ran into Rossi's leg and knocked it off the peg. But I don't have the benefit of frame by frame replays..

IMO again, MM shouldn't come out of this free of penalty either.

right that's one old man's view.

[The End]

I've only recently got back in to MotoGP so don't really have a 'favourite' rider/team as such, but from watching last week's race + reading a lot of rants online it is clear that there are a lot of opinions out there.

I think this has helped to clear it up for me:

[Shaun Harris]

post 3677 and 3678 get my vote also. MM is very fast, but a child still, and was acting like one once again

[Grumph]

post 3677 and 3678 get my vote also. MM is very fast, but a child still, and was acting like one once again

Lot of talent, not a lot of direction. If he's got a good minder he might come good eventually. But given the hot spanish blood rushing to his head, it could take a while...

Reminds me a lot of a very tall Kiwi who needed steering badly in the early stages of his career. He came right.

[Autech]

Pedrosa champion 2016!!!


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[schrodingers cat]

I think the contact is redundant. He was already being run off the track, intentionally. You wouldn't expect that at a bucket racing meet let alone MotoGP.

Deserved or not is another story.

Running someone up into the marbles?
Certainly an acceptable part of the menu to make a break.
Running them off the seal - not on.

Biggest problem with doing it is the time you lose to those in front of you.

Pulling back from the whole thing this is the way I see it.
This season has been stunning.
The rider who was utterly dominant the year before for one reason and another is out of contention.
The old fella has dug deep and learned some new tricks. He is NOT the fastest rider out there any more. JL, MM and DP are all faster. DP's season has been gutted by his arm pump issues.

So where we end up is a battle between two teammates.
And despite the fact that one is head and shoulders faster now, his older teammate is leading the championship.
Great!

What I was looking forward to was seeing how that would pan out.
Either way , whoever won would deserve it for their own reasons.

In my view - MM's misdirected energies have stolen that from the sport

[Shaun Harris]

Lot of talent, not a lot of direction. If he's got a good minder he might come good eventually. But given the hot spanish blood rushing to his head, it could take a while...

Reminds me a lot of a very tall Kiwi who needed steering badly in the early stages of his career. He came right.

Yep, and check his father out. The first thing HRC should do, is ban him from the race track for all the meetings.

[carbonhed]

Yep, and check his father out. The first thing HRC should do, is ban him from the race track for all the meetings.

Why? What did he do?

[AllanB]

I only catch glimpses of moto GP now it went to Sky. And who sits on their arse watching tv on a Sunday arvo unless it is a shitty winters day?

So - a opinion from a Rossi fan.

It's fucking racing - get in my face and I'll push back - those soft cunts would struggle in Aussie V8 racing etc etc, nudge nudge argey bargy to let each other know they are there.

Bring back the Isle of Man round in the Moto GP championship and that will sort them all out. Just imagine it!

And yes - I have had a beer - a bloody nice Tuatara Pilsner - tried their Pale Ale last night and I am impressed at their brewing. Worth the coin over a mainstay brew any day.

[ellipsis]

In my view - MM's misdirected energies have stolen that from the sport

...that's as much a valid point as any...MM, the little cunt has fucked up big time...every bit as much as VR's indescretion...I feel kind of sad and empty of any of the joy the season was bringing me...

[carbonhed]

Has anybody got a link to the breakdown of sector times that proves Rossi's point of MM slowing down?

We've heard that the laptimes show nothing much but that the proof lies in the sector times... but I must have missed that spreadsheet breakdown. How hard could it be?