RE: [ST] MotoGP - Round 1

["Adrian Mansell" <amansell@xxxxxxxx>]

Here comes ten penneth worth:

i. The guy who leads into a corner owns the line.  Within reason he can take whatever racing line he wants.  This is why a proper blocking pass is considered good practise.  You get your nose in front and you have control of the line, the guy on the outside cannot do anything until you turn in.  As long as you leave him some tarmac to work with, its safe.

ii. Showing somebody a wheel or half-a-bike doesn't give you ownership of the line.  Showing somebody a wheel or half-a-bike still leaves you with the responsibility to clear the line the guy who is leading into the corner is taking.

iii. Rossi knew he was going to bump him and thought that he was probably going to lose the front on the brakes.  The foot and body language tell it all. Rossi's "I do that to get my foot back on the peg" was b*ll*x.  How many times did he do it in previous laps?

iv. Nonetheless, it was marginal.  Not disqualifying Rossi was the right thing to do.  He should of had a warning though.  If Gibernau had gone down and not scored any points, Rossi should have been disqualified.

IMO!

A

Ps Nonetheless, I think Sete Giblets is a tit.  Especially after crashing this weekend!

 

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> Masiak, Richard
> Sent: 15 April 2005 20:06
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> Subject: [ST] MotoGP - Round 1
> 
> 
> Ok.  Now that I've seen the race I'll talk.
> 
> If any controversy is going to start, it will probably be in 
> Rossi's favor.  Like Rossi said in the podium interview, in 
> English: "that's racing".
> 
> IMO Rossi didn't do anything wrong.  He took the inside line 
> before Gibernau and Gib only had two choices 1) Cut in like 
> he did and try to bump out Rossi or 2) Concede.  Turns out 1 
> lead to two.
> 
> I saw the replay several times from at least two angles, and 
> stepping through it, it clearly looks to me that Gib was the 
> one who initiated the bump.  Granted Rossi's foot came off 
> the peg like a dirt tracker, but he was still holding his 
> line.  It was Gib that came in on Rossi and Rossi didn't 
> give.  Then the result of the bump caused Rossi to bring the 
> bike up causing Gib to come up, causing both to carry 
> outside.  Since Gib was on the outside, he ended up in the gravel.
> 
> That was all just damn great racing by both riders.  Gib 
> should not be ashamed.  I'm a Rossi fan (being 3/4 Italian) 
> but Gib, Melandri, Porto, just to name a few still all have 
> my utmost respect.
> 
> Rich
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