Shell Malaysian GP---Spoilers

[duccarlos]

I'm pissed at Rossi for forcing me now to root for Jorghey. Beyond the fanboy reaction, it was a douchebag move and he should have been blackflagged. Regardless if you think, like Race Direction, that MM was sandbagging, that was uncalled for and Race Direction's responsor only shows that Rossi has them in his back pocket.

[duccarlos]

Dylan should have asked Rossi "how do you feel about your douchebag move?"

[1.21GW]

Just watched.  That sullied the whole championship.  Boo. 

[duccarlos]

Where the hell did Jorge go on the podium? WTF was that about? These 2 guys are out of their make the beast with two backsing minds! Neither one of the Yamaha guys deserve to win this championship. No class!

[1.21GW]

Rossi's explanation:

http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2015/10/25/sepangclash-rossi-reacts/188437

Basically, he says he slowed down and pushed MM out wide as sort of a "WTF are you doing?" reproach, since he thought MM was sandbagging him.  He said he didn't kick at him or intend for him to crash.

I'm inclined to accept this explanation, as a general rule I don't think any rider intentionally would take out another rider.  They all know how dangerous crashes are.   Sure, some may ride overly aggressive and even a little recklessly (see early Simoncelli), but there's a big gap between riding recklessly and purposely taking someone out, even if its hard for us to tell from footage.  Rossi was trying to reprimand MM and MM wasn't having it and kept racing, and well, that resulted in contact and a crash.

Rossi should be penalized deliberately slowing down and forcing MM out, but I don't think he tried to make him crash.

[duccarlos]

There is no category for "trying to make him crash". There is a category for deliberately endangering someone, which fapplies to this case. Forcing someone that wide and almost off the track is deliberately dangerous. Rossi is just lucky that race direction is full of his fanboys.

#classlessyamahateam

[Dochunt]

Reminds me of when Schumacher took out Hill to win the F1 championship.
Pissed me off that the guy I root for did such an asshole move.
Did not expect this from Rossi.

[ducpainter]

Where the hell did Jorge go on the podium? WTF was that about? These 2 guys are out of their make the beast with two backsing minds! Neither one of the Yamaha guys deserve to win this championship. No class!

In the press conference he explains he was having dehydration issues and was dizzy.

[Mhanis]

Count me as a disappointed Rossi fan. If Marquez was intentionally jacking around with Rossi (a claim that unless Marquez admits to is completely un-provable) then Marquez is a douche. But his level of douche-baggie-ness is nothing compared to Rossi's move.

Sheesh...........

Mark

[OT]

Announcers said, early in the broadcast, that Marquez was having trouble with front tire grip, so it's not a big stretch of the imagination to conclude that Marquez lost the front and crashed...way too much drama.

I don't know what race youall were looking at, but in the one I was watching Rossi was trying to get up to dani, lorenzo, and marquez.  Marquez clearly drifted back from those two and then generally made a PITA of himself to slow Rossi down and, for at least two laps, made several close and clearly dangerous moves around Rossi.  Typical Marquez, trying to shove past another rider, this time on the outside, and he got caught cause Rossi was ahead and had blocked the position. Marquez banged Rossi twice on that lap, once on the inside and the second time when he fell.

If a brake lever was hit, hard to believe with all the protection around them, it was either when marquez banged rossi, or by accidentby marquez himself.

Marquez is far too talented a rider for me to believe that the jousting was part of the 'racing'.  IMO, Marquez should be penalized, because he clearly was harassing Rossi, period.

Could Rossi have become angry? Sure.  Did Rossi take marquez out? No way.  Whatever the final decision is, at least I hope its fair.

[kopfjäger]

^^  Put the pipe down bro.

[Auslander]

Decent angle -

[duccarlos]

^^  Put the pipe down bro.

+11th billion

    

[Raux]

Wow in that angle in slow mo looks like MM leaned into him.

[1.21GW]

Yeah, definitely you see VR's knee get pushed in by contact from MM.  He then pushes it back out, which I assume is a natural reaction.