2012 MotoGP Round 16 - Sepang (Spoilers!)

[ducpainter]

Disappointing.

[Raux]

I just read the update. looks like they just handed the championship to Lorenzo by cutting that race short.
He most certainly would have slowed with a bad rear tire and Stoner closing.

dammit.

that also would have put Hayden on the podium

I smell conspiracy.

[The Architect]

First off, F-you SpeedTV! 

Am I evil for wanting Whoreghey to take a header in that lap? He wasn't going that fast anyway.

First I found myself cheering for Pedantic as he passed Loren-dope.  Then Loren-dope almost lost the front end and I found myself cheering, again.  So if you're evil, you have company.  And yes it was at slow speeds. 


What a lame way to win a title. 

[Jester]

What a lame way to win a title. 

+1

I'm sure El Matador will drop in to stroke Jorge's junk for us, but getting beat week after week on the way out isn't my idea of exciting.  He gets out front, Dani passes him, then he says "screw it" and comes in second.  I'm not calling this a Nicky Hayden championship, but its a very lackluster back half of the season for ol' steady eddy.  For a guy with his talent, I expect more fight.  If he can't pull a 10sec gap, then he gives up on winning and lets Dani go.  Pedro let him know the business at Brno and Jorge lost a few hairs on his ballsack ever since.  It would be 5 straight if the bs at Misano doesn't happen.

[ute]

speed = dildo

but then a dildo is useful to a female



race ...wet wild and wooly

I was so hoping lorenthooooo was going to go ass over teakettle ....nice skate save on his part ....but no way to call yourself world champion  ..hmmm I'm average but just good enough for the title

[gm2]

I just read the update. looks like they just handed the championship to Lorenzo by cutting that race short.

granted jorge is mr consistent but pedro is within less than a race and there's 2 to go.  george just has to make 1 mistake/get taken out by tricycle boy.

I smell conspiracy.

you saw the rain...?  no way could they continue.

[monsta]

I was there at the race,
The way I saw it was that George made a bad tyre choice compared to the others. Danny was off in the distance and Casey was closing fast.
George has a moment then starts flaping his arm to stop the race!    wanker!
Its was declared a wet race!!  but he wants it stopped because its raining??

By the way,  great event. 

Moto 2-  great to see our aussie Ant West on the podium. just carved through them in the wet!   

[gm2]

Its was declared a wet race!!  but he wants it stopped because its raining??

there's wet and there's unsafe.  not the first time they've had to do that. 

half the field had gone down in the 2 laps prior..

[MadDuck]

speed = dildo

but then a dildo is useful to a female



race ...wet wild and wooly

I was so hoping lorenthooooo was going to go ass over teakettle ....nice skate save on his part ....but no way to call yourself world champion  ..hmmm I'm average but just good enough for the title

Speed has nothing to do with race conditions or race decisions.  The only thing they messed up was running the coverage of Motegi on the first broadcast.  That didn't show up on the replay broadcast.  They might have missed end of the race because of that but we'll never know.

I don't like Jorge but he is definitely not average.

[gm2]

[Raux]

it's just the perception of the event. everyone else crashed out, lost points, etc. Jorge bobbles, complains, they stop the race. why not go back a few laps for the final results then. OH, because Jorge benefits, or why not let it procede a few laps, oh, couldn't do tthat because Jorge might fall.

sucks for Pedrosa

[gm2]

or he's waving his arms bc the stoppage was already overdue by that point.  i'm not much of a jorge fan, but to think they stopped the race because he put his hand up is silly.

what would be the logic for going back a few laps for the results? 

more importantly, remember when dani would get lapped when it rained?  holy most improved rider award.

[gm2]

looks like spies broke something.  headed home, will miss PI.

[gm2]

wasn't just george that felt they should stop

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/185359/1/pedrosa_stoner_it_had_to_stop.html
http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/185346/1/stopping_race_was_only_option_says_rossi.html

[duccarlos]

I think we can all agree that it was going to eventually be  stopped. The 2 reasons everyone is upset is because of Whoreghey's incessant waving and that he would have needed to either pull in to change the tire or risk falling on his ass. I think another lap would have seen him pit, which would have narrowed his championship lead considerably, forcing him to actually try to win the last races.

Has anyone done the math to see exactly how far Lorenzo needs to finish in the last 2 races to lose the championship?

Derby?