Sepang, Sepow!

[El Toro Joe]

Also, there is a different poster who goes by El Toro Joe. That's not me. It is my fault that our names are similar. When I chose my name, I was new, and since El Toro had not been claimed, the software let me claim it. Later, within a day or two, El Toro Joe noted that I'd stolen his name ... sigh...
That was a surprisingly long time ago.

Yeah...everyone should try and follow along...I was the drunk guy at EOM

 

[Auburn]

Good article:

https://motomatters.com/analysis/2015/10/27/2015_sepang_motogp_round_up_heroes_who_h.html

Best article I have seen written about the incident.

 

[Old Guy]

Good article:

https://motomatters.com/analysis/2015/10/27/2015_sepang_motogp_round_up_heroes_who_h.html

Indeed. Thanks for posting.

 

[ericboutin]

Ok finally watched the race at lunch today! LOL.....and hell yah if I watched earlier I'd be talking about it earlier!! I didn't realize there was people complaining of spoiliers?? If you don't want to know don't click on the post until you've watched!! It did make the anticipation that much greater watching though knowing "something" was gonna happen! I was actually two races down that I needed to catch up on, thank goodness for extended lunches!

Anyway all I can say is WOW! I'm a big Rossi fan but I do wish he used some of that experience to teach the little turd a lesson more discreetly....LOL. I could be off base here but MM didn't have much to lose and it kind of reminded me of taking a dive in hockey....dunno I'm thinking Rossi mighta been a bit surprised when he saw him go down, probably just meant to mess with him.....hmmm I got nothin......just Wow!

 

[Pterodactyl]

Another theory.............

 

[clocklaw]

 

[timk]

I'm only a novice, not knowing the ins and outs of MotoGP, but shouldn't team Yamaha superseed the nationality of the racers? Aren't Jorge and Vale teammates? Should Marcus actually be helping ANY Yamaha rider secure a championship?

 

[Old Guy]

I'm only a novice, not knowing the ins and outs of MotoGP, but shouldn't team Yamaha superseed the nationality of the racers? Aren't Jorge and Vale teammates? Should Marcus actually be helping ANY Yamaha rider secure a championship?

It would seem so, but at this point, one Yamaha rider is going to win it. Marquez wouldn't hurt Honda by helping one over the other.

 

[Pterodactyl]

I get the impression the atmosphere in the MotoGP paddock is much the same as in a middle school lunch room.

 

[El Toro]

In MotoGP the guy who you want to beat most is your team mate.

You both have essentially the same gear, although one rider may get new parts more quickly than the other, and both sides of the garage have their own engineers and technicians.

At the end of the day, if the factory Yamaha beats the factory Honda, the Honda boys can say that the Yamaha riders had an advantage, or vice versa.

If instead the factory Yamaha beats the other factory Yamaha, then the winner is the winner and the other is the loser.

The bad blood between Rossi and Lorenzo has been suppressed in the last two years, but it appears that they have now gone back to business as usual.

 

[Auburn]

I'm only a novice, not knowing the ins and outs of MotoGP, but shouldn't team Yamaha superseed the nationality of the racers? Aren't Jorge and Vale teammates? Should Marcus actually be helping ANY Yamaha rider secure a championship?

I think it is coming down to Spanish vs. Italian in this case.

 

[Pterodactyl]

 

[RossKean]

Hilarious!

 

[Auburn]

+100 Nice to get Colin in it too

 

[Canadian FJR]

The whole incident is sad to see but that video is funny as hell

Canadian FJR

 

[Auburn]

Rossi is appealing the race direction decision to the EU courts

https://superbikeplanet.com/2015/Oct/151030a.htm

The court is to rule in putting a stay in the ruling by 11/6 so he may not have to start at the back of the grid.

https://superbikeplanet.com/2015/Oct/151030asx.htm

Valencia is going to be very interesting to see how each responds.

 

[El Toro]

Sounds like Brady er Rossi is taking a page out of the National Football League trials and tribulations.

Frankly, if there is a legal procedure that could vacate this penalty, I am for it, and I am glad that Rossi has "lawyered up."

I am reminded of Mr. Toad, who, after his frenetic ride, which ended in a 20 year prison sentence, wondered why he was so foolish as to not have gotten some lawyers involved on his behalf.

Honestly, Rossi did nothing more than take Marquez game to the extreme. He just applied Marquez "slow the other rider down" technique to perfection, and Marquez was not capable of coping with being on the other side of the game, so he crashed.

If Marquez were a better rider, and a smarter rider, he would not have run into Rossi's leg, caught his handlebar, and gone down.

The real amazing thing about the incident was that Rossi did not go down too. He nearly lost it as his own leg was pulled off the peg.

The other really amazing thing was how fast the commentators were ready to hang Rossi out to dry. By the end of the race, without even having seen the overhead helicopter shot, the commentators had condemned Rossi and pronounced that he had stained his entire career.

Phooey. I hope those guys are looking for another gig next season. Nick Harris is usually smarter than to stick his foot in it like that.

 

[dcarver]

Think Rossi got railroaded?

https://www.change.org/p/motogp-race-director-mike-webb-remove-the-penalty-from-valentino-rossi-and-bring-back-integrity-to-the-championship-2246013d-9c5a-44e9-b306-02c667fce09c

 

[El Toro]

I already signed. The organization running the web site appears to be running it for profit and after you've signed they ask you to donate so that they can pursue others who would like to make the proposed change.

And then they follow up with further e-mails. I've gotten less than one a day, but I've gotten more than I would care for. I may have to block them.

Did you see that the FIM Chief wrote an open letter whining about the whining?

 

[HotRodZilla]

Marquez is a ****** that had been pulling stunts for a while. The fact that he hasn't been punished for the **** he's done only enables him. What was it, two years ago he was in trouble for running someone off the track? He's got talent, but he should focus on winning instead of being irritating.

Rossi should know better and, in my opinion, should be able to hand Marquez his ***, so he should stop getting baited into ******** and race. Whatever...Has no effect on my life, and I don't have that kind of talent, so they can do what they want.