MotoGP 2015

[husaberg]

I agree that VR never intended MM to crash,but his actions were the root cause of MM crash.Regardless of what WE all think WHY did race direction penalise Rossi if what he did was only blocking.Please explain to me

Simple because MM did crash. If it had have been a championship at stake for him, I sincerely doubt he would not, I wager, have chosen to attempt call Rossi's bluff. But nor would he have ridden as he did during that race either.

[Drew]

Simple because MM did crash. If it had have been a championship at stake for him, I sincerely doubt he would not, I wager, have chosen to attempt call Rossi's bluff. But nor would he have ridden as he did during that race either.

If nothing else, if Rossi doesn't get his appeal heard (which we find out tonight) then at least all this speculation will be at an end...oh no it won't. There will be people banging on that he would have been a ten time champion endlessly.

[5150]

CAS rejects Rossi appeal

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/1...y-rossi/188894

I guess it is settled then

[5150]

And more fallout for Lorenzo

http://www.motorsport.com/motogp/new...rossi-fallout/

[Drew]

Scratch that. I've just read that he is indeed starting off the back. Bring on the hotrod motor.

[roogazza]

https://motomatters.com/analysis/201..._ain_t_ov.html

C'mon boy, Go Rossi ! Hard work and lots of luck needed,but possible.
Now where's that Lorenzo doll ?(and a tin of pins !)

[nodrog:Me]

its going to be so choice if he wins from the back.

[Badjelly]

CAS rejects Rossi appeal

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2015/1...y-rossi/188894

I guess it is settled then

They didn't reject the appeal, they rejected the request for the annulment of the penalty pending the hearing.

Thank god for a bit of sanity.

[Crasherfromwayback]

its going to be so choice if he wins from the back.

Would be pretty fucking epic.

[Shaun Harris]

Be interesting to see if any of the Tech 3 yams have drama;s during the race. Pol is riding injured still again, maybe a retirement from him min

[Tazz]

I certainly agree that Rossi run Marquez wide
On purpose.
What's not clear. Was Rossi trying to cause him to crash.
There is quite a difference in my view.
On top of that Marquez had time to back off and avoid crashing.


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I never mentioned anything about causing the crash. The running wide block/stop (and running off, which considering how far left he was it was his intention) caused it, obviously, but he couldn't have known whether MM would just run off, run off and crash, crash into him etc etc. It was a brain fart cunt move, not an elaborate plan.
The crash and alleged 'kick' are irrelevant, because they never would have happened if he did not block him in.

Avoiding the crash, well, we have hindsight, but how often in racing, let alone MotoGP do riders deliberately slow down and run other riders to the edge of the track. It all happened quite quickly (when you don't watch it in slow motion replay ) and I doubt MM had the possibility of the rider in front slowing and blocking him at the front of his mind. I'd speculate at that time he thought something was going wrong with VR's bike, and that he would turn in and take the corner also. You have to remember VR was slowing, watching and blocking him intentionally. It wasn't a wee mechanical failure and run off, and even then you'd still take the corner and get out of the way, rather than get into it

If the penalty gets over turned I hope another rider does to VR what he did to MM (since it would be OK to race like that if he's not punished), and if not I hope VR pulls out all the stops and wins from the back. Would be fucking epic, plus the 10th championship and all that

Anyway, going around in circles. Met a chick who has never watched a race but wants to meet up for a beer in the morning and watch the final. Should be a good un! Too soon for an engagement ring?

[EJK]

its going to be so choice if he wins from the back.

Win from the back, win the world championship, say "in your face!" to the decision makers, then retire like a boss.

[Shaun Harris]

Is this works enough for you Shaun the rider was an ok rider too. 1976 350 class (Ago)
350cc MV Agusta (admittedly it was past it best)
FRA Ret
AUT Ret
NAT Ret
YUG Ret
IOM DNS
NED 1st
FIN Ret
CZE Ret
GER Ret
ESP DNS
15

Good stats again buddy

[Badjelly]

Anyway, going around in circles. Met a chick who has never watched a race but wants to meet up for a beer in the morning and watch the final. Should be a good un! Too soon for an engagement ring?

Snap her up quick, mate.

Mrs Jelly loves watching the races with me. It's choice! She does tend to fall asleep, but then, so do I.

[pritch]

I agree that VR never intended MM to crash,but his actions were the root cause of MM crash.Regardless of what WE all think WHY did race direction penalise Rossi if what he did was only blocking.Please explain to me

Race Direction explained that very clearly, the penalty was for deliberately running wide and for that action resulting in a crash. They said there was no evidence that Rossi intended Marquez to crash. If there was evidence of that there would have been more penalty points - and a pit lane start minimum.

Apparently the Spanish press have been running the story that Rossi deliberately kicked Marquez off. Very few have subsequently corrected that story so the Spanish fans being Latins, and very excitable, are very worked up about that evil bastard Rossi. There will reportedly be a stronger than usual police presence at Jerez. Here's hoping nobody does anything stupid.

There was a chart posted on Twitter showing the starts, podiums, and wins, of the top riders at Jerez and the most successful is Pedro. Marquez has fewer wins but also fewer starts so he has a very high strike rate. As has been pointed out, if the Hondas can get in front of Lorenzo, it could get interesting.

Not too many riders will want to get out of Rossi's way to help him though. The Tech3 guys will not want him to win because if he wins the championship this year he will probably sign on again next year and they'll be stuck forever with Tech3. And ESP is Spanish. None of the other Spanish riders will make it easy either.

Rossi can devote all of his time to setup and race pace - if he has enough tyres. He will also not be able to nurse his tyres in the race, but if there is competition at the front neither will the others.

Choice of tyre are normal and hard and there are asymetric front and rears.

And it all kicks off tonight.