News is out: Dani Pedrosa confirmed my suspicions that there is a bump going into turn 2 and said the Honda is hard to set up for a bumpy track. CC also nearly crashed there a few times so he did well to stay on board. Dani thought he was good to catch the front group which wouldn't have surprised me, both he and Marquez said they felt good on the bikes before the crash so it's a promising sign for us Honda fan bois.
Dovi has said yes it was ESA's fault for the crash, but put the blame on Petrucci's shoulder for riding like a wanker (paraphrased). Basically said Petruc had rekt his tyres and was taking weird lines causing him to run wide and subsequently ESA to lose the front when it all went down in front of him. From memory Petrucci was running the hards front and rear so must have worked them bloody hard to stay ahead of Pedrosa.
Yanoonneee reckons race direction were big meanies for giving him a ride through considering he'd already been hit by George in turn 1 causing him to drop to last. I kind of see him point but they're not going to give him any slack going off his history.
George thought he could have run the top 6, wouldn't be surprised if that was the case (keeping in mind the factory bikes on the ground) but we'll never know. Can't really blame the dude for turn 1 as it gets fucking busy in there keeping an eye on all the riders.
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